Big Bang Theory
Season 10 M-Net (*101) 20:00 Season 6 SABC3 (*193) 21:00 Comedy
Can’t understand all the science lingo on comedy series The Big Bang Theory (2009-current)? You’re not alone – Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar (Sheldon, Leonard, Howard and Raj) also battle – that’s why they have an on-set scientist to help pronounce the things they’re saying. That’s not the only Big Bang secret you didn’t know about though…
The show invites real-life scientists 1
to send in their research and theories to fill up Sheldon’s whiteboard.
Leonard plays the cello in the sit2
com and in real-life actor Johnny does too. “It’s kinda nerdy, but so is Leonard, so it fits,” Johnny laughs.
Sheldon’s catchphrase “bazinga” 3
when he pulls pranks was used to name a species of orchid bee in Brazil – the Euglossa Bazinga – as well as the Bazinga Rieki jellyfish in Australia.
The Barenaked Ladies’ song The 4
History Of Everything wasn’t the original theme song. Show creator Chuck Lorre wasn’t convinced by the network’s choice She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby and swapped.
The only character so far not to 5
see Penny (Kaley Cuoco) naked is now-married ladies man Howard.
Big Bang Theory’s pitch to CBS was 6
the actors performing the pilot episode for CEO Leslie Moonves – he loved it so much that he gave it the greenlight on the spot. The only thing that changed was Penny – she was first called Katie, played by Amanda Walsh.
Rajesh’s “selective mutism” issue 7
(where he can’t speak to women unless he’s drunk) isn’t fictional – it’s something that executive producer Bill Prady suffers from in real life.