tmp Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 On the boards lately, we've had a clamoring for relatives and I'm wondering what actors should play the ones we haven't met yet. So who would you like to see play Sheldon's mee-maw/brother, Leonard's father/brother/sister, Penny's mother/brother/sister, Howard's father, Amy's father, or anyone else I've omitted? I'll start with something I mentioned on another thread. Kelsey Grammer would be a natural choice to play Leonard's father. He looks the part and besides, Leonard's father has been described as being similar to a Frasier Crane type character. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogravitasatall Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 Can we have anyone? Leonard's dad - David Strathairn Penny's mum - Jackie Weaver Leonard's sister - Julia Stiles (and thanks, I was just wasting time thinking on this) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantagrae Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 Sheldon's Meemaw: I think I'd go with Betty White. I think she'd be great with just enough sass and sweetness. Sheldon's Brother: Luke Wilson Leonard's Father: Jason Beghe (don't know if he's quite old enough, but I think it would work) Penny's Mother: Roseanne (even though I'm not crazy about her...) Howard's Father: David Duchovny (if the double-life story is true, he could be a spy) That's all I got. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saweco Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 Sheldon's Meemaw: Cloris Leachman or Betty White I'm really not sure about anyone else. I agree with Teneal that Kelsey Grammer could work pretty well as Leonard's father. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ar Diem Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 Turns out Sheldon's meemaw is really his step meemaw so I go with Phylicia Rashad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantagrae Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 Turns out Sheldon's meemaw is really his step meemaw so I go with Phylicia Rashad. How do you figure she's his step-grandmother? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saweco Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 Turns out Sheldon's meemaw is really his step meemaw so I go with Phylicia Rashad. Step meemaw? How do you know that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ar Diem Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 I made it up. You know, for variety. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saweco Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 Making up Meemaw facts are not allowed. It displeases Neil. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ar Diem Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 Making up Meemaw facts are not allowed. It displeases Neil. Maybe Neil will make it so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razberrypie Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 Maybe Neil will make it so. And Neil said "Let there be Sheldon's step Meemaw." And it was so. And Neil saw that it was good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSal90 Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 (edited) Sheldon's Meemaw: Either Betty White, Florence Henderson, or even June Lockhart (if she is still alive) Sheldon's Father: Paul 'Pee-Wee Herman' Rubens (even thought I'm not too crazy for him at all) Leonard's Father: Kelsey Grammer Penny's Mother: Suzanne Somers Penny's Brother: I keep picturing "30 Rock" alum Jack MacBayer (Kenneth The Page) as her meth making brother Howard's Father: John Goodman or Mark Lynn Baker (Larry Appleton from 80s sitcom "Perfect Strangers") Edited March 20, 2013 by JoeSal90 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogravitasatall Posted March 21, 2013 Posted March 21, 2013 Sheldon's Meemaw: Either Betty White, Florence Henderson, or even June Lockhart (if she is still alive) Sheldon's Father: Paul 'Pee-Wee Herman' Rubens (even thought I'm not too crazy for him at all) Leonard's Father: Kelsey Grammer Penny's Mother: Suzanne Somers Penny's Brother: I keep picturing "30 Rock" alum Jack MacBayer (Kenneth The Page) as her meth making brother Howard's Father: John Goodman or Mark Lynn Baker (Larry Appleton from 80s sitcom "Perfect Strangers") Sheldon' s dad can only appear in flashback (sorry) and people raise Kelsey Grammer yet I can't see him borrowing a hugging machine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmp Posted March 21, 2013 Posted March 21, 2013 Aside from the fact that she doesn't look like him, Phylicia Rashad is too young to be Sheldon's actual mee-maw. If she's his step mee-maw, then his pop-pop robbed the cradle. I looked her up and she's only 64. Ted Danson might be good as Leonard's father. Tom Cavanagh could be Sheldon's brother. Somebody mentioned John Goodman as Sheldon's father in flashback, which would be cool. Kaley wants Lisa Kudrow to play her mother; shockingly, Lisa Kudrow is actually old enough to be Kaley's mother. As corny as it is, I would like to see Amy Davidson as Penny's sister. There's gotta be something for John Laroquette. