The Big Bang Theory, Season 5

Leonard:
So, uh, do they have a name for a first date with someone you used to go out with?

Penny:
Oh, that's a good question. How about "awkward"?

Leonard:
That sounds right. [pauses] Hey, how about if we pretend we're actually on a first date? See how that goes.

Penny:
Okay.

Leonard:
So, Polly, tell me about yourself.

Penny It's Penny.

Leonard:
Oh sorry, yeah, awkward...

Penny:
[laughs] Okay let's see, I'm from Nebraska, and ever since I was a little girl I dreamed of moving to LA and becoming a movie star. Anyway, after four years of acting lessons and waiting tables, I've done a hemorrhoid commercial and a production of Anne Frank above the bowling alley. So, you know, dreams do come true! Your turn!

Leonard:
Ah, let's see, I am an experimental physicist at CalTech. Most of my research is with high-powered lasers and, oh, I've just gotten a big government grant to see if they can be used to knock out incoming ballistic missiles.

Penny Wow! Can they?

Leonard:
Oh, God no! [Penny laughs] The money's pretty good, and I use the equipment to make my own Bat Signal.

Penny:
[laughs] Bat Signal? What are you, some kind of nerd?

Leonard:
Not "some kind of nerd", I am the king of nerds!

Penny:
[laughs] What does that mean?

Leonard:
Uh, it means, if anyone displeases me, I don't help them set up their printer.

Penny:
[laughs] You are so funny!

Leonard:
Good! Remember that when I take my shirt off.