The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series Jessica Radloff

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
List of Contributors
Foreword by Chuck Lorre
Introduction: How the Reunion Came to Be
1: Where It All Started
2: Casting Leonard, Sheldon… and Katie
3: The Pilot—Take Two
4: Laying the Foundation… Literally
Time for a Hot Beverage… Stairway to 4A
5: Growing Pains and a Miracle Disguised as a Writers’ Strike
6: The Comic-Con Initiation
7: Anything But a Sophomore Slump
Time for a Hot Beverage… Atom Breaks
8: Note Cards, a Special Cologne, and an Eidetic Memory
Time for a Hot Beverage… Hoodies, Orthopedic Shoes, and Alien Pins: The Secrets of the Costume Design
9: The Universe Expands
10: The Love Story of Leonard & Penny and Johnny & Kaley
11: With Great Risk Comes Even Greater Reward
12: Jim Parsons and the Role That Changed Everything
13: The Syndication Explosion
14: The Sensational Season Six
15: Behind the Scenes of Stage 25
16: The Emmys, a Scavenger Hunt, and the Storyline Kaley Cuoco Hated
17: The Toughest Year Yet
Time for a Hot Beverage… Lunch Break
18: “The Opening Night Excitation”
19: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and the Very Real Truths About Parenthood
20: The Pay Cuts, a Set Shake-Up, and the Proposal That Brought the House Down
21: Luke Skywalker Comes to Pasadena
Time for a Hot Beverage… Secrets of the Whiteboards
22: Back to the Past: Bringing Young Sheldon to Life
23: The Lorre Legacy
24: The Decision to End the Show
25: The Final Goodbye
Epilogue
Photos
Acknowledgments
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About the Author
Copyright
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you?
Chapter 2: Renegade perception
Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting
Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe
Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’
Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit
Chapter 7: War on your mind
Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity
Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it?
Chapter 10: Human 2.0
Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult?
Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko
Postscript
Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation
Bibliography
Index