Big Bang Theory!

[Jermofoot]

@Gamerman01:

@Young:

Jim Parsons has won many many awards for his role as Sheldon, on a show that is approaching Sienfeld and Friends stature as staple pop culture television, so forgive me if I suggest that you live under a rock.

:-)
I know, in my senior year of college I was assigned to a team project with random people, and I got a very strange look from a girl on the team when she learned I’d never watched Seinfeld before (Spring 1997).
A few years later, I found myself watching quite a few episodes of Seinfeld and I learned why I got the queer look

My brother and Dad watched it quite a bit.  I thought it was ok.  Would have been better but I found the characters to be irritating.

As far as Friends go, any warm blooded male born in the 80s or so was subjected to the show if they knew what was good for them.

[Krieghund]

My assumption is the script just called for a war game to be on the table and someone in the crew picked A&A (as Frimmel suggested).  Whether that was a random choice or that individual is a fan of the game is anyone’s guess.  I suppose it’s possible that the individuals or teams reference could have referred to the idea that each side could be played as a team effort rather then dividing the powers among individuals, but that seems unlikely.

In any case, I was happy to see the game featured in such a manner.  I’m a big fan of the show.

[Razor]

@Krieghund:

…… and someone in the crew picked A&A (as Frimmel suggested).  Whether that was a random choice or that individual is a fan of the game is anyone’s guess.

Are you sure Larry Harris have nothing to do with this ?

[frimmel]

“Seinfeld” always goes like this for me: Berated for not watching “Seinfeld.” Watch an episode. Find it funny. Why don’t I watch more of this? Watch another episode. Hate everything about all the people in it and find nothing funny about it. I guess that’s why I don’t watch more of 'em.

Luckily it only took me three times before I quit.

[gamerman01]

@frimmel:

“Seinfeld” always goes like this for me: Berated for not watching “Seinfeld.” Watch an episode. Find it funny. Why don’t I watch more of this? Watch another episode. Hate everything about all the people in it and find nothing funny about it. I guess that’s why I don’t watch more of 'em.

Luckily it only took me three times before I quit.

I know what you mean there.  Like Jermo said, the characters get irritating (Jerry, George, Elaine, Puddy…) but Kramer never got old for me  :-)
The workplaces got old quick - they were so stupid and completely unrealistic I became unable to suspend reality for them.  :lol: Steinbrenner, Peterman, etc… Just so stupid!  :-) But I watched a lot of episodes 10 years ago

Anyway, still never seen 1 minute of Friends - guess I wasn’t watching TV during a lot of those years.  I have a feeling I didn’t miss much.  Seems like the characters are all well-to-do popular, cool types, so I feel out of place  :roll:
I feel more comfortable around the funny dysfunctional, and apparently that’s true of a lot of people

[General Veers]

But Seinfeld brought us a memorable Risk cameo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzLtF_PxbYw

I know the video with all the Risk segments is on YouTube, I can’t seem to find it though. Very appropriate now given current events as well.

[gamerman01]

I LOVED that risk appearance.  Stupid Ukrainians!

[ABWorsham4]

I love Seinfeld.

[gamerman01]

I didn’t realize/remember that Newman was down to only a couple armies at that point.  Makes it even more funny/ridiculous that they are taking such effort to play the game on the subway when it’s completely over

[Young Grasshopper]

@Gamerman01:

I didn’t realize/remember that Newman was down to only a couple armies at that point.  Makes it even more funny/ridiculous that they are taking such effort to play the game on the subway when it’s completely over

A friend whom I play A&A with will argue that he has a fighting chance to win even if he’s down to 10 men and a few tanks, so I have to hammer him into submission even though the writing has been on the wall forever, so I know how Cosmo felt.

[Whackamatt]

In regards to the Big Bang Theory, I disagree with you all.  It’s a comedy show.  LOL.

