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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 7:13 pm 
Good new episode tonight...Penny searching for her "passion" and Amy presenting a "solution" for Sheldon's compulsive need for closure.
I was very curious to see what Amy would do, since I suffer from the same compulsive need for closure! However, even as she was implementing, I knew it wouldn't work, and I was way ahead on guessing the ending, maybe because it was what I would have done myself. I once was treated with "cognitive behavioral therapy" for OCD contamination issues, and it didn't work, partly because I would practice "neutralization" after the fact--I would engage in an action/activity that would help me feel "clean" again. And I was SO hoping that Amy really would come up with a solution so that I could try it myself.
Funniest moment however had to be when Sheldon, fraught with emotion over being prevented from completion, said to Amy that you've never felt this, have you, this overpowering emotion when you can't get to what you want. Amy's look was priceless!
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 10:07 pm
The opening Rant about Firefly and Buffy and Heroes was so dead on.....I could have written it. And how Penny could not like Buffy......
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, April 26, 2013 - 2:58 pm
This year's shows haven't done it for me, although I'm a big fan of the series. I don't know if they have new writers or if they've just run out of new material or what. Amy is awesome, no question. But I think they need to have Sheldon consider slipping it to her, or introduce a love rival for her consideration, or introduce Leonard's father or something. Not really feeling Raj's new girlfriend - he needs someone to kick his ass. Bernie needs to try and update Howard's game, too. Take away his dickies and Beatle haircut and watch him convulse. Just me thinking.
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Rieann
Member
08-26-2006
| Friday, April 26, 2013 - 10:02 pm
Amy is awesome, no question. But I think they need to have Sheldon consider slipping it to her... 
GAL, ya cracked me up! If it does happen, I'm sure a TRUCKLOAD of Purell would be involved.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 4:39 am
LOL Riann. True enough.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 10:38 am
I thought this episode was very entertaining. Oh, and I like Raj's new girlfriend. They were made for each other.
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 11:09 am
I like Raj's new girlfriend too. I love that she appreciates his "feminine" side and didn't like the new 'macho" version of Raj.
PS I like the idea of introducing a rival for Amy--or we meet Leonard's father.
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Konamouse
Member
07-15-2001
| Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 12:48 pm
Loved all the shout-outs to geekdom TV shows in this episode. And Sheldon's OCD. The look Amy gave Sheldon when he remarked about not getting what you want. Priceless!!
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 8:38 pm
I'm with Christy ~ How could Penny NOT love Buffy?!
Amy is so making the show for me this season. She just has to get a look on her face and it's classic! And I also like the GF for Raj. Who else would get him?!
My only complaint about last night were the number of commercials. YIKES! You can tell this show is a hit because they advertised for every other show on their network all in that one half hour!
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 8:56 pm
Wow, cool catch about all the commercials, Kappy! I guess I was so busy thinking about the show and trying to (correctly) second-guess the ending, that for once I didn't notice the ads!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 6:45 am
DVR'S ARE FROM HEAVEN...NO COMMERCIALS.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, May 02, 2013 - 5:36 pm
Bob Newhart is a god. And watching Sheldon geek out over him was hilarious. I hope they have him back.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Thursday, May 02, 2013 - 6:04 pm
I thought it was very good. Quite funny!
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Thursday, May 02, 2013 - 7:35 pm
GREAT episode! Newhart still has it!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Thursday, May 02, 2013 - 7:53 pm
Missed the first 10 minutes, darn it. I remember my dad playing old comedy albums from the '60s, including Bob Newhart's, when I was a kid.
Sheldon didn't even tell him he was sitting in his spot, did he?!
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Thursday, May 02, 2013 - 11:59 pm
I heard on some entertainment show that Bob will be back for 2 more guest appearances next season!
And, Calamity, I think you are right about Sheldon's "spot"...I guess Sheldon was so carried away that it overrode even that!
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Daydreamer
Member
05-30-2008
| Friday, May 03, 2013 - 4:10 am
I loved Penny asking Professor Proton whether they could generate enough energy from potatoes to solve the world energy crisis ... and the way the Professor looked at her as he said, "No."
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Gurliegirl
Member
06-20-2006
| Friday, May 03, 2013 - 5:55 am
Bob Newhart?! Wow, I haven't watched yet and not sure when I'll get to even turn my TV on this weekend, but I can't wait to see this episode so I might just have to find time somewhere.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Friday, May 03, 2013 - 8:28 am
That'd be terrific if he returns, Beth. He & Sheldon (Prof. Proton, Jr) had great comedic chemistry. That wasn't intended to be a pun.
I also thought the pep talk Sheldon & Leonard gave him was sweet too, about how he'd no doubt inspired so many people to become interested in science, some even pursuing careers. The same could be said for Mr. Newhart & comedy, I reckon!
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Rieann
Member
08-26-2006
| Friday, May 03, 2013 - 9:26 am
Fun episode! Bob Newhart is great. I loved Penny in awe of the potato too, Daydreamer. 
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Friday, May 03, 2013 - 6:23 pm
I kept thinking also about the parallels between 2 scientists meeting their childhood idol, and perhaps 2 comic actors also meeting a comic actor idol.
It's left me wondering though, like Penny, how *does* a potato make a clock run?
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Daydreamer
Member
05-30-2008
| Saturday, May 04, 2013 - 6:03 am
Beth, I don't know exactly how a potato can generate electric energy and power a clock, but I do know it has something to do with the phosphorus in a potato (or the phosphoric acid?), which is activated when you stick metal nails into the potato. Apparently you can also generate electricity from the acid in a lemon.
If anyone here watched the first season of the reality show "Big Brother," I remember one of the tasks the housemates had to accomplish was to build a potato clock; if they couldn't, they hd no way of telling the time ... (They managed to do it; all season they had a clock with a potato on the kitchen counter.)
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Saturday, May 04, 2013 - 8:38 am
How Potato Batteries Work
Kidzworld
P.S. Happy Free Comic Book day!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, May 04, 2013 - 9:48 am
I too remember on Big Brother when they had the potato clock.
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Gurliegirl
Member
06-20-2006
| Saturday, May 04, 2013 - 10:59 am
Loved seeing Bob Newhart. He does still have it. 
ETA: Woot, I'm post #1,000.
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