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18 unusual facts about The Big Bang Theory


Black-throated Magpie-Jay

A Black-throated Magpie-Jay is featured in The Big Bang Theory Season 5 episode 9, The Ornithophobia Diffusion, although incorrectly referred to as a "Blue Jay."

Booze cruise

In an episode of The Big Bang Theory Sheldon tells a story where after a deep gum cleaning he got on what he thought was a bus but was actually a booze cruise to Mexico.

CKY-DT

To accommodate both practices, programs that air in the 7:00 p.m. hour on most CTV stations, such as etalk and repeats of The Big Bang Theory, are generally moved to the 10:00 p.m. hour on CKY.

Eli Marienthal

After a brief hiatus, Marienthal returned to television by making a cameo appearance on a 2009 episode of the television sitcom, The Big Bang Theory, but the following year, Marienthal retired from acting yet again.

Euglossa bazinga

It is named after the catchphrase of the fictional character Dr. Sheldon Cooper from the television show The Big Bang Theory.

FilePro

The Big Bang Theory pays homage to one of the founding parters of the small Computer Company by naming one of the characters "Howard Wolowitz".

Josh Brener

Josh Brener is an American actor best known for playing Dale in The Big Bang Theory and Lyle in The Internship.

Lunar Laser Ranging experiment

On the May 24, 2010 episode of The Big Bang Theory, "The Lunar Excitation," the characters bounce a laser off the reflector on the moon.

Oecanthus fultoni

It is a major plot point in the The Big Bang Theory episode "The Jiminy Conjecture", where Sheldon wrongly believes that a common field cricket, Gryllus assimilis, found in the apartment, is a snowy tree cricket.

Oh No!

The instrumental of "Oh No!" was used to advertise the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory on E4 in the United Kingdom.

Pad Thai

"The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem" episode of The Big Bang Theory ends with Leonard having a bad dream of Sheldon procreating by splitting in two after consuming too much pad Thai.

Shor's algorithm

Shor's algorithm was also a correct answer to a question in a Physics Bowl competition in the episode "The Bat Jar Conjecture" of the TV series The Big Bang Theory.

Spherical cow

In the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, in Season 1 Episode 9, Leonard Hofstadter cited this joke with slight variation (as "spherical chickens in a vacuum").

Steven Molaro

Since 2007, he has been a producer/writer on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

The Klingon Dictionary

In the season 2 episode "The Panty Piñata Polarization" of The Big Bang Theory, the dictionary is being used during a game of Klingon Boggle.

The Superior Spider-Man

In The Big Bang Theory episode "The Deception Verification", Howard says "What were they thinking about putting Doc Ock's mind in Spider-Man's body"?

Trans-Neptunian objects in fiction

In "The Griffin Equivalency", the fourth episode of the second season of The Big Bang Theory, Rajesh Koothrappali is included in People magazine's "30 Under 30 to watch" list for his discovery of a trans-Neptunian object beyond the Kuiper belt.

Vexillology

Dr. Sheldon Cooper (Physicist), a character on the American sitcom "The Big Bang Theory", portrayed by Jim Parsons, who started his own video podcast called Sheldon Cooper Presents: Fun With Flags as seen in "The Beta Test Initiation".


Blow the Man Down

In the episode "The Work Song Nanocluster" of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, Penny and Sheldon use the tune from "Blow the Man Down" with different lyrics as a work song to speed up the manufacturing process in their new home business.

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Jim Parsons, as his character Sheldon Cooper (who is born and raised in Texas), sang a part of this song in the 2011 The Big Bang Theory episode, The Bus Pants Utilization.

Kimberly Kevon Williams

Her other television credits include Phil of the Future, Just for Kicks, Boston Public, Joan of Arcadia, 8 Simple Rules, CSI: Miami, Accidentally on Purpose, Private Practice Melrose Place and The Big Bang Theory.

Quicksand: No Escape

Quicksand: No Escape is a 1992 thriller film directed by Michael Pressman, and stars Donald Sutherland, Tim Matheson, Felicity Huffman and the debut role of an six year old Kaley Cuoco, who over 13 years later achieved fame in the final season of the fantasy TV show Charmed and especially as one of the stars of the popular sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

Sara Gilbert

From 2007 to 2010 she has appeared in episodes of the CBS TV series The Big Bang Theory as Leslie Winkle, a scientist friend of Leonard Hofstadter played by Johnny Galecki, who had previously played Gilbert's love interest David Healy on Roseanne.

Selective mutism

Possibly the most well-known instance of selective (as opposed to total) mutism in popular culture was depicted by the character of Rajesh Koothrappali (played by Kunal Nayyar) in the television sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

This Land Is Your Land

In Season 4, Episode 7 of The Big Bang Theory, the Indian-born Raj Koothrappali recites the first verse of the song out for fear of deportation in an interview with an FBI agent to clarify his relationship with the United States.

Veronica's Closet

The show was taped Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California, on soundstage 25, the same stage where The Big Bang Theory is currently produced (as of 2011) and, according to a plaque on the outside stage wall at the audience entrance, where some scenes from the movie Blade Runner were filmed.

WB Channel Pakistan

WB mostly broadcasts movies,but airs some shows as well such as Two And A Half Men,The Big Bang Theory,Friends,Fringe,Nikita e.t.c.

WTVW

Syndicated programming on WTVW includes Family Feud, The Simpsons, The Big Bang Theory, Steve Harvey and Judge Judy.