Entrirely OT: The Big Bang Theory Panel

[Kenneth Brody]

On 7/25/2011 8:42 PM, daN baueR wrote:
> On Jul 25, 2011, at 7:46 PM, Jay Ashworth<jra at baylink.com>  wrote:
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "daN baueR"<dan at onlinemgt.com>
>>
>>> I met Chuck Lorre a couple of months ago in Mexico and mentioned my
>>> connection to Howard Wolowitz by way of filePro. He was surprised to hear
>>> that the character name was actually a real person. He was delighted to hear
>>> about filePro and immediately after we spoke called Bill Prady to let him
>>> know.
>>
>> Chuck Lorre didn't know?
>>
>> Bill Prady certainly knew: he's on record that he named the the character
>> after Howie, with -- as I recall -- Howie's permission.
>>
> That's what he said.  And I believed him. I guess Bill might not have
> given him the entire back story.

While I would find it unusual that Bill wouldn't have told him that Howie is 
a "real person", even without "the entire back story", it's certainly possible.

As for Howie's permission, I understand that Bill's position was that, while 
not strictly necessary from a legal standpoint, he asked as a courtesy, and 
Howie consented.

P.S. Does anyone on this list have an old "Think small" shirt, preferably in 
Sheldon's size?

-- 
Kenneth Brody