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The Big Bang Theory #00x00 - Unaired Test Pilot

"This is the original Test Pilot from 2006 (with only Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons in the cast, and their across-the-hall neighbor Katie as 'a street-hardened, tough-as-nails woman with a vulnerable interior' played by Amanda Walsh, and a female friend called Gilda ( Iris Bahr). The show's original theme music was also different, using Thomas Dolby's hit 'She Blinded Me With Science'.)"

Original video links and texts were from http://www.movieline.com/2010/06/watch-chuck-lorres-self-admitted-failure-the-original-big-bang-theory-pilot.php and http://digg.com/television/The_Original_Big_Bang_Theory_Pilot_Kinda_Sucked_VIDEO ...
Sarzysays...

Odd that both of the main actors (Galecki in particular) have slightly deeper, less nasal-y voices here. I guess at some point along the line the decision was made that they should speak with more stereotypical "nerd" voices.

mooky9669says...

So glad they didn't go with this version...I wouldn't be watching the show if they did. Glad they got rid of perv Sheldon. The show wouldn't be the same without Howard, Raj, and especially Penny. Glad they went with more nerd voices too.

Historian1986says...

I liked the overall look and feel of the unaired pilot. The apartment that Lenard and Sheldon share is an academic's dream in my opinion; dark, cluttered with books and papers, a compact and sparsely furnished social area, a fireplace that adds character to the room and walls adorned with numerous thought structuring white boards. The apartment in the ongoing show struck me as very bright and open; I generally don’t like bright and open, though it does provide more room for physical comedy. The character development was touch and go but in the end I believe Lenard needs no improvement in either the unaired pilot or the ongoing show. I believe that Sheldon's character would benefit from a combination of traits from both the unaired pilot and the current show, most notably the social openness balanced by his high levels of humorous narcissism. I don't believe there is a way to improve on the lead female role, I don't particularly care for either Katie or Penny and find the presence of a female character that is so overly ditzy insulting. What is needed is a smart (PhD level) female character that possesses a keen knowledge of both her field (possibly Anthropology, History or Psychology) and popular culture. This would serve to distinguish her from both the Katie/Penny character and also Amy and Bernadette; both characters that have seemingly no knowledge or an air of condescension concerning popular culture.

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