The Reel Rejects - THE BIG BANG THEORY S1 E1-5 REVIEW – MEETING SHELDON, LEONARD, & PENNY! – FIRST TIME WATCHING

Episode Date: July 13, 2026

THE SITCOM THAT MADE GEEK CULTURE MAINSTREAM! John Humphrey & Aaron Alexander experience The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episodes 1-5 for the first time, reacting to the hilarious beginnings of one of television's biggest comedy series. From Sheldon Cooper's unforgettable introduction, Leonard meeting Penny, and the iconic "That's My Spot" to Klingon Boggle, Howard's awkward flirting, and Raj's inability to talk to women, this Big Bang Theory reaction revisits the episodes that started it all. Taking care of your health just got easier – start here with Zocdoc: https://zocdoc.com/REJECTS #sponsored The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episodes 1-5 Reaction (Full Length Watch Along):   / thereelrejects   In this The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episodes 1-5 reaction, Big Bang Theory pilot reaction, and review, John & Aaron react to the hit sitcom created by Chuck Lorre (Two and a Half Men, Mom) and Bill Prady (Gilmore Girls, Dharma & Greg), starring Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper (Young Sheldon, Hidden Figures), Johnny Galecki as Leonard Hofstadter (Roseanne, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation), Kaley Cuoco as Penny (The Flight Attendant, Harley Quinn), Simon Helberg as Howard Wolowitz (Florence Foster Jenkins, Annette), and Kunal Nayyar as Raj Koothrappali (Criminal: UK, Trolls). From Sheldon's rigid routines and endlessly quotable one-liners to Leonard and Penny's first interactions, geek culture references, and the chemistry that made the series a worldwide phenomenon, John & Aaron discuss whether The Big Bang Theory's first five episodes still hold up and why the show became one of the most beloved sitcoms of all time. Follow Aaron On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealaaronalexander/?hl=en Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Geeks, nerds, and various science experts of the Reject Nation. It is yet another momentous occasion here in the studio, here in the Igloo. We, just recently, Aaron and I, finished an Odyssey through one of the most classic and beloved situation comedies in television history with friends. It was a joy to behold all ten seasons, some bloops, and a rebut. reunion special. And now we are moving onward. Time for the big bang theory episodes one through five today. Time codes in the description box if you want to skip around. Bazinga. This video is brought to you by Zock Doc. More on them in just a bit. Thank you, Chuck.

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Aaron. Jonelde. How are you feeling this show? Okay, so this show, obviously very successful, very popular. It spawned. Hellless spin-off. now but it is a contentious show people have varying opinions on how it portrays nerds as well as just life and comedy in general yeah how are you feeling what it's interesting starting a show like

this on the tail end coming off of a show like friends because i feel like with the friends though they had their their little quirks and personalities i feel like they bounce and personalities i feel like they bounce off of each other well and there was still comedy to be had even in their unlikable moments and so far I feel like you know there are definitely laughs to be had I don't think it's I'm laughing

as frequently as I was with friends but yeah I think it's interesting watching a show like this in 2026 because this started almost 20 years ago god crazy and yeah it's just some of the cultural stuff we've kind of been

dealing with more so of like things like of a manosphere and like in cells and like the it's called the male loneliness epidemic and all this stuff right dude we got a couple lonely males in a gaggle of lonely males across the lonely males across the lonely males spectrum on this show and you know how it's kind of coming across you know some of it's a little weird what do you mean someone's a little like ooh i don't know about that but what do you mean I think I am, um, I think, you know, Leonard has his heart in the right place. Lori McShener, Sheldon has his, his, you know, zingers, a little obnoxious. I think Howard's also a little obnoxious.

