The Big Bang Theory, S05E22
Howard had his bachelor party where the main entertainment wasn't strippers (due to Bernadette's wishes) but the random speeches by his friends. In particular, Raj told everyone several of Howard's secrets concerning his sexual experiences. Howard had no idea that Will Wheaton had filmed the whole thing and Bernadette had seen it before she picked him up that night. Since she hadn't known about these things before watching the video, she wondered if she really knew the kind of man she was about to marry. Howard later convinced her that he wasn't the same person who would do those things Raj talked about ever since he met her.
I assumed that their boys-night out at a vineyard or whatever silly thing they ended up doing instead of strippers was just going to be embarrassingly lame and nothing more. That's why I think that Bernadette probably should have allowed Howard to have some strippers there anyway. The odds of any of the men in attendance getting into trouble with them would have been slim (except possibly Wheaton since he's been on TV). But I liked that Howard, who usually has the filthiest mind, didn't seem to mind at all listening to what Bernadette preferred. That was refreshing not just for him, but in general as a man who could have been easily pressured by all the other men in attendance who wanted strippers. Plus, it would have been funny to see strippers around Sheldon, a man who could barely take a sip of whiskey without a Robin-esq swear.
Besides all of the horrible speeches, I liked that Kripke seemed to only be there in order to see strippers. When it was his moment to give a few words about Howard, he remarked that it was basically false advertising to have a bachelor party and not have strippers of any kind. I really like Kripke because you know if he's around that it's either to cause trouble or any other motive besides actually wanting to hang with Leonard and the gang. I respect his honesty.
So the speeches, as I said, were terrible. Leonard made it about himself, only wanting to boast about how he had sex with Penny on the beach (wow--who gives a damn). Stuart's speech was so full of underlining jealousy, I was surprised he didn't stab Howard and try to assume his life as his own. It was a little funny that he later stole a dollar from Raj that Kripke had given him. Sheldon's speech was just annoying with his failure jokes and confidence that he was giving the best speech ever. I was ready for him to sit down after his first "zinger." What I did like about Sheldon was that he was miffed that Will Wheaton was in attendance because he thought Wheaton was exclusively his own friend, not Howard's or the others'. Ha. I wouldn't mind if they became enemies again. Sheldon has the dumbest but amusing enemies. Raj had the best speech because he did actually talk about Howard from the heart (maybe too much like a former girlfriend) and the fact that he revealed the secrets that no one needed to know. Raj seemed pretty pleased that he had a threesome with Howard with an overweight girl dressed as Sailor Moon. That image is hilarious. Only Raj would be proud of that. Then again, with Raj's record with women that probably is the best thing he could expect to brag about.
I think that Bernadette got too upset about the things she found out about Howard. I mean, he is disgusting, but she knew that when she started dating him. I think that she was just nervous about the wedding in general and was easily influenced by the tiniest thing that wasn't right. Thankfully, Howard went to her and said the right words to fix things. It's true that he has changed since meeting Bernadette--he's nowhere as near revolting as he was in the earlier seasons. He's pretty pleasant. I'm glad that it didn't take much for him to be forgiven because it wasn't that big of a deal (though I wouldn't want to have sex with him for a while after hearing about him and his cousin--eww).
Good episode. Strippers would have been nice than the string of inappropriate speeches from Howard's friends, but they were effective in getting out the truth that Bernadette didn't know about her husband-to-be and that's important. I'd hate for that to come out when they were walking down the aisle. As their wedding fast approaches, I have to say that I'm a little more excited to see them hitched than I thought I would be. They're pretty perfect for each other, and I think they will be an amusing married couple as well.
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