HI!
HOW ARE YOU?
I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
WE'RE ALL IN PERSON.
THERE'S AN AUDIENCE HERE, DO WE FEEL ALL RIGHT?
>> THIS IS THE MOST PEOPLE I'VE SEEN IN PERSON IN A LONG TIME.
>> James: YES!
MUCH TO TALK ABOUT, BUT I WANT TO BRING THIS UP WITH YOU,
MAYIM, BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE DISTURBED ABOUT THIS, THE TONY
AWARDS WERE THIS PAST SUNDAY -- >> WERE THEY?
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: AND I GOT TOLD
SOMETHING TODAY AND IT SHOCKED ME TO THE CORE.
MAYIM BIALIK, IS THIS TRUE, YOU DO NOT LIKE MUSICALS?
>> SO I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.
PEOPLE EXPECT THAT BECAUSE I WORKED WITH BETTE MIDLER AND
BECAUSE I'M ME THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO LOVE MUSICALS.
>> James: YES, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO!
>> I'M REALLY -- IT'S NOT MY THING.
>> James: OKAY, BUT WHY DO YOU NOT LIKE THIS?
>> WHY DO I HAVE TO LIKE IT?
>> James: DID SOMETHING HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE?
>> NO, IT'S RIDICULOUS.
PEOPLE ARE TALKING AND THE NEXT THING -- IT'S WEIRD!
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S NOT FOR EVERYONE.
>> James: AS OPPOSED TO TALKING IN A THREE-WALLED
APARTMENT AND NOT ANOTHER APARTMENT AND PEOPLE LAUGHING
WHEN THEY TALK, IS THAT REALLY REALLY STICK SCENARIO, YOU AND
SHELDON, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR?
THE DOCUMENTARY THAT IS "THE BIG BANG THEORY"?
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> IF YOU WANT TO SING, JUST SING.
GO IN A KARI JAMES CORDEN, CUT AN ALBUM, LIKE AN LP, THAT'S
MUSIC.
IF YOU WANT TO ACT AND HAVE A THING, YOU DO THE PLAY.
DON'T WATCH THEM TOGETHER.
GOT TO KEEP IT SEPARATED.
>> James: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WENT TO SEE A MUSICAL?
>> I HAVE A VERY BAD STORY ABOUT A MUSICAL.
I SAW "RENT."
I WAS FRIENDS WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS -- THIS IS A TERRIBLE
STORY.
>> James: GO ON.
I WENT TO SEE "RENT," I MEAN, THIS WAS A LONG TIME AGO, I WAS
A TEENAGER AND I DID NOT -- IT WASN'T MY THING.
>> James: SURE.
BUT WHEN YOUR FRIEND IS IN THE PLAY.
>> James: YEAH.
AND EVERYBODY IS CLAPPING AT THE END, AND YOU SAY TO YOUR
BOYFRIEND NEXT TO YOU, I DON'T WANT TO STAND FOR THIS --
>> James: A OH, BECAUSE -- AND YOU LOOK UP AND NEIL
PATRICK HARRIS IS LOOKING AT YOU, IT'S A BAD DAY.
>> James: EVERYBODY STOOD UP.
STANDING OVATION BECAUSE EVERYBODY LOVES "RENT" AND NEIL
PATRICK HARRIS IS IN IT, WE WERE TEENAGERS, AFTER HE FINISHED
DOOGIE HOWSER, HE WAS IN IT AND WAS AMAZING, BUT IT WASN'T MY
TING.
BUT THAT'S THE TIME YOU DON'T SAY IT OUT LOUD.
NEIL WAS READING MY LIPS AND I WENT BACK TO SAY HI TO HIM.
WE WERE FRIENDS AT THE TIME, AND HE SAID, I DID YOU NOT, WHY DID
YOU SAY YOU WEREN'T GOING TO STAND UP.
>> A VERY FAIR QUESTION.
I DID NOT HAVE A GOOD ANSWER.
>> James: NO.
IT WAS TERRIBLE.
>> James: YOU'VE JUST GOT TO OWN IT.
>> IT WAS MANY YEARS AGO.
WE DIDN'T SPEAK FOR A LONG TIME.
>> James: REALLY?
HE SAYS THAT HE FORGAVE ME AND HE SENT ME FLOWERS WHEN HE
HEARD I'M STILL CARRYING THIS TERRIBLE -- I MEAN, I FELT
TERRIBLE BECAUSE IT JUST WASN'T MY THING.
>> James: YOU SHOULD FEEL TERRIBLE.
I THINK IT TAKES MORE EFFORT NOT TO STAND.
>> CLEARLY.
>> James: YOU GREW UP DINING THEATER.
>> YES.
>> James: YOU WENT TO THEATER SCHOOL, YOU MUST HAVE SEEN YOUR
SHARE -- >> I'M CLAPPING RIGHT NOW!
WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING, I'M GOING TO STAND!
>> James: IF YOU SAW A FRIEND IN A QUESTIONABLE SHOW OR
PERFORMANCE, IS IT BETTER TO BE HONEST OR STRAIGHT-UP LIE.
>> OH, LIE, LIE.
>> James: REALLY?