Roger's kind of fun, though he hasn't spoken that much. I think, uh, Leslie and Penny so far, probably my favorite characters, because I feel like they bring a sense of grounding to these guys, um, occasional condescending nature. to over compensate for now maybe the lack of social status or social prowess they may possess within like the larger world so they kind of pride themselves on how much they get within their scientific world. But yeah, you know, so far, so far it's cool, you know, and I look forward to seeing the development. Clearly we're starting to see Penny's intrigue with Leonard if he, you know, had his own. sexual experience and like oh okay he's not all up on me maybe you know I could uh I could see something with Leonard very curious to see you know how that all plays out but yeah John how are you

feeling on the cusp for these episodes it's the you know okay so here's the thing it's fun I think any time you get to peer into you're like okay as we've stated like this show has a lot of opinions surrounding it but it is a huge cultural phenomenon so it's it's always a fun thing to me It's a fun prospect to be, you know, sort of invited and to see what it's all about, right? So, so yeah, I'm having fun so far. There are things about this that are very, you know, of the time. It's funny. So far, this feels more of its time 20 years ago than a friend.

Like, there are times, and granted we only just started, and I don't know with this show if there's any sort of like, oh, you got to get to season two and that's when it really starts to take off, you know, for people who like a really love this show. like I don't know what the general consensus is as to when the best moments are. Maybe we're already there. Like this was, yeah, I appreciated getting, you know, jumped into the world here. It's been relatively contained so far most things in the apartment with a couple of things outside, you know, in the restaurant or in, you know, the science lab where was their name Leslie Works or the grocery store on that one. But yeah, I mean, it's the kind of thing where there's a certain amount of the game is you can tell what the game is.

They don't understand. I talk to women. And women are like a whole other creature. So I understand how this show would invite some commentary discourse about gender back and forthisms. And, you know, I'm not here to break all that down for you. There are times where you are like, yeah, these guys are a little exhausting and incorrigible. But it's within characters. So I don't entirely begrudge them that.

Like there are times when my brain turns to soup when they're, when, you know, Sheldon and Leonard are in the staircase and they're both going on like. this greed like I can sit there and go like man I can admire what these writers are cooking because it's weird like again this show gets dogged a lot I think for not necessarily being smart comedy even though it's about smart ostensibly smart people who just lack social skills in various ways so it's it's interesting like I think there's a two-way street I definitely laughed at times you know throughout this I'm definitely having like a good natured experience with this this isn't this isn't hitting yet the way of friends would and I

I can see some of the things that people might not enjoy so much about the show. But at the same time, like, I also am not, like, I know this show secure as some people's great ire. And I don't feel that way. So, you know, I feel like, yeah, there are things about what we've seen so far that could be a little more inspired or a little more outside the box for, again, this is like in the tradition, a format that has been so well trod in, even by 2007 where we're starting out. But I like the ensemble generally.

You know, I'm not endeared to every character. Jim Parsons is really fun to watch, though. Yeah. Like, I think, you know, obviously he and Johnny Galecki have to click. I like, like, Sheldon especially can be exhausting from an intellectual standpoint. I feel like Leonard can be a bit of exhausting from an emotional standpoint. And again, I don't begrudge them allowing the characters to be that. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing.

I think the person who captivates me the most is Jim Parsons. Yeah. because he just embodies this guy so well, and he stands out in presence. Like, he is such a singular presence of energy and physicality on screen. And I actually don't know. I've seen him in normal, like, hosting or award show scenarios, like, once or twice. But I don't have a really good frame of reference to, like, what he actually is like. So I admire the character work.

I love that Lori Metcalf is his mom. She's a great actress. So I have wonderful. Yeah. And I hope she returns. I was like, I was surprised to see her. And I'm like, you are an actor of great caliber for like dramatic work and comedy. So like, cool.

Great. Yeah. And it's fun to look like. Like I think there's a lot of like, if you are in any way nerdy about anything, there's a certain amount of fun to be had with like the intricate parlance and, you know, the random geek stuff that they're doing. Whether it's like, oh, who's got the little comic book belt and everyone's like got a DC thing or they're playing Warcraft? Like, yeah, there's, there's, there's charm. so far. I'm waiting for this to be like, oh, this is hilarious. For the lead to hit.

