“Classic rookie mistake penny, my first Hanukkah with Sheldon, he yelled at me for eight nights” lmao

after all these years that hecking napkin scene still makes me teary-eyed.

Howard is Jewish and often makes references to that, when he says “my people”.

I get Leonard’s frustration towards penny when she shows more interest in science when she meets Dave, Leonard has tried to show her around the lab do ACTUAL experiments instead of “experiments”, but she had no interest until the hot guy comes into the picture, and then she suddenly shows more interest, and I’m definitely on Leonard’s side when he got upset at penny about it

12:34 - When it came out, it pretty much became everyone's favorite episode as the Sheldon Hugging Penny moment became the most iconic, most rewatched and most endearing event of the show (At least, this early on in the series as it was certainly not the last such moment in the series). Hold on to many of the thoughts/predictions/hypotheses you had both during and after the reaction (I won't say which as to not spoil anything, but you might be close on more than one of them).

Fun fact :Jim Parsons(the actor who plays Sheldon) is the most paid actor in the history of television

Boy wait till you see the cameos in the future, this show had the best cameos in tv history

When Penny gives Sheldon the napkin and then during Sheldon's hug, the audience response is amazing - and there's one particular male laugh that stands out. I think you hear that laugh in some later episodes. So, it must be a staff or crew member who works on the show. (I used to love the show "Taxi" and often would hear a very distinct laugh and I think it turns out that it was director James Burrows.)

I believe we get a Nathan Fillion appearance much later in the series. There's a few other big cameos later on as well.

Loved that last scene! One of my favorites! Inexplicably, they wrote Stephanie out of the show abruptly and pretended she didn’t exist. Quite a head scratcher.

"Look, Leonard, Sheldon's hugging me" this might be my favorite moment of the entire series, it's so funny and cute and endearing. Glad you're enjoying :D

10:42 A napkin is something extremely cheap, but this one is invaluable.

YOU'RE KILLING ME! I'M BEING MURDERED! I CAN'T STAND THIS TORTURE! I'M DYING! YOU'RE KILLING ME! I'm sorry, but there's some really good guest stars that come later and I really want to say something but I can't without spoilers! It's just eating me alive! Please keep going!

There are so much big cameos in this show I can't wait for you to see them!

This has always been one of my favorite Sheldon episodes with that hug at the end.

Probably my favorite episode. Sheldon hugging Penny is such a sweet moment

One of my favorite episodes! I've been waiting for this one!

There are many cameos you are going to love. As the show grew more popular they brought in more cameos from the scientific community, actors and actresses from Sci-Fi movies and shows

I'm just sitting here biting my proverbial lip as you're speculating on the possibilities for future guest stars....heh heh. ("proverbial lip" because I'm not actually biting my lip trying not to SAY anything. I'm actually trying not to TYPE anything. So...I should be biting my fingers maybe?)

This was one of my fave episodes as well, mostly for that entire end sequence when Penny comes over to give the gifts. The banter between her and Leonard, showing that each of them are willing and capable of teasing one another without it being awkward. They were absolutely on the same wavelength with one another, perfectly understanding each other without any hurt feelings on either side. Leonard is just a wonderful human being who really has no sense of self worth (thanks Mom) and therefore no confidence. The moment he shows a little backbone, something happens to knock him back down. He is absolutely not as dumb next to David Underhill as he thinks he is (it's pretty extreme to think he can't beat David at checkers without David suffering a serious brain injury) and I get your point that David has other more sporty interests that make him attractive to Penny. But you have to admit the fact he's tall, dark, and handsome played a HUGE role in that attraction, and when added to his confident, self-assured nature, ofc Penny would be attracted. Leonard's self-confidence needs a huge boost, as you saw in the last episode when he found it impossible to assert himself with Stephanie and tell her, "These pants are making my skin break out" or "I really don't like this sweater." He even said to Penny when she told him he was allowed to say that things were moving to fast for his comfort; "You sure? That doesn't sound right." One of the things that kept this show going for so long was getting to see the growth of each of these young guys into fully actualized men. It takes a while, I admit, and any real person who took this long to move forward so little would be someone we would not care to know. But every time we are ready to quit because Howard's skeezy behavior is too gross or Sheldon's too damn ANNOYING or Leonard seems too weak and/or whiny or Raj reveals he's every bit as sexist as Howard ("He's an ass *all* the time. You just generally don't have to hear it."), there comes this humanizing moment that makes you realize there is a person buried under all those sitcom tropes, and that person is likeable and has a genuine, feeling heart. There is a character introduced into the series later who was genuinely and pretty universally hated for the first several episodes they were in, and we all pretty much wanted that character to go away. But then they go to Penny's door to check up on her after a dinner, and she ends up breaking down in tears. The character we all hated immediately enveloped Penny in a comforting hug with a truly sympathetic and caring expression, and the live audience and the ones at home all said, "Awwww!" and it made all the difference. That character went on to become one of the funniest ones on the show, and integral part of the growth of one of the leads. So just remember any time one of them frustrates you, that character will learn from the experience and become a better person for it.

'It's Detective Demming!' Dude, if I didn't love your reactions before, I do now I love a Castle reference lol 👏

I think you're going to enjoy this show going forward.

