The Big Bang Theory (TV Series)

The Proton Displacement (2013)

Bob Newhart: Arthur Jeffries

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• Arthur Jeffries : Can I ask you a question?

  Leonard Hofstadter : Yeah, sure.

  Arthur Jeffries : Why do you put up with Sheldon?

  Leonard Hofstadter : Oh, um, you know. Because we're friends.

  Arthur Jeffries : Why?

  Leonard Hofstadter : Wow. You ask really hard questions. Look, I know he can be aggravating, but you have to remember he's not doing it on purpose. It's just how he is. Oh, but he's also loyal, and trustworthy and we have fun together.

  Arthur Jeffries : You know, you're describing a dog.

  Leonard Hofstadter : He did bite me once. But in his defense I came up behind him while he was eating.

  Arthur Jeffries : They hate that.

  Leonard Hofstadter : You, know what. Sheldon is the smartest person I've ever met. He's a little broke and he needs me. I guess I need him too.

  Arthur Jeffries : Why's that?

  Leonard Hofstadter : You will not let this go.

• Sheldon Cooper : Because it's just so happens I'm also spending the day with a beloved children television science personality. Isn't that right new friend and colleague, Bill Nye, the Science Guy? Sorry I replaced you with a newer model.

  Bill Nye : Wow, Arthur Jeffries. It's an honor to meet you. My show never would have happened without yours.

  Arthur Jeffries : That's what I told my lawyers.

• Bill Nye : What are you working on?

  Leonard Hofstadter : We're making vacuum tubes.

  Bill Nye : That is very interesting.

  Arthur Jeffries : Haven't you stolen enough from me? Back off, bow tie!

• Leonard Hofstadter : If you would have told me when I was a kid that someday I would have been doing science next to Professor Proton, I would not have believed you.

  Arthur Jeffries : If someone had told me that people would still be call me Professor Proton when I was 83 years old, I never would have quit smoking.

• [last lines] 

  Arthur Jeffries : So, you, uh, you have, you have any si- single grandmothers?

  Penny : Sorry, they're both married.

  Arthur Jeffries : Good. Ha-hap- ha-hap- happily?

• Arthur Jeffries : Sheldon, what are you doing here?

  Sheldon Cooper : I'm sorry, Arthur. Did I wake you?

  Arthur Jeffries : It's seven thirty, so yeah.

  Sheldon Cooper : I would've gotten here sooner, but for some reason your house isn't on this map of the Hollywood stars.

• Sheldon Cooper : It's been pointed out by my girlfriend that I may have been annoying to you.

  Arthur Jeffries : She sounds like a keeper.

• Sheldon Cooper : This is my girlfriend, Amy. Amy, this is television legend, Arthur Jeffries. His science show inspired millions of children.

  Arthur Jeffries : Hold... hold... hold on, you... you have a girlfriend?

• Leonard Hofstadter : Dr. Jeffries, hello again, Leonard Hofstadter.

  Arthur Jeffries : Oh... oh right, I remember your, your girlfriend. Is, is she, is she here?

  [looking around] 

• Arthur Jeffries : [Sheldon has woken Arthur up at 7:30 in the morning]  Sheldon, in a couple of hours, I have to get up, pee, and then wander around the house.