Bill Prady, co-creator of “The Big Bang Theory,” revealed why the elevator in the series is broken and why it was never fixed over 12 seasons.
Since the pilot episode of “The Big Bang Theory,” the characters in the series have had to take the stairs because the building’s elevator is broken. Co-creator of the sitcom, Bill Prady, revealed why the elevator was never fixed.
During a participation at WonderCon, Prady explained that the absence of the elevator and the frequent use of the stairs in the set allowed the characters to interact more with each other, creating a stronger connection and bond with the audience.
“When Chuck Lorre and I worked on ‘Dharma & Greg,’ we had an outdoor set where the characters could talk. And we used this because it was an available space in the 20th Century Fox studio where we were filming Dharma,” he said.
The co-creator said he tried to apply the same technique in “The Big Bang Theory,” but the set took up too much space. “What if they always had to take the stairs?” Prady thought along with Lorre.
In the sitcom “The Big Bang Theory,” characters Leonard and Sheldon, two physicists, share an apartment and are neighbors to Penny, an aspiring actress. The series delves into funny everyday events with various scientific and pop-culture-related facts.
“The Big Bang Theory” aired for 12 seasons, from 2007 to 2019 on CBS.
