The Big Bang Theory
Summary
The Big Bang Theory ’s shape of charactersusually point clear of this job . Since the attend - out show was so invested in nerd culture , stars like Will Wheaton , Stan Lee , and George Takei encounter themselves in the series . The sitcom ’s main characters also constantly made references to illustrious pieces of soda pop culture . As such , it would have been noticeably weird and meta if any of them alluded to8 Simple Rules , which starred Penny ’s actor , Kaley Cuoco , or toRoseanne , which sport Leonard ’s worker , Johnny Galecki . Despite this , The Big Bang Theorydid slip up once whenRaj made an offhand comment about another serial that apportion one of its actors .
Raj Watches The Good Wife (Which Stars Leonard’s Mother)
InThe Big Bang Theoryseason 3 , episode 23 , “ The Lunar Excitation , ” Raj ( Kunal Nayyar ) raves about how greatThe Good Wifeis . This is an interesting reference becauseChristine Baranski starred inThe Good Wifeand also work Leonard ’s mother , Beverly , inThe Big Bang Theory . There is no mention of the resemblance between the actress fromThe Good Wifeand Leonard ’s mother , but this is still a strange paradox when the serial publication so often feature literal - life celebrity and reference to exist TV shows . The Big Bang Theory ’s season 3 Christmas episodebrought back Baranski as Beverly , but Raj did n’t mentionThe Good Wifeagain .
SinceThe Big Bang Theorycould have referenced any issue of other show with Raj ’s line , and the same spell of dialogue also mentionsGrey ’s Anatomy , it is particularly intriguing that the writer conk out for a show that include one of their frequent guest champion . Baranski ’s function inThe Big Bang TheoryandThe Good Wifecan’t subsist in the same universe , although the show could ’ve claimed that Baranski existed as an role player within the series , and she bore a move resemblance to Leonard ’s mom .
This Isn’t The Big Bang Theory’s Only Weird Paradox
WhileThe Big Bang Theorywas careful about keep its canon logical , there is one other instance where the show slipped . Interestingly , this line also come from Raj . In season 1 , episode 13 , " The Bat Jar Conjecture . ” he noted that real - lifeBlossomstar Mayim Bialik was a scientist . This was before the histrion join the mold as Sheldon ’s lovemaking interest , Amy , at the ending of season 3 . This paradox is easy to explain becauseThe Big Bang Theory ’s writers could n’t have known who would finally play Amy on the show .
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