For an explanation of "The Loobenfeld Decay" check out The Big Bang Theory, Season 1, Episode 10. Other episode titles include The Fuzzy Boots Corollary, The Dumpling Paradox, The Hamburger Postulate, and The Pork Chop Indeterminacy.
The Big Bang Theory (TBBT) is a guilty pleasure of mine - not a bad way to spend a half hour on Monday nights (or whenever if you are lucky enough to have TiVo).
I'm sort of appalled by the EW.com review. NOTE: EW Readers gave it a B+ ranking, a big improvement over reviewer Henry Goldblatt's C- ranking. Mr. Goldblatt's characterizes the show as 'lamebrained.'
Here's my confusion: In the Age of Reality TV, how can any television series with original characters and an original narrative be considered 'lamebrained?' EW.com gave the first season of The Hills a B-!!! I'm not here to judge anyone else's guilty pleasure, but why don't we give credit where credit is due???
First - TBBT has a catchy theme song. Theme songs are a dying art and a I appreciate a good one when I hear it. Plus, I like to sing along ...
Second - Since the Stone Age, every TV show has had a token nerd (or dork, sometimes it's a dork and not a nerd). It seems to me that over time the token nerd has gotten less an less nerdy. Television is trying to normalize and socialize The Nerd. TBBT embraces The Nerd and shows her/him for what (s)he really is: awkward. Hilariously awkward!
Third - Darlene and David from Roseanne are reunited as Leslie and Leonard in TBBT. Their relationship ... pricelesss. TV couples should alway mock their TV coupledom in future television series.
allright, I could babble on, but really, I should be watching the season finale of The Mole (there are a lot of guilty pleasures on tv on Monday nights).
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