♪ our universe was in a constant state until ten years ago a show came the save the day ♪ ♪ the number one comedy that was loved by oh so many ♪ ♪ "e.t." has the moments that you will never forget ♪ ♪ the "big bang" and "e.t." it's the "big bang" special. from the set, the cast, what you never knew about the show and its stars. >> hi, my name is jim parsons. >> only "e.t." was there in the beginning. >> i always wanted to carry this make ro phone. >> from the beginning to the end and we have had secrets until now. >> this is definitely going to be my spot. >> this is "e.t.'s" "big bang"

special. ♪ the "big bang" and "e.t." >> welcome, everybody to "e.t." we are so excited because we are coming to you from the set of "the big bang theory." >> this really is amazing. >> i got dib on sheldon's seat! >> no. >> no, no, sorry. >> it's the one point of consistency. it nevada changes. >> i knew you were going say that. it's bittersweet because tonight it all. cos to an end. >> 12 seasons. nearly 300 shows. >> you know this show is going out with the way it all began, right? with a big bang. >> put a bow on it has to be the hardest thing ever. >> you don't want to leave some horrible cliff hanger, but it's al a comedy and you want these characters to live on. >> i just turned 46. it seemed like the right time in life to go, okay, next. >> people saying you started to look like each other. >> a weird uncomfortable

picture. >> it's time to go. >> what do we expect from tonight's hour long final s it's emotional and has a final scene that even the live studio audience didn't get to see. >> it's great. >> here's the apartment. 4a. >> we are close to the end. can you blame us for saying, we know you have given us yara shahidi, but can you give us another spinoff? >> i think all my bosses are here tonight. bring it up with them. >> it's been brought up a lot. >> if chuck wanted to do it -- if he wanted it, i'm in. >> fans we never found out what penny's maiden name is. >> now she's penny hoff stetter. >> that's not good enough for some people. they'll say, yeah, yeah, but

what's her maiden name. >> >> what's up with the elevator? we have seen it work once before he blew it up with a science experiment. >> what did you do that for? i had plenty of time. >> you're welcome. >> here's my suggestion for a finale -- >> we all fall down the elevator shaft? >> no, everybody gets in and it actually works. >> yeah, we go straight up to heaven. >> there you go. >> maybe they will finally get that elevate tore work tonight. it's the last chance. >> well, theres no question that "big bang" was destined to be a classic. "e.t." witnessed that the first time we were on the set ♪ it all started away big bang >> i've always wanted to carry this microphone. mwah. >> we are in leonard and shelby's apartment. "big bang theory." i'm going take you on a little tour.

they have these scientific posters and this thing that, loos like gum balls, but i'm sure it means something. i have no idea what that is. let's see what he have in their fridge. pretty normal. looks healthy to me. a lot of buttner there. >> those cereal boxes hasn't been change in the 12 years. as for the wardrobe. >> sheldon, that would be me, has a lot of the comic books. >> this is penny's section. i guess every -- ah! girl needs something special underneath. >> "e.t." has been on the set 12 times. we watched the cast grow and we even found out kaley's nick make for johnny. >> thanks, mooks. >> you got it. >> another thing we love, a good old flash mob. >> we never know when it's

happening. it could happen right now. ♪ that makes you larger than life ♪ >> i am now joined by the hilarious and oh so fabulous christine baranski who place leonard's mother on the show. are you ready to say good-bye to her yet? >> i think it's a greatnding for my character and her relationship with her son. and we'll all live on in reruns. >> i still have question about beverly. christine is one of the many hollywood stars that jumped at a chance for an out of this world cameo ♪ any way you want it, that's the way you need it ♪ >> all we can say is it definitely pays to be friends with the boss, chuck lorre. >> christine worked with him on "cybill." for kathy bates it was "two and

a half men." laurie metcalf worked with him on "roseanne." >> all it takes is a phone call and i come running from wherever i am. >> let me guess, you like "star wars." >> in one episode he meets james earl jones. the two play dingdong ditch on -- >> whose house is this? >> carrie fisher. >> it's not funny anymore, james! >> there have been more than 40 memorable cameos on the show. two of our favors, jerry o'connell as sheldon's brother and joe manganiello who joined the gang for a game of dungeons and dragons. >> i loved you in "magic mike." >> thanks. switch places with me? >> sara gilbert dated johnny in real life and played his girlfriend on "roseanne" so being one of his love interests.

