WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY FIRST
GUEST AS SHELDON FROM "THE BIG BANG THEORY."
STARTING MONDAY, YOU CAN ALSO HEAR HIM ON "YOUNG SHELDON."
>> WHEN I FIGURED OUT THAT TRAINS ALLOWED ME TO PROVE
NEWTON'S FIRST LAW, AN OBJECT IN MOTION STAYS IN MOTION WITH THE
SAME SPEED AND IN THE SAME DIRECTION UNLESS ACTED UPON BY
AN UNBALANCED FORCE, I FELT LIKE NEIL ARMSTRONG ON THE MOON --
ALONE AND HAPPY.
>> SHELDON, DINNER'S READY!
( LAUGHTER ) I DON'T CARE HOW DIM WITTED YOU
ARE, SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES HAVE TO MAKE YOU SMILE.
>> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME JIM PARSONS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: HI YA!
HOW SWEET IS HE?
ISN'T HE CUTE?
>> Stephen: I HAVE MET HIM SEVERAL TIMES.
HE IS AN ABSOLUTELY DOORBELL.
HE IS SO CUTE.
>> HE REALLY IS.
>> Stephen: HE'S SO SELF-POSSESSED, SO ENGAGING, HE
COULD BE A TV STAR OR THE MAYOR OF SOMEPLACE.
I.
>> I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY BACKSTAGE, IS HE NOT NICE?
FIRST OF ALL, HE'S NINE.
>> Stephen: SOMEBODY ASKED YOU IF THIS CHILD WAS NICE?
>> FIRE THEM IMMEDIATELY!
NO, IT'S A FAIR QUESTION.
FUNNY YOU ASK BECAUSE HE AND HIS MOTHER HAVE AN AGREEMENT.
SHE SAID, WHAT'S OUR AGREEMENT?
HE SAID, AS LONG AS I'M A NICE PERSON, I CAN KEEP DOING THIS.
>> Stephen: WOW!
DO WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW ANY MORE THAN THAT?
>> Stephen: I SHOULD MAKE THE SAME AGREEMENT WITH MY MOM.
THAT'S REALLY NICE.
LISTEN, SINCE THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE SUMMER.
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU GOT MARRIED.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: MAZEL TOV.
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: FANTASTIC.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN A RELATIONSHIP?
>> WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER 15 YEARS IN NOVEMBER.
>> Stephen: WOW!
YEAH.
>> Stephen: OTHER THAN LEGAL REASONS, WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?
>> WELL, HONEST, I REALLY DIDN'T THINK WE CARED ABOUT THE ACT OF
IT THAT MUCH, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
AND THAT SOUNDS COLD IN A WAY, BUT I FINALLY THOUGHT, WELL,
LET'S HAVE A PARTY, THEN, FOR THE CELEBRATION OF AND WE'LL GO
AHEAD AND LEGALIZE THIS THING.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
I REALLY THOUGHT IT ENDED THAT KIND OF A PARTY FEEL, BUT
IT WAS SO MUCH MORE MEANINGFUL IN THE MOMENT TO ME THAN I
PREDICTED AND IT'S BEEN RESONANTLY MORE MEANINGFUL
AFTERWARD THAN I EVER SAW COMING.
I HAVE BEEN AN ADULT GAY PERSON FOR SO LONG IN A TIME WHERE THAT
WASN'T POSSIBLE THAT LIFE WAS "FINE."
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
I GOT ALONG FINE, AND OUR RELATIONSHIP DID.
>> Reporter: YOU WERE IN A RELATIONSHIP FOR MANY YEARS
WITHOUT GETTING MARRIED.
WHAT CHANGED FOR YOU, NOW THAT YOU AND TODD ARE MARRIED?
WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP?
>> I DON'T KNOW ON A SPECIFIC DAY-TO-DAY SENSE WHAT IT IS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS ANYTHING.
THERE IS AN UNDERLYING THING, A LITTLE BUZZ OF SOMETHING THAT I
KNOW.
I KEEP REMINDING MYSELF OF IT AND I KIND OF FORGET, AND THEN,
WE'RE A LEGAL THING, JUST LIKE MOM AND DAD WERE!
