: To win the role, an eight-year-old Iain Armitage had to memorize a complex three-page monologue and perform a William Shatner impression for the showrunners. Pilot (Young Sheldon)
The pilot episode of Young Sheldon , which premiered on September 25, 2017, serves as a poignant and humorous introduction to the nine-year-old version of the beloved Big Bang Theory character as he enters high school in East Texas. Interesting Facts and Connections PilotYoung Sheldon : Season 1 Episode 1
: Sheldon mentions he didn't touch his brother's hand for 17 years until the invention of Purell. While Purell was invented in 1988 (a year before the pilot takes place), it wasn't commercially available until 1997, which is a rare factual error for the boy genius. : To win the role, an eight-year-old Iain