Bill Prady: Origins of Sheldon, Neurodiversity & Sensory Overload
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown
Mayim Bialik
4.8 • 5.9K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2021
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Bill Prady, co-creator of "The Big Bang Theory," discusses how he came up with the idea to make a show about socially challenged scientists. What many may not know is that Prady himself is on the autism spectrum. Mayim explains "neuro-a typical' and sensory overload, Bill opens up about his quirks and challenges and shares intimately about his journey from awkward child and teen to well-adjusted, if eccentric, adult.
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| 0:00.0 | One of the things that used to do on Big Bang Theory was, |
| 0:03.8 | Sheldon never got when people were being sarcastic to him. |
| 0:08.0 | And that's part of my own journey. |
| 0:10.0 | But people will say things to me and I'll go, |
| 0:12.0 | well, excuse me, but that's not correct. |
| 0:16.0 | You know, I'm a teenager in the 70s. |
| 0:19.0 | And no one says, in Euro-A-Typical, they say, |
| 0:24.0 | let's beat him up. It was a different approach to that. |
| 0:28.0 | I'm Mayan Bialik and welcome to my breakdown. |
| 0:31.0 | This is the place where we break down the things that make us break down. |
| 0:35.0 | It's Mayan Bialik's breakdown. She's going to break it down for you. |
| 0:39.0 | She's got a neuroscience PhD or two. |
| 0:43.0 | One fiction or something. Now she's going to break down. |
| 0:45.0 | It's a breakdown. She's going to break it down. |
| 0:48.0 | Let's talk about this episode, which is a very big surprise. |
| 0:51.0 | Surprise! |
| 0:52.0 | Big surprise. |
| 0:53.0 | When we start, I say, like, hi, I'm Mayan Bialik. |
| 0:56.0 | I don't say hi. I'm Mayan Bialik. Welcome to my breakdown. |
| 0:59.0 | This is the place where we break down the things that make you break down. |
| 1:02.0 | Today we're breaking down, but I didn't say that today. |
| 1:04.0 | You didn't. |
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