1 00:00:14,890 --> 00:00:18,075 This is nice, that we all get to eat together. 2 00:00:18,077 --> 00:00:18,892 Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 3 00:00:18,894 --> 00:00:20,077 Absolutely. 4 00:00:22,997 --> 00:00:24,198 Hmm. 5 00:00:26,234 --> 00:00:27,918 Can we maybe put the phones down 6 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:29,887 and have an actual human conversation? 7 00:00:29,889 --> 00:00:31,088 We can, 8 00:00:31,090 --> 00:00:32,706 but thanks to Steve Jobs, 9 00:00:32,708 --> 00:00:34,925 we don't have to. 10 00:00:35,927 --> 00:00:36,993 Guys, guys, 11 00:00:36,995 --> 00:00:38,045 you're never gonna believe this. 12 00:00:38,047 --> 00:00:40,380 What happened? I just got a part on a TV show! 13 00:00:40,382 --> 00:00:41,882 What? That's great! Congratulations! 14 00:00:41,884 --> 00:00:42,800 Guys! 15 00:00:42,802 --> 00:00:44,268 Oh, yeah! 16 00:00:44,270 --> 00:00:45,219 Yay, Penny! 17 00:00:46,187 --> 00:00:47,805 What's the show? 18 00:00:47,807 --> 00:00:50,190 Um, NC...II... 19 00:00:50,192 --> 00:00:52,943 or, you know, NCSTD... I don't know, 20 00:00:52,945 --> 00:00:55,279 it's-it's the one 21 00:00:55,281 --> 00:00:56,897 with the letters and I'm gonna be on it! 22 00:00:56,899 --> 00:00:58,899 That's amazing. Yeah. 23 00:00:58,901 --> 00:00:59,833 What's your part? 24 00:00:59,835 --> 00:01:01,518 Um, I play a customer in a diner 25 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,287 and I flirt with Mark Harmon. 26 00:01:03,289 --> 00:01:04,705 Ooh, Mark Harmon, 27 00:01:04,707 --> 00:01:06,657 he's a dreamboat. 28 00:01:07,509 --> 00:01:09,376 So i-it's just flirting? 29 00:01:09,378 --> 00:01:10,527 Well, yeah. Why? 30 00:01:10,529 --> 00:01:11,545 Uh, no reason. 31 00:01:11,547 --> 00:01:12,546 I just think it's sexier 32 00:01:12,548 --> 00:01:14,109 when things are left to the imagination. 33 00:01:16,718 --> 00:01:19,136 He's wrong. 34 00:01:19,138 --> 00:01:22,756 ♪ Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state ♪ 35 00:01:22,758 --> 00:01:26,093 ♪ Then nearly 14 billion years ago expansion started... Wait! ♪ 36 00:01:26,095 --> 00:01:27,728 ♪ The Earth began to cool 37 00:01:27,730 --> 00:01:30,280 ♪ The autotrophs began to drool, Neanderthals developed tools ♪ 38 00:01:30,282 --> 00:01:32,933 ♪ We built the Wall ♪ We built the pyramids ♪ 39 00:01:32,935 --> 00:01:35,619 ♪ Math, Science, History, unraveling the mystery ♪ 40 00:01:35,621 --> 00:01:37,554 ♪ That all started with a big bang ♪ 41 00:01:37,556 --> 00:01:39,371 ♪ Bang! ♪ 42 00:01:39,373 --> 00:01:43,373 ♪ The Big Bang Theory 7x12 ♪ The Hesitation Ramification Original Air Date on January 2, 2014 43 00:01:43,374 --> 00:01:48,374 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man 44 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,352 So I-I read a study that says a man with a dog 45 00:01:51,354 --> 00:01:53,904 is three times more likely to get a woman's phone number. 46 00:01:53,906 --> 00:01:56,006 Is it true even when the man lets his dog 47 00:01:56,008 --> 00:01:58,542 lick peanut butter off his tongue? 48 00:01:58,544 --> 00:02:00,945 I don't see why not. 49 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:03,681 If you're really desperate to meet women 50 00:02:03,683 --> 00:02:05,783 and like having food eaten out of your mouth, 51 00:02:05,785 --> 00:02:07,985 I could set you up with my mom. 52 00:02:09,321 --> 00:02:11,321 Why is that funny? 53 00:02:12,507 --> 00:02:14,575 That's just unhygienic. 