The casting of "The Big Bang Theory" reveals secrets about the success of CBS

During a recent tour, the seven stars of the television comedy – Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Kunal Nayyar, Simon Helberg, Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch – shared revealing stories about the CBS sitcom, just a few weeks before its final of the series of May 16.

Thursday's episode, "The Inspiration Deprivation" (8 EDT / PDT), continues the tale of a Nobel Prize season, while Amy (Bialik) undergoes a collapse by reflecting on what his victory would mean for women, while a new scooter inspires Raj (Nayyar) and Howard (Helberg) to relive their past.

Some stories of distribution:

Kiss, Kiss, Cough, Cough

The first tender kiss between Sheldon (Parsons) and Amy took place during a train trip for Valentine's Day (Sheldon trains more equal for true love) in "The Handling of Locomotives" of Season 7, four long seasons after their meeting.

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The process was long, often slow, but the relationship between Sheldon (Jim Parsons), left, and Amy (Mayim Bialik) has come a long way over the years. (Photo: Michael Yarish, Warner Bros.)

Bialik, like millions of fans, remembers this hug long sought and well deferred, calling it "very kind". But the shooting of the scene was much less romantic.

"You had the flu," says Bialik to Parsons.

"Ohhh," recalls Parsons. "You continued to walk around with Listerine or anything to kill my germs."

"Hydrogen peroxide," she says, correcting it. "You were sweating. You had a fever. You were very sick.

Parson thinks. "I would not have kissed you."

"Oh great, thank you," says Bialik, as the moment of the mini-Sheldon-Amy ends.

Melissa is more civilized than Bernadette

Diminutive Bernadette Rostenkowski may be a furious force of nature when she gets angry, but Rauch, who plays it, needs a few thumbs up.

Raj (Kunal Nayyar), on the left, listens to his friends, Howard (Simon Helberg) and Bernadette (Melissa Rauch), debating in an episode of CBS's "The Big Bang Theory". (Photo: Sonja Flemming, CBS)

Cuoco and Galecki, who play the married couple Penny and Leonard, remember having to push Rauch to be more aggressive during "The Scavenger Vortex", Season 7, which saw the seven friends participate in a fierce competition of treasure hunt organized by Raj.

"At the very end, when we all come into the apartment to look under Sheldon's spot, Melissa is supposed to push me aside and I thought," Push me! Push me! Cuoco said, and she just pushed me into one of the jacks and I bumped into the living room pole and we both try not to laugh (but) we turn to the camera and I she cries literally, I laugh so much, and she cries too, we laugh so hard. "

Galecki "had the same problem with (Melissa) in this episode, she had to hit me, it looked so lame and fragile, and I did not stop saying," Frappe- I & # 39; "

"She could not do it," says Cuoco. "It was very cute."

The actors eat well in these dinner scenes

"I love all the scenes in which we eat," says Cuoco, who does not just comment on the camaraderie. "The food is fantastic, our guys are really good."

Penny (Kaley Cuoco), left, listens to her husband, Leonard (Johnny Galecki), during an upcoming episode of CBS's "The Big Bang Theory." (Photo: Michael Yarish, CBS)

These "guys" are Scott London and his team, assistant masters, who oversee all food and containers on the set, as they are considered show props.

London "wanted to be a leader first," says Galecki. "Then he cooks everything."

"Chinese food, sandwiches, pizzas, pasta," says Cuoco. "I've eaten everything in this show."

No detail is too small

Rauch applauds the continued dedication of writers and the team, pointing out a precision with tiny elements that many viewers will never see.

In a recent episode where Raj (Nayyar), friends attend a presentation at the planetarium: "We all have small brochures," she says. "If you take a closer look, it's a beautiful, detailed program that they have printed with Raj's face, his biography and the history of the planets." And that's something that the public will not even see it, they will not see us with pieces of paper, it shows the level of dedication of all those who work here. "

The conversation on the pillows kept Sheldon interesting for Parsons

While the progress of her relationship with Amy opened Sheldon's eyes, it also broadened the possibilities of interpretation for Parsons, who won four Emmys for the role.

"One of the things I did not know I was missing as an actor on this show in the years before, becoming a more intimate couple … are bedroom scenes, whether they're in bed or in bed. bed, as in life, there is a privacy that allows us to have conversations on a tone of voice that no other group allows you, "he says. "You end up expressing aspects of your character that you did not know to be present because they are quieter and more subtle.

"When they let (Sheldon) try new things, it opened up tracks for me and this relationship (with Amy) played an important role in keeping an interesting 12-year-old character."

Memories of a carpool companion

Carol Ann Susi, who plays Howard, has never been seen but has always heard from mom, Mrs. Wolowitz. The actress died in 2014 and the writers incorporated the irreplaceable character's death into an episode.

Rauch, who plays his daughter-in-law, spent more time with the actress.

"She was one of the only people I knew in Los Angeles not to drive in. She would take the bus here, we did not live so far from each other, so I drove her (when) we Sometimes we worked from time to time and we had very good conversations in the car, "says Rauch. "She was just hilarious.People did not know anything about her.I think she won the canning contest in jams and sauces at the (county) fair." She was a woman so incredible."