Yeah, I'm still waiting for this thing to turn into like, I see why this became a show that went for 12 years. Yeah. Yeah, I'm like, this is a sitcom and it's doing its thing and now I'm sort of interested. I know the ensemble will probably shift and grow. I think, I think there are more characters than I,

that I am aware of being a part of the show, then have been introduced. Yeah. How do you feel about Howard and Raj? They're fine. They're fine. I like, I mean, they've both me laugh a couple times. I like Raj a little better because he's less creepy. He's a little less creepy. I mean, like, yeah, there's the whole, again, it's one of those things where it's like, oh, woman, foreign things. So like he cannot even speak to her, which in some ways can come across, could come

across unsavory, but the way they do that. And I thought that one gag in the hallway where they cut in, she's talking to him and they cut into his internal monologue. That was fun. And then, yeah, like, She's like, oh, you're such a good listener. Like, it's, there's not been a lot of stuff that's, there have been a couple moments, and I wish I could log them better, that are like, that's an inspired joke. That was clever. Like, that moment in the hall isn't the most inspired joke. Like, it's a thing you've seen, but I thought in the context and with these performers,

it was charming. Yeah. So, yeah. And I mean, you know, the guy who plays, what was his name, Hallowitz, Howard? Howard. You know, he's, he's made me laugh a couple times, too. He's definitely like the, they've got every type of nerd here.

You know, it's like Johnny Galecki is the, you know, he's super smart and he's just kind of like a bit of a, you know, neurotic, awkward guy. And then you've got Jim Parsons, you know, who's very much in his own, you know, always on his own track and program, basically. Yeah, very specific, thinly, neurotic, possibly on the spectrum. Yeah. And then Raj, super reserved. And then Howard, the nerd who fancies himself a stud. Yes. You know, so you've got like your, you know, starter pack of nerds.

And, and they all do a good job at it. But yeah, I'm waiting to fall in love with the ensemble. And I think Penny, like Haley Cooco, you know, her job here is to like be straight man to them half the time. And to be the sort of like English please character. Yeah. So I'm excited to see and curious to see how they grow her because it's a very like, you know, guy-centric show at the moment. But I did like that some of the standout characters were. again, his mom or Leslie.

And I think, you know, Penny, like, I like watching Kaylee Cuoco. I think she's very, like, charming. And I'm just excited maybe to see her feel more like a part of the ensemble than just an object of the ensemble. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, you know, yeah. Get her own storylines and stuff. Yeah.

And I mean, you know, it's like, it's super classic territory of like, oh, my God, you know, Leonard's obsessing over her. And there was all these sort of, like, weird little cues of, like, is she just rooting for him? or is there some kind of like thing underneath? And that plays into this classic trope of like, ah, nerd is pining over and might be the right guy for impossibly hot chick, you know,

so, you know, I'm excited to see hopefully these characters rise above the, you know, tropes that, like, you know, they've done a lot of sitcom tropes so far with this nerd skin over it. Because I'm like, I don't,

I've heard of the writer before, but I'm not super familiar with this work in the time of, recording this maybe we can like pull some other stuff Chuck Lori Chuck Lori yeah I know the name but I was like I wanted this to be

I hope this is a show like in earnest that like you know celebrates nerd rather than like punching down on nerds and like doesn't make it Are you offended as a nerd? Not necessarily offended but I'm like I don't I don't want to step in a territory of like this is this is what's saying

that all nerds are like well maybe there's just what these specific guys are like you know and maybe well it reminds you that everyone's a nerd about something. It's like they go get the TV from that guy and, you know, he's clearly a fitness nerd. Yeah. He's so jacked. And then, you know, Kaylee, you know, Penny is a cheesecake nerd. Yes. You know, and a, and a disorganization nerd. A culinary nerd. A color nerd. Yeah, absolutely. So everyone's a nerd about something. That's what we're going to learn. You know, mom was a Jesus nerd. Yep. Et cetera. I remember Chuck

Lori getting into a lot of conflicts with Charlie Sheen during. Oh, yes. He was a and a half man. Oh, he did Mike and Molly. Okay, so it was a, okay, the things kept mentioning Derma and Greg. I remember that show. Yeah, I mean, I remember it was on 119 episodes of Darmine and Greg. God, look at that. Vagely remember this. Yeah, I don't know. Any as free-spirited yoga instructor finds true love and a conservative lawyer and they get married on the first date, though they are polar opposites, he fulfills her need of stability and she fulfills his need of optimism. All right, Dharma and Greg. We'll watch that next. Elfman. Oh, snap. Wow.

