TICKET AT EXTRA PLUS ON
SOUTH HOOVER STREET AT
VENICE BOULEVARD.
OH, DEAR.
YA.
THAT BOY HAS A
TATTOO.
HE DOES.
WONDER IF HE KNOWS
IT'S IN VIOLATION OF THE
DRESS CODE.
SHARON: THE NEW COMEDY "YOUNG
SHELDON" REPAIR-- PREMIERES
RIGHT HERE ON CBS 2 TONIGHT.
THE SHOW IS A PREQUEL TO
THE HIT CBS COMEDY "BIG
BANG THEORY" AND TOLD
THROUGH THE EYES OF
SHELDON COOPER AT THE
AGE OF NINE AND FOLLOWS
HIM AS HE ENTERS HIGH
SCHOOL IN EAST TEXAS.
JEFF: THIS MORNING STARS JIM
PARSON AND LAIN ARMITAGE WHO
PLAYS YOUNG SHELDON ARE JOINING
US AND WE ARE THRILLED.
SHARON: SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU.
HELLO.
WE ARE SO HAPPY TO BE
HERE.
JEFF: HELLO AND GOOD MORNING
FROM LOS ANGELES.
NOT SURE HOW MUCH OF
SHELDON'S CHILDHOOD HAD
BEEN WRITTEN INTO "BIG
BANG THEORY", BUT DID
YOU HAVE A LOT OF INPUT
INTO DRAWING THAT
CHARACTER?
WELL, OUR SOURCE
MATERIAL REALLY BEFORE
IT TURNED INTO SHELDON
WAS WE WERE LOOKING AT
DOING A SHOW ABOUT MY
REAL-LIFE NEPHEW WHO IS
ALSO INTELLIGENT GROWING
UP IN TEXAS AND IT'S NOT
THE SAME THING AS
SHELDON, BUT THE DYNAMIC
IS SIMILAR WHICH IS WHAT
LED US TO THE IDEA AND
WHAT I FIRST STARTED
TALKING TO CHUCK LORI
AND STEVE I ASSUMED THEY
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
POOH-POOHED THE IDEA
BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE
HAD IT AND THEY DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW IF IT WAS A
GOOD IDEA, BUT THEY
REALLY TOOK TO IT.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT
WAS A GOOD IDEA?
NO.
YOU ARE SO SMART.
I CAN'T SEE HOW.
IT GAVE YOU A JOB.
OF COURSE YOU THINK IT'S
A GOOD IDEA
I ALSO THINK IT'S A
GOOD IDEA BECAUSE IT
REALLY IS.
TURNS OUT IT WAS A
LOVELY IDEA
SHARON: LOVELY IDEA.
DIAN, DID JIM GIVE YOU
TIPS ON HOW TO PLAY YOUR
CHARACTER?
YES, HE DID.
MEDIOCRE.
WELL, HE GAVE ME
REALLY GOOD TIPS.
HE DID NOT NEED A
WHOLE LOT OF THEM.
THE HARDEST PART ABOUT
PLAYING THIS CHARACTER
FOR SOMEONE AS LOVING
AND EMPATHETIC A PERSON
AS IAN IS TO SHUT THAT
OFF AS YOU KNOW HOW
SHELDON DOES.
HE CAN BE VERY, NOT COLD
NECESSARILY, BUT OBTUSE
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW
WHAT HE IS SAYING IS
MEAN OR RENEWED AND
THAT'S THE ONLY THING I
THINK TAKES LIKE IT'S
OKAY TO FLAT OUT SAY
THAT.
BUT, MOSTLY YOU JUST
FLEW FROM THE MOMENT YOU
HAD THE AUDITION.
ON GOING TO FLY AWAY.
JEFF: IN-- IN, HAVE YOU HAD TO
LEARN A LOT OF NEW WORDS, FOR
EXAMPLE OBTUSE?
YEAH.
THAT ACTUALLY I HAD-- I
ACTUALLY ALREADY KNEW
THAT WORD.
DO YOU MEAN IT IN THE
WAY OF EIGHT TRIANGLE,
STUFF LIKE THAT CRACKS?
YOU LEARNED
DIAPHANOUS.
I DID.
I DID NOT KNOW WHAT
THAT MEANT UNTIL YOU
SAID IT, MEANS YOU CAN
SEE THROUGH IT.
YUP.
AS IT SHELDON WOULD SAY
IT MEANS I CAN SEE HER
BRASSIERE.
SHARON: THAT'S RIGHT.
WE SAW THAT.
ARE YOU ANYTHING LIKE
YOUR CHARACTER, YOUNG
SHELDON AT ALL?
NO.
SHARON: YOU'RE NOT?
DEFINITELY NOT THAT
SMART.
MR. JIM IS.
SHARON: YOU BOTH ARE VERY SMART.
WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO FOR
FUN WHEN YOU ARE NOT?
I KNOW YOU HAVE A BUSY
SCHEDULE.
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
WHAT DO YOU DO FOR
FUN?
LET'S SEE.
I USUALLY PLAY AT HOME.
I LOVE PLAYING WITH MY
TOYS AND I ALSO LOVE
GOING TO PARKS WITH
FRIENDS.
I LOVE--
MAGIC QUÉBEC YES, I
LOVE MAGIC.
THEATER?
YES.
YOU HAVE BEEN?
YES I HAVE GONE TO
TIMES THAT I WANT TO GO
AGAIN.
THERE IS LITTLE YOU
CAN SHOW HIM THAT HE HAS
NOT SEEN BEFORE.
SHARON: IT WAS LOVELY TO HAVE
YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING THE SHOW.
CONGRATULATIONS IS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
JEFF: "YOUNG SHELDON" DEBUTS AT
8:30 P.M. RIGHT AFTER THE SEASON
