The Big Bang Theory (TV Series)

The Beta Test Initiation (2012)

Jim Parsons: Sheldon Cooper

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• Sheldon Cooper : Here's an interesting fact about flags.

  Raj Koothrappali : I will take that action.

  Sheldon Cooper : The flags of Liechtenstein and Haiti were identical by coincidence; a fact that wasn't discovered until they competed against each other at the 1936 Olympics. And thankfully their embarrassment was overshadowed by the rise of fascism.

• Amy Farrah Fowler : For someone who has a machine that can travel anywhere in time and space, Doctor Who sure does have a thing for modern-day London.

  Sheldon Cooper : Careful. It's that kinda sass that can get a person uninvited to this year's Who Con.

• Raj Koothrappali : Thank you, Darling.

  Siri : You're most certainly welcome, Sexy.

  Sheldon Cooper : Well done, Dr. Koothrappali.

• [first lines] 

  Sheldon Cooper : Hello. I'm Doctor Sheldon Cooper, and welcome to the premiere episode of Sheldon Cooper Presents Fun with Flags. Over the next fifty-two weeks, you and I are going to explore the dynamic world of vexillology.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Hang on, Doctor C, what's vexillology?

  Sheldon Cooper : Vexillology is the study of flags.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Cool! I think I just learned something.

  Sheldon Cooper : Did you have fun doing it?

  Amy Farrah Fowler : I'll say!

  Sheldon Cooper : Fun and information are two sides to this video podcast. Not unlike the only two-sided state flag. Oregon.

  [holds up flag] 

  Sheldon Cooper : Oh, look.

  [turns flag around] 

  Sheldon Cooper : Hello, Mister Beaver. In future episodes we'll answer some burning questions. What's the only non-rectangular flag? What animal appears most often on flags? What animal appears second most often on flags? And more.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Sweet!

  Sheldon Cooper : Why are you waving a white flag?

  Amy Farrah Fowler : I'm surrendering... to fun!

• Sheldon Cooper : Flags. You got to know how to hold them. You got to know how to fold them.

• Sheldon Cooper : [Opening the German/Bavarian themed episode, Sheldon is dressed as a stereotypical German]  Guten tag, das YouTube! Ich bin ein Bavarian.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : [Dressed as one and bouncing a bit to the music]  Und ich bin eine pretzel.

  Sheldon Cooper : Und this is Sheldon Cooper Presents "Fun

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Mit

  Sheldon Cooper : Flags."

• Amy Farrah Fowler : You OK?

  Sheldon Cooper : No, I'm a little rattled. But like the flag over Fort Sumter, I'm still here.