>> just her tone of voi puts me into another character. >> i don't know about you. but i'm good until new year's. >> it's been a "big bang" for this cast's bank atk at. >> i'm so grateful. it's been a gift. >> i have been a working actor for 12 years straight, and that's kind of sane in this industry. >> nearly 1 million episodes for a total of about $24 million the final season. that's how much they are making. >> sheldon, that is incredible. >> for a little perspective, that paycheck is "friends" level money. other ways "big bang" is like the '90s state come? both casts supported each to her get higher pay. they got $100,000 knocked off their paycheck so they could get

races to 425 grand an episode. >> you genuinely care for our friends. >> the "big bang" cast will reportedly make $10 million a year in residuals alone. >> has the whole world gone mad? >> things definitely change for these guys. >> immediately before the "big bang" i was in wisconsin studying plumbing. i wanted to open up a design studio for throoms, spas. >> i was doing a lot of driving around cry inning my car. >> constitutional righting neuroscience. >> was there something you splurged on when you said, oh, i'm going to be here for a minute. >> no, i got a $16 cat litter scoop. it's really hard to -- >> you are the best. >> coming up -- >> bazinga. >> sheldon has said it nearly 60 times but where did it come from? and which other tv show said it first? >> what's funnier than "big

bang"? the bloopers we just uncovered. >> pillo fight. >> plus, from a secret on set romance to -- >> what did jim parsons keep in the cushions? you won't believe. >> what you never knew about the hey! it's me! your dry skin! i'm craving something we're missing. the ceramides in cerave. they help restore my natural barrier, so i can lock in moisture. we've got to have each other's backs... cerave. now the #1 dermatologist recommended skincare brand. get brighter eyes in a blink! new age perfect rosy tone eye from l'oréal. a brightening eye cream with imperial peony extract. helps instantly correct the look of dark circles for brighter looking eyes new rosy tone eye l'oré paris. we're worth it.

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♪ the "big bang" and "e.t." >> bazinga. >> that's the first time sheldon delivered his catch phrase. didn't happen until the final episode of season two. word came from a writer who used it when he pulled pranks in real life. >> bazinga. >> the phrase has been around for a while. it was heard on x files in 2000. and family guy in 2001. we learned where young sheldon got it when he was buying items from the novelty bazinga company. toughest thing you ever had to say? >> well, a lot of science stuff is really tough, but i honestly -- it's more than scientific it's the concepts,

trying to explain them. that's why i get confused because i understand it just enough to mess myself up. >> real life neuroscientist, come on. >> what was tough for you, anything? >> i don't know. not really. >> nothing's tough for her. >> >> wow, no foreplay or anything, just right to it. it turns out it can be tough keeping it together. we found plenty of bloopers. >> every once in a while went we get into bed i put on a little show for her. >> she can make asound effect like 10% of liver failure sound like a 90% chance of -- ugh! >> action. >> no idea. >> listen to me -- we can't do ---our dialogue any longer. >> what is happening?

>> who broke the most? kaley wins that crown. >> are you sure the guys are cool with me going? >> yeah, of course. why? >> this is usually you guys do something together and if i -- good. went down. >> call us if there are any problems. >> no, no, no. >> pillow fight. >> i forgot. >> oh! >> moist palms, dry mouths and localized vascular throbbing. >> still ahead, we are taking you back to the "big bang" beginning. >> i didn't even get hired originally. >> from first hired to nearly fired. >> i knew you would screw this up. >> i didn't screw it up. >> oh, please. >> and, before they were stars, how we first met the cast. >> there are many days i'm afraid to go in front of the

camera. >> how mayim's mom got her discovered. >> my first screen kiss. >> was she? >> she was. closed captioning provided by -- just when you thought you were done painting...

