00:00So what is all this?
00:01My family history, factoring in longevity, propensity for disease, etc."
00:06Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at the Coopers side by side
00:10in Young Sheldon and the Big Bang Theory.
00:13She's my twin sister. She thinks she's funny,
00:15but frankly I've never been able to see it.
00:17When we get home, I'm gonna kick your butt off the house.
00:20Can't. They haven't descended yet.
00:23Sheldon Cooper
00:24Hello.
00:25Aside from a slightly different wardrobe,
00:27Sheldon has played fairly consistently between Ian Armitage and Young Sheldon
00:31and Jim Parsons in the Big Bang Theory.
00:34Bazinga.
00:36Bazinga.
00:38Okay, let the learning begin.
00:40What's your point?
00:41It's no point. I just think it's a good idea for a t-shirt.
00:44I don't find that interesting.
00:45Well, tough knuckles, that's the assignment.
00:47I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
00:50I'm sorry, Dad, but I'm unable to express an opinion at this time.
00:54Why not?
00:55In the interest of science, I have to remain a neutral observer.
00:58I've spent the past three and a half years staring at grease boards full of equations.
01:02Before that, I spent four years working on my thesis.
01:05Before that, I was in college, and before that, I was in the fifth grade.
01:08I was supposed to observe family dynamics over Thanksgiving,
01:12form a hypothesis, then make a prediction.
01:14Well, I grew up with an older brother and a very contentious twin sister,
01:18and I believe I could easily best you in any physical confrontation,
01:21be it noogies, swirlies, or the classic, why are you hitting yourself?
01:24Mary Cooper
01:25Mommy?
01:27Hi, baby.
01:30Sheldon's mother Mary was always portrayed as a devout woman of God in The Big Bang Theory.
01:35You want to tell me what happened?
01:37Are you going to say it's all part of God's plan?
01:39Good chance.
01:40No, thank you.
01:41This characterization holds true in Young Sheldon.
01:44Speaking of God, who's going to church with me tomorrow?
01:47Which isn't surprising given that she has the most appearances on the original sitcom.
01:51Hold your horses, young man.
01:53Here in Texas, we pray before we eat.
01:55Oh, Mom.
01:56This is not California land of the heathen.
01:59All right, let's say grace.
02:01That's too religious.
02:03That lady over there made me say it.
02:06He heard you, and he can't unhear you.
02:09During dinner, maybe you could express how devastating it would be to be away from the kids.
02:16I'll tell you, I love the boy to death,
02:17but he has been difficult since he fell out of me at the Kmart.
02:20Would you like to play a driving game?
02:22Not really.
02:23I always lose.
02:24I know.
02:24That's why it's fun.
02:26I have been telling you since you were four years old,
02:28it's okay to be smarter than everybody, but you can't go around pointing it out.
02:32How's it going, baby?
02:34I don't think anyone's showing up.
02:37Not even Tam.
02:38I'm here.
02:40Yeah, but you're my mom.
02:42You live on the premises.
02:44Sometimes it's the imperfect stuff that makes things perfect.
02:51Georgie Cooper
02:52It's just George now.
02:54Sorry, George Cooper Jr.
02:56Georgie.
02:56George.
02:58Sheldon's older brother Georgie gets enough screen time in The Big Bang Theory to show him
03:02as a rough-and-tumble, if not always intellectually equal counterpart to his younger brother.
03:06Uh, yeah, he got the brains.
03:08I got the bod.
03:09And the face and the hair.
03:12I like your accent.
03:13The prequel series did lots to expand on this portrayal.
03:17Georgie, did you wash your hands before dinner or even this week?
03:20None of your business.
03:22Didn't you sit on his head while he tried to watch Star Trek?
03:25Oh, yeah, but that was hilarious.
03:27I can't be in the same school as him.
03:28Well, I don't see what choice you have.
03:30Right.
03:31Ever since he could talk, I quit having any choices.
03:33If things were bad, then why didn't you tell me?
03:36Because I was pretending to be him.
03:38Because I was protecting you, too.
03:40Can I drive in with you?
03:42Sure.
03:44Hey, you know, Sheldon used to keep an enemies list when he was a kid.
03:47Oh, he still does.
03:48I get it.
03:49I get home from work.
03:50Does anyone ask how my day was?
03:52How was your day?
03:53Don't ask.
03:54You're my baby brother, Sheldon.
03:57I know life has been hard for you.
04:00That don't mean it's been easy for the rest of us.
04:03Missy Cooper.
04:04All I know is he's not in the same grade as me anymore, and I'm thrilled.
04:07Good luck with your finger painting.
04:09You're gonna get your ass kicked in high school.
