Top 20 Things You Didn't Know About The Big Bang Theory

you guys can buy me dinner but that's the end of it the end of what welcome to miss Mojo and today we're counting down some fun facts about the Big Bang Theory that even the show's biggest fans might not know Raj yes look what am I looking at you tell me non-alcoholic beer yeah number 20 Howard Leonard and Sheldon are named after real people they say you should write what you know and when it came to naming the characters on The Big Bang Theory that's exactly what the creators did Howard wowit's Caltech Department of Applied Physics you may be familiar with some of my work it's currently orbiting Jupiter's largest moon taking high resolution digital photographs besides being a television writer producer and co-creators of shows such as the Big Bang Theory Bill pretty once worked as a computer programmer that job not only gives him solid nerd cred when it comes to the series but also provided the name for Howard walowitz as it was the name of a programmer pray had worked with oh he speaks English he just can't speak to women really why he's kind of a nerd as for Leonard and Sheldon their names were also inspired by real people actually just one real person television writer producers Sheldon Leonard of whom pry and Chuck Lori were fans number 19 a chance encounter led to the theme song did you know that Simon sings book Big Bang the origin of the universe has more to do with the Big Bang Theory than just the similar titles it was the book that Bare Naked Ladies lead singer Ed Robertson had read and led to him freestyling a rap about the origins of the universe at a show in Los Angeles Dev we built a wall we built a pyramid Math Science History unraveling the mystery that all started with a big bang and who happened to be at that show Chuck Lori and Bill Frady who upon hearing said rap asked Robertson to write the theme song for their upcoming series to paraphrase the catchy tune that is one Mystery unraveled Science History unraveling the mystery that all started with a big bang one mystery that has never been unraveled though is why the timeline in the opening credits read 91,9 C instead of 91,000 BC number 18 scientific episode titles well some shows don't really seem to spend much time thinking about the titles of their episodes The Big Bang Theory had a real method to their Madness a scientific method that is while each episode title makes reference to a key moment or storyline of said episode the way they do it fits in perfectly with the science-based theme that began with the show's title letter God this is going to be bad goodbye Honey Puffs hello Big Brand each episode title is phrased in the format of a scientific theory principle or experiment from the Big Brand Grand hypothesis to the Stockholm syndrome and the over 270 episodes in between in Sweden punctuality is taken very seriously in other words the Loosey Goosey attitude in Helsinki will not fly in Stockholm The Only Exception being the series's first episode which as is usually the case is just called pilot number 17 it set a record with back-to-back renewals with so many shows getting cancelled every year most series are just happy to get a renewal for one more season well to that the Big Bang Theory said hold our beer or more likely that's our spot as they not once but twice got renewed for three more seasons in one shot that's my spot that ain't no Bazinga either in 2011 and in 2014 CBS showed massive confidence in the series's ability to continue dominating network television and gave them three more years no show in the history of modern television has ever received two back-to-back three-year renewals except the Big Bang Theory this is so exciting isn't this exciting number 16 Canal ner landed his role with his first audition will you please turn your shirt off what I'm giving myself dramatic entrance music people will know I'm awesome and to be feared if watching Penny struggle to become a successful actress on The Big Bang Theory for all those years taught us anything it's that making it in Hollywood is hard it takes a lot of patience and lots of auditions unless you're kunan as it turns out because as kayy kuoko revealed on the Anna Ferris is unqualified podcast Big Bang was his first audition either his first audition or his first pilot audition looks like things really did all start with a big bang for Mr ner and then I moved to Los Angeles uh to to live out the big dream and and and I auditioned for a show and then the show became n years later number 15 Johnny glei might have been Sheldon could you imagine Sheldon as a short curly-haired guy no Well turns out Johnny glei couldn't either having seen glei in various roles on other sitcoms in the past series co-creator Chuck Lori knew he wanted him on the show and initially wrote the character of Sheldon Cooper with GOI in mind and it was GOI who turned it down I'm aware of how difficult I can be so I just want to say thank you for putting up with with me buddy having played the friend or assistant to the Romantic lead in the past glei wanted to do something different and play the guy who seems to have a future of romantic triumphs and difficulties we're not sure how obvious it was at the time but we can now say with confidence great choice Johnny it's just a heart-shaped locker with a picture of Leonard's face in he got them all on clearance now move move move I love you I love you too number 14 Johnny gle's glasses didn't have lenses aam's razor is the idea that the most obvious answer is usually the correct one did you ever wonder why you never saw lights from the set reflecting off the lenses of Leonard's glasses well aam's razor would lead one to the conclusion that there were no lenses in the glasses and in this case aam would be correct damn it my glasses okay I'm blind here guys can you help me find them sir glei wanted Leonard to have glasses and during rehearsal for the first episode he wore a pair with lenses in them however this led to the issue of light Reflections and glare especially with the shorter glei having to look up at his taller friend Sheldon much of the time