BIG BANG THEORY renewed for another three years

Quote: Evenbob

So how many viewers think it's
possible and will try and do what
Sheldon did.

I could see a lot searching on the topic, which will hopefully be led to the correct conclusion, perhaps by me, that modern roulette wheels are so very well made that any bias would be negligible compared to the 5.26% house edge. The only hope of finding a sufficiently biased wheel to overcome that would be a very old hand-me-down wheel in a banana republic casino. However, good luck with the execution in such a casino.

The number of actual serious attempts I think would be in the single digits.

Quote: Wizard

I could see a lot searching on the topic, which will hopefully be led to the correct conclusion, perhaps by me, that modern roulette wheels are so very well made that any bias would be negligible compared to the 5.26% house edge.

Maybe 30 years ago someone gave me a bunch of data that he had collected with a laser device he invented that he felt would give him a statistical advantage in roulette. He had this theory that he could make some measurements and make some last minute bets after the wheel started spinning.I told him that he was being suckered by mathematicians who were blindly doing polynomial curve fits that would have give him no statistical advantage.

It was one of my first lessons that people will pay for the answer they want to hear and not for answers that they don't want to hear.

Quote: Pacomartin

It was one of my first lessons that people will pay for the answer they want to hear and not for answers that they don't want to hear.

That is the cardinal rule of success in the book business. The cover of the book must promise it delivers on what the reader is looking for, whether or not the pages in between the covers deliver on the promises. Want an easy way to crush the casinos -- sure there are a ton of books that promise that on the cover, but don't show you how. However, a math heavy book that only promises to cut down the house edge is mostly ignored. Why buy a book that promises to only cut the house edge when the one next to it promises easy riches?

what is the significance of the word "pelican"?

Quote: odiousgambit

what is the significance of the word "pelican"?

It's obviously a code word.

Concerning salaries for Big Bang Theory.

What does Miyam Bialic (or something like that spelling) make per episode. I read somewhere 200,000 but that seems very low these days. Maybe that is what she was making in the long ago Blossom series.

Quote: Fleastiff

Concerning salaries for Big Bang Theory.

What does Miyam Bialic (or something like that spelling) make per episode. I read somewhere 200,000 but that seems very low these days. Maybe that is what she was making in the long ago Blossom series.

The principals of TBBT were earning $350K per episode in season #7, but managed to negotiate $1 million for seasons #8-#10 (the same as Friends did for season #9 and #10 from Sep 2002-May 2004) . But network television viewership had fallen dramatically over the past decade, and rating for TBBT were much lower than for Friends. Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch did their negotiations first, and jumped their salary from $60K to $175K for seasons #8-#10.

For seasons #11 and #12 . Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch asked for parity with the other cast members, a goal which would be impossible to make. If all seven principals were earning $1 million per episode, and the show only brings in under $4 million in advertising revenue, they were pulling too much from the long term revenue of the show. Don't forget that other people are paid, and Chuck Lorre probably makes more money as any single actor.

The original five actors each took a $100,000 per episode pay cut ($1,000,000 to $900,000 an episode) Rauch and Bialik's deals are said to be for more than $425,000 per episode, up significantly from the $175,000 they negotiated three years ago.

The question is will the stars negotiate down to $750K per actor per episode so that they can continue for two more years?

Seasons #7-#10
5 * $1,000,000 = $5,000,000
2 * $175,000 = $350,000 Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch
total $5,350,000

Seasons #11-#12
5 * $900,000 = $4,500,000
2 * $425,000 = $850,000 Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch
total $5,350,000

Seasons #13-#14 ?????
5 * $750,000 = $3,750,000
2 * $750,000 = $1,500,000 Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch
total $5,250,000

Although it would be unusual to take such large pay cuts, there are other considerations. First of all network television is dying. Second of all the rating for Young Sheldom might plummet without TBBT lead in. Jim Parsons would probably make up the difference from increased salary for Young Sheldon. Also the other principals have limited exposure to hit movies, and are unlikely to make anywhere near $750K on a new TV series.

Quote: Pacomartin

It's obviously a code word.

I LOL literally every time they haul
Sheldon away screaming. Been there
and done that. They didn't haul me
away, but I didn't get the bet down in
time for something that would have
won.

I hope ZenKing doesn't find this thread, lest he make a big stink over the use of physical force in that scene.

Quote: Wizard

I might add that 32, 17, and 5 are consecutive on the wheel, so kudos to the writers for sharp writing.