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[ChippyD]

I'm a big fan of both, so I suppose it shouldn't surprise me that during an idle daydream my brain gave me a "What If" where the creators of Big Bang Theory offered to adapt QC into a live action cross-over for a few episodes. Over the course of the 'mini series', Sheldon is invited (aka commanded to) lecture at Smif because the head of the science university in BB has a daughter whose attending there. The entire crew decide to make it a group vacation. Over the course of the episodes the following hijinx occur

1. Marigold and Amy are played by the same actress, and people keep confusing them for each other.
2. Sheldon is being chased by females all over Smif, much to Amy's shagrin. "Sheldon, they clearly only want you for your brain. " "Well, yes, with an intellect as vast as mine, who would want anything else?"
3. Howard tries to figure out how Pintsize works (Pintsize represented as an animatronic puppet), while Pintsize makes many overtures at Bernadette. "I'm not sure what to do to someone who has offended me, but is immune to Ebola virus."
4. Martin and Penny almost have a fling, but realize that it would be stupid.
5. Raj falls for Claire, who is extremely annoyed with him. Raj is majorly psyched because he thinks his fear of woman has been miraculously cured without the use of alcohol, and starts hitting on EVERYONE. Until Claire finally admits she's not really a She yet to get him to shut up.
6. Leonard and Clinton accidently set loose a rampaging robotic enemy crab.
7. Other stuff.

I dunno. Its all stupid, but I felt a need to share my stupid daydream.

[Is it cold in here?]

Jimbo needs to be in there somewhere, making a screenplay out of it.

If I understand trans* terminology correctly, Claire is "she" right now due to her brain setting irrespective of the stage of transition.

[Near Lurker]

That would be among the problems with this post...

[ChippyD]

Jimbo needs to be in there somewhere, making a screenplay out of it.

If I understand trans* terminology correctly, Claire is "she" right now due to her brain setting irrespective of the stage of transition.

I meant that she was pre op, (I don't recall if was ever mentioned) and given Raj's likely reaction, he'd probably either zip right back into mute mode, or suffer further along the lines of the latent bisexual jokes poked at him. I find that amusing. I actually would prefer if he had a good reaction, as he's known to have a very "...Oh well, this works for me." attitude.

I'm pretty comfortable with the transsexuals in my social circle, one of who thinks the idea is amusing as well. I'm neither looking to argue nor make statements. Just sharing my idiotic humor.

[Is it cold in here?]

Raven has to in there somewhere as a physics major and inventor.

[Pilchard123]

Where do you think the giant enemy crab (attack its weak point for massive damage) comes from?

[westrim]

The QC crew would likely finally call Sheldon on all his bullshit reasoning and troll logic instead of shrugging and letting it stand, and it would suddenly get much more humorous as his self deceptions crumble.

The audience would probably fall by 10 million.

[DSL]

I recall seeing a tweet at the side of the main comic page which would suggest Jeph detests BBT. I think his words were "pandering to people's stereotypes of nerds."

[Bluesummers]

I saw that tweet...I wonder what he thinks of "King of the Nerds", because most folks I spoken with find it enjoyable, regardless of their position over BBT.

Also, Faye would DESTROY Sheldon. End of story.

[Sidhekin]

I follow Jeph on Twitter ... I saw several, starting with these three:

* Just saw a commercial for the Big Bang Theory and actually got angry
* “Ha ha the NERD can’t recognize a drawing of a cookie”
* I’m pretty sure that show is designed to make people who made fun of nerds in high school feel better about themselves

* Sidhekin doesn't watch TV, so really has nothing else to add to this discussion.

[cesium133]

As a physicist (well, a physics graduate student. Don't know if that actually counts), I enjoyed the first season or two of the Big Bang Theory. Yeah, they made fun of the nerd stereotypes occasionally, but it seemed like they had someone on the writing staff who actually knew what a physicist does. I don't know if that person got fired or if there was executive meddling or what, but it seems like at some point they stopped being physicists and started just being generic nerd stereotypes. I don't watch it as much as I used to, but it still seems like that is the case from the episodes I've seen more recently.

