The Big Bang Theory
Chrissy wanted me to watch The Big Bang Theory because she says that it’s like watching me on TV. I wasn’t sure how to take that. I’ve been teaching K221 at IUN every Monday, so I haven’t caught it yet, but Chrissy recorded them all. So we sat down and watched two hours straight. It might be the funniest show ever, in the same way that Dilbert is hilarious to me because I live it on a daily basis. I’ve heard that a lot of people don’t like it (it replaced “The Class”), but they probably don’t relate to the humor the same way that a geeky person can.
The show is about these two physicist roommates, Leonard and Sheldon, who are living the geek high life. Along with their equally out-of-place friends, they play team video games, watch Superman marathons and organize their cereal selections according to fiber content. Now if this doesn’t sound like me and Carl back in the day, then I don’t know what does. Many of the jokes might go over non-geek heads, but I appreciate them because, again, I live it on a daily basis.
Hilarity ensues when you add in their hot neighbor, Penny, who hasn’t got a geeky bone in her body. The comedy is all about the contrast between her lifestyle and theirs. In real life, I would guess that Penny would cross the street to avoid Leonard and Sheldon, but she’s written to be fairly friendly and doesn’t mind dressing down around them. In fact, she doesn’t leave much to the imagination. If I had a daughter, she wouldn’t leave the house dressed like that — but that’s just me getting old. That’s me: old and geeky.
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