"The Big Bang Theory" The Peanut Reaction (2008)

Director:

Mark Cendrowski

Writers:

Chuck Lorre (creator) &
Bill Prady (creator) ...

TV Series:

"The Big Bang Theory" (2007)

Original Air Date:

12 May 2008 (Season 1, Episode 16)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

When Penny and the guys learn that Leonard has never had a birthday party, they decide to try to throw a surprise party for him. |

Plot Keywords:

Physicist | Socially Awkward | Scientist | Sitcom | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Cast

Johnny Galecki	...	Leonard Hofstadter
Jim Parsons	...	Sheldon Cooper
Kaley Cuoco	...	Penny
Simon Helberg	...	Howard Wolowitz
Kunal Nayyar	...	Rajesh Koothrappali
Vernee Watson-Johnson	...	Althea (as Vernée Watson)
Judith Moreland	...	Jan
Ronald Hunter	...	Dan
Chuck Carter	...	Stan

Runtime:

Argentina:25 min

Language:

English

Certification:

Argentina:13

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Sheldon, Raj, and Howard can be seen playing the board game "Talisman." They make numerous mistakes while playing, such as having too many pieces on the board and placing tokens on the wrong side of their character cards.

Quotes:

Penny: Okay, here's the deal: you either you help me throw Leonard a birthday party, or so help me, God, I will go into your bedroom, and unbag all of your most valuable, mint-condition comic books and, on one of them, you won't know which, I'll draw a tiny little happy face in ink.
Sheldon Cooper: You can't do that! If you make a mark in a mint comic book, it's no longer mint.
Penny: Sheldon, do you understand the concept of blackmail?
Sheldon Cooper: Well, of course I... Oh... Hey, I have an idea: let's throw Leonard a kick-ass birthday party!

Movie Connections:

References Halo (2001) (VG)

Soundtrack:

True Colors

The Peanut Reaction is another funny episode of "The Big Bang Theory"

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Penny resolves to throw Leonard a surprise birthday party despite Leonard having never experienced such a thing. Sheldon's not on board until Penny threatens to leave a mark on one of his mint comics. It's Howard who has to make Leonard leave his apartment so he fakes a peanut allergy to get his friend to take him to a hospital. Meanwhile, Penny and Sheldon go to an electronics store to get Leonard a gift but Sheldon stays too long because of customers wanting info about computer buying of which Sheldon, of course, has plenty of knowledge. With this big delay, Howard has to take his medical procedure to keep Leonard from going to his home too quickly. When they finally arrive, Penny and Sheldon are asleep while Raj is shirtless at the microphone. As Leonard and Penny look at the highlights of the party on the ipod, Penny kisses Leonard sympathetically as he then asks when her birthday is...Plenty of funny scenes, mostly concerning Howard and his reactions to what kind of girls Penny was going to bring. Also, he tries to blackmail a black female receptionist with the bill that had the face "that freed all you people" which she answers with "not unless Ben Franklin and his five twin brothers were on them". LOL! With one more episode to go, this is a very good first season of "The Big Bang Theory".