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The Work Song Nanocluster

  • Episode aired Mar 16, 2009
  • TV-PG
  • 20m
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8.1/10
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Kaley Cuoco and Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
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Sheldon's assistance with Penny's home-based business leads to chaos.Sheldon's assistance with Penny's home-based business leads to chaos.Sheldon's assistance with Penny's home-based business leads to chaos.

  • Director
    • Peter Chakos
  • Writers
    • Chuck Lorre
    • Bill Prady
    • David Goetsch
  • Stars
    • Johnny Galecki
    • Jim Parsons
    • Kaley Cuoco
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    4.6K
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    • Director
      • Peter Chakos
    • Writers
      • Chuck Lorre
      • Bill Prady
      • David Goetsch
    • Stars
      • Johnny Galecki
      • Jim Parsons
      • Kaley Cuoco
    • 5User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Johnny Galecki
    Johnny Galecki
    • Leonard Hofstadter
    Jim Parsons
    Jim Parsons
    • Sheldon Cooper
    Kaley Cuoco
    Kaley Cuoco
    • Penny
    Simon Helberg
    Simon Helberg
    • Howard Wolowitz
    Kunal Nayyar
    Kunal Nayyar
    • Raj Koothrappali
    • Director
      • Peter Chakos
    • Writers
      • Chuck Lorre
      • Bill Prady
      • David Goetsch
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    8Hitchcoc

    Penny Entrepreneur

    Penny decides to make a few bucks by producing little flower barrettes. Her friends at work want them but she wants to go a little bigger, so she enlists Sheldon who shows her ineptness in starting a new business. It isn't long before the nerd patrol gets involved and they are in over their heads. There is also a kind of chess that uses laser beams like you see in sophisticated museum robberies.
    8mr_olimpia09

    The Work Song Nanocluster: Business Meets Geekiness

    This episode follows Penny starting a small business, with the guys stepping in to "optimize" her project using their scientific approach. The clash between business logic and geeky over-engineering creates plenty of laughs.

    Pros: strong group dynamics, clever humor, fun mix of business and science.

    Cons: predictable outcome, situational humor drives most of the plot.

    Verdict: A charming and funny episode that blends entrepreneurial spirit with the series' trademark geeky comedy.

    My rating: 8/10.
    6studioAT

    The Work Song Nanocluster

    If the 2nd series of the show hit on anything it was the potential in the Penny/Sheldon friendship, and this episode expands upon this nicely.

    Lots of nice moments and lines here, though the ending perhaps trickles away.

    Good overall.

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    • Trivia
      A Penny Blossoms website was created as described.
    • Goofs
      Penny states she made 156$ in one week, selling Penny Blossoms. She also states she can make about 20 Penny Blossoms a day, and her profit per Penny Blossom is about 50 cents. That means she couldn't make 156$ in a week. Even if she worked all 7 days, she would make about 70$ (7 days x 20 Penny Blossoms = 140 Penny Blossoms; 140 Penny Blossoms x 0,50$ = 70$).

      Correction: Nowhere did she say that the penny blossoms she sold in that first week where she made $156 were all made in one week. She merely said that she sold the penny blossoms and made $156 in that one week.
    • Quotes

      Penny: If this takes off I won't have to be a waitress anymore.

      Sheldon Cooper: But then who will bring me my cheeseburger on Tuesday nights?

      Penny: Another waitress?

      Sheldon Cooper: What's her name?

      Penny: I don't know.

      Sheldon Cooper: And you're going to let her handle my food?

      Penny: Nancy. Her name is Nancy.

      Sheldon Cooper: I think you're just making that up!

    • Crazy credits
      CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #245 More of "Not Funny Then" I decide getting on staff at Roseanne would be a great opportunity for me, even though every writer who had ever worked on the show had been fired. Four weeks into the job I deliver my first script and I'm almost fired. Not funny then, funny now. I create Grace Under Fire, realize what I'm in for and try to quit after pilot is picked up to series. I try to quit again during Christmas. A few weeks later the Northridge earthquake hits. During a large aftershock I drop to my knees and pray for the sound stage to collapse and kill me. Not funny then, funny now. I think developing a new series starring Cybill Shepherd is a swell idea. The show is an instant hit. Cybill wants me to fire Lee Aronsohn because he's a misogynist. She's not wrong, but I jokingly tell her, "Why do you care? You're not a woman." She fires us both. I get the call not to come back to work on Yom Kippur from a Carsey-Werner exec named Dirk Van De Bunt. Not funny then, still not funny.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Muppets (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Sabre Dance
      (uncredited)

      Composed by Aram Khachaturyan

      Performed by Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar

      [Howard and Raj sing the tune during Leonard performing Secret Agent laser chess obstacle]

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    • Release date
      • March 16, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 25, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(uncredited)
    • Production companies
      • Chuck Lorre Productions
      • Warner Bros. Television
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      • 20m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9

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