Bill Prady

Birth Name:

Bill Prady

Birth Place:

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Profession

Writer, Producer, Actor, Script department

Earned an honorary membership to the Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science in 2010
Received a Banff Rockie Award for best sitcom for "The Big Band Theory․"
Graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit
His career began as a writer for the TV series "You Can't Do That on Television․"
Quote: "When it comes time to write the stuff about pop culture and science fiction and comic books, there's no research to be done․ We write the stuff we're passionate about․"
Quote: "[on "The Big Bang Theory"] "There's no differentiation between us and the characters․ The arguments that the characters have, 'Could Superman catch Lois Lane without hurting her?' those are arguments we have passionately in the writers' room․""
Known for producing and writing for a number of sitcoms, including "Married․․․With Children," "Dharma & Greg" and "The Big Bang Theory․"
At age 22, he worked as a writer for Jim Henson on several Muppet projects, and continued to write for the Muppets even after Henson's death
On "The Big Bang Theory," Sheldon's soothing song, "Soft Kitty," orginated with Prady, who got it from his daughter's preschool teacher, who heard it in Australia
Ran for governor of California in the 2003 recall election, receiving 474 votes

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