Renowned Scientist Stephen Hawking Lends His Voice

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“The Extract Obliteration” – Sheldon’s relationship with Stephen Hawking is threatened over a game of “Words with Friends,” and Penny secretly enrolls in a class at the local college, on a rebroadcast of THE BIG BANG THEORY, Thursday, Jan. 24 (8:00 – 8:31 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Renowned scientist Stephen Hawking lends his voice to the episode. (Originally broadcast 11/1/12.)

 

CAST:

Johnny Galecki  (Leonard)

Jim Parsons   (Sheldon)

Kaley Cuoco   (Penny)

Simon Helberg   (Wolowitz)

Kunal Nayyar   (Koothrappali)

Melissa Rauch   (Bernadette)

Mayim Bialik   (Amy)

 

GUEST CAST:

Stephen Hawking V.O.   (Himself)

 

STORY BY:  Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady and Steve Holland

TELEPLAY BY: Steven Molaro, Jim Reynolds and Eric Kaplan

DIRECTED BY:  Mark Cendrowski

GENRE:  COMEDY

RATING:  To Be Announced

 

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Simon Helberg@SimonHelberg

Kunal Nayyar @KunalNayyar

Mayim Bialik @MissMayim

Melissa Rauch @ReallyRauch

 

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