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| View Larger Image | The Big Bang Theory - The Complete First Season | DVDStarring: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons
| List Price: | $29.98 | | Price: | $16.99 | | You Save: | $12.99 (43%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 355 minutes | | Format: | AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Studio: | Warner Home Video | | Number of Discs: | 3 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.77:1 | | Release Date: | September 02, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 99th |
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FEATURES | - University physicists Leonard and Sheldon know whether to use an integral or a differential to solve the area under a curve. But they don?t have a clue about girls. Or dating. Or clothes. Or parties. Or having fun. Or, basically, life. So when a pretty blonde named Penny moves in the apartment across the hall, the guys decide to get an education outside of theroom. Boys, you have a lot to learn. W
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University physicists Leonard and Sheldon know whether to use an integral or a differential to solve the area under a curve. But they don’t have a clue about girls. Or dating. Or clothes. Or parties. Or having fun. Or, basically, life. So when a pretty blonde named Penny moves in the apartment across the hall, the guys decide to get an education outside of the classroom. Boys, you have a lot to learn. With series creators Chuck Lorre (Two and a Half Men) and Bill Prady (The Gilmore Girls) concocting the right mix of logic and lunacy and stars Johnny Galecki (Roseanne) and Jim Parsons (Judging Amy) turning geekdom into Phi Beta fun, The Big Bang Theory is big on laughs. And life. |
Amazon.com
The delightful sitcom The Big Bang Theory revolves around a character type rarely seen on television: The alpha geek. Physicists Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon (Jim Parsons) get their lives shaken up when an attractive young woman named Penny (Kaley Cuoco) moves in to the apartment across from theirs. The key to the show, though, is not that they both fall haplessly in love--Leonard does, but Sheldon remains impermeably aloof and caustic about anything resembling romance or human relationships in general. While the push and pull of Leonard's yearning for Penny motivates much of the series' ongoing plot, the show's real drive comes from Sheldon's fantastic combination of obsessive-compulsive neurosis and grandiose obliviousness. He's a brilliant comic creation, imperious and dorky, a seamless collaboration of clever writing and an inspired performance by Parsons. Whether Sheldon loses his job for insulting his new boss, or finds his ego bruised by a child prodigy, or finds himself unable to bear being part of a lie that Leonard has told, he attacks the world with a relentless need to assert his supremacy--and the results are deeply funny. The triumph of The Big Bang Theory is that everyone is written with genuine affection; what could have been a lifeless parade of stereotypes--Two Nerds and a Hot Chick--becomes instead a charming collision of cultures. The familiar stuff (computer games, comic books, social incompetence) has the grit of specificity; the show understands the difference between Halo and Halo 3, knows what the Bottle City of Kandor is, and grasps the infinite variety of ways in which a conversation can go terribly awry. (Penny gets less nuance, but Cuoco still gives her a distinctive personality.) Kudos as well to supporting players Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar, who bring their own variations on geekiness to the table, and to great appearances by some of Galecki's former cohorts on Roseanne--Sara Gilbert as geekette Leslie and Laurie Metcalf as Sheldon's fundamentalist mother. All in all, one of the most winning sitcoms in years. --Bret Fetzer |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 237 reviews)
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The Big Bang Theory Complete First Season DVD by Earnest Chan (Singapore)  5 Stars
November 04, 2009
Very funny & a Must-Watch! Rented the DVDs from a shop without any expectations. Blew my mind and made me laugh non-stop from start to finish. Stands out amongst other current comedy serials with its unique setting, characters and storylines. Had to own my own set & bought it at a great price from Amazon.com!
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Perfect by John Robinson (Yokohama, Kanagawa Japan) 5 Stars
November 03, 2009
Once again, I have trusted the overwhelmingly postive reviews at Amazon, and once again I have been rewarded with excellent entertainment.
The first time was "Firefly" and I have been in love with it since.
Now, "Big Bang Theory": it is simply PERFECT.
That's all I have time for now. I need to keep watching it!
More later!
Buy it now.
