Why Didn't The Big Bang Theory Verify Penny's Last Name? Is It Teller?
No, Penny from "The Big Bang Theory" does not have a Penn & Teller pun for a last name. The popular CBS sitcom ended five years ago, but some fans of the series are apparently still trying to figure out Kaley Cuoco's character's maiden name. In 2022, a fan theory went viral claiming that Penny's last name was Teller, based (per TVLine) on a season 2 episode in which a prop delivery box included that last name in super-small, meant-to-be-unreadable font.
Unfortunately, the show's former executive producer and prop master were quick to put the kibosh on that notion, with several people involved in the series admitting that Penny doesn't have a last name by design.
"Her last name being Teller is absolutely not canon," series EP Steve Molaro told TVLine at the time, explaining that the name was only used for prop reasons and that the writers' room and producers for the show "didn't sanction it, we didn't write it, and we didn't intentionally put it there."
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