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Top Guest Stars
posted by FormerlyKnownAsSTAFFMOD on August 12, 2017 at 11:32 AM
Was looking for stuff on the new Showrunner—Steve Holland— who is replacing Molaro now that he has moved over to helm “Young Sheldon”; but, stopped at this instead.
List of top TBBT guest stars:
-12. Stan Lee
-11. Stephen Hawking
-10. Adam West
-9. LeVar Burton
-8. Neil deGrasse Tyson
-7. Billy Bob Thornton
-6. Wil Wheaton
-5. Steve Wozniak
-4. Leonard Nimoy
-3. Carrie Fisher
-2. James Earl Jones
-1. Bob Newhart
--Surprised that “Lee” came in so low; expected him, at least, to be in the top 5—same with “Hawking”.
--Had forgotten that “Fisher” was on the show—maybe because it was little more than a cameo— would rank "Tyson" over her**.
--Isn’t it a misnomer to call “Wheaton” a guest—shouldn’t his status be upgraded to recurring by now? 
--Surprised that “Nimoy” made the list—since he was voice-only.
--Not at all surprised about “Newhart”—expected him to be #1 even before I started reading the list.
Any surprises—blatant omissions?
What say you?
Reply by tmdb66064326
on August 18, 2017 at 12:00 AM
J'accuse! Wikipedia, man, Wikipedia!
Reply by FormerlyKnownAs
on August 18, 2017 at 10:37 AM
Not To Be Named - when I want quick-and-dirty.
Wikipedia - when I want details.
Reply by znexyish
on August 18, 2017 at 4:11 PM
Since they are at a university then a "St. Elmos Fire' mention might be good. Also I looked up his credits and Judd Nelson did voice Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime in the 1986 Transformers cartoon so there is a good tie in. Now what about Ashley, Wynnona and Naomi Judd ?
Reply by Knixon
on August 18, 2017 at 4:43 PM
Ashley Judd did a few Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes. So the guys might be interested because of that. But she looks quite a bit different now (as does Marina Sirtis, yikes!) and she's gone rather loony politically.
Reply by bratface
on August 18, 2017 at 5:24 PM
How so?
Reply by Knixon
on August 18, 2017 at 6:43 PM
She's part of - even one of the initiators of - the whole 'nasty woman' thing, and other nonsense.
Reply by bratface
on August 18, 2017 at 7:18 PM
Why is it nonsense?
Reply by Knixon
on August 19, 2017 at 4:48 PM
I don't have the time or the interest to explain why lefty nonsense is nonsense. Educate yourself, or get someone else to do it.
Reply by wonder2wonder
on November 5, 2020 at 3:27 AM
Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar).
Reply by FormerlyKnownAs
on November 5, 2020 at 9:32 AM
List is soooooooooooooooooo old...long before "Buffy" made an appearance on the show. Kind of wonder where she'd place if she had showed up earlier. I generally "note" where I find things...too bad I didn't do it this time...would be interesting see what such a list would look like today.
After all, this list is pre-Shatner...no doubt he would be well-placed on a new one.
Reply by wonder2wonder
on November 8, 2020 at 12:53 PM
I know. She was last, but certainly not least, of all the guest stars.
Reply by Knixon
on November 10, 2020 at 3:30 AM
That's a shame, in a way. They could have easily ended with Raj taking Shatner to the Nobel Prize ceremony.