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Did they realize what they were doing when they said that? Anyway, they're great. This is an unaired pilot episode. I assume you mean there is another, an unaired pilot episode of the Big Bang Theory where another actress played Penny. I didn't watch it all, but it was completely different to the official first episode.

Interesting. How do you think this episode was played out? That's hard to... Who's the original penny? Yeah. And you can watch some of the OD Pilot or something. Oh, wow.

Is this the other penny? No. 2006 unaired pilot features a dramatically different version of the show to prompting CBS, rejected it, and asked the creators to retool the concept. It lacked Howard and Raj used She Blinded Me with Science by Thomas Dolby as the theme song.

She blinded me with science and replaced Penny with a greedier character named Katie. What the heck? Katie. Wow, okay. First pilot of the hit series, scientist Leonard and Sheldon invite a drunk girl, Katie, to stay at the apartment they share. They have a female friend, Gilda, who's also a scientist. Fascinating. This looks like the actual cast.

So, damn, okay. Let's go. Iris Blair was Gilda, and Amanda Walsh was Katie. Oh, and the lady who played Althea was still Althea. Incidental character still got to shine. Okay, so this lady was their roomy who's also a science yell. She's on hacks. Cool.

Good for, well, she's on an episode of hacks anyway. Good for her curb comedy. And Amanda Walsh looks familiar. He's in Disturbia. That movie I haven't seen. It's just Creek. Dang. So she was going to be interesting.

Wow. I mean, I'd be curious to see what a grittier version of this plays like. Totally. Yeah, I mean, I don't know. I mean, this has a very sort of classic sitcom vibe about it.

What the other pilot sounds like is maybe a different tonally. It's so weird. The descriptor here was gritty, which is an odd duck. Yeah, I think for a sitcom. Yeah. So, I don't know. I mean, yeah,

this is definitely like more. I could see the studio opting for something that looks like this. Oh, and I guess Sheldon was more libidinous as this states. My sexual comments. Yeah, that's crazy. Interesting. I guess, yeah, after test screenings audiences disliked Katie because she was too mean, but they responded positively to Leonard and Sheldon.

Wow. Because CBS saw the potential in the two leads. They made the unusual move to grant the creators a second chance. to overhaul the show. Crazy work. Interesting. Yeah, I mean, now I'm curious to go watch that. Yeah, is it just out there on the YouTube's or something?

I guess maybe. But either way, let us know if it's something worth checking out. And yeah, yeah, I mean, I would love to note the differences. I can't really compare it, contrast, obviously. But, but yeah, I mean, this episode was played out. It actually makes more sense now. And I wonder how long they took between the retooled pilot. and the actual shooting of the rest of the season,

you know, the season order. Because a lot of times, especially in the older days, like you would see, the pilot will contain noticeably different, either production values, maybe some different casting, you know, slightly. It's like, you know, the rough sketch of the thing. So I wonder, because this was already retooled and, you know, going from one episode to the next,

there was a certain level of consistency. You know, yeah, I wonder what the gap was there. Yeah, and just, yeah, how vastly different. because I think Penny, the character who's in the actual pilot, or like the, you know, the version that went to go for 12 seasons, she's, you know, she's very light and, you know, more of a girl next door type. And I think that's a fun contrast for our awkward neurotic sort of guy cast ensemble

to play against. It makes sense to have somebody who's more normal, I guess, like more in the middle and probably more peppy. Because, like, if you have a character who's more, you know, People have been describing the character as mean, so I don't know. But like an edgier character, I feel like you kind of need the eyeline. Like, again, I'm rooting for Penny to become more of her own character, but it is nice to have her as an eye line because it does allow you to sometimes be like, yeah, these guys are a little exhausting. You know, when they really...

The woman who we've seen in the first five episodes definitely brought a different energy and a levity to contrast the guys. Yeah, for sure. All right. Stephanie Horton. All right. I think this is a great follow-up series. to friends for you all to do. How important is a first kiss just

or just the chemistry of kissing a partner in general to you? Is it something that can be cultivated over time or does a certain spark need to be there right away? Do you have any, an experience where you determine the future of a partnership

based on the first kiss or where you gave it a shot despite the success or failure of that moment? There's probably been more, I would say the latter probably. Like, I think you can recover from an awkward first kiss if everyone's, you know, excited to try that. So I'm trying to think of a specific situation. I mean, for me, yeah, I mean, a first kid is like it's always, I don't know, it's a rush of a moment.

