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Deseret BBT Formula February 27 2009
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/70528...works.html
Memorable Lines:
"Leonard is the only character that's in motion by his own choice," Prady said. "He is the only one who is reaching for something."
"That was apparent to me early on — that he just had this nagging notion that other people have fuller lives than him," Galecki said. "He just doesn't know how to attain that. There's no manual, and he has not been given an invitation outside of the world that he lives in, and it's frustrating."
"The somewhat unspoken collaboration between us — me, Chuck, the rest of the writers — is simply that we have to walk up to the line. We cannot cross it," Parsons said. "And we've had to go through scenes where we've had to correct on the spot going, 'We've gone too far. We must bring this back. The audience is not pleased with the way you are talking to Penny. We can be biting, and he can observe something in a situation, maybe get snarky about it, but it can't be malicious."
Part of the formula of keeping a successful sitcom successful is to keep the characters the same while, at the same time, allowing them to grow "oh-so slowly," Lorre said. .... "if there's any magic trick to sitcoms — stuff happens. Nothing changes."
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LA Times Cast April 12 2009
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/12/...-bigbang12
Memorable Lines:
"The thing about Sheldon is that he can't exist without Leonard," said co-creator Bill Prady ("Dharma & Greg"). "Unless you show that somebody is capable of loving him, and Leonard clearly does, unless you show that somebody in the world is capable of putting up with him, why would you as a viewer put up with him?"
"The rhythm of the language they've written for Sheldon, I love that challenge," Parsons said. "The writers are so good at using so many words and scientific jargon and being verbose in general and burying the joke in there. The challenge of threading that out, driving these speeches in a way it still hits the comic rhythm, I love it, though I want to pull my hair out sometimes."
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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/70528...works.html
Memorable Lines:
"Leonard is the only character that's in motion by his own choice," Prady said. "He is the only one who is reaching for something."
"That was apparent to me early on — that he just had this nagging notion that other people have fuller lives than him," Galecki said. "He just doesn't know how to attain that. There's no manual, and he has not been given an invitation outside of the world that he lives in, and it's frustrating."
"The somewhat unspoken collaboration between us — me, Chuck, the rest of the writers — is simply that we have to walk up to the line. We cannot cross it," Parsons said. "And we've had to go through scenes where we've had to correct on the spot going, 'We've gone too far. We must bring this back. The audience is not pleased with the way you are talking to Penny. We can be biting, and he can observe something in a situation, maybe get snarky about it, but it can't be malicious."
Part of the formula of keeping a successful sitcom successful is to keep the characters the same while, at the same time, allowing them to grow "oh-so slowly," Lorre said. .... "if there's any magic trick to sitcoms — stuff happens. Nothing changes."
Mood of the Masses: No comments
LA Times Cast April 12 2009
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/12/...-bigbang12
Memorable Lines:
"The thing about Sheldon is that he can't exist without Leonard," said co-creator Bill Prady ("Dharma & Greg"). "Unless you show that somebody is capable of loving him, and Leonard clearly does, unless you show that somebody in the world is capable of putting up with him, why would you as a viewer put up with him?"
"The rhythm of the language they've written for Sheldon, I love that challenge," Parsons said. "The writers are so good at using so many words and scientific jargon and being verbose in general and burying the joke in there. The challenge of threading that out, driving these speeches in a way it still hits the comic rhythm, I love it, though I want to pull my hair out sometimes."
Mood of the Masses: No comments.
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