FOLKS, (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).

>> Stephen: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TONIGHT, TONIGHT I'M

PROUD TO SAY WE HAVE THE SCARS FROM THE BIGGEST, BANGIEST

COMEDY ON TELEVISION, THEIR SERIES FINALE AIRED TONIGHT

AFTER 12 SEASONS.

PLEASE WELCOME THE CAST OF THE BIGG OF "THE BIG BANG THEORY,"

JIM PAR SONS, JOHNNY GALECKI, KALEY COCOA, MAYIM BIALIK,

MELISSA ROWCH, KUNAL NAYYAR AN SIMON HELBERG.

♪ PLEAS, PLEASE HAVE A SEAT.

MY IMOODNESS.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) I, I, FIRST OF ALL I JUST WANT

TO START OFF WITH AN ENTHUSIASTIC AND PROPER

CONGRATULATIONS FOR WHAT YOU GUYS ACHIEVED OVER THE LAST 12

YEARS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Stephen: I SAW YOU ALL LAST NIGHT BACKSTAGE AT THE CBS UP

FRONTER WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING SEASON AND

ADVERTISED YOU OVER AT CARNEGIE HALL.

AND I SAW YOU, HEY, HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING.

WAIT A SECRETARY, WHY IS EVERYONE SO CAVALIER, THESE GUYS

ARE ABOUT TOO GO OUT AND ESSENTIALLY TAKE A■ BOW FOR THE

YEARS,-- 12 YEARS, THE SIGNATURE CULTURAL ARTIFACT THAT THEY

CREATED FOR AMERICAN AND WORLDVIEWERS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Stephen: IT IS HARD T IS REALLY RARE.

>> YEAH.

(APPLAUSE).

>> Stephen: IT IS EXTRAORDINARILY RARE WHAT YOU

CREATED SO CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

>> Stephen: AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANKS.

>> YOU HEARD WE ARE FINISHED RIGHT NOW.

>> Stephen: THE AUDIENCE HERE AND BY THE TIME THIS AIRS,

AMERICA HAS SEEN THE FINAL EVER EPISODE OF "THE BIG BANG

THEORY."

>> DID YOU LIKE IT.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).

>> Stephen: YOU GUYS, DO YOU LIKE, YOU LIKE WHERE WE LEFT THE

CHARACTERS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> YES.

>> THOUGHT THE WRITERS DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

>> THAT WAS NOT AN EASY FEAT.

>> I WAS WORRIED ONE OF US WAS GOING TO BE KILLED OFF IN THE

FINALE.

>> RIGHT.

BEING THE INDIAN IMIE I WAS REALLY HAPPY I MADE IT IT.

(LAUGHTER) >> WE TRIED TO SEND TO YOU

SPACE.

>> Stephen: ONE OF YOU GO INSANE AND BURN THE ENTIRE CITY.

>> NO IT'S HARD, WE HAD A LOT OF ANXIETIES ABOUT HOW THIS WAS

GOING TO GO, US AS ACTORS, THE WRITERS, THERE IS ALOT OF

PRESSURE ON HOW TO END THIS.

FANS WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO WHAT.

IT WAS TOUGH AND I THINK THEY DID IT BRILLIANTLY.

>> I THINK THEY DID DID TOO.

WE WERE TALKING TO THE WRITERS A LOT, WE ARE NERVOUS.

WELL, YOU CAN'T GET IT WRONG, BECAUSE IT IS YOURS, YOU HAVE

BEEN WRITING IT, BUT, BUT WE LOOK AT IT IT THIS WAY, YOU

CAN'T GET IT RIGHT T IS A SERIES FINALE, SOMEONE IS GOING TO HATE

IT IT, THEY ARE ALL DIVISIVE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BUT I THINK THIS

ONE REALLY-- I CAN'T IMAGINE IT IT BEING THAT DIVISIVE,

ACTUALLY.

>> I AGREE.

>> BUT WE'LL FIND OUT TOMORROW.

>> CHECK YOUR INSTA FEED.

>> Stephen: WELL, AFTER 12 SEASONS AND A RECORD 279 EPISODE

RUNS, IT IS THE LONGEST RUNNING SITCOM, STUDIO SITCOM IN

HISTORY.

(APPLAUSE) >> DID IT FEEL LIKE THE LONGEST

ONE.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY NO, I'M SURPRISED EVERY TIME THAT COMES

UP.

IT KIND OF WENT BY PRETTY QUICK.

>> I JUST WANTED TO BEAT "CHEERS."

I HATE "CHEERS," HAVE ALWAYS HATED "CHEERS."

TAKE THAT, "CHEERS."

