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Apple's Steve Wozniak Appears on CBS's Big Bang Theory
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Wow. Just wow. To each their own, I guess.
Big Bang Theory is the first show that actually pegs geek culture. Everyone may call the jokes "stereotypical" but it's the first show to get them right, if not a bit over the top. Although if the jokes weren't over the top, the show wouldn't be funny.
And even that's not saying much.
I wish NBC would come to their sense and lose 'Community' and/ or 'Outsourced' and give 'Parks and Rec' the times slot it deserves.
It's as if the poster of the video was trying to prove the show isn't funny, that it's the laugh track that makes it seem funny.
But the show would have been timed differently if they knew there wasn't a laugh track, so it's an invalid experiment.
There are shows that are still funny without the laugh track. That came close but my teeth still wanted to grit.
There are actual people at the taping of the show that laugh at the jokes being told.
Love this show! Raj is one of TVs funniest characters right now. Community's funny too, but BBT gets the live viewing, DVR for the CC kids.
So did anyone actually watch the show or are we all just commenting on whether or not we like laugh tracks?
I thought it was good. It was funny that they took a non-actor and had him act with a robot. Probably didn't help his performance.
But whatever, he was 'bad' in a 'good' way. I thought it worked well. Mostly it was great to see that Woz is unafraid to go on TV and tell Jobs jokes. That was enjoyable. The rest of the show was pretty good. Rare to have a show without a 'B' plot but they pulled it off. That proves the main plot must have been pretty strong. I didn't even realize the half-hour had passed when it ended.
And for the record, even though Community & 30 Rock are way betters shows, Big Bang is a strong number 3. No shame in that.
I thought it was good. It was funny that they took a non-actor and had him act with a robot. Probably didn't help his performance.
But whatever, he was 'bad' in a 'good' way. I thought it worked well. Mostly it was great to see that Woz is unafraid to go on TV and tell Jobs jokes. That was enjoyable. The rest of the show was pretty good. Rare to have a show without a 'B' plot but they pulled it off. That proves the main plot must have been pretty strong. I didn't even realize the half-hour had passed when it ended.
And for the record, even though Community & 30 Rock are way betters shows, Big Bang is a strong number 3. No shame in that.
Over the top jokes, that fail to be funny - such as laughing simply because they don't understand what the characters are saying, combined with excessive geek stereotypes.
I live in a house with three other Biologists and I am also a massive comics nerd. Bares literally no resemblance to BBT.
On the other side of the pond there were a couple of TV series made, one still running, the other has sadly had its time. They are Spaced and the IT Crowd. They hit the nail on the head with subtlety, grace, a human touch and believable (for the most part) characters.
IT crowd is the jocks who bullied nerds all the way through secondary/high school and college, carrying on their lovely way, and making a mint off it.
I'm actually liking 'Outsourced,' but I'm not sure why. If it were cancelled, I would be sad.
After Dancing with the Stars, Woz has become an icon for Hollywood. My take is he took over the show's demographics and not the writing quality. FYI, was told Pedro's in Los Gatos is one of his favorite haunts. Bet an encounter there was inspiration for this scene.
Why do people who don't watch much TV have to knock the shows that others find humorous?
It tried to take on Bones, so it may move again. It IS a funny show with its nerd behavior and comments. Sorry I missed Woz.
These types of multi-camera shows are actually filmed in front of the studio audience. The laughs you hear are, most of the time, real.
When you see a single camera show, or one that obviously isn't taking place in front of an audience and hear laughter, then it's a laugh track. Laugh tracks are rare, nowadays because they sound so fake.
100% agree. First sign you know your show has pathetic writing and acting, laugh tracks. Oh wait, that is why almost ALL CBS sitcoms use them. NBC, they know better.
They have the laugh track after every single line of dialogue, its ridiculous.
Further proof how lame the show is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_iEY9pSHT0
Well, either it's news or it's a rumour. And, actually, sometimes a rumour CAN be news. In this case, this is news. It's news detailing how the co-founder of Apple appeared on a hit television show. Some news you may find interesting, other news you may not find interesting. It doesn't mean the latter is not news. I find about a quarter of the news items here of little to no interest, but I don't pretend to be the sole target for this website. Considering the number of comments, and especially the number of positive comments, I would say that this was a valid bit of news relay.
the IT crowd also does an awesome job at getting geek culture right.
I'm not saying Big Bang Theory wasn't first (I don't know the dates) I just wanted to put that out there
- it is funny.
- do you know what the big-bang theory is?
- 'you're my 16th most favorite techno-geek blah blah...' That is funny.
you're a biologist?
Datz why you do not like/get/understand BBT...
Enjoy this, biologist sir...
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I think the show is ok ... the one i thought was rrreeeeally funny was were there stuff gets stolen and the cop rights up a report...it goes something like this "the wii,the gamcube ,the n64 the nes the Super nes were stolen...thats not including games the legend of zelda ,zelda II , zelda links to the past...." you get joke it made me laugh / relate to them.