It's often lovely. I don't know. I feel like, yeah, you can, it's not a huge deal to me, I guess, you know, is everyone's got a different style and approach and whatnot. And yeah, I mean, there are sometimes, you know, you kiss enough people. And sometimes you're like, yeah, I don't know. I'm not. This is not the technique that's for me. But I feel like that's something you could communicate about.

And that's something that, like, it's not the only factor involved. I don't know if I've ever really weighed the potentiality of something on a single kiss moment. Yeah. I don't know if I put that much weight into it. Yeah. As far as like, oh, my gosh, this is the person I need to see because the kiss was amazing. And even they reworked past that, you know. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. So it's not a death sentence. I would say or, you know, it's nothing concrete, but yeah, it's, you know, it's never a bad thing to have a good first kiss, but it's not like the end-all deal. Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, it's like, I can't think of a lot of situations. Every now and again, yeah, you might have a kiss where you're just like, oh, yeah, like I'm not sparked and that's fine. And then you just talk about it or not, you know, and it's, yeah. But it's, uh, it's not ever something. I can't think of a time when it's been like everything else is working, but the kissing is sucks or something like that. Exactly. So, yeah. Usually it's nice and lovely.

But let us know if a first kiss has been a pivotal moment for any of you guys. Love to hear the variety of experiences. Yeah, please do. Care bear, tibbutt is a rare example of a 21st century show with a completely original opening song. The history of everything was commissioned for tibu-p-tah. After the show's creators saw Bear Naked Ladies' frontman, Ed Robertson, performing an impromptu rap about the origins of the universe during a concert. He does like to rap.

I enjoy the bare naked ladies. In the age question of streaming or TV openings are often either moody instrumentals or songs taken from an artist's existing catalog. Do you miss the days of a classic TV theme earworm? Any favorites? Yes. I do miss the days of classic ones of sitcoms and just TV shows in general or this like lyrics. The spectacular Spider-Man hands down. The secular Spirman is great.

My favorite one. Family Matters is another great one. Full House is another great one. One-on-one, another fantastic one. Sure. I mean, Golden Girls. Fresh Prince, obviously. Golden Girls, thank you for being a friend.

Was that for the show? That was for the show, yeah. Okay, because, yeah, a lot of ones I can think of them, like, I know that, like, kids in the hall has a great opening theme, but I think that's just taken from a surf rock album, so I don't know if that counts. Your friendly name, your friendly neighbor with Spider-Man has a fun theme. Yeah, friendly. like the Spider-Man ones, and you learned that shit?

Do you still know it? I believe I do. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go again. Swing through the city so fast. You can barely notice him. Walk, Rala.

You know us after that. Fraley neighborhood is taking care of the habitat. Erkin, I don't care how you pass a time. If I can crime, I'm home-up in Gittance. And now we fly high. Spidey, Spidey Kids. Oh, fuck. I need a refresher.

But I mostly got it. I mostly got it. It's been a little over years since we watched it. I mean, Dexter is a jingle, but iconic. That's a show where I'm always happy to watch the theme. It doesn't feel like an episode of Dexter without the theme. Obviously, friends. I mean, how I met your mother has the whole like,

but-ba-ba-ba-ba-pa-pa-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-la-da-da-da-da-da, which I also, which I also, which I also, which I also, which I think, that's an R.J.D.2 song or something. I'm thinking of, like, ones that have lyrics. Yeah, I know. That's the thing. I mean, I love the King of the Hill one, but that's also, I think, just a band song. Let's see. Best Original TV opening theme songs. Fresh Friends, obviously.

Friends, of course. Obviously. I haven't seen Sopranos. I haven't seen Miami Vice. Miami Vice probably has an iconic one. Best TV theme songs of all time from the Rolling Stoian home 100 Wanda Vision. This is going to be way too much. Somebody save me.