>> Stephen: WHAT WAS THE LAST DAY OF FILMING LIKE, AFTER 12

YEARS TOGETHER.

>> VERY BIZARRE EVEN DRIVING INTO WORK.

BECAUSE WE SHOT MOST OF THE SHOW.

MOST OF IT WE SHOT A FEW DAYS PRIOR.

SO ALMOST DRIVING IN IT IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THE LAST DAY OF

SCHOOL IN A WEIRD WAY.

YOU DON'T GET A LOT OF WORK DONE.

YOU ARE KIND OF TAKING PICTURES WITH PEOPLE AND CRYING.

>> YEAH.

>> IT WAS WEIRD.

>> WE HAD SUCH, WHO PUT TOGETHER THE YEAR BOOK.

>> I THINK IT IT WAS -- THE STAFF.

>> SOME OF THE UP AND UPS, I FEEL LIKE SOME PRODUCERS AND

SOME EVEN OF OUR PA'S PUT TOGETHER ACTUALLY A YEAR BOOK.

>> A HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK OR WHATEVER IT WAS SO

BEAUTIFULFULLY DONE BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, THE LAST WEEK OF WORK

WAS-- SIGN MY YEAR BOOK.

>> SIGN MY YEAR BOOK.

I WAS LIKE OH MY GOD.

>> IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCENES, CUT, THEY WILL REWRITE SOMETHING

AND THE CREW WOULD COME, WHILE WE ARE WAITING COULD YOU SIGN MY

YEAR BOOK.

>> Stephen: WHAT YOU WOULD SAY WITHIN KEEP IN TOWMP.

>> SEE YOU ON THE NECK LONGEST RUNNING SHOW.

>> Stephen: WERE THERE SENIOR SEUR LATIFS LIKE WHO WAS MOST

LIKELY TO SUCCEED.

>> NO, THEY DID SOME OF THOSE, I THOUGHT.

>> DID HE HAD.

>> IN A FUNNY WAY BUT WE ALSO DID SCL PORTRAITS.

SO EVERY SINGLE CREW MEMBER, WE DID PORTRAIT, WHICH WAS

HYSTERICAL TRK WAS REALLY CUTE, IT REALLY AS FROM THE

BEGINNING, A FULL 12 YEARS OF THE BOOK.

>> I REMEMBER WHEN THEY YELLED CUT AFTER THE FINAL SCEEB AND I

HAD REALIZED THOSE WERE THE LAST WORDS I EVER SAID AS RAJ, THAT

IS WHEN I BEGAN TO FEEL IT REMEMBER THAT LAST SCENE.

I WAS IN THE LAST SCENE WERE YOU IN, BUT WHEN I REALIZED THOSE

WERE THE LAST WORDS I EVER SAID AS THAT CHARACTER WAS WHEN I

REALLY FELT IT.

>> I THINK WHEN WE ENDED THE SCENE IN THE LIVING ROOM AS A

GROUP AND WE ALL WERE BEING TO, BECAUSE WE USUALLY START OFF AND

DO OUR THING AND WE LOOKED AT EACH ORE AND GO THAT'S OUR LAST

GROUP SCENE AND WE ALL CAME IN FOR THIS BIG HUG AND IT IT WAS

JUST WE HAD DONE SO MANY SCENES IN THAT LIVING ROOM, EATING A

LOT OF FOOD.

A LOT OF FOOD.

>> Stephen: LET'S GO BACK A LITTLE BIT HERE.

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THEIR AUDITION FOR THIS?

>> OH GOSH YES.

>> YEAH, DOESN'T EVERYBODY.

>> I REMEMBER MAY-- WELL, I HAD A JOB AND WE WERE DOING A

CHEMISTRY READ ONCE THEY FOUND JIM, I WENT TO LOOK FOR HIM.

>> Stephen: A CHEMISTRY READ MEANS HOW PEOPLE RELATE TO

EACHER OTHER WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT "THE BIG BANG THEORY" IT COULD

BE ABOUT CHEMISTRY.

>> THAT IS POINT.

I'M THINKING IT IS NOT ABOUT CHEMISTRY WITHIN THAT IS MINE

AND I REMEMBER FINDING JIM THINKING OH, HE MIGHT, YOU KNOW,

DO YOU WANT TO READ IT IT THRAW A COUPLE TIMES.

DO YOU WANT TO REHEARSE.

HE SAID NO.

AND I SAID WE'RE GOING TO GET ALONG GREAT.

>> Stephen: PURE PROFESSIONAL.

>> I AM, I AM.

>> I WAS AT THE UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE THE DAY THAT I GOT THE

AUDITION.

