10-19-2014, 04:47 PM
He's not a pervert. I just think the writers get onto something( probably in some feedback loop with the live audience), and don't know when to stop(or maybe can't come up with something more original). I love watching those early episodes, before AFF arrives. But the writers have Howard jump up like some over eager puppy every time Penny appears. In the real world he wouldn't do that, he's not stupid, or so deluded as to not understand her reactions. I like his catch phrase, 'that would be me'(more honesty). I've been thinking about this idea(someone mentioned), about plot driven Vs character driven; aren't the two actually interdependent? I think one thing I really like about this show, is that I can relate the characters to real people. Fiction and reality are interdependent. I have stood in a court, in a crappy suit, having prepared my own defence(rent dispute).