“Big Bang Theory” Salutes Nimoy
“The Big Bang Theory” honored Leonard Nimoy on Thursday’s episode. The Chuck Lorre comedy used the co-creator/exec producer’s weekly vanity card to pay homage to the actor, who died last Friday. Rather than sharing his weekly insights, Lorre’s vanity card featured an image of Nimoy and one simple sentence: “The impact you had on our show and our lives is everlasting. “Star Trek” — and specifically Nimoy and his beloved character, Spock — have been referenced frequently on “The Big Bang Theory.” Sheldon (Emmy winner Jim Parsons) dressed as Spock in an episode, and all of the guys — Leonard (Johnny Galecki), Raj (Kunal Nayyar) and Howard (Simon Helberg) — can recite the Vulcan’s dying words. Nimoy — Sheldon’s hero — guest-starred in a 2012 episode in which he never appeared onscreen but instead voiced a Spock action figure that encouraged Sheldon to embrace his “human” form.