>> IS THAT TRUE?

>> YEAH.

AND I WAS SO OVER THE MOON.

>> A IMREAT PLACE TO BE, BY THE WAY.

>> I WAS DOING ALL THESE MOCK INTERVIEWS AND SEMINARS TO

QUALIFY NOR MY CHECK AND GOT THE AUDITION AND WAS OVER THE MOON

BUT I WAS LIKE THERE IS NO CHANCE I WILL GET.

THIS AND I GOT A CALL SAYING I WOULD HAVE A CALLBACK AND I WAS

THINKING I HAVE ANOTHER SEMINAR THE NEXT DAY.

IT IS HIGH STAKES POKER, DO I ROLL THE DICE AND I ENDED

UPPINGS GOING TO THE CALLBACKK I'M ACTUALLY HEADED THERE AFTER

THIS.

BACK TO THE SEMINARS.

>> Stephen: WHAT WERE YOUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EACH OTHER?

>> EVERYONE WAS VERY GOOD LOOKING.

>> Stephen: THAT IS TRUE.

>> WAIT S THAT YOUR REAL ANSWER?

NO, BECAUSE THEY ASKED ME IN THE PREINTERVIEW, WHAT WAS YOUR

IMPRESSIONS OF PEOPLE AND I TOLD THEM THINGS.

THE ONE YOU HAVE TO SAY THIS OUT OUT LOUD.

I WAS LIKE SO AND SO WAS REALLY FUNNY, SO AND SO WAS JUST

WHATEVER BUT KUNAL I THOUGHT WAS THE MOST HANDSOME MAN.

>> YOU ARE.

>> I HAVE A THING-- (APPLAUSE)

>> I WAS JUST JOKING.

>> HAVE I A THING FOR BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES.

YOU REALLY CHECKED OFF MY BOXES.

AND THEN LATER I SAW YOU AS PRETTY TALENTED TOO BUT IT IT

TOOK AWHILE.

>> WE ALL THOUSAND CAYLY WAS-- KALEY WAS TOO COOL FOR

SCHOOL.

>> I JUST TURNED 21 WHEN WE STARTED THE SHOW.

AND THEY AT THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW T WAS THE GUYS AND THEY

WOULD ALL HANG OUT A LOT.

YOU IMIES HUNG OUT MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK AND I WOULD LEAVE

AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ALL THESE RAGERS WERE GOING ON.

I'M LIKE MONTHS LATER, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

>> YOU DRANK MORE THAN I DID THAT DAY.

I WAS NOT DRINKING AT ALL.

>> THEN HE THOUGHT EVENTUALLY WE TALKED ABOUT IT, WHY DON'T YOU

EVER COME OUT WITH US, I AM LIKE YOU GUYS GO OUT?

LIKE WE THOUGHT WERE YOU TOO COOL.

YOU NEVER INVITED ME.

>> WE WERE ACTUALLY ALL IN SANTA BARBARA RIGHT NOW AND YOU GOT IN

YOUR CAR AND DROVE THERE IMMEDIATELY.

>> I THINK THAT IS TRUE.

I DID DRIVE THERE BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE COOL.

>> WHEN DID YOU FIRST GET A SENSE THAT THIS SHOW WAS A

GLOBAL PHENOMENAL?

>> WE WENT TO MEXICO CITY.

>> OH YEAH.

>> SECOND SEASON.

>> IN THE SECOND SEASON.

YEAH.

AND THEY SAID WE WERE GOING TO HAVE ARMED GAWSHEDS WHICH FOR

SOME REASON DIDN'T SET ME OFF.

I THOUGHT YEAH, WE ALL GOT ON THE PLANE, SURE, SOUNDS GREAT.

NEVER TOO CAUTIOUS.

AND THEN WE LANDED AND PEOPLE WERE RUNNING AFTER US IN THE

AIRPORT.

>> LIKE THE BEATLES.

>> THE BEATLES-- OH, LIKE THE BEATLES.

>> PAUL IS RIGHT THERE.

>> OH MY GOD, PAUL MCCARTNEY, I AM SUCH A FAN OF YOURS.

THANK YOU, YOU HAVE AN ARMED GUARD.

YEAH, WE WERE ON THE COVER OF THE PAPER I THINK THE NEXT DAY

AND I THINK IT SAID, I SAW THE WORDS EL NERDO AND I DON'T SPEAK

SPANISH.

(LAUGHTER) BUT I THINK IT MEANS HUNK, YOU

KNOW.

>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH

SOME OF THE CAST OF "THE BIG BANG THEORY," QUESTIONS FOR EACH

OTHER AND THEY DON'T KNOW IT.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.