FOLKS, GET READY, BECAUSE YOU
KNOW MY FIRST GUEST FROM "BEACHES," "BLOSSOM,"
AND OF COURSE "THE BIG BANG THEORY." PLEASE WELCOME MAYIM BIALIK. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
( BAND PLAYING ) >> Stephen: PLEASE, AFTER YOU. NICE TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. >> NICE TO BE HERE. >> Stephen: NOT ONLY ARE YOU
ON THIS SHOW ON CBS TONIGHT, BUT TONIGHT THE SEASON FINALE OF
SEASON 10 OF BIG BANG THEORY IS TONIGHT AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS
TAPED BEFORE THAT BROADCAST. >> CORRECT. >> Stephen: IT'S WHATEVER,
3:45 OR -- >> EVERYONE DIES -- WHOOPS! ( LAUGHTER )
JUST KIDDING. >> Stephen: HARD TO MAKE THAT
FUNNY. NEW "BIG BANG" THE UNIVERSE
STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN? IS IT SOMETHING HAVING TO DO
WITH YOUR CHARACTER? >> YES. >> Stephen: YOU HAVE A ONE IN
SEVEN CHANCE OF BEING RIGHT WITH THAT GUESS. >> Stephen: YOU'RE HERE, MIGHT
AS WELL TAKE A STAB WITH IT. >> SOMETHING BIG HAPPENS WITH MY
CHARACTER AND SHELDON. >> Stephen: SOMETHING BIG HAS
ALREADY HAPPENED BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU. >> WE HAD COITUS. >> Stephen: WHAT A LOVELY WAY
TO PUT IT. >> ARE YOU BLUSHING? >> Stephen: UNDER ALL THIS
MAKEUP. ( LAUGHTER )
WE HAD JIM PARSONS ON LAST WEEK AND HE SAID HE'S NOT ACTUALLY
UNDERSTANDING ANY OF THE THINGS HE SAYS ON THAT SHOW, NOR DOES
HE WANT TO UNDERSTAND. >> CORRECT. >> Stephen: YOU ACTUALLY HAVE
A Ph.D. IN NEUROSCIENCE. >> CORRECT. >> Stephen: WAS THAT JUST,
LIKE, INTENSE? WAS THAT INTENSE METHOD ACTING? HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT? >> NO. ACTUALLY, I TOOK TIME OFF. I WAS ON "BLOSSOM" WHEN I WAS
YOUNGER. I TOOK OFF 12 YEARS TO GET MY
UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE DEGREE AT U.C.L.A., HAD TWO
CHILDREN, DID A LOT OF THINGS IN THOSE YEARS. I RETURNED TO ACTING, HONESTLY
BECAUSE WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF HEALTH INSURANCE. >> Stephen: PRETTY SOON,
EVERYBODY'S GOING TO RETURN TO ACTING. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ACTING WAS THE "SAFE CHOICE"? ( LAUGHTER )
>> I HAD BEEN TEACHING NEUROSCIENCE --
>> Stephen: WHERE WERE YOU TEACHING NEUROSCIENCE? >> I TAUGHT JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH
SCHOOL IN OUR HOME SCHOOL IN LOS ANGELES AND ALSO TAUGHT
BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. >> Stephen: DO YOU EVER
EXPLAIN TO THE OTHER CAST MEMBERS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
MEANS? >> SO HERE'S THE THING ABOUT
ACTORS -- THEY DON'T LIKE WHEN OTHER ACTORS SAY, LET ME GIVE
YOU A LITTLE POINTER ON THAT ONE ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: NOT EVEN PRONUNCIATION? >> THEY DON'T LIKE THAT AT ALL,
NO. >> Stephen: I LOVE ANYONE'S
ENTHUSIASM FOR KNOWLEDGE. SCIENCE ISN'T ALWAYS VALUED AS
MUCH AS IT SHOULD BE. >> TRUE. >> Stephen: THE PEOPLE ON THE
CHARACTERS Y'ALL PORTRAY ON THE SHOW ARE REFERRED TO AS IN OTHER
WORDS. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT TERM
"NERD"? >> ACTUALLY, MY FIRST EMAIL
ADDRESS EVER WAS "NERD" AT UCLA.EDU. >> Stephen: THAT WAS
AVAILABLE? >> THAT'S RIGHT, IN 1995, IT