54 00:02:15,594 --> 00:02:16,544 It's a joke. 55 00:02:16,546 --> 00:02:18,379 I don't think so. 56 00:02:19,247 --> 00:02:20,765 I believe that a joke 57 00:02:20,767 --> 00:02:22,349 is a brief oral narrative 58 00:02:22,351 --> 00:02:24,552 with a climactic humorous twist. 59 00:02:24,554 --> 00:02:27,555 For example, uh, Wolowitz's mother is so fat 60 00:02:27,557 --> 00:02:29,774 that she decided to go on a diet... 61 00:02:29,776 --> 00:02:33,010 or exercise, or both. 62 00:02:35,180 --> 00:02:36,647 See? 63 00:02:36,649 --> 00:02:39,984 The twist is that people don't usually change. 64 00:02:43,238 --> 00:02:46,207 Well, they don't. 65 00:02:46,209 --> 00:02:47,658 Hey, guys, don't forget, 66 00:02:47,660 --> 00:02:49,460 my episode's on TV tomorrow night. 67 00:02:49,462 --> 00:02:50,795 We'll be there. Can we bring anything? 68 00:02:50,797 --> 00:02:51,829 Oh, that's so sweet of you, 69 00:02:51,831 --> 00:02:53,380 but I was gonna steal food from here. 70 00:02:53,382 --> 00:02:56,550 You know... my treat. 71 00:02:56,552 --> 00:02:58,502 Wait, if Howard's mother is coming, 72 00:02:58,504 --> 00:03:00,537 then you should also steal marbles. 73 00:03:05,010 --> 00:03:06,427 Because she's obese, 74 00:03:06,429 --> 00:03:07,812 and hippos are obese, 75 00:03:07,814 --> 00:03:09,847 and in the popular board game "Hungry Hungry Hippos," 76 00:03:09,849 --> 00:03:11,682 they eat marbles. 77 00:03:16,488 --> 00:03:19,073 Maybe I need to dumb these down for you. 78 00:03:21,610 --> 00:03:23,727 Leonard, do you think I'm funny? 79 00:03:23,729 --> 00:03:24,912 No. 80 00:03:28,416 --> 00:03:29,950 Do you? 81 00:03:29,952 --> 00:03:32,169 I think I'm hysterical. 82 00:03:33,255 --> 00:03:34,788 I take it back. 83 00:03:34,790 --> 00:03:37,875 That was funny. 84 00:03:37,877 --> 00:03:39,927 The philosopher Henri Bergson 85 00:03:39,929 --> 00:03:41,245 says it's funny 86 00:03:41,247 --> 00:03:44,265 when a human being behaves like an object. 87 00:03:44,267 --> 00:03:46,917 I bet that bit killed at The Chuckle Hut. 88 00:03:49,054 --> 00:03:50,938 Oh, he didn't perform stand-up comedy, 89 00:03:50,940 --> 00:03:53,140 he was a philosopher. 90 00:03:54,592 --> 00:03:56,810 You know, I think we're zeroing in on your problem. 91 00:03:58,396 --> 00:04:00,614 Perhaps I'll spend some time 92 00:04:00,616 --> 00:04:02,983 developing a unified theory of comedy, 93 00:04:02,985 --> 00:04:05,402 which will allow me to elicit laughter 94 00:04:05,404 --> 00:04:06,820 from anyone at any time. 95 00:04:06,822 --> 00:04:08,405 Unless they're German, 96 00:04:08,407 --> 00:04:11,242 'cause that's a tough crowd. 97 00:04:11,244 --> 00:04:14,828 Are you set on people laughing with you? 98 00:04:14,830 --> 00:04:17,131 'Cause if you're cool with at you... 99 00:04:23,722 --> 00:04:26,006 I don't get it. 100 00:04:27,058 --> 00:04:29,009 Raj, when you said you were gonna bring a date 101 00:04:29,011 --> 00:04:30,144 to watch Penny's thing tonight, 102 00:04:30,146 --> 00:04:31,679 I didn't think you meant Stuart. 103 00:04:33,815 --> 00:04:35,099 Really? 104 00:04:35,101 --> 00:04:36,466 I never for a second 105 00:04:36,468 --> 00:04:38,969 thought it'd be anything else. 106 00:04:38,971 --> 00:04:41,689 I almost met someone last night, but I blew it. 107 00:04:41,691 --> 00:04:43,490 I was walking Cinnamon 108 00:04:43,492 --> 00:04:45,075 and this girl introduced herself, 109 00:04:45,077 --> 00:04:47,194 but she was so cute I panicked 110 00:04:47,196 --> 00:04:48,946 and said, "Wouldn't it be easier 111 00:04:48,948 --> 00:04:51,782 if instead of talking we could just sniff each other's butts?" 