Chapter 1- The Hotdog Conundrum

Present Day

Sheldon stood in front of his time machine; very pleased with the results of his creation. Raj approached him feeling confused about it.
"Sheldon, what is this?"
"It's a time machine! Bazoogle!" replied Sheldon as he raised his arms spastically into the air.
(The studio audience laughs)
"Sheldon, what do you need to do with a time machine?"
"Well Raj, I can do anything I want. I can see my past ancestors or my future grandchildren."
"Implying you'll be able to even procreate with a woman."
(The studio audience laughs)
Leonard then entered the room with a cauldron full of hotdogs. He stared in amazement at the giant metallic pod up against the wall of the living room.
"Where the heck did you get this?" asked Leonard as he put the cauldron on the ground.
"It's a time machine," replied Sheldon "Let's do a little experimenting. I'll type in a year on the control panel and you toss in a hotdog. Then, we'll watch the hotdog on the monitor as it travels through time."
"Well, I'd hate to waste a good hotdog, but okay."
Sheldon then typed in 1984 on the control panel and the interior of the time machine lit up in a neon blue light. Leonard then tossed in the hotdog and the blue light flashed across the room for a split second until it left. The three of them gathered around the monitor as the hotdog fell through the open roof of a disco and landed on a dance floor. The hotdog remained in place while people in cheesy 70's disco-wear continued dancing around.
"Sheldon! That's mesmerizing. How'd you create this?"
"Oh, just a couple nuts and bolts."
(The studio audience laughs)
"Baziggles!" says Sheldon as he shrugs.
(The laughter goes harder)
"Well, as much as I'd like to see more experiments," said Raj as he picked up his coat off the floor "I've gotta pick up my sister, Priya, from the train station. She's gonna spend a few days with us. You bustas better not cause any trouble with this machine while I'm gone."
"Don't worry, Raj," said Leonard "We won't touch it while until you're back."
Sheldon and Leonard stared at Raj until he left the apartment. The two then looked at each other.
"Oh my gosh!" exclaimed Leonard "There are so many possibilities! We can go meet Albert Einstein, or go see what the future looks like, or even see some dinosaurs!"
Sheldon kept his face expression very serious and blank "We need to travel to the 1980's."
"The 1980's? What the heck for?"
"I want to meet my idol... Jeffrey Dahmer."