'The Big Bang Theory' Season 6 DVD Extra: 'One Small Step for Wolowitz...' Is Zazzy! [Exclusive Clip]
Hold on to your Froot Loops, boys and girls, because we've got an exclusive first look at "One Small Step for Wolowitz, One Giant Leap for Primetime," a "Big Bang Theory" Season 6 DVD/Blu-ray extra. This zazzy clip will make you believe a nerd can fly ... screaming and crying all the way!
Howard Wolowitz accomplished two goals during the Season 5 finale: marrying the lovely Bernadette Rostenkowski (Melissa Rauch) and riding a rocket to the International Space Station. Season 6 opened with newly married Howie handling not just one but two Mrs. Wolowitzes, as well as some bullying colleagues.
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Simon Helberg, the actor filling Wolowitz's tight slacks, revealed that viewers thought he actually went to the ISS. "I feel like in the writers' room, they discussed it: 'He's small, just shoot him up there.' So don't give anyone any ideas," Helberg cautioned "Big Bang Theory" fans.
The actor chafes a bit, though, at the memory of slow-mo, the nongravity acting techniques used in this season: "It's sort of like acting underwater. Then, there were special effects; we were on a pulley and a bicycle seat. There was some chafing ... still slowly recovering."
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Wolowitz returned to Earth with an emotional jolt in Season 6. His first night back in Pasadena found him eating cheesecake alone in a diner. It eventually takes a real-life astronaut (Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin) to put his homecoming into perspective.
The romantic orbits of the "BBT" couples wobbled a bit during Season 6 before stabilizing. The glacial — yet adorable — relationship between Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Amy (Mayim Bialik) took a few steps forward, while Penny (Kaley Cuoco) sent Leonard (Johnny Galecki) to the moon with three little words.
Season 6 of "The Big Bang Theory" arrives on DVD/Blu-ray on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Season 7 premieres Thursday, Sept. 26 at 8 p.m. on CBS.