112 00:04:52,918 --> 00:04:55,753 Well, Stuart's cute in his own way. 113 00:04:55,755 --> 00:04:56,921 When I was a baby, 114 00:04:56,923 --> 00:04:59,123 my mother called me her little possum. 115 00:04:59,125 --> 00:05:00,958 Are possums cute? 116 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:02,993 Not at all. 117 00:05:04,012 --> 00:05:05,379 If you're so intimidated 118 00:05:05,381 --> 00:05:07,164 by talking to attractive girls, 119 00:05:07,166 --> 00:05:08,549 maybe you should practice 120 00:05:08,551 --> 00:05:09,934 by talking to regular people. 121 00:05:09,936 --> 00:05:12,970 You mean like fatties and uggos? 122 00:05:14,005 --> 00:05:16,440 Or maybe just stop talking. 123 00:05:16,442 --> 00:05:18,025 I'm serious. 124 00:05:18,027 --> 00:05:20,144 Go to the mall, talk to anybody, 125 00:05:20,146 --> 00:05:21,228 practice-- that way, 126 00:05:21,230 --> 00:05:22,896 when you eventually do talk to a cute girl, 127 00:05:22,898 --> 00:05:24,031 it won't be so scary. 128 00:05:24,033 --> 00:05:26,567 Or just keep dating the possum. 129 00:05:29,404 --> 00:05:32,957 Parsa doesn't have those kind of resources. 130 00:05:32,959 --> 00:05:35,859 No, and that's why he had Erin Pace rewire it... 131 00:05:35,861 --> 00:05:37,077 I'm so proud of you. 132 00:05:37,079 --> 00:05:38,437 We haven't even gotten to my scene yet. 133 00:05:38,462 --> 00:05:40,204 I know, but you're going to be a TV star 134 00:05:40,205 --> 00:05:42,558 and you haven't left me yet. That takes guts. 135 00:05:44,803 --> 00:05:46,020 I don't know about you, 136 00:05:46,022 --> 00:05:47,671 but I'm very uncomfortable with all this. 137 00:05:47,673 --> 00:05:50,941 Why? I've never seen this show before 138 00:05:50,943 --> 00:05:53,710 and now I'm starting with episode 246? 139 00:05:55,513 --> 00:05:57,731 It's unnatural. 140 00:05:57,733 --> 00:06:01,385 Just think of the first 245 as the prequel. 141 00:06:02,153 --> 00:06:04,154 All right. 142 00:06:05,573 --> 00:06:07,224 Okay, shh. Guys, guys, this is it. 143 00:06:07,226 --> 00:06:09,610 I guess it's you and me, kid. 144 00:06:09,612 --> 00:06:11,278 What are you doing? 145 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:12,896 I'm trying to make peace. 146 00:06:12,898 --> 00:06:13,998 We're good. Good. 147 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,833 Really? Because... Are you kidding me? 148 00:06:15,835 --> 00:06:17,067 What's wrong? 149 00:06:17,069 --> 00:06:18,919 Well... the diner scene. 150 00:06:18,921 --> 00:06:20,537 Where's my diner scene? 151 00:06:20,539 --> 00:06:21,588 Well, don't ask me. 152 00:06:21,590 --> 00:06:24,241 Until I see the prequel, I'm lost. 153 00:06:24,243 --> 00:06:25,793 No, there was supposed to be a big scene 154 00:06:25,795 --> 00:06:26,760 with me and Mark Harmon, 155 00:06:26,762 --> 00:06:28,712 but i-it's... gone. 156 00:06:28,714 --> 00:06:29,847 What happened? 157 00:06:29,849 --> 00:06:32,049 They must've cut it. 158 00:06:32,051 --> 00:06:34,218 Oh, Penny... 159 00:06:35,053 --> 00:06:36,720 I'm... I'm sorry. 160 00:06:36,722 --> 00:06:38,389 That stinks. I'm sure you were great. 161 00:06:38,391 --> 00:06:39,857 This doesn't make any sense. 162 00:06:39,859 --> 00:06:41,025 I mean, I... 163 00:06:41,027 --> 00:06:43,477 I thought I did a... a really good job, I... 164 00:06:45,730 --> 00:06:47,915 Excuse me. 165 00:06:52,404 --> 00:06:55,489 I've been studying how to make people laugh. 