The Big Bang Theory - The Complete First Season
Binding : DVD
ProductGroup : DVD
Manufacturer : Warner Home Video
Brand : Warner Brothers
Label : Warner Home Video
Publisher : Warner Home Video
Studio : Warner Home Video
ReleaseDate : 2008-09-02
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University physicists Leonard and Sheldon know whether to use an integral or a differential to solve the area under a curve. But they don’t have a clue about girls. Or dating. Or clothes. Or parties. Or having fun. Or, basically, life. So when a pretty blonde named Penny moves in the apartment across the hall, the guys decide to get an education outside of the classroom. Boys, you have a lot to learn. With series creators Chuck Lorre (Two and a Half Men) and Bill Prady (The Gilmore Girls) concocting the right mix of logic and lunacy and stars Johnny Galecki (Roseanne) and Jim Parsons (Judging Amy) turning geekdom into Phi Beta fun, The Big Bang Theory is big on laughs. And life.
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The delightful sitcom The Big Bang Theory revolves around a character type rarely seen on television: The alpha geek. Physicists Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon (Jim Parsons) get their lives shaken up when an attractive young woman named Penny (Kaley Cuoco) moves in to the apartment across from theirs. The key to the show, though, is not that they both fall haplessly in love--Leonard does, but Sheldon remains impermeably aloof and caustic about anything resembling romance or human relationships in general. While the push and pull of Leonard's yearning for Penny motivates much of the series' ongoing plot, the show's real drive comes from Sheldon's fantastic combination of obsessive-compulsive neurosis and grandiose obliviousness. He's a brilliant comic creation, imperious and dorky, a seamless collaboration of clever writing and an inspired performance by Parsons. Whether Sheldon loses his job for insulting his new boss, or finds his ego bruised by a child prodigy, or finds himself unable to bear being part of a lie that Leonard has told, he attacks the world with a relentless need to assert his supremacy--and the results are deeply funny.
The triumph of The Big Bang Theory is that everyone is written with genuine affection; what could have been a lifeless parade of stereotypes--Two Nerds and a Hot Chick--becomes instead a charming collision of cultures. The familiar stuff (computer games, comic books, social incompetence) has the grit of specificity; the show understands the difference between Halo and Halo 3, knows what the Bottle City of Kandor is, and grasps the infinite variety of ways in which a conversation can go terribly awry. (Penny gets less nuance, but Cuoco still gives her a distinctive personality.) Kudos as well to supporting players Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar, who bring their own variations on geekiness to the table, and to great appearances by some of Galecki's former cohorts on Roseanne--Sara Gilbert as geekette Leslie and Laurie Metcalf as Sheldon's fundamentalist mother. All in all, one of the most winning sitcoms in years. --Bret Fetzer
I beleive in The Big Bang (2008-12-31)
I happened upon this show by luck as I was mindlessly flipping through channels one day, and I have been hooked on it ever since. Sadly, I found it halfway through Season 1, so when it came out on dvd I was beyond thrilled to have gotten it for Christmas.
This show is, in my opinion, the funniest comedy to come around in a long time. I have never seen an episode that hasn't made me burst into tears from fits of laughter. And now that I've got the first season on dvd, I can watch my favorite moments any time I want, as many times as I want (and I admit there are some scenes I can't get enough of)---and I still fall off the couch laughing.
The characters are perfectly cast, and are both annoying and lovable at the same time.
The only negative thing I can think of about this show is that the episodes are only a half hour.
I recomend this show to anyone!
The best TV show I've ever seen (2008-12-30)
I've never seen a TV show as funny and original as this one.
It's way funnier than "Seinfield", "Friends", "ELR" and "The IT Crowd", which were my favs before I saw "The Big Bang Theory".
Best Sitcom on TV (2008-12-30)
This is the BEST sitcom on television. The story revolves around 4 super geeks, geniuses who are scientists obsessed with comic books, Star trek and video games among other things. Johnny Galecki(Leonard) is in love with the pretty girl across the hall. Galecki is good in everything he does. Jim Parsons(Sheldon)is hilarious as Galecki's room mate. I agree with one of the previous reviewers that Parsons deserves an Emmy for his work on this show. He makes me laugh out every Monday night. He plays "finicky", "quirky" and "nerdy" with a touch of mad genius to perfection. If your not watching, start. You wont be sorry. I definitely recommend this DVD if you love the show or just want to watch to catch up. Five star laughs.
This is a great show! (2008-12-29)
Like others have mentioned, I did not want to like this show. It looked too cheesy. But I could not help it; it sucks you right in! If you know people in the math/science field, this will crack you up. If not, I'm sure you will still be amused by it. At first the laughs of the studio audience annoyed by boyfriend, but he got over it. Now we enjoy it together.
Great Show (2008-12-29)
This is a great TV show. It is funny and light hearted. The first few episodes in season one are a little slow but the series picks up as the writers and actors gain their footing. I would recommend this series to everyone.
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