[DSL]

If that's the case, that's sad.  And, unfortunately, neither the first nor the last time someone with more brass than brains just had to put his or her thumb in something, and ruin whatever made it good in the first place.

(I will admit, I identified with some of the things I saw in the few episodes of BBT I've seen.)

[ukrayf]

I just hate how insidiously misogynistic The Big Bang Theory is, how flippantly discontinous its characterisations are and how wretchedly unfunny it is, and I wholly despise the "revenge of the nerd" trend in media that caters the lowest common denominator of socially oblivious, uncritical, self-superior fedora-wearers.

[DSL]

There're big bucks in catering to the lowest common denominator, friend. Fortunately for my self-respect, my material needs are few and mostly simple.

[jwhouk]

This is the same network that brought you Two And A Half Men. CBS=LCD.

[mustang6172]

I never watch Big Bang Theory because it gets in the way of watching Community.

[westrim]

I never watch Big Bang Theory because it gets in the way of watching Community.

My DVR means that unfortunately both are available and watched in my household.

[Bluesummers]

This is the same network that brought you Two And A Half Men. CBS=LCD.

The same Network, and the same production team as well. Chuck Lorre does a lot.

[Xader]

I just hate how insidiously misogynistic The Big Bang Theory is, how flippantly discontinous its characterisations are and how wretchedly unfunny it is, and I wholly despise the "revenge of the nerd" trend in media that caters the lowest common denominator of socially oblivious, uncritical, self-superior fedora-wearers.

Wow. You must be a real hoot at parties...

[westrim]

I just hate how insidiously misogynistic The Big Bang Theory is, how flippantly discontinous its characterisations are and how wretchedly unfunny it is, and I wholly despise the "revenge of the nerd" trend in media that caters the lowest common denominator of socially oblivious, uncritical, self-superior fedora-wearers.

Wow. You must be a real hoot at parties...

You should see his stand-up act about Avatar.

[ChippyD]

>_> I wasn't expecting to unleash the floodwaters of anti-BB. I think I liked it better when it looked like I was going to be burnt at the stake for a transexual themed joke.

[de_la_Nae]

Oh we weren't going to burn you for a joke, we were going to burn you for the poor way you phrased it! 
I haven't actually seen this show in a long while. But that's because I'm somewhat in the same boat as Sidhekin.  And by God I hope it's a good-sized boat, I am not a tiny person.

[DSL]

I am waiting for the spinoff show, "The Modified Steady-State Theory," in which characters who aren't especially nerdy, but not especially cool either, just sort of go about their daily lives and are occasionally funny.

[Carl-E]

Yeah, but who's going to watch real life? 

[Bluesummers]

I am waiting for the spinoff show, "The Modified Steady-State Theory," in which characters who aren't especially nerdy, but not especially cool either, just sort of go about their daily lives and are occasionally funny.

The ratings will be hovering somewhere in the middle of the room, nowhere near going through the roof!

Ahh, monotony. *sips lukewarm tap water*

[cesium133]

Yeah, but who's going to watch real life?

Maybe it would be more interesting if we added some robots. And maybe a space station. Also, we should give some of them some interesting mental issues, like OCD or something.

[jwhouk]

Ooh! And make one of the characters an ex-goth who owns her own coffee shop, where they all meet!

[Carl-E]

I dunno - it's starting to sound kinda hokey. 

[jwhouk]

Hm, you're right.

Hey, I know - she has a brother who's a famous but disillusioned country music songwriter!

[westrim]

We should have the main character meet a girl who was stalking him, which turns out to be okay because she's just OCD and on wonky meds, and then turns out to be daughter of the greatest scientist in the history of mankind AND a billionaire corporate genius who is just a shark tank shy of being an Evil Overlord!

What am I thinking, that's ridiculous.

[Is it cold in here?]

At the rate you're going, you might as well throw in little personal robots.

[jwhouk]

Oh, come ON now. We don't want this to get TOO out of hand.

Next thing, you're gonna want to have them actually visit the lead character's dad at his space station.