166 00:06:58,910 --> 00:07:00,294 They say that comedy 167 00:07:00,296 --> 00:07:02,496 is tragedy plus time. 168 00:07:04,549 --> 00:07:05,833 Let's tickle some ribs. 169 00:07:10,138 --> 00:07:11,455 No, Dad, 170 00:07:11,457 --> 00:07:13,590 I don't think they cut me out of the show 171 00:07:13,592 --> 00:07:15,592 because I was too pretty. 172 00:07:17,312 --> 00:07:19,012 No, I don't need you to come out 173 00:07:19,014 --> 00:07:21,782 and kick Mark Harmon's ass. 174 00:07:23,401 --> 00:07:24,685 Daddy, I gotta go. 175 00:07:24,687 --> 00:07:26,286 I love you. Bye. 176 00:07:26,288 --> 00:07:28,105 How you doing? 177 00:07:28,107 --> 00:07:30,640 Ugh, this is such a disaster. 178 00:07:30,642 --> 00:07:33,143 My parents had all my relatives over. 179 00:07:33,145 --> 00:07:35,329 They got one of those six-foot sandwiches, 180 00:07:35,331 --> 00:07:39,199 and got my brother a day pass out of rehab and... 181 00:07:40,418 --> 00:07:41,668 ...now he's missing 182 00:07:41,670 --> 00:07:44,254 and the sandwich is missing, and... 183 00:07:44,256 --> 00:07:45,839 They're probably in Mexico by now. 184 00:07:45,841 --> 00:07:48,425 So humiliating. 185 00:07:48,427 --> 00:07:50,177 You still got the part. 186 00:07:50,179 --> 00:07:52,179 That's a huge accomplishment. 187 00:07:52,181 --> 00:07:53,663 Yeah, but this was supposed to be my break, okay? 188 00:07:53,665 --> 00:07:54,848 People were gonna see me in this show 189 00:07:54,850 --> 00:07:55,999 and it was gonna lead to bigger things. 190 00:07:56,001 --> 00:07:57,384 More auditions, more parts... 191 00:07:57,386 --> 00:07:59,503 Now none of that's gonna happen. 192 00:07:59,505 --> 00:08:00,637 Honey, you only had, like, three lines. 193 00:08:00,639 --> 00:08:02,005 That wasn't gonna happen anyway. 194 00:08:06,694 --> 00:08:08,562 Unbelievable. Oh... 195 00:08:08,564 --> 00:08:10,731 Come on... no, that's not what I meant. 196 00:08:10,733 --> 00:08:11,982 Then what did you mean? I don't... 197 00:08:11,984 --> 00:08:13,150 Look, you know, words don't 198 00:08:13,152 --> 00:08:15,369 always have to mean things. 199 00:08:15,371 --> 00:08:17,037 I think you meant 200 00:08:17,039 --> 00:08:18,405 that you don't believe in me. Nope. 201 00:08:18,407 --> 00:08:21,458 Uh-uh... I might not know what I-I meant, 202 00:08:21,460 --> 00:08:23,377 but I know that I didn't mean that. 203 00:08:23,379 --> 00:08:25,662 Not this guy. Oh, no way. 204 00:08:25,664 --> 00:08:27,314 I want you, right now, 205 00:08:27,316 --> 00:08:29,583 to give me your 100% honest opinion. Right. 206 00:08:29,585 --> 00:08:31,635 Do you think I have what it takes 207 00:08:31,637 --> 00:08:33,370 to really make it as an actress? 208 00:08:33,372 --> 00:08:35,255 Yes. So you think I'll be on TV 209 00:08:35,257 --> 00:08:36,890 and in movies and win awards. 210 00:08:36,892 --> 00:08:38,809 Honestly? Yes, honestly. 211 00:08:39,894 --> 00:08:40,911 I don't. 212 00:08:40,913 --> 00:08:43,680 How could you say that? 213 00:08:43,682 --> 00:08:44,848 I don't know... 214 00:08:44,850 --> 00:08:46,850 I got all confused when you said "honestly". 215 00:08:46,852 --> 00:08:49,019 Oh! 216 00:08:50,405 --> 00:08:52,639 Look, do I think that you are talented 217 00:08:52,641 --> 00:08:53,824 and that you are beautiful? 218 00:08:53,826 --> 00:08:55,242 Of course I do. 219 00:08:55,244 --> 00:08:57,661 But isn't Los Angeles full of actresses 220 00:08:57,663 --> 00:08:58,996 who are just as talented, 221 00:08:58,998 --> 00:09:01,198 just as beautiful? 