10 years and the elevator is still out of order lol
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asherp — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 07:20 AM)
Yeah.was wondering that myself.and would think that it gets fixed in the finalebecause that's the kind of thing you do for a finale.
But here are some things to ponder about the elevator before it gets fixed.- It might not be that big of a building and the landlord may know that the damage was caused by his tenants and doenst care.
- The building may be owned by sheldon
- The elevator may have been exploded outward causing irreparable damage so that it might be impossible to simply fix the few broken parts.they might have to weld a whole new elevator car in the shaft
- They only have one elevator in the studio..so each time they walk up a floor the prop people have to rearrange the police tape and the flower boxes and everything. Its really kind of impressive.
- Has it been 10 years in clock time on the show? Its 10 years for us..but how many years for the characters?
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seldon913 — 9 years ago(October 18, 2016 09:53 AM)
Probably not a true 'working' elevator. Probably just enough for shots with the car in place and out of sight both above and below. Most likely the elevator wasn't put there for the show but rather they used a set with the elevator already there and built around it.
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djhudjr — 9 years ago(October 20, 2016 03:43 PM)
Ive read an article a while ago that there were some things that they considered "superstitious" as a crew/team that they most likely wouldn't reveal.
Also I always assumed (we all know what that does) that it was just 1 "floor" and they just walked from the ground floor to the 1st floor then up to the "2nd" floor but then back down and the next shot is them walking up the same stairs. Someone that has been to a taping would be able to answer that though. -
Gubbio — 9 years ago(October 20, 2016 03:56 PM)
Also I always assumed (we all know what that does) that it was just 1 "floor" and they just walked from the ground floor to the 1st floor then up to the "2nd" floor but then back down and the next shot is them walking up the same stairs. Someone that has been to a taping would be able to answer that though.
You are correct.
There's "tour of the set" video on YouTube with Simon and Kunal. They show that when they go "down stairs," it ends in a
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JonnyHbomb — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 03:46 AM)
It's obviously a running joke that two PHD University research scientists have rented an apartment together for 13 years with no elevator. It's Pasadena not NYC. Buy a condo boys, pay yourself not the land lord. If it's not a gag, the studio may not have wanted to spend on new sets as the show has been rumored to end for the last four years and they told the writers to just accommodate the existing set.
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otter68 — 9 years ago(November 15, 2016 10:46 AM)
But if no one complains, how would the gov know?
I'm assuming it would be something Sheldon would complain about as he has complained about the order of the flags outside the Pasadena courthouse, but since he's the one who put the explosive material inside the elevator, maybe he's keeping mum.
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PR-7 — 9 years ago(November 21, 2016 12:08 PM)
Things such as the broken elevator violate
basic building codes and A.D.A. laws
ADA violations, like all civil rights laws, are resolved in CIVIL, not criminal, courts. In the same way that the government will do nothing if you are libeled in a local newspaper unless YOU make a complaint against the paper, the government will do nothing if a business fails to make reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities unless a complaint is filed. While I'll agree that it defies logic to think that an apartment would fail to provide an elevator, and nobody would file a suit for over ten years; it's at least THEORETICALLY possible in a legal sense.
Government officials do inspect elevators that are OPERATING. In the same way that an abandoned theater could have padlocks on its fire exits, an apartment building would not need an inspection sticker for a non-functional elevator.
When this same question was raised a few years ago, I checked to see if California or Pasadena building codes required apartments of a certain number of floors to have a working elevator for its residences without success either way. If you find otherwise, then we can add this to the list of illogical events in this sit-com.
Personally, I find it FAR more implausible that there would be an explosion of a metallic container in an elevator, and that no investigator would either (1) determine the cause of the explosion was rocket fuel or (2) notice that a scientist working on rocket fuel was living in the building. I'm aware that Sheldon "covered" for Leonard, but what does that mean? Even if Sheldon flat-out perjured himself, would any FBI or ATF agent accept his story, given the clear evidence within the elevator?
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poem — 9 years ago(November 23, 2016 12:09 AM)
Last season will be about the elevator.
The owner of the house will visit and notice that the elevator isnt working. Then he will start looking for the reasons - and then looking for the culprits. The guys will try to stop him at every step, attempt to get the elevator repaired, distract the guy, get him to follow wrong leads, etc.
Na, just kidding.
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