I FEEL LIKE, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE THEATER, YOU COME UP WITH
GREAT CLASSIC LINES TO SAY TO FRIENDS AFTER A SHOW AND I THINK
MY FAVORITE IS, ONLY YOU COULD DO THAT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: WOW!
BECAUSE IT'S NOT A LIE.
>> SAYS NOTHING AND EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME.
WHEN THEY'RE GOING -- AND THE COSTUMES!
THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW IT'S REALLY BAD.
BUT I WOULD LIE, ABSOLUTELY LIE.
>> SHOULD HAVE STOOD UP.
>> James: YOU HAVE TWO TEENAGE BOYS, AND I SYMPATHIZE WITH
ANYONE WHO HAS TEENAGERS AT HOME, BECAUSE THAT'S THE AGE
WHERE IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT.
ARE THEY ROARING TO GET BACK OUT THERE AND BACK OUT INTO THE
WORLD IS THIS.
>> THEY'RE MY KIDS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY'RE LIKE?
CEREBRAL AND NERDY.
THEY'RE INTROVERTS.
THEY'RE THE BEST PEOPLE.
THEY LIVE THEIR BEST LIFE -- >> James: DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU
SHOULD DO?
TAKE THEM TO A MUSICAL.
WERE YOU REBELLIOUS?
>> NO, I THINK YOUR SONS AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN FRIENDS.
>> James: REALLY.
THE ONLY TIME I EVER CUT SCHOOL WAS TO GO TO A MUSEUM.
>> STOP.
YES.
>> James: OH, MY GOD.
THAT IS SO DEPRESSING.
>> AND I GOT CAUGHT BECAUSE THE SCHOOL CALLED HOME AND REFER TO
A MESSAGE SAYING I WASN'T IN SCHOOL, AND I DIDN'T GET TO
ERASE IT IN TIME AND MY MOTHER TOLD ME I HAD TO PHOTO EACH ONE
OF MY TEACHERS INDIVIDUALLY AND APOLOGIZE TO THEM FOR
DISAPPOINTING THEM.
AND I WAS SUCH A WELL-BEHAVED CHILD THAT ONE OF MY TEACHERS
SAID, HONEY, YOU HAD TO DO SOMETHING AT SOME POINT.
( LAUGHTER ) DON'T APOLOGIZE ANYMORE.
YEAH, THAT WAS A BIG DAY FOR ME.
I COULDN'T MISS THIS EXHIBIT.
>> WHAT MUSEUM?
IT WAS IN PITTSBURGH -- >> James: DID YOU GO ON YOUR
OWN?
>> NO, THIS IS REVEALING, WELL, NO ONE WILL GET IN TROUBLE NOW.
WE HAD FRIENDS WITH ME AND WE WERE REALLY BAD TOGETHER.
>> James: SO HANG ON.
A GROUP OF -- HOW OLD WERE YOU.
>> I WAS 17 YEARS OLD.
>> James: OH, STOP!
A GROUP OF 17-YEAR-OLDS, GUYS -- THIS IS CRAZY -- LET'S CUT
SCHOOL AND GO AND SEE THAT EXHIBIT IN PITTSBURGH.
>> THAT WAS ME, AND MY MOTHER DRESSED ME.
SHE WOULDN'T LET ME WEAR ANYTHING SHE DIDN'T LIKE SO I
LITERALLY WORE 1950s MATCHING SHELL CARDIGANS, AND IT WAS BAD.
YEAH, I WAS UNPREPARED FOR LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY WHEN I MOVED
THERE FOR COLLEGE.
>> James: YEAH, YOU WERE.
SO MANY MUSEUMS!
( LAUGHTER ) MAYIM, WE HAVE TO CONGRATULATE
YOU.
YOU HAVE A NEW GIG!
YOU'RE THE HOST OF "JEOPARDY"!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> IT WAS THE HEADLINE ON CNN
THREE DAYS IN A ROW.
WHO KNEW PEOPLE WERE SO PASSIONATE!
ABOUT THIS "JEOPARDY"!
>> James: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ALL THIS?
>> I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO READ THE CLUES.
JUST LET ME READ THE CLUES.
THE THING ABOUT "JEOPARDY," WE SPEND OUR WHOLE LIVES WANTING TO
BE SEEN, YOU KNOW, AND THIS JOB IS LIKE -- PEOPLE SHOULD THINK
THE LEAST ABOUT ME AS POSSIBLE.
MEANING IT'S MY JOB TO BE THE HOST, JUST LIKE READ THE CLUES.
THERE'S CERTAINLY BEEN A LOT IN THE NEWS THAT'S BROUGHT A LOT OF
INTEREST.
>> James: ARE YOU ENJOYING DOING IT?
>> IT'S INCREDIBLY ENJOYABLE.
IT'S ABOUT THE LEVEL OF CUTTING CLASS TO GO TO AN EXHIBIT.
I LEARN THINGS ALL DAY.
I MEET PEOPLE WHO HAVE A KIND OF KNOWLEDGE THAT I DO NOT POSSESS.
I WOULD DO HORRIBLE ON "JEOPARDY."
HORRIBLE.
>> James: WELL, YOU ARE DOING SO WELL.