bob newhart played professor proton on big bang theory.
who plays professor proton on big bang theory?
bob newhart
in 2013, bill nye guest starred in "the big bang theory" episode "the proton displacement." sheldon cooper befriends him and brings him in to teach leonard hofstader a "lesson" after professor proton (portrayed by bob newhart) helps leonard out with an experiment instead of him. there was a claim by professor proton that bill nye made his tv series similar to his show. after he and sheldon leave, leonard receives a selfie of the two of them having smoothies, and later gets a text from sheldon asking for a ride home, stating bill nye ditched him at the smoothie store. in a later discussion with professor proton, sheldon revealed that bill nye had a restraining order against him, so he could not help him contact nye.
bill nye
bullet::::- in the show "the big bang theory", when sheldon cooper (played by jim parsons) invites professor proton, professor proton is frustrated that nobody takes him seriously in the field of science because of his former role as a children's entertainer. sheldon then proceeds to tell him that through his childhood, he was inspired to go into a scientific field thanks to professor proton's appearance on his tv show. sheldon then proceeds to tell him that, if this is true of several other individuals that are sheldon's age, then an entire generation of young scientists is standing on professor proton's shoulders.
standing on the shoulders of giants