The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification

Episode aired Sep 30, 2010
21m

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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.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.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.

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3.6K

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Director
- Mark Cendrowski
Writers
- Chuck Lorre(teleplay)
- Bill Prady(story)
- Steven Molaro(teleplay)
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Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady, Steve Wozniak, and Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Kaley Cuoco and Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Steve Wozniak, Jim Parsons, and Janet Hill in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Steve Wozniak in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

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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. —Huggo

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Trivia
The song played by Sheldon in the car is Greensleeves.

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).

Quotes
Sheldon Cooper: At my age, do you know how I'm statistically most likely to die?
Leonard Hofstadter: At the hands of your roommate?
Sheldon Cooper: An accident.
Leonard Hofstadter: Oh, that's how I'm gonna make it look.

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

Connections
Referenced in King of the Nerds: Ready, Set, Robot Dodgeball (2014)

Soundtracks
History of Everything
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Written by Barenaked Ladies
Performed by Barenaked Ladies
[Series theme song played during the opening titles]

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9/10

The Shelbot

I nearly died when I saw this the first time. Not only is the Shelbot a great bit, the smug, self satisfied look on Sheldon's face is worth the trip. This is cleverly done and creative. Sheldon wants to live forever but how would anyone be better off if it happened.

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