222 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,700 All right, look... we'll come back to that. 223 00:09:03,702 --> 00:09:05,235 No, please. Don't stop, go on. 224 00:09:05,237 --> 00:09:06,587 Tell me how I'm gonna be a waitress 225 00:09:06,589 --> 00:09:07,871 for the rest of my life. 226 00:09:07,873 --> 00:09:09,256 That is not what I said. 227 00:09:09,258 --> 00:09:11,675 Look, I think you're really good. 228 00:09:11,677 --> 00:09:13,510 I truly do. 229 00:09:13,512 --> 00:09:14,912 But this is an incredibly hard thing 230 00:09:14,913 --> 00:09:16,246 that you're shooting for. 231 00:09:16,248 --> 00:09:17,581 I mean, the odds 232 00:09:17,583 --> 00:09:19,633 of anyone becoming a successful actor 233 00:09:19,635 --> 00:09:21,385 are like a million to one. 234 00:09:21,387 --> 00:09:23,587 Wow, thank you. 235 00:09:31,095 --> 00:09:34,448 Should've let Sheldon come. 236 00:09:40,900 --> 00:09:43,084 This is interesting. 237 00:09:43,086 --> 00:09:45,219 Apparently, a key component 238 00:09:45,221 --> 00:09:46,738 in some forms of humor 239 00:09:46,740 --> 00:09:48,990 is the element of surprise. 240 00:09:48,992 --> 00:09:50,575 Well, that makes sense. 241 00:09:50,577 --> 00:09:52,060 The prefrontal cortex 242 00:09:52,062 --> 00:09:54,829 is responsible for planning and anticipation, 243 00:09:54,831 --> 00:09:56,498 and patients with brain lesions on their... 244 00:09:56,500 --> 00:09:59,117 Brain lesions! 245 00:10:03,873 --> 00:10:05,423 Sheldon, you scared me. 246 00:10:05,425 --> 00:10:06,625 That wasn't funny. 247 00:10:06,627 --> 00:10:08,409 Or maybe you have a stick 248 00:10:08,411 --> 00:10:09,928 up your prefrontal cortex. 249 00:10:11,964 --> 00:10:13,181 Okay, the notion that 250 00:10:13,183 --> 00:10:15,183 you can read a few books and come up with 251 00:10:15,185 --> 00:10:17,852 a definitive theory of comedy is absurd. 252 00:10:17,854 --> 00:10:19,271 I mean, humor is 253 00:10:19,273 --> 00:10:21,389 a complex neurological... 254 00:10:26,012 --> 00:10:27,779 Okay, that's pretty good. 255 00:10:27,781 --> 00:10:28,980 Excellent. 256 00:10:37,039 --> 00:10:38,490 How about her? 257 00:10:38,492 --> 00:10:39,791 No! 258 00:10:39,793 --> 00:10:41,442 No pretty girls! 259 00:10:41,444 --> 00:10:43,211 The point is to talk to regular people 260 00:10:43,213 --> 00:10:44,829 and work our way up to pretty girls. 261 00:10:44,831 --> 00:10:46,280 Fine. 262 00:10:46,282 --> 00:10:49,167 How about that old lady with the walker? 263 00:10:50,469 --> 00:10:51,970 That depends. 264 00:10:51,972 --> 00:10:55,974 On any level, do you think she's hot? 265 00:10:55,976 --> 00:10:58,176 We'll find somebody else. 266 00:11:00,997 --> 00:11:02,864 Kumquat? 267 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,569 I guess. 268 00:11:08,804 --> 00:11:11,056 Ointment? 269 00:11:12,441 --> 00:11:14,776 Sure. 270 00:11:14,778 --> 00:11:17,412 Now, would you say ointment 271 00:11:17,414 --> 00:11:22,300 is more, equal to, or less funny than kumquat? 272 00:11:24,453 --> 00:11:27,956 I don't think I want to go out with you anymore. 273 00:11:27,958 --> 00:11:29,874 Will you please stop joking around? 274 00:11:29,876 --> 00:11:31,626 I'm trying to figure this out. 275 00:11:31,628 --> 00:11:34,596 Sheldon, how many words are you gonna go through? 