WASN'T COOL YET AND NO ONE WANTED IT, BUT I DID. ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WHAT MAKES SOMEONE A NERD, IN YOUR OPINION? BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF
CONTROVERSY OVER THE DEFINITION OF NERD SOMETIMES, LIKE THERE'S
A RISE OF NERD CULTURE AND PEOPLE WANT TO BE IN OTHER WORDS
BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT QUALIFIES YOU TO BE NERD. I THOUGHT NERD JUST MEANS YOU'RE
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SOMETHING. >> I'M ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS
MUG. I'M A MUG NERD. >> Stephen: AN ANCIENT DESIGN. IT'S HOW THINGS WORK ON AN
ACADEMIC ON INTELLECTUAL LEVEL? YEAH, GENERALLY FALL UNDER NERD. IN OTHER WORDS DON'T TEND TO
HAVE AN ELABORATE SOCIAL LIFE BUT THEY CAN. WE DO. >> Stephen: YEAH. INFORMATION IS YOUR --
>> YOU'RE NOW MY BEST FRIEND. SO I HAD NO OTHER PLANS TONIGHT. THIS IS IT. >> Stephen: COULD I QUALIFY AS
A NERD? >> TELL ME SOME OF THE THINGS
YOU LIKE. BESIDES MUGS. >> Stephen: I REALLY LIKE
ASTRONOMY. >> OKAY. >> Stephen: I REALLY LOVE THE
LORD OF THE RINGS AND TOLKIN. >> THAT WOULD QUALIFY YOU AS A
GEEK IN MY BOOK. WE COULD LITERALLY TALK ABOUT
THIS ALL NIGHT. >> Stephen: LET'S CANCEL ALL
THE OTHER GUESTS. LET'S GEEK OUT. SO NERD VERSUS GEEK. >> I'D SAY GEEK TENDS TO BE
SOMEONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, FANTASY,
YOU KNOW, "STAR WARS" CULTURE, STAR TREK. THOSE PEOPLE AREN'T NECESSARILY
ACADEMICALLY OR INTELLECTUALLY INCLINED BUT ARE INCLINED
TOWARDS HAVING FRIENDS WHO ALSO LIKE THOSE KIND OF GEEKY THINGS
AND THAT'S THEIR SOCIAL CIRCLE. IN OTHER WORDS ARE BY
THEMSELVES. GEEKS ARE BY THEMSELVES WITH
OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO BY THEMSELVES. ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: SO LET ME SEE IF I GET THIS RIGHT. A GEEK, IF I'M INTERPRETING
CORRECTLY, IS, OH, YEAH, I KNOW THAT DUDE, I MET HIM AT COMIC
CON. THE NERD IS I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS
SO QUIET. >> Stephen: WHY ARE YOU
PERPETUATING STEREOTYPE? THAT'S MY JOB ON "THE BIG BANG
THEORY." ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A NEW BOOK CALLED "GIRLING UP" HOW TO
BE STRONG, SMART AND SPECTACULAR. >> RIGHT. >> Stephen: HOW DOES ONE GIRL
UP? >> BY BECOMING A WOMAN FROM A
GIRL. I USED MY SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND
AND MY INTEREST IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A WOMAN. FOR ME, I WAS A VERY UNUSUAL
CHILD -- I'M SURE THAT'S SHOCKING TO YOU -- I'M PRETTY
MUCH AN UNUSUAL ADULT, AND I WROTE THIS BOOK TO SPEAK ABOUT
THE FULL FEMALE EXPERIENCE BOTH FOR GIRLS WHO DON'T FIT IN AND
THOSE WHO DO TO TEACH ABOUT THE FULL EXPERIENCE WITH A
BACKGROUND IN SCIENCE IN TERMS OF THE HORMONES AND THE
BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES OF BEING A FEMALE? ADDITION TO DEALING WITH
DIFFICULT THINGS IN THE 21s 21st CENTURY FEMALE GIRLS HAVE
TO DEAL WITH. >> Stephen: I'M A 52-YEAR-OLD
MAN. IS THERE ANY WAY A MAN CAN GIRL
UP? ANYTHING POSITIVE TO LEARN FROM
THIS? >> YOU JUST ASKED ME TWO
DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. THERE IS SOMETHING POSITIVE YOU
CAN LEARN FROM THIS -- >> Stephen: BUT I CAN'T GIRL
UP? >> HOW GENDER FLUID ARE YOU
FEELING TONIGHT? >> Stephen: THE NIGHT IS
YOUNG. ( APPLAUSE )
"GIRLING UP" OUT NOW!