I mean, the Simpsons is iconic, but that doesn't have words. Oh, Smallville. Who's that girl? It's just. Yeah. Hey, girl. What's you doing? do like

I mean Night Rider All that All that This is all that This is all that Keenan and Kel You know with Culeo All here goes

Yeah you go Big Bang Theory Dallas Yeah there's a lot of good ones out there Where in the world is Carmen San Diego Where is she Where in the world Is Carmen Sandy

There you go. She's a fall, though. Yeah. WK.R. Scooby-Doo. Where are you? You got some work to do now. All the Buffy one.

That's right. I'm so, what's this? We do? We're coming after you. Gonna find that mystery. Dude, the Malcolm in the middle song is pretty iconic. You're not to find some me now. You're not the boss of me now.

Oh, pretty superb. The other classic one. Okay. Yeah, sure, sure. I mean, you know, people love, Lessons Creek. Although that's just a normal song. I prefer the season one piecemaker song

the season two. Yeah. I really want to taste it. That one's like the season one one is like more. Let's go Drew Carey show. They're singing about Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks. As a person with family in Ohio, that's, you know, that's just iconic. Also, obviously, Andy Griffith.

Yeah. I feel like MASH would be iconic. don't know, MASH as well. Oh, in living color. In living color. All right. Well, we've reached the end of this part of this Rolling Stone list. That's enough for now.

Sesame Street. Oh, no way. We're going all the way. The love boat. I don't know. Bonanza. We haven't hit the top 10 yet. Oh, it's okay.

It's okay. We're almost there. Law and order. I mean, SpongeBob is, yes, you got gems like SpongeBob, one of the most iconic of all time. You know, the Sex and the City theme. Also, the monkeys, people say they monkey around in the theme song. Really? I've not seen that one.

The X-Files is iconic. Golden Girls, like you were saying earlier. Golden Girls, hell's yeah. Dragnet, just done, dun, dun, done. Did the Iron Side? Oh, Twin Peaks, dude, absolutely bangers. And Andrea Baddle Lamenti. Yeah, Adam's family.

Adam's family. We were out of order there, but, you know. I never saw a Mary Tyler Moore show. Oh, me too. I didn't. Hill Street, do Benny Hill. you know Dan Dan

Da-dan-da-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-a-na-na- We're almost there. Slowly but surely. Yeah, I mean. The Simpsons. It's definitely, I mean, Mission Impossible came from a TV show. No lyrics on that, but, but yeah. The Bojack Horseman theme's pretty good.

Game of Thrones. Too many. Too many cooks! See? That's not even a show! That's a gem. No, it counts. It counts. The Rolling Stone says it counts.

trying the shit out of me. The Rolling Stone, the Twilight Zone, one of the best of all time, one of the best ever to do it. Someone had to sneak too many cooks in there. That's comedy. Mr. Rogers' neighborhood. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, too. We love Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. That one.

The Brady Bunch, I mean, that's the Thieves song for the Jefferson. It's because of the team song doesn't make it not true. All right. We name some good ones. Name us your good ones. A lot of good classic earwork. but go listen to the kids in the hall of the song. It's a good ass one.

All right, the flying Dutchman. There are some people that view Sheldon's behavior and patterns is consistent with him being on the autism spectrum. Chuck Lur and the writers have stated that they did not use it as a basis for the character when they created it. In an interview many years later, Jim Parsons noted that the writer's response, but added that in his opinion,

Sheldon couldn't display more traits of the spectrum. as someone who is autistic, I relate to Sheldon a lot and see many of his traits in me, minus the high IQ, LOL. Now, having watched the first few episodes, I'm curious on your opinion slash assessment of the character thus far. I think that's what makes him the most interesting person on screen. 100%. Like, I think it's tough to do that, and I guess it was on Jim Parsons to choose these things for the character.

