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Sheldon Shaping Penny in Big Bang Theory

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    [Penny] Ok, so Kim the night manager
    went on maternity leave,
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    and her husband's name is Sandy, right?
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    So, get this: Her replacement is
    a woman named Sandy
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    whose husband's name is Kim.
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    [audience laughing]
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    [Leonard] Wow!
    [Penny] I know! What are the odds?
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    [Sheldon] Easily calculable.
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    We begin by identifying a set
    of married couples with unisex names.
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    We then eliminate those unqualified
    for restaurant work:
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    the aged, the imprisoned, and the limbless,
    for example. Next we'd look at—
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    [Leonard] Sheldon!
    It's an amazing coincidence.
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    Can we leave it at that?
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    [Sheldon] I'm sorry.
    [sarcastically] Ooh, Penny.
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    It's as if The Cheesecake Factory
    is run by witches.
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    [audience laughing]
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    [Penny, flatly] Ooh, Sheldon.
    It's as if you don't think I'll punch you.
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    [audience laughing]
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    [Leonard] Come on, you guys. Let it go.
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    [Penny] Fine, whatever. Are you finished?
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    [Sheldon] Well, thank you. How thoughtful.
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    Would you like a chocolate?
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    [Penny] Um, yeah, sure.
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    [audience laughing]
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    Thanks.
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    [Leonard] What was that?
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    [Sheldon] You said be nice to Penny.
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    I believe offering chocolate to someone
    falls within the definition of nice.
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    [Leonard] It does;
    but in my experience, you don't.
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    [audience laughing]
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    [Sheldon] There are more things
    in heaven and earth, Horatio,
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    than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
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    [Leonard] Yeah, yeah, now that's you:
    obnoxious and insufferable.
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    [Penny] Oh, sorry, Sheldon.
    I almost sat in your spot.
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    [Sheldon] Did you? I didn't notice.
    Have a chocolate.
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    [audience laughing]
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    [Penny] Thank you.
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    [audience laughing]
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    [Sheldon] You're here a lot now.
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    [audience laughing]
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    [Penny] Oh, am I talking too much?
    I'm sorry. Zip.
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    [Sheldon] Thank you.
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    Chocolate?
    [Penny] Yes, please.
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    [cell phone rings]
    Oh, hey, Kim.
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    [Sheldon sighs]
    [Penny] Yeah, I —
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    You know what, hold on.
    Let me take this in the hall.
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    [Sheldon mouthing word]: Chocolate?
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    [Penny mouthing words]:
    Thank you
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    You'll never guess who they got
    to replace you at work...
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    [door squeaks open, then clicks shut]
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    [Leonard] Okay,
    I know what you're doing.
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    [Sheldon] Really?
    [Leonard] Yes!
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    You're using chocolates
    as positive reinforcement
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    for what you consider correct behavior!
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    [audience laughing]
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    [Sheldon] Very good!
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    Chocolate?
    [Leonard] No, I don't want any chocolate!
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    [audience laughing/applauding]
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    Sheldon, you can't train
    my girlfriend like a lab rat.
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    [Sheldon] Actually, it turns out I can.
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    [Leonard] Well, you shouldn't.
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    [Sheldon] There's just no pleasing
    you, is there, Leonard?
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    You weren't happy with
    my previous approach to dealing with her,
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    so I decided to employ
    operant conditioning techniques,
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    building on the works of
    Thorndike and B.F. Skinner.
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    By this time next week, I believe I can
    have her jumping out of a pool,
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    balancing a beach ball on her nose.
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    [Leonard] No, this has to stop now!
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    [Sheldon] I'm not suggesting we really
    make her jump out of a pool.
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    I thought the "bazinga" was implied.
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    I'm just tweaking her personality,
    sanding off the rough edges, if you will.
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    [Leonard] No, you're not sanding Penny!
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    [Sheldon] Are you saying
    that I am forbidden
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    from applying a harmless,
    scientifically valid protocol
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    that will make our lives better?
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    [Leonard] Yes. You're forbidden.
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    [Sheldon] Bad Leonard.
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    [audience laughing]
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    [Penny in hallway, laughing]
    Oh, my God, she didn't!
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    [Leonard] What could she possibly
    be talking about for so long?
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    [Sheldon] Obviously, waitressing
    at The Cheesecake Factory
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    Is a complex socioeconomic activity
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    that requires a great deal
    of analysis and planning.
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    Bazinga!
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    You know, using
    positive reinforcement techniques,
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    I could train that behavior
    out of her in a week.
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    [Leonard] No.
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    [Sheldon] If you let me use
    negative reinforcement,
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    I can get it done before we go to bed.
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    [Leonard] You're not squirting her
    in the face with water.
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    [Sheldon] No, of course not.
    We're talking very mild electric shocks.
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    No tissue damage whatsoever.
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    [Leonard] Forget it!
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    [Sheldon] Oh, come on. You can't tell me
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    that you're not intrigued about
    the possibility of building a better girlfriend.
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    [Leonard] I'm not!
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    And Penny's qualities, both good
    and bad, are what make her who she is.
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    [Penny, laughing in the hallway]
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    [Sheldon] You mean like that
    high-pitched, irritating laugh?
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    [Leonard hesitates] Yes.
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    [Sheldon] You wouldn't prefer
    a throaty chuckle?
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    [Leonard] You're not changing
    how Penny laughs.
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    [Sheldon] No, that would be incongruous.
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    I was going to lower the whole voice
    to a more pleasing register.
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    [Penny] Oh, sorry guys.
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    That girl is [at high pitch] freaky!
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    [Sheldon] Come again?
    [Penny, at a lower pitch] Freaky.
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    [Sheldon] Freaky?
    [Penny, even lower] Yeah, freaky.
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    [Sheldon, at a low pitch]
    Have a chocolate.
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    [Penny, at a low pitch] Thank you.
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    [Sheldon] Well, I'm going to make
    some warm milk and then turn in.
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    I trust that if you two are planning
    on engaging in amorous activities,
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    you'll keep the decibel level
    to a minimum?
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    [Penny] Of course.
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    [Sheldon] Thank you.
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    [Penny] Mmm, these are so good!
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    [Leonard] Unbelievable.
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    [Penny] What?
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    [Leonard] I was just thinking,
    we should probably turn in, too.
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    [Penny] Well, my new bed got delivered.
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    If you come over and put it together,
    you can stay at my place.
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    [Leonard] Really? That's a lot of work,
    and it's kind of late.
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    [Penny] Yeah, but if we stay there,
    we won't have to be quiet.
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    [Leonard] Let's go!
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    [door clicks shut]
    [Sheldon] Interesting...
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    Sex works even better than chocolate
    to modify behavior.
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    I wonder if anyone else
    has stumbled on to that.
Title:
Sheldon Shaping Penny in Big Bang Theory
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Video Language:
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Duration:
06:34

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