04:11Sheldon's twin sister Missy was featured relatively early on in The Big Bang Theory,
04:15in an episode where all of Sheldon's friends and colleagues fawned over her.
04:19Oh, he once spent nine months with my legs wrapped around his head.
04:24She plays a grounded foil to young Sheldon's intellectual curiosity
04:27in their adolescent years.
04:29Do you have a thought?
04:30I'm having one right now.
04:32I guess that's why they call you a genius.
04:34They call me a genius because I'm a genius.
04:37Why can't we watch DuckTales?
04:39Because we don't learn anything watching DuckTales.
04:42It's TV.
04:43We aren't supposed to learn.
04:45I've lived my whole life dealing with the fact that my twin brother is,
04:49as mom puts it, one of God's special little people.
04:53Baby, I know you're asking me to stay.
04:57Say please, please, please don't go away.
05:00So anyway, we're eight years old,
05:02and Sheldon converts my easy-bake oven to some kind of high-powered furnace.
05:07Just classic.
05:08So holding hands is okay?
05:10Sure.
05:11What about kissing?
05:12Maybe at some point when you're older.
05:15And what exactly is third base?
05:16Hey, Shelly.
05:17I'm so glad you made it, missy.
05:19This is my fiance, Amy.
05:21Amy, this is my sister.
05:22If I ever need a kidney, this is where you get it.
05:25We spent a lot of time together in this room, huh?
05:29We did.
05:30Come on, Shelly.
05:37Meemaw
05:39Hang on there a minute, Moonpie.
05:41Moonpie!
05:42Meemaw!
05:43Despite only showing up in one episode of The Big Bang Theory,
05:47Meemaw makes an impression.
05:48Oh, you are going to love her.
05:50She is the kindest, sweetest woman you'll ever meet.
05:54Unless you're a gopher dicking up her vegetable garden.
05:56Playing a sweet old granny to Sheldon's face,
05:58and a fierce no-nonsense matriarch once she's alone with Amy.
06:02Oh, this is so nice.
06:03He's so excited to have you here.
06:05I'll let you and me get something straight.
06:08He may think that I came to bake him cookies,
06:12but the real reason is to size you up.
06:14The prequel series leans into the edgier side of this persona,
06:18introducing us to a quick-witted cynic who teaches Sheldon to be more skeptical of people.
06:22Sheldon, what's on a person's face is not always what's in their heart.
06:28Well, this changes everything.
06:30How do you know who to trust?
06:31You don't.
06:33That's what makes life interesting.
06:35Constance, are you sure I can't pour you some wine?
06:37Oh, no wine for me.
06:39Sheldon's bringing me my whiskey.
06:43You think if George got that job, he might give me an inside line?
06:46Oh, well, I'd cut him in.
06:49Make it look like a Christmas present.
06:51Are you comfortable?
06:52Very.
06:53It's nice to rest after 800 flights of stairs.
06:57How much did Dale pay you?
06:59Uh, minimum wage plus 5% commission.
07:02I'll give you half of it.
07:03Can I have a tissue?
07:05Of course!
07:08Is that the best?
07:10Girl, nobody's going to jail.
07:12Please, just take a moment to think about it.
07:16Fine.
07:17We're doing it.
07:20Is that nice to say to your friend?
07:24It isn't me, Ma.
07:26Sorry, Leonard.
07:29Can you please live with us forever?
07:31George Cooper
07:32Bye, son.
07:33While George Cooper Sr. sadly doesn't make it to Sheldon's days at Caltech,
07:37he enjoys a much more generous characterization in Young Sheldon.
07:40You might want to call police.
07:42Why?
07:43There's a bum sleeping on our front porch.
07:45Where the Big Bang Theory sitcom style often makes him out to be the butt of the joke.
07:49His father, God rest his soul, used to always say to me,
07:51Mary, you have to take your time with Sheldon.
07:55Sounds like a wise man.
07:57Oh, not so wise.
07:58He once tried to find a bobcat for some licorice.
08:01The prequel series portrays him as a flawed but lovable father.
08:05You heard her.
08:07Thanks for stopping by.
08:09You really want to mess with me?
08:12Sure.
08:13Why not?
08:15Leonard, Penny, Raj, Howard, Bernadette, and Amy.
08:18At the end of season two, we get a glimpse of the gang as Sheldon reflects
08:22on whether he will ever find a group of friends to call his own.
08:25While Amy appears as her older self in the series,
08:28this is the only chance we get to see our favorite characters from the Big Bang Theory as kids.
08:38Howard, turn off that Picasso game and go to sleep!
08:56I know.
09:08What other videos would you like to see side by side?
09:11Let us know in the comments.
09:25Bye!
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