so when he was asked to take them off he instead just popped out the lenses check it out he got contact number 133 Jim Parsons and mayam biic learned how to play their characters instruments what are you doing doing playing the thean no I mean what are you doing with a theam in playing it their brains weren't the only instruments the characters on the show knew how to play many of them could play actual instruments as well however while Johnny glei already knew how to play the cello and Simon hellberg was an accomplished pianist Jim Parsons and mayam biic learned their instruments for their roles as Sheldon and Ang respectively biik played many instruments growing up but the harp wasn't one of them as she told Wired Magazine I learned to play the harp for The Big Bang Theory I'm wanted [Music] wanted and the same is true for Parsons and the thein number 12 Lucy and Ramona wrote If I Didn't Have You Be Anam without a bomb a do without the and I probably still live with my mom while the characters Lucy and Ramona nitzky brought mostly heartache and problems to the show we do have them to thank for one of the most romantic moments of the series and no we don't mean how Ramona kissing Sheldon sent him to propose to Amy we're talking about something that happened thanks to the actresses who portray Lucy and Ramona Kate makuchi and Ricky Lindholm also known as The Comedy folk Duo gar Funko and oats it was actually these two Talent ladies who wrote If I Didn't Have You the song Howard plays for bernardet on the anniversary of their first date a classic happy crime moment that would never have happened if the show didn't have them I couldn't have imaged how good my life would get from the moment that I met you bernardette number 11 there was only one set of stairs this is my friend Simon so yeah this is a elevator this is the elevator that does does not work we get to climb climb stairs You' think that since so many scenes take place walking up and down the stairs at the apartment building that they would have built a full three-fight staircase to use every time well you might think that but you'd be wrong instead what they had was one flight of stairs that they would reuse and redecorate for each consecutive flight the cast walked up wouldn't that mean they would have to stop the scene after each flight wait for the crew to decorate for the next floor and then pick up the scene yes it would mean that and that's exactly what would happen you can see these stairs go to Nowhere we actually all have to get very intimate down here like this and he has to hold my leg that's part of my own my own process number 10 it originally had a different title it's no secret that the Big Bang Theory is named after the cosmological model for our universe before settling on this title however the show was initially going to be called Lenny Penny and Kenny Leonard Sheldon hi hi hi hi hi well uh oh welcome to the building well Penny ultimately stuck around Lenny evolved into Leonard and Kenny went on to become Sheldon these changes were probably for the best especially since the original title doesn't really tie into the show's science theme or nerdy sense of humor Lenny Penny and Kenny sounds s like a generic sitcom that's trying to be the next thre's company and we all know how frustrating Sheldon can get when he comes and knocks on your door what the hell is wrong with you I'm the flash I just knocked 30,000 times number nine we still don't know Penny's last name audiences knew penny for 12 years and 279 episodes but they never heard her full name after tying the knot with Leonard at the beginning of season 9 Penny adopted the surname hoffstatter I think that's cheesy buckle up Penny hoffstead will you please stay married to me yet her maiden name has never been spoken throughout the show's lengthy run co-creator bill prady has said that Penny surname would come out of the bag at some point executive producer Steve malaro on the other hand in insists that her last name will forever be a giant question mark in other words Sheldon could prove the string theory before we hear Penny's full name your friends are just lovely a thanks Mom although that Sheldon is a bit peculiar is he I never noticed number eight my molic has a PHD besides getting you apart on The Big Bang Theory I was also made the spokes the spokesperson of Texas Instruments calculator so that's what you get with the PHD in neuroscience Big Bang Theory and you're the spokesperson for graphing calculators at the end of season 3 actress Mayan biik entered the equation as Amy Farah fer given the instant chemistry with Sheldon it wasn't long until viic became a series regular long before that though beic herself was actually referenced in a season 1 episode listing off potential candidates for a physics Bowl Raj suggests the girl from TV's Blossom noting that she has a PHD in Neuroscience she got a PhD in neuroscience or something Raj we're not getting TV's Blossom to join our physics Bowl team how about the girl from the wos this of course is mayam biic who broke out into stardom playing Blossom Ruby Russo and later went on to become a neuroscientist interestingly enough the girl from The Wonder Years would also eventually pop up in the series call me Raj hey Raj where are you from the mysterious subcontinent of India ooh India number seven Melissa Rous based Bernadette's voice on a family member when actress Melissa Rous made her debut on the show back in season 3 she noticeably didn't have the cute high-pitched voice bernardet Roston Kowski has become iconic for I couldn't ride a bicycle cuz my mother was afraid I'd hit a bump and lose my virginity oh wow you didn't did you not on a bicycle in a Camry Rous would evolve and infect Bernadette's voice over time deriving inspiration from a family member at a paleyfest panel Rous mentioned that Bernadette's voice is tonally very similar to her mother's but quote without the joyy I'll tell you what I want when I really really want I want I want to I want to I want to really really really these California Quiznos 1999 perhaps this is fitting seeing as how bernardet and Howard really