276 00:11:34,598 --> 00:11:36,731 All of them. 277 00:11:37,883 --> 00:11:40,602 You didn't get your part cut. 278 00:11:41,905 --> 00:11:43,438 All right, baby, here's the deal. 279 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,174 And you didn't get your part cut. 280 00:11:47,377 --> 00:11:50,245 Yep, bunch of old guys rocking out in a band, 281 00:11:50,247 --> 00:11:51,379 all with erectile dysfunction, 282 00:11:51,381 --> 00:11:52,914 you didn't get your part cut! 283 00:11:56,919 --> 00:11:57,886 Hey. 284 00:11:57,888 --> 00:11:59,520 Can we talk? 285 00:11:59,522 --> 00:12:03,842 We can, but the part of Penny might get cut. 286 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:08,580 That was really crappy of me. 287 00:12:08,582 --> 00:12:10,865 What you're trying to do is hard, 288 00:12:10,867 --> 00:12:12,550 but people do make it, 289 00:12:12,552 --> 00:12:15,537 and I really do believe you could be one of them. 290 00:12:15,539 --> 00:12:18,039 Thank you. 291 00:12:18,041 --> 00:12:19,090 And... 292 00:12:19,092 --> 00:12:22,310 to show you how much I believe in you, 293 00:12:22,312 --> 00:12:25,096 I kind of got you an audition. 294 00:12:25,098 --> 00:12:26,815 Are you serious? For what? 295 00:12:26,817 --> 00:12:29,100 The new Star Wars movie. What?! 296 00:12:29,102 --> 00:12:31,886 How did you manage that?! 297 00:12:31,888 --> 00:12:33,721 There's this thing online, you put yourself on tape 298 00:12:33,723 --> 00:12:35,907 and just send it in-- anyone can do it. 299 00:12:37,410 --> 00:12:40,161 Come on Leonard, this is just a PR stunt. 300 00:12:40,163 --> 00:12:43,448 So? Even if it is, you have a huge advantage 301 00:12:43,450 --> 00:12:44,899 because you're an actual actress. 302 00:12:44,901 --> 00:12:48,069 Most of the people doing this are just weirdoes and nerds. 303 00:12:49,088 --> 00:12:52,507 Wolowitz sent his in two days ago. 304 00:12:52,509 --> 00:12:54,742 Really, let it go. 305 00:12:54,744 --> 00:12:57,411 Look, maybe it is a long shot, 306 00:12:57,413 --> 00:12:58,963 but sometimes long shots happen. 307 00:12:58,965 --> 00:13:01,132 Luke Skywalker was only given one chance 308 00:13:01,134 --> 00:13:02,467 to destroy the Death Star. 309 00:13:02,469 --> 00:13:05,253 He had to get a torpedo into an exhaust port 310 00:13:05,255 --> 00:13:06,587 that was only two meters wide, 311 00:13:06,589 --> 00:13:08,890 but with the help of The Force, he... 312 00:13:08,892 --> 00:13:12,110 Wow, I can feel you hating me right now. 313 00:13:14,046 --> 00:13:18,066 How about that lady in the sweat suit, speed-walking? 314 00:13:18,068 --> 00:13:20,735 Yeah, she seems friendly and easy to... 315 00:13:20,737 --> 00:13:22,603 Never mind, she's gone. 316 00:13:24,123 --> 00:13:28,276 Yeah, maybe talking to people is too hard. 317 00:13:28,278 --> 00:13:30,628 We could go over to that department store, 318 00:13:30,630 --> 00:13:32,947 practice on the mannequins. 319 00:13:32,949 --> 00:13:33,982 I don't know. 320 00:13:33,984 --> 00:13:35,500 They're dressed very stylishly. 321 00:13:35,502 --> 00:13:37,001 They're probably stuck-up. 322 00:13:39,288 --> 00:13:40,588 This is ridiculous. 323 00:13:40,590 --> 00:13:42,290 The next person that walks by, 324 00:13:42,292 --> 00:13:45,260 no matter who it is, they're the one. 325 00:13:48,581 --> 00:13:50,982 We're gonna die here. 326 00:13:53,219 --> 00:13:55,186 Hello. Hey. 327 00:13:55,188 --> 00:13:56,470 Where's Sheldon? 328 00:13:56,472 --> 00:13:58,139 He's home trying to use science 329 00:13:58,141 --> 00:14:00,525 to determine the basis of humor. 330 00:14:00,527 --> 00:14:02,643 That's interesting. It's exhausting. 331 00:14:02,645 --> 00:14:04,478 Do you have any idea how hard it is 332 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:06,614 to laugh at a knock-knock joke that starts with, 333 00:14:06,616 --> 00:14:07,815 "Knock-knock-knock, Amy, 334 00:14:07,817 --> 00:14:10,335 knock-knock-knock, Amy, knock-knock-knock, Amy"? 