If you’ve ever watched The Big Bang Theory on CBS Monday nights, you know that every episode makes some sort of reference to popular geek culture. Whether they mention Twitter, muse over the possible consequences of the Large Hadron Collider, play Halo every Wednesday night or wear a t-shirt straight out of Think Geek, they’re always scripting throwaway comments designed to solidify their geek cred.
Cali Lewis and her husband, Neal Campbell, who together produce the wildly popular video podcast Geek Brief, were all atwitter (sorry, I couldn’t resist the urge) when Twitter was mentioned in season 2, episode 2: The Codpiece Topology. They believe that by being mentioned in a prime time television show, that Twitter had become mainstream.
One of them then let it slip that Cali should make an appearance on the show.
I, for one, think that is a fantastic idea!
That’s why I’ve started an online petition directed toward executive producers Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady to write a guest role for Cali in a future episode of The Big Bang Theory. This is your chance to promote one of our own and show Hollywood that geeks can be nice and beautiful, too.
Cali currently has over 21,000 followers on Twitter, and GeekBrief is downloaded millions of times each month, so I’ve set the goal at 25,000 signatures. Hopefully, that’ll be enough to catch the producer’s attention.
(Also, could you Digg this post, please?)
Talk it up, people! And sign the petition!