started to hit it off after swapping stories about their overbearing mothers number six the show had a science advisor to consult on scripts seeing is how the cast of characters includes two physicist an engineer an astrophysicist a neuroscientist and a microbiologist the writers need to take extra precautions to make sure this show is scientifically accurate enter David salsburg I'm actually a particle physicist by training but lately I've uh been lured a little more into astrophysics and astronomy and so uh those of us who find ourselves in this situation are called particle astrophysicists a physics and astronomy professor at the University of California solsberg was a science consultant for The Big Bang Theory from the very beginning his duties involve checking each script pointing out any errors and adding scientific information and those complicated equations you see on the whiteboards he's responsible for overseeing those as well Sheldon Cooper may have an IQ of 187 but salsburg is the Real Genius and so we have here here is uh the basic diagram of quantum tunneling and which would be basically what's the physics behind that joke number five an executive producers coworker inspired Raj's selective mutism while Raj has never exactly been smooth with the ladies at least he can maintain a conversation with them now Raj struggled with Selective mutism for the first six seasons generally requiring alcohol to speak in the presence of women he's not related to how did you correct for the selection bias well I ran a simulation allowed me to correct for the observational efficiency the idea for this character trait stemmed from the show's co-creator and executive producer Bill prady prior to the show he worked for the small computer company as a programmer and had a colleague who like Raj couldn't talk to women without being inebriated as for Kunal ner he obviously has no problem talking to the opposite sex he's married to former Miss India Nia aor getting married is even more stressful yes yes well it sounds like especially uh first of all we have a photograph here to give people visual your wife is beautiful yeah she's gorgeous man number four penny wasn't in the original pilot it's hard to believe but Penny was nowhere to be found in the original pilot instead Leonard and Sheldon crossed paths with a hardboiled woman named Katie played by Amanda Walsh what the hell is wrong with you Leonard I'm no expert but in the context of a dinner invitation it's probably best to skip the discussion of bowel movements after breaking up with her boyfriend Katie moves in with the dorky Duo test audiences didn't respond well to Katie however and the network found the pilot underwhelming on the whole they don't get out much still the creators knew they had struck gold with actors Johnny gcki and Jim Parsons so they went back and retooled several aspects most notably switching out Katie with Penny the new pilot was subsequently picked up and the rest is history lard I'm no expert here but I believe in the context of a luncheon invitation you might want to skip the reference to Bell movements oh you're inviting me over to eat uh yes oh that's so nice I'd love to number three Jim Parsons has never seen Star Trek Sheldon Cooper is about as hardcore as trekkies get he's dressed up as Star Trek characters on numerous occasions and practically had a meltdown after attaining some of Leonard Nemo's DNA I possess the DNA of Leonard [Music] nemoy plus he knows nextg actors Lavar Burton and will weaton personally but ironically actor Jim Parsons claims to have never even seen an episode of Star Trek rather than growing up with the Voyages of the Starship Enterprise Parsons has always been more of a sports guy when the cameras are rolling though Parson still manages to speak fluent Klingon demonstrating his incredible versatility as an actor did that guy I just say revenge is a dish best served cold in Klingon I believe so number two the show got sued for soft kitty one of the show's most famous running gags soft kitty is a song that's known to soothe Sheldon when he's feeling sick or depressed I will always sing you soft kitty soft kitty warm kitty little baller this song originated from a Polish lullabi as was a a song called warm kitty written by Edith nulan in 2015 Nan's daughters brought a copyright lawsuit against the companies attached to the show claiming that Willis Music had published the rhyme in the 1937 song book the lawsuit was dismissed in 2017 however on the grounds that Nan's heirs had failed to prove that they owned a valid copyright on their mother's work that must have made Chuck glor a happy kitty soft Kitt War kitty little ball of fur happy kitty sleepy kitty Pur before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one Bazinga was inspired by Real Life practical jokes Bazinga has become such a popular term that it even inspired the name of a Brazilian be species known as yosa Bazinga as for where Sheldon's catchphrase came from we have writer Steven angle to thank for that Howard you are a good friend and I wish you nothing but happiness Bazinga I don't Engle would say bazinga whenever he played a prank on another writer like when he gave Bill pray a scooped out grapefruit and yelled The Immortal punchline when pray tried to eat it Bazinga later popped up during the show's season 2 finale although it wasn't originally scripted and was instead inserted at the last minute during filming once again you've fallen for one of my classic pranks Bazinga although it took two seasons to arrive Bazinga is now practically synonymous with the Big Bang Theory B Bing did any of these big bang facts come as a big surprise to you let us know which one shocked you more than Leonard and Howard were shocked when Raj and Penny walked out of the bedroom together it's it's not what it looks like what does it look like do you agree with our piics check out this other recent clip from M Mojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos [Music]

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Length: 21min 2sec (1262 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 23 2024