Native of Houston, Texas, and actor, Jim Parsons from “The Big Bang Theory” joined “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert on May 3, 2017, in a segment entitled “Rescue Dog Rescue” where the two told little white lies in order to help shelter dogs find forever homes.
The lies are told about puppies in a humorous (never harmful) fashion in an effort to have them adopted by people that might be in the process of looking for a new pet. The plan for the segment is to make the dogs seem more attractive than they ordinarily would be, with a few laughs mixed into the process of course. Parsons joined Colbert in describing all of the actual adoptable dogs from North Shore Animal League America, the largest no-kill animal adoption and rescue group in the world. Parsons came prepared with his awkward, Sheldon-esque character mode from “Big Bang” and surprisingly, his first puppy to lie about was named “Penny” (also a “Big Bang” character name), a Dachshund Min Pin mix. Stating that Penny was a fashionista who swore that cargo pants were going to come back into style, “…maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but they’re coming back.”