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmp Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 (edited) Superlovelexi mentioned Carol Burnett on another thread, and I think she would be perfect as Sheldon's mee-maw! Bonus points if she brings her new boyfriend, played by Tim Conway. Edited March 22, 2013 by tmp Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrismo Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 Leonard's Father:Danny Devito Sheldon's meemaw: Betty White Penny's mother:Lisa Kudrow Howard's Father:Jason Alexander Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anomaly Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 Sheldon' s dad can only appear in flashback (sorry) and people raise Kelsey Grammer yet I can't see him borrowing a hugging machine. This is really funny, but I was thinking of Kelsey Grammer myself, but had the same thought... I also couldn't see him using a hugging machine. My vote for Leonard's Dad is John Larroquette. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendComputer Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 Superlovelexi mentioned Carol Burnett on another thread, and I think she would be perfect as Sheldon's mee-maw! Bonus points if she brings her new boyfriend, played by Tim Conway. ... I saw what you did there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manon Posted May 12, 2013 Posted May 12, 2013 Seeing how is Leonard's mom, I would see for the father a little man very quiet and average... I'd love to see Sheldon's brother as a hard-rock dude or something extreme lol and I would so love to see Sheldon's sister again! I find it interesting that he has a twin, even though he pretends that he doesn't relate to her but I mean, they are twins! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguscooper Posted May 13, 2013 Posted May 13, 2013 Leonard's dad: Kelsey Grammer Sheldon's Meemah: Betty White, Dolly Parton, Cloris Leachman Sheldon's dad: John Lithgow (I don't know why, but I picture him as Sheldon's dad) Penny's mom: Suzanne Sommers Leonard's sister: Julia Stiles, Leelee Sobieski or Natalie Portman Leonard's brother: Mark Ruffalo Howard's dad: Danny DeVito Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
javaman70 Posted July 9, 2013 Posted July 9, 2013 Penny's sister - Amy Davidson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Wally de Honk Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 Are we talking absolute fantasy, not a snowball’s chance in a cat-scanner type casting? Excellent! Sheldon’s Father – Christopher Lloyd (circa Back to the Future III, Western Doc) Leonard’s Father – William H Macy (circa…well ANY of Macy’s roles) Howard’s Father – Woody Allen (I just want to watch him try to explain himself) Penny’s Brother – Owen Wilson (hat tip to pop culture there. Besides, he resembles Penny. And seems to play the sort of gentle idiot I can imagine being “kind of a chemist”) If anyone can work out how the hell to get Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, or Bill Murray in there, you’d be doing a grand thing. Although I suspect these chaps wouldn’t suit a sitcom. Maybe Alan Arkin. (Paradoxically, I bloody well hope none of them SINK to doing a sitcom, in the nicest possible way. Parsons spun extraordinary art out of his character, but he’s a rare bird indeed…) I presume we have to stick with alive (not dead) American actors, or actors who can convincingly pull off an American accent. As much as I’d like to throw Dominique Pinon or Mathieu Kassovitz in there…. It would also, presumably, have to be an actor who doesn’t already feature in their universe, such as Leonard Nimoy and Sandra Bullock do. Despite the fact that Sandy B always brings it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmp Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 Are we talking absolute fantasy, not a snowball’s chance in a cat-scanner type casting? Excellent! Sheldon’s Father – Christopher Lloyd (circa Back to the Future III, Western Doc) Leonard’s Father – William H Macy (circa…well ANY of Macy’s roles) Howard’s Father – Woody Allen (I just want to watch him try to explain himself) Penny’s Brother – Owen Wilson (hat tip to pop culture there. Besides, he resembles Penny. And seems to play the sort of gentle idiot I can imagine being “kind of a chemist”) If anyone can work out how the hell to get Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, or Bill Murray in there, you’d be doing a grand thing. Although I suspect these chaps wouldn’t suit a sitcom. Maybe Alan Arkin. (Paradoxically, I bloody well hope none of them SINK to doing a sitcom, in the nicest possible way. Parsons spun extraordinary art out of his character, but he’s a rare bird indeed…) I presume we have to stick with alive (not dead) American actors, or actors who can convincingly pull off an American accent. As much as I’d like to throw Dominique Pinon or Mathieu Kassovitz in there…. It would also, presumably, have to be an actor who doesn’t already feature in their universe, such as Leonard Nimoy and Sandra Bullock do. Despite the fact that Sandy B always brings it. Not necessarily. They mentioned Mayim Bialik and Danica McKellar, and both have been on the show not playing themselves. Good suggestions. I especially like Owen Wilson as Penny's brother. I think someone mentioned Luke Wilson as Sheldon's brother. The combination would be really good, since I think Penny and Sheldon are a lot like siblings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaitAmber Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 I actually can really see Owen Wilson playing Penny's brother, good choice Count Wally! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frelnick Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 No.the correct answer to "who should play Leonard's father" is William Shatner.The running joke can be that he never sees that his dad looks like Captain Kirk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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