335 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,037 If you want him to stop, 336 00:14:13,039 --> 00:14:15,423 sometimes the easiest thing to do is just fake a laugh. 337 00:14:15,425 --> 00:14:18,760 Fake a laugh? 338 00:14:18,762 --> 00:14:20,762 Do you ever do that with me? 339 00:14:20,764 --> 00:14:24,382 No, of course not. 340 00:14:24,384 --> 00:14:26,885 Well, I'd be able to tell anyway. 341 00:14:26,887 --> 00:14:29,187 I don't think you would. 342 00:14:29,189 --> 00:14:31,839 Please, I've made plenty of girls laugh, 343 00:14:31,841 --> 00:14:34,025 sometimes just by asking them out. 344 00:15:06,308 --> 00:15:08,726 Yeah? Well, I fake my orgasms. 345 00:15:10,896 --> 00:15:14,983 Yes, how much for a hundred long-stemmed red roses? 346 00:15:16,352 --> 00:15:18,586 Really? 347 00:15:18,588 --> 00:15:20,655 How much for three? 348 00:15:22,858 --> 00:15:23,825 Hey. 349 00:15:23,827 --> 00:15:25,660 Yeah, I'll call you back. 350 00:15:27,079 --> 00:15:30,064 Look, I know you were just trying to help 351 00:15:30,066 --> 00:15:31,532 with your Star Wars thing. 352 00:15:31,534 --> 00:15:33,234 I didn't mean to call it idiotic. 353 00:15:33,236 --> 00:15:35,670 Well, I don't think you called it idiotic. 354 00:15:35,672 --> 00:15:36,671 Oh. 355 00:15:36,673 --> 00:15:38,606 Sorry, I meant to. 356 00:15:40,459 --> 00:15:44,379 Anyway, um, I was just upset with myself. 357 00:15:44,381 --> 00:15:46,264 I wasn't mad at you. 358 00:15:47,383 --> 00:15:49,350 I just feel like everything is falling apart. 359 00:15:49,352 --> 00:15:51,185 Come on. It's okay. 360 00:15:51,187 --> 00:15:53,221 No, it's not okay! Look at me, okay?! 361 00:15:53,223 --> 00:15:55,723 I took a temp job as a waitress forever ago, 362 00:15:55,725 --> 00:15:56,858 and I'm still doing it. 363 00:15:56,860 --> 00:15:58,526 I can't quit, because guess what? 364 00:15:58,528 --> 00:16:00,594 I can't do anything else. 365 00:16:00,596 --> 00:16:03,398 And I finally get my big break, and it goes away! 366 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:04,532 I'm such a mess. 367 00:16:04,534 --> 00:16:06,267 No, you're not. Really?! 368 00:16:06,269 --> 00:16:07,485 'Cause this morning at Starbucks, 369 00:16:07,487 --> 00:16:10,788 a pair of old underwear fell out of my pant leg! 370 00:16:12,908 --> 00:16:15,627 And it wasn't the only one in there. 371 00:16:17,162 --> 00:16:20,965 Okay, listen to me, this is just a minor setback. 372 00:16:20,967 --> 00:16:22,634 No, it's not, okay?! I've been out here 373 00:16:22,636 --> 00:16:25,303 for, like, ten years! I've nothing to show for it! 374 00:16:25,305 --> 00:16:27,388 Well, you have me. 375 00:16:28,223 --> 00:16:30,308 You're right. 376 00:16:30,310 --> 00:16:32,760 I do have you. 377 00:16:34,014 --> 00:16:35,596 Mm... 378 00:16:36,765 --> 00:16:38,516 Let's get married. 379 00:16:40,185 --> 00:16:41,519 What? 380 00:16:44,907 --> 00:16:47,025 Ooh! 381 00:16:47,027 --> 00:16:50,311 Leonard Hofstadter... 382 00:16:50,313 --> 00:16:51,696 will you marry me? 383 00:16:51,698 --> 00:16:54,782 Um... 384 00:16:55,817 --> 00:16:59,287 Did you seriously just say, "Um"?! 385 00:17:00,539 --> 00:17:03,841 Look, you know I love you, 386 00:17:03,843 --> 00:17:07,495 but-but you're-you're drunk and sad and feeling lost... 387 00:17:07,497 --> 00:17:10,431 Okay, so-so you don't want to marry me?! 388 00:17:10,433 --> 00:17:11,799 That is not what I said. 389 00:17:11,801 --> 00:17:13,834 No, forget it! I take it back! Offer's off the table! 