WHATEVER.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) DID YOU FEEL DIFFERENT BEFORE
YOU GOT MARRIED?
>> Stephen: WE WERE ONLY TOGETHER TWO AND A HALF YEARS,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YEAH, IT FEELS DIFFERENT.
I HAVE BEEN MARRIED 24 YEARS NOW.
>> PRETTY DAMN GOOD.
>> Stephen: ( CHEERING )
>> Stephen: AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THAT BETTER OR WORSE THING
IS FANTASTIC.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE THERE ARE WORSTS.
NOBODY'S THEIR BEST ALL THE TIME.
YOU WANT TO BE THE BERT BUT WHEN YOU'RE YOUR WORST AND YOU'RE IN
A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEBODY WHO SAID I KNEW THIS COULD BE BAD
BUT I'M HERE WITH YOU FOREVER, THE SENSE OF ETERNITY IS VERY
COMFORTING.
>> YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
THERE IS SOMETHING -- AND I FELT THIS EVEN BEFORE GETTING
MARRIED -- THIS IS GETTING REALLY DEEP FOR A SECOND -- IS
THAT THESE PEOPLE CAN TAKE IT.
>> YOU CAN HANDLE THE TRUTH.
THERE IS THIS SENSE OF DIVINITY, TO BE -- I FELT LIKE THIS, I
STILL FEEL LIKE THIS -- TO BE IN LOVE, TO FIND LOVE IN THAT WAY
IS AS CLOSE AS ANYTHING ELSE I CAN IMAGINE IN DOING IN LIFE
THAT GIVES ME THE FEELING OF BEING CLOSE TO GOD OR WHATEVER
THAT IS FOR YOU, THE SENSATION.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST -- I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GOING TO GO
INTO THIS.
WHEN WE FIRST GOT TOGETHER I CAN REMEMBER LYING IN BED, CLOSING
MY EYES BUT NOT BEING ASLEEP AND THAT SENSATION OF LIGHT, LIGHT,
LIGHT!
AND I WAS, LIKE, OH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON EXACTLY,
BUT IT FEELS LIKE CLOSE TO SOMETHING IMPORTANT, ETERNAL,
YOU KNOW.
MY DAD HAD PASSED BEFORE A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE I MET
TODD, AND I REMEMBER VERY EARLY ON THE SENSATION I WOULD HAVE
WHEN I CLOSED MY EYES AND I FELT THAT LIGHT AND I THOUGHT, THAT'S
HIM!
HE'S GOING I SEE YOU, ALL GOOD, THIS IS A GREAT THING!
IT BOTH WAS AND WASN'T, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IF I THINK IT,
BUT I STILL FEEL THAT NOW, MAYBE NOT AS OFTEN BECAUSE LIFE GETS
IN THE WAY, BUT SOMETIMES THAT SENSATION IN CLOSING THE EYES
AND GOING THIS IS SO CLOSE TO GOD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER WORD TO USE FOR IT.
>> Stephen: LOVE.
THERE.
( APPLAUSE ) WAS ANY OF THIS ON THE CARD?
>> Stephen: THAT'S IT.
THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.
UH-HUH.
>> WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
>> Stephen: NOW, MONDAY -- EASON PREMIERE.
>> Stephen: OF "YOUNG SHELDON."
>> YES.
>> Stephen: THIS WAS YOUR IDEA, YOU SAID WE SHOULD HAVE A
YOUNG SHELDON.
>> TODD AND I WERE TALKING, WE RUN A PRODUCTION COMPANY, ERIC
WAS, LIKE, PERSONAL IDEAS FROM YOUR LIFE ARE SO MUCH EASIER TO
SELL BECAUSE THEY'RE MEANINGFUL AND YOU CAN PITCH THEM AND GET A
GOOD WRITER TEAM BECAUSE NONE OF US WRITE AND WE WERE, LIKE,
LET'S GO THROUGH THE FAMILY.
WE WENT THROUGH MY MOTHER AND SISTER, IT WOULD BE GOOD COMEDY
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD LIKE IT.