And I think that, especially if people feel seen by that, is a challenge. tricky line to ride on a show like this where that could easily fall into poor taste due to other factors but yeah i think it makes the character interesting i think it's an appropriate thing to include in a conceit such as this and i think it yeah it speaks to the level of his performance it works with what the writing is doing it's like i could see how and why but i think it yeah just makes uh sheldon a more interesting endearing character than just like we already have i feel like then you just have two leonards if you don't if you don't have him exist the way that he does and yeah it just gives you a different set of tools to work with in a way that is nice and interesting i think creates

you know i think the one of the better functions of a show like this could be to create some representation obviously again there's a lot of different opinions about the quality and the carrying of this show and whatnot but um but yeah like the way he plays that character we were just sitting there and it's just something you sit there and you go look oh i wonder if this is what they're doing i feel like it may be kind of for the better that, you know, this was, again, an actor choice and not necessarily what the writers were concerned about. Yeah.

Not that I don't want the writers to be concerned about that. But then again, like, I don't know if I would expect the best nuances to come out of that in this context. Yeah. I think, you know, as someone who is neurodiversion himself and has a number of friends who are autistic, I could definitely see Sheldon being on that. spectrum. Yeah.

I dare I say, I'm pretty confident that he is. Yeah. And you know what? I feel like his, his neuroses and his very specific personality makes him the very, and very engaging person to watch, especially in juxtaposition with people who are not as,

as Sheldon as Sheldon is. So, yeah, I think he's definitely the most captivating character for how weird and funny or unintentionally funny he is, or even when he is intentionally funny. It's, yeah, it just makes for a great time. And I mean, I know I've described certain things as exhausting.

I don't mean that in a bad or a mean way. Like there are times where Sheldon as a character can be like a bit much. And the dialogue they're giving him is like so again, kind of not ornate, but it's filled with like science terminology and big words and stuff. And I think it's like it's okay to have that. Like that's a thing that feels kind of real and a thing that allows you to also have like a sort of underdog. like, you know, you root for Sheldon and you, he's the character I care the most about off the bat. You know, because and, you know, not because they've made this like a big sympathy thing or whatever or, or yeah, it's like I think in not acknowledging it, but having him play it this way, it does create the most living element the show has so far. So, yeah, like, I really like that.

I actually think that's cool. So, and yeah, like, I love that, you know, you feel, you know, more relatable or you feel like you can relate to this or you feel a little more seen in watching this. Like, I think that's, you know, net positive. Yeah. You know, for a mass, you know, a mass reaching, you know, television sitcom, like, that's actually pretty cool. And as much as, you know, we're joking about young Sheldons and all that stuff, like, you know, I'm excited. The thing I'm most excited for is more Sheldon. So, there you go.

Jay Rushden. Jay Rushden, which character are you most like in personality and attitude? Oh, I don't know if I'm like any of them to be. honest. Yeah, I don't know if there's a one-to-one here. I mean... I think maybe with more time, you can tell, but I feel like, you know, the guy who is an awkward crush on a girl who is not,

maybe he doesn't know where she stands because he's not the confidence to say something. Maybe on that level alone, I could, you know, a past Aaron could have, you know, related to Leonard in that way. But other than that, I don't really see a self-insert. just yet. No, I mean, yeah, you just pluck. I think the only character I'm not very much like is Howard. Yeah.

You know, there are parts of, you know, there are shire, more neurotic parts of me that might match some of the other characters. There are like always on my own program parts of me that maybe match I'm more of a Sheldon. You know, I have my own neurodivergencies and particularities. I mean, there are ways in which I would, you know, relate to Penny, you know. Yeah. So, yeah. I don't know if there's necessarily a one-to-one.

I guess personality, personality and attitude. That's tough, honestly. I feel like we got to get to know them a little better because... I think when Sheldon was describing the thing on the couch and why that's the perfect position on the couch, I related to that. Sure. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah. There's a reason why this is the spot. Yeah, I've mapped this out. I live here. Like, I, yeah, I've calculated it. And there's, like, an established, like, instinctual order of things now based on this. You were disrupting. And then you, exactly.

You're sitting in my spot and I am bothered. And I'm like, that's real as fuck. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. I also want his glowing fish. Yes. Please. I want his glowing fish.

Show me the ways of how to make a glowing fish because I will have them all over my house. All right, guys. You got anything else to tell the people about big and banging theories? No, we big, we banged. And that's a theory. And yeah. That's a theory. That's a big bang theory.

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