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The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis

  • Episode aired Dec 15, 2008
  • TV-PG
  • 21m
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Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
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Leonard is disappointed when Penny develops an interest in an attractive physicist at the university. Meanwhile, Sheldon struggles to find an appropriate Christmas gift for Penny.Leonard is disappointed when Penny develops an interest in an attractive physicist at the university. Meanwhile, Sheldon struggles to find an appropriate Christmas gift for Penny.Leonard is disappointed when Penny develops an interest in an attractive physicist at the university. Meanwhile, Sheldon struggles to find an appropriate Christmas gift for Penny.

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    • Mark Cendrowski
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    • Stephen Engel
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    • Bill Prady
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    • Johnny Galecki
    • Jim Parsons
    • Kaley Cuoco
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    • Director
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      • Stephen Engel
      • Eric Kaplan
      • Bill Prady
    • Stars
      • Johnny Galecki
      • Jim Parsons
      • Kaley Cuoco
    • 11User reviews
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    • Trivia
      The napkin really is signed by Leonard Nimoy. A photograph exists of Jim Parsons holding it up.
    • Goofs
      In the beginning of the episode, Dave Underhill entered the cafeteria scene and sat with a group of people. During the scene, he changes seat 3 times within a 15 second span.
    • Quotes
      • Sheldon Cooper: [Opens Penny's gift] Oh, a napkin...
      • Penny: Turn it over.
      • Sheldon Cooper: [Reading] "To Sheldon: Live long and prosper... Leonard Nimoy!"
      • Penny: He came into the restaurant. Sorry the napkin's dirty - he wiped his mouth with it.
      • Sheldon Cooper: [Face twitching excitedly] I possess the DNA of Leonard Nimoy?
      • Penny: Yeah, yeah, I guess, but look, he signed it.
      • Sheldon Cooper: [Now shaking with excitement] Do you realize what this means? All I need is a healthy ovum and I could grow my own Leonard Nimoy!
      • Penny: Okay, all I'm giving you is the napkin, Sheldon.
    • Crazy credits
      CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #233 Recently the magazine Entertainment Weekly had an article entitled the "The 25 Smartest People in Television." Yours truly was ranked at number twenty. If the article is to be taken seriously, and God knows, why wouldn't any sensible person take it seriously, that means there are currently nineteen people in the TV biz who are smarter than me. Now I'm just thinking out loud here, but if something were to happen to those nineteen people... if say, they were to, one by one, have horrible accidents, or mysteriously disappear, then that would make me, ipso facto, the number one smartest person in television. Then I'd just have to keep an eye on number twenty-one. Christina Wayne, Senior VP of original programming at AMC, looks like the kind of woman who would stop at nothing to move up a spot.
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    • Release date
      • December 15, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 25, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(uncredited)
    • Production companies
      • Chuck Lorre Productions
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    • Runtime
      • 21m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9

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