THEN WHO'S THE BIGGEST CHARACTER IN MY FAMILY?
10-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL -- IS HE 11 NOW?
SORRY, MICHAEL.
>> Stephen: YOU MAKE IT SEEM LIKE HE'S NOT ALL RIGHT.
>> NO, THAT WAS THE WRONG GESTURE AND NOISE, THEN.
HE'S BRIGHTER THAN THE REST OF THE FAMILY.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
BUT ALSO, IN TEXAS, AND WE STARTED TOYING WITH IT AND IT
WAS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERGING VERY CLOSE TO WHAT COULD
BE CONSIDERED A YOUNG SHELDON.
SO I WROTE CHUCK, LAURIE, AND I WAS, LIKE, I JUST WANT TO PUT
THIS OUT HERE, IF YOU THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA WE SHOULD RUN
WITH, LET'S GO.
BUT IF YOU DON'T, AND I SENSE YOU MAY NOT, BECAUSE SOMEBODY
MAY HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS ALREADY, THEN WE'LL GO OUR OWN
WAY AND STEER CLEAR WITH IF SHELDON THEORY AND GO WITH THE
NEPHEW.
AND HE WROTE BACK AND SAID I LOVE THIS.
>> Stephen: CBS SAID THIS IS THE QUICKEST ANYTHING HAD EVER
BEEN GREEN LIT.
>> WHAT'S FUNNY IS I HAD THE SENSATION THAT THE REASON
THEY'RE GOING TO SAY NO WHEN I BRING IT UP IS OF COURSE THEY'VE
THOUGHT OF THIS.
IT'S REALLY THE MOST SIMPLISTIC OF IDEAS THAT END UP BEING, OH,
GREAT!
WELL, ANY DODO BIRD COULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
A YOUNG VERSION OF HIM.
I TALKED CEASELESSLY ABOUT WHAT BEING A YOUNG BOY IN TEXAS WAS
LIKE AS SHELDON AND IT WAS SITTING THERE, A TREASURE TROVE.
>> Stephen: HOW ARE THE FAMILY DEALING WITH HARVEY?
>> THEY'RE GOOD.
THEY SUFFERED NO PERSONAL HOME DAMAGE OR ANYTHING.
IT WAS THE STRANGEST AND MOST TENSE 72 HOURS OR.
SO I'VE NEVER GONE THROUGH ANYTHING LIKE IT, IT WAS VERY
SINGULAR IN FOCUS.
IT'S SO FUNNY IN THIS DAY OF THE INTERNET AND YOU CAN STREAM
EVERYTHING.
I HAD LOCAL HOUSTON NEWS STREAMING EVERYTHING ON MY
COMPUTER BECAUSE THEY WERE GIVING THE MOST PERTAINING TO
STREETS.
MY SISTER'S HOUSE WAS ALWAYS FINE.
MY MOTHER IS ALONE AND IN A ONE-STORY HOUSE, SO SHE WAS
FINE, FINE, AND THEN THE STREETS FILLED UP AND THEN IT GOT TO HER
SIDEWALK, AND THERE WAS THIS DEBATE GOING ON, SHALL WE TAKE
HER WITH US?
AND WE'RE, LIKE, WHAT ARE WE THINKING?
TAKE HER WITH YOU BECAUSE HOPEFULLY NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T WANT TO BE CHOPPERED OFF YOUR ROOF.
>> NO, AND MY SISTER'S FRIENDS, PEOPLE WE KNOW HAD TO CLIMB UP
ON THEIR ROOF.
I WAS, LIKE, I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF MY 69-YEAR-OLD MOTHER
CRAWLING UP ON THE ROOF.
>> Stephen: MM-HMM.
FOR ANY REASON.
>> FOR ANY REASON.
>> Stephen: TO CLEAR THE GUTTERS.
>> NO MORE CLEANING GUTTERS, HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, DOWN,
WOMAN, DOWN!
>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) "YOUNG SHELDON" APPEARS MONDAY
8:30 ON CBS RIGHT AFTER THE SEASON PREMIERE OF "THE BIG BANG
THEORY."
JIM PARSONS, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE BACK WITH PAMELA ADLON!