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Leonard takes Penny to New Jersey when he is invited to speak at his alma mater Princeton, but their flight gets cancelled. Sheldon and Howard test a toy helicopter Raj bought. Raj's father (Creator/BrianGeorge) cuts him off. Also guest starring Creator/AliceAmter as Raj's mother.

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Leonard takes Penny to New Jersey when he is invited to speak at his alma mater Princeton, old high school, but their flight gets cancelled. Penny figures out a way for Leonard to still give the commencement keynote address: through remote videoconferencing. Leonard's speech winds up being mostly complaining about how awful things were for him in high school and showing off his hot girlfriend.

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Sheldon calibrate a drone Raj bought, but calibration fails again and Howard test a toy helicopter Raj bought. again. It is this purchase that causes Raj's recently divorced father (Creator/BrianGeorge) cuts him off. Also guest starring Creator/AliceAmter as to become fed up with Raj's mother.
"foolish lifestyle" and cut the young man off financially. Raj tries calling his mother (Creator/AliceAmter) in order to play his parents against each other and keep their money coming to him.

After taking the drone apart and putting it back together, the damn thing starts flying around the apartment uncontrollably.

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Leonard takes Penny to New Jersey when he is invited to speak at his alma mater Princeton, but their flight gets cancelled. Sheldon and Howard test a toy helicopter Raj bought. Raj's father cuts him off.

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'''"The Graduation Transmission"''' is an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' that first aired on April 23, 2015. Directed by Creator/AnthonyRich. Teleplay by Steven Molaro, Steve Holland and Eric Kaplan, based on a story by Creator/ChuckLorre, David Goetsch and Anthony Del Broccolo.

Leonard takes Penny to New Jersey when he is invited to speak at his alma mater Princeton, but their flight gets cancelled. Sheldon and Howard test a toy helicopter Raj bought. Raj's father (Creator/BrianGeorge) cuts him off.

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* OperatorFromIndia: Spoofed when Howard calls tech support, complaining that it'll probably be some foreigner with the same manual he has. Then Raj's phone rings. It's actually his father calling at coincidentally the same time.



** Howard wipes his ass with warranties, exceplt [=AppleCare=].

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** Howard wipes his ass with warranties, exceplt except [=AppleCare=].


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* SexyWhateverOutfit: Penny gets Leonard a cap and gown for his commencement speech, but the store only had the "sexy graduate" costume with the short skirt gown.
* ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld: According to Howard, it's "those who call tech support, and those who laugh at those who call tech support."
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Leonard takes Penny to New Jersey when he is invited to speak at his alma mater Princeton, but their flight gets cancelled. Sheldon and Howard test a toy helicopter Raj bought. Raj's father cuts him off.

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* HypocriticalHumor: The guys can't figure out how to fix the helicopter, but when Bernadette says she calls tech support all the time they point and laugh at her.
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** Howard wipes his ass with warranties, exceplt [=AppleCare=].
** Penny arranges for Leonard to give his commencement speech over Skype.
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