
I never pushed for it I’m a little more reserved about it, but I actually think, and I could be wrong, that Steve Molaro, who’s been running the show this season, told me that Chuck suggested it. I think they all knew that I did that, whether it was from Studio 60 or talk shows.

Your talent with impersonations had already been well-established on talk shows and other outlets, so whose idea was it to write this into an episode? Was it you? The writers? A collaboration between the two? In last week’s episode, you killed it in the Dungeons and Dragons scene with your impressions of Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Nicolas Cage and even Kunal Nayyar (Raj). See Boygenius Perform 'The Record' Songs to Celebrate CBS' 500th Saturday Sessions We haven’t tapped all the iconic science-fiction characters yet. I’ve actually talked to Mark Hamill about it – I know he watches the show – so whether he came on as himself or played a character, I think there could be something there. I mean, I think there can be fun with someone from Star Wars.

We’ve been so lucky this season – and all the seasons. I love when they bring in the iconic science guys or science-fiction guys, but I also love when they just bring on great actors, like when we have Christine Baranski or Laurie Metcalf. Anyone in particular you’d still like to get on the show? You’ve had some pretty incredible guest stars over the years: Stephen Hawking, Bob Newhart most recently. It feels like we have this gold mine here, and we’re just in it and enjoying it. Raj is really taking big steps with Lucy, so the show feels fully formed to me now. I loved that I think it was so clever and real and true, and then Penny and Leonard are also finally, actually at a nice point – although things in the finale get turned on their head slightly. Also, the other characters are really starting to have an unbelievable amount of new layers, whether it’s Sheldon and Amy – I thought was one of the best scenes in our show. And Howard and Bernadette are still newlyweds, so there’s a whole world of possibilities for what can go wrong in a marriage and what can go right. Well, in terms of my character, they’ve opened up some doors with his estranged father, and I think it would be interesting to see how that manifests itself again, maybe whether we get to meet the father, or whether there’s more information that we learn about him and how Howard deals with that. The Big Bang Theory has been renewed for a seventh season, so what are your hopes going into it? So it’s very cool to see that and to have it be believable and not to have it change the dynamic to such a degree where it becomes a different show, where it’s actually expanded the possibilities. Who would’ve thought that – at least in the first couple of seasons – that this amateur, failed lothario would be the first guy to get married, and that there would actually be a girl that could tolerate him other than his mother and make him a better person. What I think is so brilliant about the writers is the way they’ve paced it out, and the way they’ve let things naturally occur.

The first few episodes where I’m floating around up, I mean, it’s pretty groundbreaking for a sitcom, particularly to do it in a way that is organic to these characters. It’s a tough thing to top! Yeah, exactly, you end last season with a wedding and a trip to space, and I think we actually managed to top it this season.

He went into space, started a life with new wife Bernadette and he came to terms with his father’s abandonment. Howard’s had a pretty incredible season on The Big Bang Theory.
