On the Season 11 finale of The Big Bang Theory, the two ultimate nerds in love Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Amy (Mayim Bialik) get hitched. They have a relatively traditional ceremony with Amy wearing a white dress and Sheldon in a tuxedo. Sheldon’s mother and siblings (including his gorgeous twin sister Missy!) are in attendance as are Amy’s parents. Her mother is portrayed by Oscar winner Kathy Bates (Misery). Her quiet father is Teller, the shorter half of the magical duo Penn & Teller. He never speaks! (hear this post read on YouTube)
Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller) is a graduate of Amherst College who became a high school Latin teacher in New Jersey (Lawrence High School) before he met magician Penn Jillette in 1974. Teller is also a writer. He’s written an interesting biography of his father Joe Teller which includes several of his father’s paintings and unpublished cartoons, and Nature Reviews Neuroscience published his essay on “Attention and Awareness in Stage Magic: Turning Tricks into Research” in 2008, among others. The Big Bang Theory airs Thursdays at 8pm on CBS.
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