The Big Bang Theory (TV Series)

The Holographic Excitation (2012)

Simon Helberg: Howard Wolowitz

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Quotes 

• Bernadette Rostenkowski : What's that?

  Howard Wolowitz : It's just a video Raj sent me of Buzz Aldrin.

  Buzz Aldrin : [Handing out Halloween candy to trick-or-treaters]  Here's a Milky Way. The Milky Way is a galaxy in space. I've been to space. Here's a Mars bar. I'm an astronaut. This one's a Moon Pie. I've walked on the moon. What have you done?

  Howard Wolowitz : Okay, I get it.

• Howard Wolowitz : Astronaut Wolowitz reporting for booty... preparing thrusters... we have liftoff... are we clear to jettison that nightgown?

• Leonard Hofstadter : Have you noticed that Howard can take any topic and use it to remind you that he went to space?

  Sheldon Cooper : Interesting hypothesis. Let's apply the scientific method. Perform an experiment.

  Leonard Hofstadter : Okay. Hey Howard, any thoughts on where we should get dinner?

  Howard Wolowitz : Anywhere but the space station. On a good day, dinner was a bag full of meatloaf. But hey, you don't go there for the food, you go there for the view.

  Sheldon Cooper : Fascinating. Let me see if I can duplicate the result. Howard, I've always thought the lemon was an underrated fruit. Care to weigh in?

  Howard Wolowitz : Not really.

  Sheldon Cooper : Oh, well.

  Howard Wolowitz : You know, people say the Soyuz capsule is a lemon. But, hey, that baby got me to space and back.

• Bernadette Rostenkowski : [They both walk into the back, to a couple already there]  You! Out!

  [They leave, she turns on Howard] 

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : You are being very rude!

  Howard Wolowitz : No I'm not. They're all being rude, and you're being rude.

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : Me? What did I do?

  Howard Wolowitz : [Almost robotic imitation of Bernadette's voice]  Oh Howie, stop talking about space so much. Nobody likes it.

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : [pause, then in a deeper voice, actually Melissa Rauch's real voice]  I don't sound like that.

• Howard Wolowitz : Bernadette said you guys are all sick of me talking about my trip to space. Is that true?

  Sheldon Cooper : Yes.

  Raj Koothrappali : No.

  Sheldon Cooper : We seem to have different approaches here. I was going for helpful honesty. I have no idea what you're doing.

  Raj Koothrappali : It's called being nice.

  Sheldon Cooper : Okay. If you think being nice will get him to shut up, I'll try it.

• Raj Koothrappali : Before I forget, I'd like your opinion on the menus I've prepared for the Halloween party. The theme is "Food that goes bump in the night."

  Howard Wolowitz : Creature from the Black Forest Ham Lagoon.

  Raj Koothrappali : On Sesame seed Bunzillas.

  Sheldon Cooper : Night of the Living Garlic Bread?

  Raj Koothrappali : It's funny because "bread" sounds like "dead".

  Sheldon Cooper : I'm sorry, but these are just ordinary foods with the names bent into tortured puns. Uh, the dishes themselves are in no way Halloweeny.

  Raj Koothrappali : [writing it down]  Ooh, Hallow-weenies! That's a good one. They'll pair nicely with my "Draculoni and Cheese." How do I do it?

• Howard Wolowitz : Boy, it's nice to sleep in a bed with gravity again. Did I tell you about the night my retainer floated out of my mouth and into the air lock?

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : Yeah, you mentioned it once or twice.

• Bernadette Rostenkowski : Howie, I know you went to space. I'm incredibly proud of you. But you might wanna try and not bring it up every minute.

  Howard Wolowitz : I don't talk about it every minute.

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : Tonight at dinner, you went on about it for an hour straight.

  Howard Wolowitz : What was I supposed to talk about? We were eating at Johnny Rockets.

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : I'm just saying, people are getting a little tired of it.

  Howard Wolowitz : So, I did this amazing thing and I'm never allowed to mention it?

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : Of course you can. But maybe a good rule would be to wait for people to bring it up.

• Raj Koothrappali : [offering to help Stuart with his Halloween party]  You know, you don't worry about money. I'll take care of everything.

  Stuart : Really?

  Raj Koothrappali : Yeah, you'll love it. Ain't no party like a Koothra-party.

  Howard Wolowitz : But you know what wasn't a party? That hotel in Kazakhstan they put you up in before the launch. I mean, it's your last night on Earth. You'd think you'd get one porn channel.

• Howard Wolowitz : Oh, hey, Stuart, I got you a little souvenir from my trip to space.

  Stuart : Well, Howard, that's very nice of you.

  Leonard Hofstadter : Yeah, maybe. Open it first.

  Howard Wolowitz : It's my official NASA portrait.

  Stuart : "To Stuart. Your comic book store is out of this world. Just like the guy in this picture was."

  Sheldon Cooper : For the record, he also thinks the Walgreens and the dry cleaners are out of this world.

  Howard Wolowitz : That's not true. At the Walgreens, I was "over the moon" for their store-brand antacids.