Name: Jim Parsons and Iain Armitage talk CBS' "Young Sheldon"
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Leonard is attempting to learn why subatomic particles move the way they do.

That is a beloved and brutally honest Sheldon Cooper from the CBS comedy, The Big Bang Theory.

Actor Jim Parsons has brought Sheldon to life for the past 10 years on this hit show.

And now he's also behind the camera as executive producer and narrator of a new show.

The series introduces us to the eccentric scientist as a child.

Ian Armitage stars as a boy genius in the prequel to The Big Bang Theory.

In this preview of the premiere episode, the nine-year-old Sheldon goes on his first day of high school.

I wonder if he knows that's in violation of the dress code.

Speaking of which, how about we lose the bow tie?

You take it off, and this weekend, I'll take you to Radio Shack.

We are pleased to welcome Jim Parsons and Ian Armitage to Studio 57.

So I was going to say, you earlier asked me to think of three words that were, like, really funny.

Yeah, three lines, three lines.  And actually, I have four.

First of all, that girl's blouse is diaphanous.

Second of all, we have, mom, when should I be expecting my testicles, your favorite one.

Yes, that is my favorite line in the pilot.

Third, we also have, perhaps I'll start a fad.

Well, we'll go to Jim, and you think of the last one.

You went to Les Moonves and said, wouldn't it be fun to show Sheldon before?

Why did you think we're onto something here?

The first thing we were trying to think of, it was me and my production company.

Anything related to that we could take a show out about.

And as we started talking about it, it was like, well, this is describing a young Sheldon, or it could be.

So I checked in with Chuck, first of all, because I thought, if he has any interest in this, I should talk to him about it.

I really thought, I was like, they would have thought of this before.

They've been building the material for it for a decade.

I mean, we've had anecdote after anecdote about young Sheldon that Big Sheldon has talked about.

And what they've done with it is really miraculous, in my opinion.

I love how you don't refer to yourself as Old Sheldon.

Oh, yeah.   So it only makes sense for there to be an old Sheldon.

That's the nicest thing I'll say about myself today, probably.

Ian, what did you, when you've starred in Big Little Lies, and so a lot of people know of you, but what did you think when you got this character?

I was so happy and excited that it was, like, I was just, it came sort of as a total shock, because I thought, oh, yeah, I get to do another audition.

And I was just like, my mom filming it was probably the best thing about it.

And then I got a call back, so I was like, oh, well, that's pretty good.

So I went in, I did it, and I met Mr. Jim.

So who's responsible for you being an actor?

Well, you see, it doesn't exactly run in the family, because my mom's not an actress, but my dad is an actor.

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