The tech-loving characters on "The Big Bang Theory" are about to find themselves severely star-struck. The comedy series has booked Microsoft founder Bill Gates to guest star as himself in an upcoming episode, CBS and Warner Bros. tell CNN.
In the episode, Penny (Kaley Cuoco) will find herself hosting Gates at work, and her friends go to great lengths in their effort to meet the billionaire innovator. The episode is set to air in late March.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/20/entertainment/bill-gates-big-bang-theory/index.html
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/21/17035236/bill-gates-the-big-bang-theory-appearance
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @09:46AM (6 children)
The whole show is an interesting study on how normalfags view science, technology, nerds and geeks.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @11:19AM (1 child)
I'd say it's attempt at getting midway, or of nerdxploitation, sort of dilbert-like.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @01:16PM
The most apt description I've seen for the show is "nerd black-face".
(Score: 2) by VLM on Thursday February 22 2018, @01:26PM
I skimmed thru a few episodes illegally uploaded to youtube (youtube wants lots of money to watch it legally) and its pretty weird, as if "that 70s show" consumed megatons of soy products and skated thru a STEM diploma and got STEM jobs. Or alternatively its "The Good Doctor" which is another weird show to skim thru, but with a sitcom laugh track. Its an old show almost Simpsons-age and old episode highlights on youtube are weird to watch because there's a lot of ancient pop culture comedy I vaguely remember from years ago, ah the laugh track is making fun of some Republican politician or whatever but I don't remember enough details to understand the joke. Then again, Hollywood thinks "the middle" is a documentary of every household not located in LA or NYC, which is also pretty funny.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @02:12PM
normalfags - it's both spelt and pronounced 'neuro-typical'.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @06:20PM (1 child)
And due to asshats like you who use terms like "normalfags" said normies view techies as bigoted basement baters.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 23 2018, @03:37AM
said normies view techies as bigoted basement baters.
But that's exactly what most of us are. There's tons of evidence proving it, not just his post.