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just plain funny! by Cat Woman (Boston, MA USA) 5 Stars
October 30, 2009
I did not start watching until the end of season 2, and was very excited when season 1 was released on DVD. Once I started watching season 1, I ended up watching the entire season in just 3 sittings. I found myself laughing so hard, I had to stop and catch my breath on numerous occasions. I have some science nerds in my own life, so I'm sure that helped the humor hit home so much.
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Sparking wit and trivia... by K.T. May (New York) 5 Stars
October 29, 2009
If you are like most of the non-drooling general public, you are probably sick of boring, unfunny "comedic" drivel that litters the television schedule nowadays. You must be starving for entertainment that can not only be funny but actually :: gasp :: intelligent and that can follow in its former footsteps closely with continuity. Well, my friends, there is a solution. Grab a bowl of popcorn and pop in, (or turn on), The Big Bang Theory!
Jim Parsons stars as Sheldon and Johnny Galecki stars as Leonard, two physicists who live together in an updated version of the Odd Couple.
Sheldon is a neat freak with zero sense of humor who can never tell when someone is being sarcastic and very well may be asexual, since he has never had even a hint of attraction for someone that we have seen.
Leonard is the more down-to-Earth of the two and it is because of Leonard that friends Howard Wolowitz, (Simon Helberg), and Rajesh Koothrappali, (Kunal Nayyar), even bother to come over, since Sheldon is, at most times, almost intolerable, (but somehow quite enjoyable just the same).
Leonard is hopelessly head over heels for his and Sheldon's neighbor, Penny, (Kaley Cuoco), a personification of the "dumb blonde" stereotype who works at the Cheesecake Factory and serves as the "Rachel" to Leonard's "Ross", if this were a Friends scenario. Thankfully, save for one minor hook-up that went nowhere, the sexual tension between them still exists and we are now in season three.
Wolowitz is the lovable sleaze of the group. He has all the one-liners to try and get all the women he can get into bed with him. He is also the inferior one of the group, since he is "only an engineer", as Sheldon loves to remind him, while the rest of the group have some sort of academic certification. He also finds the wackiest of clothing combinations and lives with his mother who we never see but only hear her, (reminiscent of Charlie Brown's teacher), and the exchanges between them are hysterical.
Raj has a major problem in that he literally cannot talk to women without the help of alcohol. If they are in a large group, he is fine, but one-on-one, he literally freezes up. Hilarity ensues in season 2 when the group are on a train and Summer Glau guest stars. Raj has a beer to warm himself up to talk to her and Wolowitz is quick to point out that Raj has mistaken the "beer" for a non-alcoholic drink.
In keeping with the Roseanne tradition, (Galecki had his start on the show as Darlene's boyfriend), The Big Bang Theory has had guest stars Laurie Metcalf as Sheldon's holy roller mother and Sara Gilbert in the recurring role of Leslie Winkle, the on-again, off-again bed partner for both Wolowitz and Leonard. Christine Baranski also guest stars as Leonard's mother who immediately hits it off with Sheldon.
The jokes are hysterical, (each episode usually has that one zinger that you'll quote with your friends), the trivia is enthralling and the characters are lovable. Plus, the commitment to continuity is more impressive than shows previous to this. Former jokes are revisited further down the line to reinforce previous points and to counter certain actions from occurring in such a way that you'll be saying to yourself, "well done!" Plus, the whole group is incredible in terms of acting with the way they regurgitate such long lines of dialogue with no hesitation--truly impressive.
If you would like to check out some wholesome entertainment, then you need look no further than The Big Bang Theory!
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The Big Bang Theory Season One by J. Shreffler (Cartersville, Georgia United States) 5 Stars
October 26, 2009
The first time I saw this on TV I was afraid it wouldn't catch on. The smart repartee seemed almost too smart, until I realized, it wasn't the words that were being spoken, it was the person and the reason the words were being spoken that made it funny. I haven't understood most of what is being said but I have enjoyed the series. This first season video was a great way to keep the memory fresh while I wait for next Monday's episode.
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