The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification (30 Sep. 2010)

When Sheldon calculates the technology to download his consciousness into a robot won't be invented soon enough, he desperately tries to find a way to increase his lifespan.

Director:

Mark Cendrowski

Writers:

Chuck Lorre (creator), Bill Prady (creator),

Stars:

Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Johnny Galecki	...	Leonard Hofstadter
Jim Parsons	...	Sheldon Cooper
Kaley Cuoco	...	Penny
Simon Helberg	...	Howard Wolowitz
Kunal Nayyar	...	Raj Koothrappali
Steve Wozniak	...	Himself

Storyline

After Sheldon scientifically calculates his life expectancy, he is dismayed to learn that he will be a few years short of the time when he will be able to transfer his conscious self into a robotic format. So he decides to live a healthier lifestyle to eke out those few extra years. Those changes include eating healthier and exercising. When both those avenues have negative consequences unexpected to him, Sheldon thinks he's figured out a way to exist in his current life without taking the risks associated with everyday tasks. As an incredulous Leonard, Penny, Howard and Raj look on to what Sheldon is doing, only a celebrity sighting may be able to bring Sheldon back to real life.

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Plot Keywords:

white board | recorder flute | brussels sprout

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

30 September 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chuck Lorre Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

21 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

The song played by Sheldon in the car is Greensleeves.

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Goofs

Sheldon claims that the appendix is a vestigial organ. Since the early 1900s this was how science looked at the appendix. However, today it is accepted by most immunologists that the appendix is part of a secondary immune system and is a safe haven for beneficial bacteria (or probiotics).

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Quotes

Sheldon Cooper: I'm going to miss so much. Unified field theory, cold fusion, the dogapus...
Leonard Hofstadter: What's a dogapus?
Sheldon Cooper: The hybrid dog and octopus. Man's underwater best friend.
Leonard Hofstadter: There's someone working on that?
Sheldon Cooper: I was going to. I planned on giving it to myself on my three-hundredth birthday.
Leonard Hofstadter: Wait a minute, you hate dogs.
Sheldon Cooper: A dogapus can play fetch with eight balls. No one can hate that.

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Crazy Credits

CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #294 "We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake." Pema Chödrön "Blink already, dammit!" Chuck Lörre

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Connections

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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Soundtracks

"Soft Kitty"
(uncredited)
Performed by Kaley Cuoco and Jim Parsons

User Reviews

"The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification" is another funny ep of "The Big Bang Theory"

In a nutshell about this ep of "The Big Bang Theory" from last season: Sheldon has calculated he won't live long enough for his being to be transferred to robotic form so instead of the usual pizza on Thursday, he tries broccoli sprouts. That almost gets him a trip to a hospital. He also tries jogging with Penny...which doesn't get him farther than a few steps before his sprouts experience bursts again! So he decides to become Shelbot-with his face on a robotic monitor and a Green Lantern shirt under it...Another funny episode with Jim Parsons making Sheldon's eccentricities quite appealingly hilarious despite his less-than-polite-demeanor. Oh, and once again, we get to hear Penny sing "Soft Kitty" to him in a unique way...