>> James: WE'RE THRILLED AND HAPPY YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE WE
ALMOST THOUGHT MAYBE YOU WOULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY BECAUSE
IS THIS TRUE, THERE IS A FLU EPIDEMIC GOING ON AT THE BIG
BANG THEORY?
>> YEAH, EVERYONE ON THE SHOW IS BADLY SICK.
EVERYONE HAS THE FLU SO WE'RE DOING SCENES IN SURGICAL MASKS.
>> James: THERE IS EVIDENCE OF SUCH THING.
LOOK.
ALL WITH THEIR -- NOW, DO THESE ACTUALLY WORK?
THESE THINGS?
WHEN I SEE SOMEONE IN AN AIRPORT -- TAKE IT OFF.
SHUT UP.
>> THIS IS LIKE AN AMERICAN THING.
WHEN I MOVED HERE IN '99, IF I GOT A COUGH OR A COLD, PEOPLE
TREATED ME LIKE I HAD THE PLAYING.
IN INDIA, WE'RE HUGGING EACH OTHER, MAKING OUT, DOESN'T
MATTER IF YOU'RE SICK.
A-CHEW!
(LAUGHTER) YEAH, EXACTLY.
>> James: DO YOU GET SICK VERY OFTEN?
>> I'M INDIAN SO I HAVE PERPETUAL DYSENTERY.
(LAUGHTER) I WAS BORN WITH IT.
>> James: WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT.
PEOPLE ARE TERRIBLE ABOUT ANY SORT OF FORM OF -- PEOPLE GO,
OH, DON'T COME NEAR ME.
>> YEAH.
>> James: I WAS GOING TO SHAKE HANDS WITH SOMEONE WHO HAD A
COLD AND HE SAID, OH, I HAVE A COLD.
I SAID, I DON'T MIND.
HE SAID, BLUETOOTH IT.
SO WE PUT OUR HANDS LIKE THIS AND WENT -- SO I WENT ALONG WITH
IT.
>> IS HE A FRIEND?