10-08-2014, 12:11 AM
I am the LAST person to think child molestation/endangerment jokes are funny, but when Sheldon didn't understand that it was wrong to "make friends" with the little girl at the Library, I was o.k. with it since Sheldon at that time was a total social innocent. That's why I want to give him a pass on the van joke in this episode. It was a very vintage Sheldon thing to not understand the social ramifications of what he was saying. However, I found Howard and Raj hopping on board the van thing offensive since those characters would both know better and the writers made them say stupid things just "for the (supposed) joke" which wasn't funny anyway.
“There are no scenes more fun to do, I feel like, than the ones between Sheldon and Penny. They are such a wonderful odd couple.” - Jim Parsons