The Big Bang Theory: Access All Areas Page #3

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"Where's the other white guy?"

When I watch scenes on

every show when you know

there's not a live audience,

it's just slightly

soulless. Something's missing,

they are a tangible presence in the

room, almost like another character.

Some of my favourite scenes,

which also seem to be fans'

favourite scenes,

between Amy and Sheldon,

do not play that way all week.

The way you see them on TV is

the way that the studio audience

determines that they get played.

There's nothing like people

seeing Sheldon

and Amy kiss for the first time.

You can't gauge that.

Fascinating.

Um, and for me, that's really

where a scene gets life that it

doesn't have for the

previous five days.

It's like I'm

living in a dictatorship.

"You must take a vacation, you must

have fun, you must enjoy life."

I don't think you have a good

handle on dictatorships.

There are moments

when you can't help

but get carried away like

I guess you would in theatre.

You try to keep your pants on.

It's not always possible!

No, but we do our best.

The audience is amazing cos

they give you instant reaction.

And they don't lie.

They'll tell you immediately

if something is working or not.

I am the king of nerds.

What does that mean?

That means if anyone displeases me

I can arrange to have their email

inbox spammed.

We do quite a bit of re-writing

here on the fly with them.

Well, it means

if anyone displeases me

I don't help them

set up their printer.

You have to listen to the audience

to get the rhythm of it and then

we wait for the laugh and sometimes

it never comes and then we cry...

Um, guys? Guys?

No, it's gonna come.

I know it's been ten minutes,

just trust me.

I've been doing this for a really

long time and it's humbling

how often the studio audience

will tell you that what you thought

was hilarious is not hilarious.

And what you thought was,

meh, is fabulous.

I just don't know how I'm going

to break it to him.

How about topless?

Well, you waggle those puppies

in his face I bet you'd get him

to join the marines.

I think this is good,

I dunno, I hope it is,

if it's not the audience will

tell us and we'll fix it.

I just don't know how I'm going

to break it to him.

Hey, you know, I'm a big believer

in breaking bad news to a guy

when you're in bed with him.

That's how I told my high school

boyfriend I slept with his brother.

That's how I told his brother

the same thing!

You can't anticipate what other

people are going to respond to

and if you think you can,

you're crazy.

Time and again we've

run into situations,

with Sheldon especially, where

it's like, just coming off too mean.

They're not laughing they're going,

"Ohh..." You know?

And that's not the intent.

Sheldon's not cruel, he's honest.

When instead of a laugh

there's an "Ohhh."

Yeah.

Richard Feynman was a famous

American physicist.

Part of the Manhattan project.

Everyone in the world of science

knows who Richard Feynman was.

Now you do too.

In front of the audience

most of us can stay pretty focused

but it's some of the

playfulness that Jim

and I have that really kind

of brings out some of the giggles.

She broke that, it was fine!

Control yourself!

Are there times when you do just

totally lose it

even when the audience are there?

Oh, in as far as getting the giggles?

Yeah.

Kunal is the worst for that,

he cracks himself up constantly.

Follow your heart.

I'm the worst at that.

Yeah, I heard that.

That's why you asked me

this question?

Yeah, it's leading. It's leading.

No, it's so bad, like,

it's cos I'm having the most fun.

No, it's probably cos I'm

the most unprofessional.

He can't stop

laughing at his own jokes.

And so I'll come over and whisper

to him "Sometimes babies die."

And that steels him up.

When I first got here the...

Can I take it from there?

English is tough!

I'm going to be doing some

brain-stem estology

while you get yourself on the.

I have no idea what that line is.

With a live audience,

when they're enjoying it

and their laughter is

sincere and loud, it's...

That's a great,

great sense of gratification.

Too much?

Ooooh!

Yeah. No.

And that's a cut!

We have a wonderfully loyal audience

and there's a bond there

over five years.

You have given us

your half hour to watch the show,

I want you to come away thinking it

was a half hour well spent.

What an experience, I genuinely feel

quite lucky to have gained

this insight into the making

of the show.

Turns out it's both complicated

and fun in equal measure.

But I think I'll leave

the final word

on the last hundred episodes

to the cast.

What are you

tuning in for every week?

It's not the story and the sense

of what will happen this week

as much as it is, whatever happens

I want to see what these people do.

Here we are five years later...

Really close and a hundred episodes

that's over 500 days

here in the same room

with the same people.

Part of the reason we're still

here is it's a great cast.

These are really talented actors

and they can do anything

we ask them to do.

They couldn't be a nicer group

of people, they were so welcoming.

And the fact that nobody's

killed another person yet...

Is a real achievement!

Yeah, is a real achievement!

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