When Leonard and Sheldon meet new neighbor Penny, Leonard is excited, but Sheldon is less enthusiastic for he feels his friend is only chasing a dream he’ll never catch.
Gallery
Cast
Stars
Johnny Galecki as Leonard Hofstadter
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper
Kaley Cuoco as Penny
Simon Helberg as Howard Wolowitz
Kunal Nayyar as Rajesh Koothrappali
Guest Stars
Vernee Watson as Althea
Brian Patrick Wade as Kurt
Quotes
Leonard: Our babies would be smart and beautiful.
Sheldon: Not to mention imaginary.
Sheldon: What if she ends up with a toddler who doesn’t know if he should use an integral or a differential to solve for the area under a curve?
Leonard: I’m sure she’ll still love him.
Sheldon: I wouldn’t.
Penny: So, what do you guys do around here?
Sheldon: Well, today we tried masturbating for money.
Leonard: Do you have some sort of a job?
Penny: I’m a waitress at The Cheesecake Factory.
Leonard: Oh, I love cheesecake…
Sheldon: You’re lactose-intolerant!
Leonard: I don’t eat it, I just think it’s a good idea!
Penny: I’m a vegetarian. Well, except for fish, and the occasional steak. I love steak!
Sheldon: Well, that’s interesting. Leonard can’t process corn.
Sheldon: Leonard has a lady over.
Howard: Yeah, right. Your grandmother back in town?
Penny: Oh, anyways I’m also writing a screenplay. It’s about this sensitive girl who comes to LA from Lincoln, Nebraska, to be an actress and who ends up a waitress at the cheesecake factory.
Leonard: So it’s based on your life?
Penny: No, I’m from Omaha!
Shelton: Penny!
Penny: Yeah?
Shelton: That’s where I sit.
Penny: So sit next to me.
Shelton: No, I sit there.
Trivia
- Howard can speak six languages.
- Leonard has problems digesting corn.
- In previous versions of the pilot, Kaley Cuoco didn’t play the female lead. The producers had other women for the role but for whatever reasons didn’t work out.
- Penny is a Sagittarius.
- Penny claims to be a vegetarian but she actually eats fish and steak.
- The song “Smile” by Lily Allen plays in this episode.
- Howard enjoys playing World of Warcraft.
Vanity Card
Chuck Lorre’s Vanity Card read: Back when I was writing and producing Dharma and Greg, the only way to read my cards was to record each episode on a VCR and hit the “pause” button. This was not an easy task. The image wobbled like crazy making the tiny words of my weekly tomes very hard to see. Then it hit me. What about building a device that records video images digitally? Wouldn’t this allow for a much more precise “pause” function? I took my little notion to an impoverished computer whiz by the name of Schlomo Tivowitz. At the time of our meeting Schlomo was feverishly trying to invent an improved version of the George Foreman Grill. Schlomo’s grill would contain a hard drive that remembered all the details of your last barbecue, as well as an address book. I didn’t really see the point of it, but, not being a tech guy, I held my tongue and presented him with my idea. I will never forget his reaction. With hamburger-flecked spittle flying from his blubbery lips, he laughed, called me some very unkind names and demanded that I leave his mother’s basement immediately. My hopes dashed, I went back to work on Dharma and forgot about my silly idea. Well, I’m sure you can figure out what happened next. The fact that you’re reading this card right now should tell you. Thankfully, it’s not in my nature to be bitter. But there are times when I feel a little used — usually when I’ve forgotten how to effectively grill a fatty piece of chicken.
Cultural References
- Rajesh wears a baseball cap with the number 42 on it. In Douglas Adams’s book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the number 42 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.
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