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The Big Bang Theory Episode: "The Nerdvana Annihilation"

Season 1, Episode 14
Episode Synopsis: The guys buy a time-machine prop from a '60s movie and Penny ridicules their preoccupation with toys, which forces Leonard to reexamine his life and maturity. Mike: Andrew Walker. Original Air Date: Apr 28, 2008

The Nerdvana Annihilation

The guys are hanging out and they all go in on a $800 bid on a time machine prop from the original The Time Machine movie. Of course, they'll be outbid. Whew! That was close. What in the world would they do with a time machine? Except they won the auction.Why didn't anyone else bid? Oh, because it's about the size of a Renault. Didn't Leonard say it was miniature?Cut to the best animation/opening sequence in all of television.Step by step, Leonard, Sheldon, Howard and Rajesh push and pull the time machine up the stairs. But they're blocking the stairwell and Penny has to get to work. Sheldon suggests she go upstairs to the roof, hop over a few buildings, but don't look down because she might get vertigo. What? Is he kidding? "Oh, I never joke when it comes to vertigo," deadpans Sheldon.You know what, this time machine looks pretty cool. After all, this is the machine that transported Rod Taylor from Victorian England into the post-apocalyptic future with those subterranean Morlocks... read more

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