i guess Newhart was worried that the audience wouldn't recognize him the first episode when they open on him sitting on his suitcase at the top of the stairs. I still love Newhart and still laugh out loud at his jokes. I think I am rare one though, haha.

@znexyish said:

Where are George Takei, Katie Sackhoff, and Summer Glau ? Only the best guests ever. Or the guy who was a fan of Footsteps on the Moon or that other guy who didn't want Leonard and Raj to know who he was. Sorry their names escape me right now.

Summer I can take or leave, because she was merely there to exist and drive the guys nuts. But Katee and George definitely have to be in there. Most of the comedy in The Hot Troll Deviation comes from them.

BERNADETTE: What's George Takei doing here?

KATEE: Howard, do you have latent homosexual fantasies?

HOWARD: No, of course not!

GEORGE: So you say. Yet, here I am!

And of course...

GEORGE: No, no, no. A woman wants to be wooed. Courted slowly.

KATEE: How you YOU know?

GEORGE: I read!

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

@CalabrianQueen said:

I know she they aren't considered by many to be "stars" but I love Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci and their appearances to me are guest star appearances.

I'm only disappointed that they never appeared on the same episode to close the show with an Garfunkel and Oates original.

I guess technically they are guest "stars"; it is just that when it comes to the show they probably don't have anywhere near the Q-Rating the others have with the fans.

As for closing the show with a G&O original; how about an in-show scene where there is a battle-of-the-bands and they go up against Raj and Howard?

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Just curious--where would you place them on the list?

I rank them above ALL those people, including Nemoy, Newhart and Jones. As a matter of fact, I prefer E -list Alessandra Torresani over them too, but that's​ just my Italian roots and bias showing 😜.

@ArcticFox12 said:

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

@ArcticFox12 said:

I'm not big on the Bob Newhart guest spot and don't really get the appeal. I believe it was Keith Carradine of the famed Carradine bros who played Penny's father. He was my favorite.

Newhart is to sitcom as Nimoy is to SciFi.

I know but the way the writers use him is extraordinarily boring. The deadpan is only funny for so long, and there are comedians who have mastered the craft much better. The kid he influenced most, Steven Wright actually became better at it, but I guess he was too busy narrating K Billy's super sounds of the 70s to get the Lorre nod.

Well; if Wright is still all that 55+ years from now, I guess we'll have to revisit this discussion--so that I can agree with you.

Wright is already 61. He only needs another 26 years to be where Newhart is now.

@Knixon said:

Wright is already 61. He only needs another 26 years to be where Newhart is now.

Not talking age; talking successful years in the business.

But, whatever the difference--STILL willing to re-visit and re-discuss at the appropriate time.

I'm not big on guest stars, because I tune in to see TBBT, not cameo's and guest stars. But I think the one that was handled the best was Leonard Nimoy. What did Carrie Fisher do to be rated 2nd?? Had she not died, she wouldn't rate that high. And I don't give people credit for dying, since all of us will do that sooner or later.

Like many others, I don't really dig Newhart all that much, and hope we've seen the last of him. The fact they had him die on the show made the Proton character even worse IMO. And it totally limits him to interacting in Sheldon's dreams. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

But for an omission, I'm stunned that Judd Nelson wasn't listed. I'd say maybe it's because he didn't play himself, but then again, neither did Newhart. And I agree, Takie and Sakoff should be listed. That episode was a hoot.

Hirsch?

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

Hirsch?

I think he meant Hirsch....unless I'm nuts and there was a BBT Breakfast Club parody episode I didn't see.

I've mixed up my Judd's before too.

@ArcticFox12 said:

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

Hirsch?

I think he meant Hirsch....unless I'm nuts and there was a BBT Breakfast Club parody episode I didn't see.

I've mixed up my Judd's before too.

Yeah. Think so too.

As for mixing up "Judd's", I still go to that Not-Be-Named site to when I'm not sure who-is-who, or who-has-been-in-what.

Yes. I meant Judd Hirsch. lol

Anyone who remembers Frank Gifford on Monday Night Football should remember that he was AWFUL with names. I seem to have that same issue. I butcher and mix up names constantly. I never forget a face, but I rarely remember a name correctly. lol

@censorshipsucks06 said:

Yes. I meant Judd Hirsch. lol

Anyone who remembers Frank Gifford on Monday Night Football should remember that he was AWFUL with names. I seem to have that same issue. I butcher and mix up names constantly. I never forget a face, but I rarely remember a name correctly. lol

I'd like Hirsh. I liked him as Leonard's dad.

What appears to be going on with the list is a Sciencey-and-SciFi love affair that leaves scant room for mere mortals.

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

What appears to be going on with the list is a Sciencey-and-SciFi love affair that leaves scant room for mere mortals.

That might explain everything but Newhart being #1.

@Knixon said:

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

What appears to be going on with the list is a Sciencey-and-SciFi love affair that leaves scant room for mere mortals.

That might explain everything but Newhart being #1.

He falls under "scant room"--it’s about being chosen (or not) for the list—not about ranking.

@znexyish said:

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

@znexyish said:

Where are George Takei, Katie Sackhoff, and Summer Glau ? Only the best guests ever. Or the guy who was a fan of Footsteps on the Moon or that other guy who didn't want Leonard and Raj to know who he was. Sorry their names escape me right now.

"George Takei, Katie Sackhoff, and Summer Glau" - ** How would you rank them.** (Takei came to mind when I saw the list; but never thought of Sackhoff and Glau.)

If their names escaped you; maybe they also escaped others, which could be why they didn't make the list.

George and Katie as a duo are in the top number ranking. Summer too. I might put all three in a tie because Summer might just break my phone like she did Howards, being a Terminator and all.

George and Katee in the car with Howard and Bernie is classic - number one spot for me too! One of the funniest scenes in the whole series.