9 seasons down, and we still can’t get enough of the show. The lives of these socially awkward scientists and their free-spirited neighbours have taken the world by storm since it first aired on TV more than a decade ago. Â Nothing less than a veritable pop-culture phenomenon, it continues to deliver on the laughs year after year. Here are 21 facts about The Big Bang Theory that most people don’t know. Compiled with love.
1 If you are over 18 years old, you can be a part of the show’s live studio audience for absolutely nothing.
2 Raj is modeled after a real person. Writer Bill Prady knew an old co-worker who also had the inability to speak to women when not drunk.image: indianexpress.com
3 The shirts that Sheldon wears (like the Green Lantern one) reflect his emotions in that scene. In the comic universe, the colors correspond to a particular emotion: Red for rage, blue for hope, indigo for compassion, and so on.image source: filmgarb.com
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4 The cast are highly-skilled musicians in real life.image source: plottify.com
Johnny Galecki, who plays Dr. Leonard Hofstadter has been a cellist since a young age while Jim Parsons (Dr. Sheldon Cooper) and Mayim Bialik (Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler) learned how to play the theremin and the harp, especially for the show. Genius, much?
6 “Soft Kitty” is a real song – originally titled “Warm Kitty” and sung by Edith Newlin in 1930. Bill Prady’s daughter had learned the song from a teacher in pre-school.image source: teasuryislands.wordpress.com
7 Howard’s massive collection of toys and figurines are all female.image source: textually.org
Batgirl, Cheetah, Wonder woman and so on. The only male toy is Jabba the Hutt, although he is placed alongside Princess Leia.(source)