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Apple may want money for using their logo, & Dell may not; or Apple (or another company) may feel their product is being shown in a negative way. Also, Dell may have paid for their use on the show, or be a commercial sponsor.

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Carol Ann Susi voiced the never-seen character until her death in 2014.

It's an antique fuse holder with fuses.

Because Sheldon has the thermostat a/c kept so cold.

Selective mutism is an anxiety disorder in which a person who is otherwise capable of speech becomes unable to speak when exposed to specific situations, specific places, or to specific people, one or multiple of which serving as triggers. (Source: Wikipedia)

The menu is not always the same, it changes frequently. Remember one of Penny's boyfriends who owned the company that printed the menus?

To carry their purchases, what else could it be?

I would say Autism which has different spectrums

There could be a few explanations for this, some even in-character: 1. Continuation of the ongoing stereotypes of nerds/geeks, who use comics/pop culture clothes (that are usually long sleeves cotton T-shirts) to the extreme, even in the California weather. 2. It has been said that Sheldon changes the thermostate to a chill temperature, so he could be cold in the appartment. 3. At some point, Johnny Galecky was actually pretty fit. And they made him wear baggy clothes to hide his muscles

Again: ongoing stereotypes. This time, of the jewish mothers. It was funny in the 90's with Fran Fine's mom.

It's ironically calked a lisp.

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Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,

Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait...

The Earth began to cool,

The autotrophs began to drool,

Neanderthals developed tools,

We built a wall (we built the pyramids),

Math, science, history, Unraveling the mystery,

That all started with the big bang!

Bang!

[The TV theme ends here. The song continues:]

Since the "Dawn of Man" is really not that long,

As every galaxy was formed in less time than it takes to sing this song.

A fraction of a second and the elements were made.

The bipeds stood up straight,

The dinosaurs all met their fate,

They tried to leave but they were late and they all died (they froze their asses off)

The oceans said, "Pangaea, see ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!"

Set in motion by the same big bang!

It all started with the big BANG!

It's expanding ever outward but one day

It will pause then start to go the other way,

Collapsing ever inward, we won't be here, it won't be heard.

Our best and brightest figure that it'll make an even bigger bang!

[Instrumental]

Australopithecus would really have been sick of us,

Debating how we're here; they're catching deer (we're catching viruses)

Religion or astronomy, Descartes or Deuteronomy

It all started with the big bang!

Music and mythology, Einstein and astrology

It all started with the big bang!

It all started with the big ... BANG!

No, at this point in time throughtout the entire series (2007-2019), it was not mentioned.

@theothermanny: Actually, creator Chuck Lorre has stated in interviews that Penny's surname is Barrington. However, it is true her surname has not been mentioned in the show nor why Chuck Lorre named her Barrington.

An ever growing list, but so far they include:

• James Earl Jones voice of Darth Vader and Carrie Fisher who portrayed Princess Leia Organa from the Star Wars franchise.

• Katee Sackhoff and Michael Trucco from Battlestar Galactica

• Leonard Nimoy and George Takei from the original Star Trek series and films.

• Dakin Matthews who played Admiral Patterson on Star Trek: Voyager

• Pasha D. Lychnikoff from the Star Trek 2009 remake.

• Summer Glau from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Firefly

• LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner and Wil Wheaton from Star Trek: The Next Generation

• Margo Harshman and Angela Sargeant from Center of the Universe

• Courtney Ford from True Blood

• Ken Lerner and Jan Hoag of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

• Eliza Dushku from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, who also voiced Catwoman in Batman Year One.

• Laurie Metcalf from ToyStory and Toystory 2, 3 & 4, who voices Andy's mom and also appeared in 3rd Rock from the Sun. She also co-starred with Johnny Galecki in "Roseanne."

• Famed Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee

• Yeardley Smith from The Simpsons

• Veteran voice-over actor Brian Posehn, from Scooby Doo! Abracadbra Doo!, Transformers:Antimated and the hit video game Halo 2

• Comedian and veteran voice actor Howie Mandel of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (as DC Comics supervillain Mister Mxyzptlk), voice of Gizmo in Gremlins. and voice of Bobby Generic from Bobby's World.

