It’s a good week to be a fan of The Big Bang Theory. Thee’s an new episode tonight (January 3) and a new bee species has been named after Sheldon’s favorite saying.
First, here are details on tonight’s TBBT episode, “The Egg Salad Equivalency.”
SHELDON IS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY, ON “THE BIG BANG THEORY,” THURSDAY, JAN. 3
Regina King Guest Stars as Mrs. Davis
“The Egg Salad Equivalency” – Sheldon gets accused of sexual harassment at the University and winds up getting Leonard, Raj and Wolowitz in trouble, on THE BIG BANG THEORY, Thursday, date (8:00 – 8:31 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Regina King guest stars as Mrs. Davis, the University’s Director of Employee Relations.
CAST: Johnny Galecki (Leonard), Jim Parsons (Sheldon), Kaley Cuoco (Penny), Simon Helberg (Wolowitz), Kunal Nayyar (Koothrappali), Melissa Rauch (Bernadette), Mayim Bialik (Amy)
GUEST CAST: Regina King (Mrs. Davis), Margo Harshman (Alex)
STORY BY: Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan and Jim Reynolds
TELEPLAY BY: Steven Molaro, Bill Prady and Steve Holland
DIRECTED BY: Mark Cendrowski
And then, yesterday came news of a bee species named “Euglossa bazinga.” Check out the press release about that:
BURBANK, Calif. (January 2, 2013) — He has two Ph.D’s and an IQ of 187, he plays “Words with Friends” with Stephen Hawking, and he owns Leonard Nimoy’s napkin. The global march to spread the genius of The Big Bang Theory‘s Dr. Sheldon Cooper just crossed scientific fields, from theoretical physics to evolutionary zoo biology, as a new species of the Brazilian orchid bee — Euglossa bazinga — has been named after Dr. Cooper’s zippy catchphrase.
Brazilian biologist Andre Nemesio from the Universidade Federal de Uberlandia discovered the new species of beautiful, but misunderstood orchid bee that bears a striking resemblance to the Euglossa ignita, (or more common Western Brazilian orchid bee). Because the bees share so many similar characteristics, their existence as a separate species eluded scientists for years. Hence, the bees’ grand “bazinga” on the world of science!
Steven Molaro, one of The Big Bang Theory‘s executive producers, acknowledged the unprecedented honor on behalf of the show and Dr. Cooper. “We are always extremely flattered when the science community embraces our show. Sheldon would be honored to know that Euglossa bazinga was inspired by him. In fact, after ‘Mothra’ and griffins, bees are his third-favorite flying creatures.”
The Big Bang Theory stars Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper, Johnny Galecki as Dr. Leonard Hofstadter, Simon Helberg as Mr. Howard Wolowitz, Kunal Nayyar as Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali, Mayim Bialik as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler and Melissa Rauch as Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski. Created by Chuck Lorre & Bill Prady, the series is produced by Chuck Lorre Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and is executive produced by Lorre, Prady and Molaro. Now in its sixth season, The Big Bang Theory airs on Thursdays at 8/7c on CBS.
