The Double-D's And The Ditz

2 Broke Girls, S02E04

Caroline convinced Max to go on one of her favorite shows, Cupcake Wars, and the two gおt picked for an audition competition.  Although they were a bit confident and relaxed while making their audition tape, they were a disaster in front of the camera.

Even though I'm aware of the show they tried to get on, it never popped in my head that Max and Caroline would try to be on it.  It makes a lot of sense, and I think the idea of it was pretty good.  I think more than anything that necessarily happened, there were a lot of funny lines.  One of such was when Caroline asked Max what kind of show it was (although it feels self-explanatory):

I thought Google eliminated the need to ask questions out loud, but fine.

Hilarious.  I would like to say that to someone at some point because in this day and age, really?  I mean, use the damn technology that's at hand.

I also applaud when Max was doing some alterations to the shirts that Caroline had made for them:

[Caroline] Max, what are you doing?
[Max] Crew necks are for squares and mormons.
[Caroline] Oh, cute! Should we do mine?
[Max] I don’t know.  If you have no car, why open the garage?

This joke about Caroline being flat (or rather Max being busty) continued later on when they were assesed by the talent producer of the show:

[Janis] You’re edgy with big boobs.  You’re the “try hard.”
[Caroline] I’m sorry, I’m the what?
[Janis] That’s your brand.  The muscle and the hustle.  The double-d’s and the ditz.
[Caroline] I went to Wharton. I’m not a ditz.
[Max] Well you ain’t the double-d’s. Can you believe she openly commented on m’goods?

That would be a hilarious name for their cupcake business.  No one would take them seriously and some people might not exactly understand the product they were trying to sell, but at least they would grab some attention for their business.  I would just be happy not to be called stupid like Caroline, despite someone was judging me just because of the size of my chest.  But hey, it's just like Max said about people being judgmental while watching TV.  It's pretty much a given, especially with reality TV.

 I'm not surprised when push came to shove, Max got stage fright and Caroline showed that she doesn't know a damn thing about baking.  But it's too bad Max's chicken and waffles idea for a cupcake didn't bear any fruit.  But perhaps someone will eat in in the diner now that Max has put them in the restaurant.

This was a pretty good episode.  I can't say that it was a waste of time for the girls because, like Sophie had implied, there is really no easy way to making it big (for most people anyway), and they'll need to do things like working for just the connections before they start getting paid the big bucks.

Google Earth Map Wedding

Big Bang Theory, S05E24

Before Howard launched into space he recalled his impromptu wedding with Bernadette.  She wanted to get married before he went to space, and the whole gang accompanied them to city hall.  They weren't able to get married there due to an overly long line, so Raj came up with an alternative venue.  All of their friends got ordained as ministers and married them on top of a roof so that the Google satellite traveling over their town would be able to capture their wedding on Google Earth maps.

I'm glad we got to see Howard and Bernadette married after all.  It gave them a chance to have their nuptials in an unconventional way.  Even if they had been able to do it at city hall, they still would have managed to do it in an abnormal way, with Amy there in full maid-of-honor garb.  She looked positively insane.  But I'm sure she would have been crazier if they had refused to let her wear it.  The wedding definitely meant much more to her than it did to Howard and Bernadette.

One thing that made me want to punch the TV was Sheldon constantly bringing up Leonard's proposal.  It's not unlike him, but it didn't mean that I didn't want to plug his big mouth with a cork.  It was mostly annoying because it allowed attention to be paid to Leonard and Penny's relationship, which was hardly important when Howard and Bernadette were supposed to be the focus.  I was just happy that their squabbles didn't turn into a reexamination of whether they should really get engaged.  No thanks to Sheldon's lack of tact.

Besides that little thing, I think their ceremony on the roof was so cute.  They all got to dress up and everyone got ordained so that they all could officiate their marriage.  Wow.  That's amazing that Howard and Bernadette have such a good friends to do something like that.  Their speeches weren't that impressive overall, but I liked that Bernadette snapped at Sheldon for trying to sneak in some Klingon.  I like how aggressive she is.  It'd be interesting if Sheldon and Bernadette spent a day together.  I'm sure she'd either kill him before the day was done or have him a little more straightened out for the better.  I also thought it was amusing that Sheldon said he didn't understand the need to seek companionship because he found himself so interesting others were unnecessary.  That sums up his disinterest in the opposite sex (or anyone who is not himself).

Another cute moment was when everyone was holding hands with each other as they watched Howard launch into space on TV.  I was most surprised that Sheldon grabbed Amy's hand.  Wow.  How wonderful that Howard's historical moment to enter space brought all of them closer, if not just for a second.  Now I'm thinking that since Raj and Bernadette were bonding over their love of Howard that Raj might act as a substitute husband for Bernadette while Howard is gone.  That would be hilarious.

Good finale.  It wasn't too exciting, nor too boring and it left the viewers with not just some laughs to hold them over til the fall, but also some sweet moments as well.  I'm not particularly excited to see what's next for the gang, but at least I'm sure that I will continue to watch.  I want to see how far Amy can get with Sheldon, and I'm still waiting for the day they will find a suitable match for Raj.   Maybe the day will come in 2013.