390 00:17:13,836 --> 00:17:16,437 Who's in the mood to laugh?! 391 00:17:17,973 --> 00:17:20,007 Really not a good time. 392 00:17:20,009 --> 00:17:22,643 But I used science to construct the perfect joke. 393 00:17:22,645 --> 00:17:24,345 I'm gonna go. Penny, don't. 394 00:17:24,347 --> 00:17:26,898 No, no, I just need to be alone. 395 00:17:29,902 --> 00:17:35,022 So, a sandwich, a rabbi and yo mama walk into a bar. 396 00:17:35,024 --> 00:17:37,125 Where are you going? 397 00:17:37,127 --> 00:17:38,859 To my room. Should I follow you? 398 00:17:38,861 --> 00:17:40,194 No. 399 00:17:40,196 --> 00:17:41,529 Leonard, wait. 400 00:17:41,531 --> 00:17:42,714 What? 401 00:17:42,716 --> 00:17:46,050 I forgot to tell you the sandwich is promiscuous. 402 00:17:56,711 --> 00:17:59,147 How about those guys on that bench over there? 403 00:17:59,149 --> 00:18:00,081 They look pathetic. 404 00:18:00,083 --> 00:18:02,617 I bet we could talk to them. 405 00:18:02,619 --> 00:18:04,252 That's a mirror. 406 00:18:05,287 --> 00:18:07,688 Oh, yeah. 407 00:18:09,908 --> 00:18:11,909 Hey, fellas, mall's closing. 408 00:18:11,911 --> 00:18:13,911 Sorry. Yeah. Good night. 409 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:16,614 Uh, excuse me. 410 00:18:16,616 --> 00:18:17,698 Yeah? 411 00:18:18,617 --> 00:18:22,570 Uh, do-do you like being a mall security guard? 412 00:18:22,572 --> 00:18:25,006 It's all right. 413 00:18:25,008 --> 00:18:27,625 Okay, nice talking to you. 414 00:18:31,797 --> 00:18:35,299 Smooth...! 415 00:18:43,692 --> 00:18:45,259 Can't sleep? 416 00:18:45,261 --> 00:18:47,528 No. 417 00:18:51,099 --> 00:18:55,603 Would you like to talk about it? 418 00:18:55,605 --> 00:18:59,223 Penny proposed, and I didn't say yes. 419 00:19:00,793 --> 00:19:02,143 Why not? 420 00:19:04,213 --> 00:19:07,081 That's a good question. 421 00:19:08,383 --> 00:19:10,802 Does that mean the relationship is over? 422 00:19:10,804 --> 00:19:13,838 I don't know. 423 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:16,474 Why don't you ask her? 424 00:19:18,143 --> 00:19:22,480 Because I'm afraid to know the answer. 425 00:19:26,802 --> 00:19:29,470 Well... 426 00:19:29,472 --> 00:19:30,688 I'm sorry. 427 00:19:32,558 --> 00:19:34,642 That's it? 428 00:19:34,644 --> 00:19:37,361 You're not gonna make some dumb joke 429 00:19:37,363 --> 00:19:39,113 or some inappropriate comment? 430 00:19:39,115 --> 00:19:42,116 No. 431 00:19:42,118 --> 00:19:45,036 You're my friend, and... 432 00:19:45,038 --> 00:19:46,254 I'm sorry. 433 00:19:51,710 --> 00:19:55,496 Did you just put a "kick me" sign on my back? 434 00:19:59,384 --> 00:20:02,003 No. 435 00:20:02,005 --> 00:20:04,805 That wouldn't be funny at all. 436 00:20:20,472 --> 00:20:24,341 Star Wars audition, take one... 437 00:20:24,343 --> 00:20:28,862 starring Howard Joel Wolowitz, real-life astronaut. 438 00:20:35,833 --> 00:20:38,218 Vader is here... 439 00:20:38,220 --> 00:20:41,037 now... on this moon. 440 00:20:41,039 --> 00:20:42,756 I felt his presence. 441 00:20:42,758 --> 00:20:44,591 He's come for me. 442 00:20:44,593 --> 00:20:46,226 He can feel when I'm near... 443 00:20:46,228 --> 00:20:47,271 How many times do I have to tell you 444 00:20:47,272 --> 00:20:49,439 to replace the toilet paper when it's empty?! 445 00:20:51,109 --> 00:20:53,543 I'm in the middle of something! So am I! 446 00:20:53,545 --> 00:20:58,545 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man