The Big Bang Theory at Comic-Con: What Long Distance Relationship?!?

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At Comic-Con today, I sat with the funniest group of actors to portray a group of nerds since, well, ever. I was fortunate enough to sit down with the producers and each of the primary cast members of The Big Bang Theory, including relative newcomers Mayim Balik and Melissa Rauch.

Our round table adventure began with two of the show's producers, Bill Prady and Steve Molaro, who were ridiculously vague on Raj and Penny's bedroom adventures. The best they could offer? "Whichever side the fans were on what happened, they'll be happy with how it resolves."

The Big Bang Theory Cast at Comic-Con

We can tell you, though, from subtle hints: it seems like the two did NOT sleep together.

Prady, however, had no problem letting it slip that "Leonard will move back in with Sheldon. That living arrangement fell apart when Pryia moved back to India." Wait, what? When did that happen? 

Molaro quickly chimed in to remind his fellow producer those events haven't actually taken place, but not before Prady teased a long distance relationship between Leonard and Prya.

What guest stars will return? "Christine Baransky is absolutely coming back," Prady said. "We certainly hope Laurie Metcalf will be back. And at some point we'd love to see Will Wheaton."

He then retold a story about how they only use guest stars when they actually fit a story. While recounting Wheaton's appearance in the Indian Jones film-stealing adventure, Molaro revealed the inspiration for the story: Mythbusters' Adam Savage's real-life Star Trek-related adventure.

The duo also teased problems that Leonard's long-distance relationship and the sexual tension of living across the hall from Penny certainly will lead to some drama. But most surprising?  

Prady said the show was written with no overall arc; it's penned episode-to-episode.

And, of course, as TV Fanatic's programmer, I couldn't help but compliment the guys on their accurate programming during the iPhone app episode. How did they get such accurate code? "We hired a programmer that coded in [Objective-C] and I knew exactly what I wanted on the board and I said, 'give me this.'"

Despite being rushed through, Prady stood by the philosophy "if you know the discipline, we want it to be accurate." Coming up next? Insight from my chat with Kaley Cuoco. Stay tuned!

Eric Hochberger is the programmer of TV Fanatic, so please forgive his mediocre writing. His programming is far better. Follow him on Twitter and/or email him. Just don't request threaded comments. They're coming.

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TBBT Quotes

Oh, Bernadette, please play my clarinet.

Raj's poem

Sheldon: I'll have a diet Coke.
Penny: Can you please order a cocktail? I need to practice mixing drinks.
Sheldon: Fine... I'll have a virgin Cuba Libre.
Penny: That's... rum and Coke without the rum.
Sheldon: Yes, and would you make it diet?