• Diamond White from Transformers: Rescue Bots

• Regina King who voices both Riley and Huey in The Boondocks

• Comedian Lewis Black who voices Mr.E from Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated and Elliot/The Deadly Duplicator from Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.

• Judy Greer from famed longtime comic strip turned tv series Archer.

• Christine Baranski, from one of Chuck Lorre's first television shows Cybill, and also known from Speed Racer X who voiced both Spritle and Trixie

• Danica McKellar (who also has a BS in Mathematics from UCLA), who has voiced many DC and Marvel comic characters such as Jubilee in the game X-men Legends, M'gann M'orzz of DC's Young Justice, Invisible Woman in the games Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. She also voices characters Lolla Cotgrove and Pona for the MMORPG EverQuest II.

• Veteran video game voice actor Robert Clotworthy voice of the Starcraft video game franchise's Jim Raynor, and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2's Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four.

• Veteran video game voice actor Travis Davis of various games such as Command and Conquer 3, Resistance: Fall of Man, and Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault.

• World famous British theoretical physicist and author Stephen Hawking

• American NASA Astronaut Michael J. Massimino

• American NASA Astronaut Buzz Aldrin

• Nobel Prize winner and renowned physicist George Smoot

• Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson

• Famed American theoretical physicist and string theorist Brian Greene.

• Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak

• Ira Flatow host of Newton's Apple

• Eventual costar Mayim Bialik, who earned a PhD in Neuroscience (as did her character) from UCLA.

• Bill Nye, host of 90's science education show Bill Nye the Science Guy . (He appears in an episode guest starring Bob Newhart who, as Arthur Jeffries aka Professor Proton, parodies Don Herbert, the host of Mr. Wizard's World.)

• David Gerrold and D. C. Fontana, both writers on Star Trek: The Original Series, appear as background guests during a party at Wil Wheaton's house.

* Mark Hamill- Star Wars * William Shatner- Star Trek

There are many reasons. First, for continuity between takes - they need to have the same amount of food on the plates. The food gets cold, gross, and may go bad and make people sick. Through many takes, they would get very full. Talking with their mouths full is gross. And often, the food is not real and you don't want them eating painted wood, ceramic, etc. Also, acting is a skill and the actors are performing every moment; they need to focus on their dialogue as well as physical acting, which would be severely impeded by consuming food.

@Caltech: Grad students (MA and PhD) generally get around $24-26k/pa depending on department, grants, and how much teaching they do. This represents about half the cost of having them. Post-doc salaries typically range in the low $50k, but earning one is rather competitive. US national labs typically pay somewhat more, up to $80k, but the conditions are different.

How much do Pharmaceutical Sales Reps make? Pfizer reps make on average $82,818.00 annually. Eli Lilly pays $76,343.00 annually. Plus commission.

According to his co-stars, Jim Parsons washes his hands incessantly. His hands appear very red on screen sometimes.

It's not known exactly what is in the letter since Howard didn't want to know. But, Sheldon did tell everybody but Howard since Sheldon read the letter by accident. In order to get around the issue of Howard not wanting to know, but feeling betrayed that his wishes of not opening the letter were not respected, a plan was devised that each person would tell Howard something different regarding what was in the letter, only one of which was true, without telling Howard which ones were false. The contents were revealed as follows:

Raj: It was a Birthday Card that said "Happy Birthday Howard. Love, Dad"

Sheldon: It was a map leading to the whereabouts of the treasure of famed pirate One Eyed Willie (Howard immediately identified that as the plot of "The Goonies")

Amy: Howard didn't know it, but his dad was in the audience when Howard graduated from High School and he cried because he was so proud of him

Penny: It was a letter revealing that Howard's dad wasn't who he said he was. Eventually his other life caught up to him and the only way he could keep Howard and his mom safe was to leave.

Leonard: It was a letter explaining the importance of family and how it should never be thrown away like his dad threw it away

Bernadette: It was a picture of Howard's dad holding him on the day Howard was born. On the back was written "Howard my son. My greatest gift."