"Gather around kids it's time for sheldons Christmas special" "And that Charlie brown boredom was all about" Howard's ruthless jibes are the best

I just wonder if Eric published the new Tbbt reaction yet and there it is, 53 seconds ago. Nice

i cant believe ill be here until season 12, can't wait for him to see all the right things he predicted

5:48 when I heard this line my first response was faker you ain't my queen

This is easily one of my favorite episodes of the series.

I really appreciate your reviews of these. Not only your insight, but admitting to any places you may have some ignorance on a given issue, not trying to give insight on something you don’t know enough about to opine about. It’s amazingly level headed and insightful

I love this episode so much, I could not stop laughing the first time I saw the ending.

I love how predictable the whole episode and jokes are 😂😂😂

This is my favorite! Thanks! Merry Christmas and God Bless!

I just realized that Penny had already bought Leonard a present. See at 4:10 Now I wonder what it might have been....

I just love how you can predict what's gonna happen next. It means you're paying attention to everything. ❤❤

In a later episode Penny states that if they were a rock band, they would be called Lenny and the Leonards.

The actor making the cameo is like one of the most Important character in Battlestar Galactica. I love these reminders in the show 💕

Love this episode!!

Sheldon’s ultimate nerdgasm!

I’ve been waiting for this one! 🤣

This episode is GOATed

Let's be fair, everyone is considered a pushover to Sheldon. This is one of the best episodes of the Big Bang Theory.

Always been my favourite episode 😍

Yeeees! I love this episode!

As a girl, i also feel like it's very hypocritical of penny to pretend to like science to interest a guy. However i do think she likes Leonard TOO much, as least as a friend, to risk ruining it if it doesn't work out

The guest star is in new "FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER"👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👌👌👌👌👌❤❤❤❤❤

That actor was also in the Battlestar Galactica remake that Sheldon referenced a few episodes ago.

This got me smiling so hard 😄

“I don’t know how you live next door to that without doing something about it” - D Underhill

Aww I love this episode

My Favorite Episode ❤️

This is a Wonderful & Fabulous Analysis of The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis Episode by you....😝😝👻👽

Funny thing Michael Trucco was in THE SCI-FI of early 2000 :D He was in Battestar Galactica :D So it was funny for you to rant on sci-fi guest stars on his ep :D

Yes this is one of my fave episodes too. The other ones (that you’ve already watched) is the panty pinata episode.

He also played a Cylon named Anders on the Battlestar Galactica reboot.

Castle reference nice

Well I see where some jackass commentor has already name dropped a surprise celebrity guest. There are PLENTY more as the seasons go on. Some are big and surprising. And you are correct, many play themselves. Also, this is fan favorite episode. "Live long and prosper"

I enjoy your reactions a lot. Eventhough i felt like you take some jokes too serious, or see them through modern eyes too much, you seem very genuine, attentive and intelligent!

Community had some guest stars.

WIKI: "Season 2, Episode 11: "The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis" (December 15, 2008)"

No, this is not the one. I was thinking of the one where Sheldon takes Penny to the hospital. But thanks, anyway. This is a good one too.

I wonder what Penny's original gift to Leonard was as well since she got him the gift before she found out about Dave or the motorcycle. This is arguably by some people the best episode of the series. Maybe not my favorite but top ten I'm partial to later seasons since I didn't start watching it until season 8 regularly.

Still one of the best episodes

can we please get 2 of these a week?

Nathan Fillion: You haven’t seen “Firefly”?! 😲 Oh my. You should! Reactions from you would be nice but you should watch it regardless 😄

4:09 What I don't get is why they called it Saturnalia - what did Saturn (the roman name for greek titan Kronos who castrated and overthrew his father Uranus/Ouranous, married his sister Rhea and then having heard a prophecy that he would be overthrown by one of his own children just as he did his father then swallowed every child his sister-now-wife gave him whole minutes after their birth) got to do with the crops?

Hey Eric where do you go to watch tbbt that shows the ratings for their episodes

lol why did none of them say Superman suit was made with earthly materials so how does it survive the sun

it's look like you are not watching first time

how many times you watched it before reacting

As a woman. Yeah penny deserved to be yelled at. If you're not into a guy. Be honest about the reasons why, or give none. If you're going to lie about the reasons to yourself or others then you're a moral coward.

Do u watch these episodes before??

You accurately predict the dialogue a lot, are you watching with subtitles?

Yeah Jesus was born in the summer.

Can I recommend the movie a law abiding citizen please watch the trailer cuz it's really good I promise

Why does everybody like this moment between Penny and Sheldon? There are so many other great moments and everybody likes this!

Penny got of too easily this episode. I hate how spineless Leonard always is.

Penny is such a weak character sometimes. Like a dog you wave a hot dog in front of everytime some "hunk" shows up. No self-reflection or respect for herself. Not to be an asshole or anything, but many women behave like this.

Didn’t like penny in this episode. Well a lot of episodes I don’t like her character in it but this is just another one of them. You go to the university just because a cute guy asked you but your friend who’s asked you for a full year and half to show you around you lie to him??? So shallow and a very promiscuous person. It’s like when a hot guy hits on a women it’s fine, but have it be an ugly guy it’s considered creepy. Just so shallow and horrible. Why in the world are you letting a guy you just met take nude photos of you???