I believe they DID know how the game plays.  Everyone here is being “too serious” about the game.  i.e., you’re all too close to the subject matter to find any humor in it.
Asking “Individuals or teams?” is in-line with Leonard’s character, is it not?  Perhaps it would be a way of proving his intellectual superiority over the others or some such.  It is CLEARLY a team game, so when he suggests individuals…it’s a joke.  It isn’t in Leonard’s character to do too many team activities anyway.

Also, did not the Classic version have production stipulations where you could still declare an individual winner?  Thus the US player could “win” over the UK player; even though they were both on the same side they could compete.

I’m going to go find the episode now.  I believe had I seen it first-hand, I would have laughed at the joke instead assuming the cast/crew didn’t know anything about the game.  They knew enough to include it and write a few jokes about it, which is all that really matters.

[Whackamatt]

Link to the show:

http://www.cbs.com/shows/big_bang_theory/video/B098DB42-6294-D5CE-0DDE-9384F7DA41EE/the-big-bang-theory-the-friendship-turbulence/

As they have commercials in there, if you are only interested in the game, it appears after the second commerical break, at 9:59

Ah-ha!  I was confusing characters.  Sorry, it’s a little early for me.  The “individuals or teams” didn’t seem to be a joke.  I was picturing Sheldon saying that.  So yeah, doesn’t seem to be a joke at all.  But hey, the game is in there!

[ossel]

I’m probably in the minority here, but I don’t find this show funny. At all.

It just seems to pander to the “geek” crowd. The actors for the most part aren’t geeks in real life, and the laugh track of the show is obnoxious.

To me, this A&A example ("Should we play teams??  :roll:) is just another example of that.

[General Veers]

CBS is guilty of abusing laugh tracks for all their sitcoms. I did not respond well at all to the show at first, especially Sheldon. But as I watched it more all the characters (especially Wallowitz and Raj, as well as Amy & Bernadette) grew on me. The show is like comfort food to me, many of the characters are one-dimensional but the situations are amusing enough.

[gamerman01]

I love the Big Bang Theory  :-)

[Witt]

Me too.

[Young Grasshopper]

@Whackamatt:

In regards to the Big Bang Theory, I disagree with you all.  It’s a comedy show.  LOL.

I believe they DID know how the game plays.  Everyone here is being “too serious” about the game.  i.e., you’re all too close to the subject matter to find any humor in it.
Asking “Individuals or teams?” is in-line with Leonard’s character, is it not?  Perhaps it would be a way of proving his intellectual superiority over the others or some such.  It is CLEARLY a team game, so when he suggests individuals…it’s a joke.  It isn’t in Leonard’s character to do too many team activities anyway.

Also, did not the Classic version have production stipulations where you could still declare an individual winner?  Thus the US player could “win” over the UK player; even though they were both on the same side they could compete.

I’m going to go find the episode now.  I believe had I seen it first-hand, I would have laughed at the joke instead assuming the cast/crew didn’t know anything about the game.  They knew enough to include it and write a few jokes about it, which is all that really matters.

I’m sorry but I watched the episode and there was nothing funny about the line. To pardon the writers on that assumption we would have to believe that the mass audience know all about A&A and I refuse to accept that. even if the game was Chess (a game more audience members understand) and leonard asked “individuals or teams” it’s still not funny at all. I’ve heard of scientists seeing flaws in many of the equations displayed on the washable boards placed on the set of the show, and that’s exactly what this is… a flaw in the understanding of the game, or choosing a game that best fits the dialog. Also… stating what Classic A&A stipulates to justify the use of the phrase could also be viewed as taking the game “to seriously”… I love A&A and The Big Bang Theory, and I’m never apologetic for any it.

[gamerman01]

@Whackamatt:

Ah-ha!  I was confusing characters.  Sorry, it’s a little early for me.  The “individuals or teams” didn’t seem to be a joke.  I was picturing Sheldon saying that.  So yeah, doesn’t seem to be a joke at all.  But hey, the game is in there!

Uh, yeah, Whack already caught himself.  You didn’t read his 2nd post?

[Imperious Leader]

where is the freaking video of this?

[General 6 Stars]

Go back to page 3 and scroll down to Whackamatts post. Video is there.