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t-shirts you rocked throughout the span of the show? >> 32. >> come on. more than 400. >> what? that many exist? >> yes! yes. >> well, there you go. i learned nothing. >> see? look at that. by the way, sheldon's fashion isn't the only thing that is a secret aroundere. we learned some of the set secrets when "e.t." visited. >> johnny's the cutest thing in the world. i have a crush on him. delicious. >> that's kaley, pretty close to the time she and johnny started their relationship. they covertly dated two years. i'm not sure how everyone missed it because the flirting was on fire. >> sheldon -- >> we should have told him. >> that's how to sell it. >> i'm just joking. go ahead, johnny galecki. tell us. >> sheldon has -- this is the last interview i ever do with her. i look much better when i'm not

sharing a shot with her. >> not true at all. >> capital "d." >> things ended but the two didn't become bitter exes. kaley said, we dodged a bullet. a bitter war. >> we are really good friends now. it all worked out for the best. other secrets, the show was originally called "lenny, penny, and kenny." johnny's glasses have no lens and kaley wasn't an original part of the show. >> i didn't get hired originally. >> the original incarnation was she was a mean spirited character and that's not kaley. she's full of light. >> sheldon originally went to johnny. >> i said i'm more driven to this character. i'm not sure why i said it but i'm glad i did because i can't hold a candle to sheldon. >> why did you come? >> i knew you would screw it up.

>> i didn't screw it up. >> oh, please! >> you're the props master. food and takeout are popular. >> dumplings. jim mostly moves the stuff around. in the cafeteria, moves the sliced olives around. >> i want to show you some secrets. jim parsons, this is where your scripts go. also these cards have definitions on them. one more secret -- back in 2010, kaley had an accident, the horse landed on her, shattering her legs. they hid the pink cast by making her a bartender. there was no special treatment behind the scenes. >> i'm wheeling myself around in a wheelchair. they stick me in corners where i can't get out, like austin powers. >> no, no, they don't know she's broken. she doesn't go upstairs to the dressing room anymore. they moved her into the very

large green room for the writers. i said her leg is broken she's not sudden hi a porn star. >> was what was this group like before they were famous? here's a throwback. >> ♪ here's a story of a groovy lady ♪ >> that's a 14-year-old kaley pay playing out a behind the scenes romance between marcia and greg in "growing up brady." >> i didn't know she was with him. i didn't know that at all. >> her breakout rule came in 2002 -- "8 simple rules." she was our girl crush. >> if your character is anything like you -- >> oh, she's so, like, let's go have fun. she just wants to leave the house and doesn't wanten in anyn her back and pushes rules. >> in 2016 kaley confessed she got a nose job and fake breasts.

as for other insecurities? >> it will corrupt you. you have to make sure you're very stable. there's many days where i'm afraid to go in front of the camera. you feel a couple extra pounds or like i just told you i had a huge zit. it's not just weight. t everything. >> something's wrong. >> jim parsons was voted friendliest in his high school class. he always knew he wanted to go into actingle is jim as smart as the contact he plays on tv? >> no, no. not so much in my veins but they write the right words and i say it. we all know johnny galecki was on "roseanne," but -- >> can i get you a so da or anything? >> nope. >> we first met mayim in 1998

after she got the role of a young bette midler. ♪ that's the story of, that's the glory of love ♪ >> they wrote a let tore agents saying i was most like a bette midler or barbra streisand and they always thought that i was. >> she took a break from hollywood to get a degree in neuroscience. that's pretty much the reason mayim got her "big bang" role. at the time being a real nerd wasn't easy. >> they think it's to weird that blom is in their class. when you go home and cry afterwards. no, no, it's okay. >> coming up, we are going end the show with a -- >> bang. >> we are going let the cast ask each other something they always want to know. >> divide is conquer. to look at me now, you don't see psoriasis.

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survive? we have everything you need to know. >> bloody iron throne. >> tomorrow on "e.t." >> we are going leave you with a special "big bang" edition of "e.t." apd up. melissa, get us started. what do you want to ask? >> i want to ask, what do you love most about melissa. i'm just kidding. >> no you're not. i leak that. >> i was going say that myself. i love her. i love me some melissa. i love when we have scenes together. >> what was your favorite hair style of mine? >> pigtails. >> why am i her favorite? >> because he dresses so fly. >> timen is actually my favorite. >> i don't know if gjim ended u taking anying from the set. i would be curious to know if there's something he wanted to

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