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  • Season 1
  • Episode 1
A pair of socially awkward theoretical physicists meet their new neighbor Penny, who is their polar opposite.
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Leonard Hofstadter
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Sheldon Cooper
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Penny
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Howard Wolowitz
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Raj Koothrappali
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Althea (as Vernée Watson)
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Kurt

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James Burrows

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Chuck Lorre ... (created by) (creator) &
Bill Prady ... (created by) (creator)
 
Chuck Lorre ... (written by) &
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Joe Bella ... co-producer
Michael Collier ... producer
Kelly Lee ... co-producer (as Kelly-Anne Lee)
Toti Levine ... associate producer
Chuck Lorre ... executive producer (showrunner)
Bill Prady ... executive producer
Mary T. Quigley ... co-producer

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Steven V. Silver ... director of photography

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Peter Chakos

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Tony D'Amore ... final colorist (uncredited)
Ahmadu Garba ... post-production associate (uncredited)
Todd Morris ... assistant editor (uncredited)

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Ken Miller
Nikki Valko

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John Shaffner

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Ann Shea

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Mary T. Quigley

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Peggy Nichols ... makeup artist
Janice Zoladz ... hair stylist (as Janice Zoladz-Allison)

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Carol Anne Miller ... unit production manager
Dennis R. McElroy ... post-production supervisor (uncredited)

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Anthony Rich ... first assistant director
Mark K. Samuels ... first assistant director
Joseph Stafford ... second assistant director
Lisa Chu ... additional second assistant director (uncredited)
Howard Murray ... associate director (uncredited)

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Lee Lee Baird ... property master
Joel Ruiz ... set dresser
G. Roger Abell ... leadman (uncredited)
Francoise Cherry-Cohen ... set designer (uncredited)
Sam Huston ... assistant property master (uncredited)
Bryan Rogers ... set dresser (uncredited)

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Bob La Masney ... re-recording mixer
Charlie McDaniel ... re-recording mixer
Kathy Oldham ... re-recording mixer
Bruce Peters ... production sound mixer
Ron Arnold ... sound recordist (uncredited)

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Dan Carrington ... flame artist (uncredited)
Scott Milne ... visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
Bryan Whitaker ... flame artist (uncredited)

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Brian Brockway ... camera operator
Roland Monty Reese ... dimmer board op
Ron Ervin ... grip (uncredited)
Greg Gayne ... still photographer (uncredited)

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Nikki Hoffman ... extras casting
Peter Pappas ... casting associate
Adam Hochfeld ... extras casting (uncredited)

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Laura Rubio ... key costumer
Heather Carleton ... set costumer (uncredited)

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Barenaked Ladies ... composer: theme music / performer: theme music
Joe Fischer ... music manager (uncredited)
Leo Tee ... music clearance manager (uncredited)

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Marilyn Bagley ... script supervisor (as Marilyn A. Bagley)

Additional Crew

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Kathy Nawabi ... production coordinator
David Saltzberg ... science consultant (as David Saltzberg Ph.D.)
Ahmadu Garba ... assistant to writer (uncredited)
Mona Garcea ... assistant to executive producer (uncredited)
Jacob Murray ... production assistant (uncredited)
Nicole Pelner ... assistant to producer (uncredited)
Jason T. Welden ... computer/video playback (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Twenty-somethings Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper are friends, roommates and physics geniuses working at Cal Tech. As such, they are self-professed geeks. Their social companions are Howard Wolowitz and Raj Koothrappali (who does not speak to women), fellow geniuses at Cal Tech. Originally from Omaha, Nebraska, beautiful Penny, a waitress at the Cheesecake Factory and an aspiring screenwriter and actress, moves in next door to them in their apartment building. On their initial social interaction - an impromptu lunch in the guys' apartment - the guys learn that Penny has a different mentality than them. This difference however does not stop Leonard from being attracted to her. They also learn that Penny is heartbroken from the end of a four year relationship. Just because she asked, Leonard agrees to pick up her television from her ex-boyfriend, with who she is having a dispute about the ownership of said television. Getting the television may be more difficult than Leonard anticipated, but he will do almost anything to accomplish this favor for his attractive new neighbor. Written by Huggo

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Did You Know?

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Trivia Leonard (Johnny Galecki) states that the combined IQ of Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and himself is 360. In a later episode of season 1 Sheldon states his IQ as 187 meaning that Leonard's IQ is 173. See more »
Goofs The experiment discussed by Sheldon (Jim Parsons) at the very beginning of the episode is a quantum version of the well-known "experiment," but incompatible with the work presented on the whiteboard. His dialogue was meant to accompany the whiteboard seen in the unaired episode Unaired Pilot (2006). See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Swingers (2022). See more »
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Crazy Credits CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #182 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. See more »
Quotes Sheldon: Uhm, Penny, that's where I sit.
Penny: So sit next to me.
Sheldon: No, I sit there.
Penny: What's the difference?
Sheldon: What's the difference?
Leonard: Here we go.
Sheldon: In the winter, that seat is close enough to the radiator to remain warm, and yet not so close as to cause perspiration. In the summer, it's directly in the path of a cross-breeze created by opening windows there and there. It faces the television at an angle that is neither direct, thus discouraging conversation, nor so far wide as to create a parallax distortion. I could go on.
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