[Loki]

And maybe we could have the main character wake up one day in an apocalyptic wasteland...

[cesium133]

And maybe we could have the main character wake up one day in an apocalyptic wasteland...

In a wedding dress and carrying a rocket launcher, as a giant robot declares the end to the age of man.

[DSL]

Nobody's gonna believe any of this if you don't throw in an extradimensional mechanical dinosaur coffeemaker. Or two.

[de_la_Nae]

Fuck it, we're gonna do it live! Throw in an occasional subplot about a band, an over-sexed ditzy science savant (though maybe play up the first couple traits more than the second, we want the audience paying attention!), and a little bird who screams obscenities.
We raise a shitton of money from the sponsors, spend as little as possible on all the crappy actors and effects, and make off with the first-night's loot!

[westrim]

Fuck it, we're gonna do it live! Throw in an occasional subplot about a band, an over-sexed ditzy science savant (though maybe play up the first couple traits more than the second, we want the audience paying attention!), and a little bird who screams obscenities.
We raise a shitton of money from the sponsors, spend as little as possible on all the crappy actors and effects, and make off with the first-night's loot!

But O'Reilly, what if it ends up with a big audience and they want us to continue it?

[jwhouk]

Great. Now if we can only find some writer hack who can do scripts cheaply.

[Carl-E]

Fuck it, we're gonna do it live! Throw in an occasional subplot about a band, an over-sexed ditzy science savant (though maybe play up the first couple traits more than the second, we want the audience paying attention!), and a little bird who screams obscenities.
We raise a shitton of money from the sponsors, spend as little as possible on all the crappy actors and effects, and make off with the first-night's loot!

But O'Reilly, what if it ends up with a big audience and they want us to continue it?

Haven't you ever seen The Producers?


It ends in prison...

[de_la_Nae]

Actually there's that point where only *some* of you are in prison.

I plan to be in Rio, maybe skip that 'crisis of conscience' thing.

[cesium133]

This thread caused me to remember to check Windows Media Center to check how many Big Bang Theory episodes it has recorded that I never got around to watching. I found out that at some point CBS set a no-record flag on the broadcast, so Media Center hasn't recorded any episodes this season. I guess CBS thinks that will make me leave work early to watch it live, or buy the DVD. They would be wrong; I'd rather just not watch it.

[dr. nervioso]

You guys.
This idea isn't going to work.
We'll need butts if we want to get the real money. Gallons of butts.
But where would we find a writer willing to include non-pornographic butts in their work? We would need to make them slightly delirious... A butt's disease if you will

[techkid]

I got nothing. I mean, there's nothing in Wikipedia about Butts Disease or anything. And Google search... well, the content is questionable, that's all I know.

[dr. nervioso]

I can prepare a sample for butts disease. I have a PhD in assology after all

[DSL]

All I could find was a reference to Earl Butz disease, the major symptom of which is oral diarrhea.

[Thrudd]

All I could find was a reference to Earl Butz disease, the major symptom of which is oral diarrhea.

Are we talking Politics and Network News now or are we still on our original topic?
It gets so confusing sometimes.

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As for Brass ruining good things for the latest trend pop then you had better qualify that as US Brass - Anyone remember Space 1999? When you compare the first season to the second with its ageism, babes, latex and pyrotechnics? It made Starlost look good. Yeah, wooden acting that made the petrified forest seem animated in comparison.
  Sorry got lost there. 

[Mr_Rose]

No, space $19.99 was always total junk. The addition of the latex and babes just made it more obvious.
Even ignoring that everything about the basic premise is wrong.

[DSL]

Here now, don't be dissing the show that pioneered the "endless supply of shuttlecraft" concept put to such good use by "Voyager."

[Bluesummers]

"Rebels mounting an offensive? Clog their streets and cities with shuttlecraft!"

[ZBixby]

I am waiting for the spinoff show, "The Modified Steady-State Theory," in which characters who aren't especially nerdy, but not especially cool either, just sort of go about their daily lives and are occasionally funny.

I think you just described Seinfeld