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Chuck Lorre

Chuck Lorre (/lri/;[2] born Charles Michael Levine;

October 18, 1952)[3] is an American television writer, di-

rector, producer, composer, and production manager. He

has created a number of successful sitcoms such asGrace

Under Fire, Cybill, Dharma & Greg, Two and a Half

Men, The Big Bang Theory, and Mom. He also served

as an executive producer of RoseanneandMike & Molly.

1 Early life

Lorre was born in Bethpage, New York, the son of

a Jewish family.[4][5] His father, Robert (died 1976)[6]

opened a luncheonette but struggled, causing financial

problems for the family.

After graduating from high school, Lorre attendedState

University of New York at Potsdam, dropping out after

two years to pursue a career as a songwriter.[3] During his

two years at college he majored in rock 'n' roll and pot

and minored in LSD. He also admits to drinking heavily

in his past, telling EW that he led a dissolute youth until

47. He now is in recovery.[7]

He changed his surname from Levine to Lorre at age 26,

explaining in 2004:

The reason I changed my name was simple.

My mother, never a fan of my fathers fam-

ily, had an unfortunate habit of using Levine

as a stinging insult. When displeased with me,

she would often say/shriek, You know what

you are? You're a Levine! A no good, rotten

Levine!" So, for as far back as I can remember,

every time I heard my last name I would experi-

ence acute feelings of low self-esteem. My first

wife was the one who suggested I change my

name to remedy thesituation. In fact, it was she

who came up with the name Lorre, complete

with the fancy spelling. I thought it sounded

great. Chuck Lorre. Finally a name that did

not make me squirm. It didn't occur to me

that in England my new name translated into

Chuck Truck. But most interestingly, I had

completely forgotten that when I was around

eight years old my fathers business began to

fail, forcing my mother to find work in a cloth-

ing store called... Lories. Pretty creepy, huh?

Did I abandon my fathers name only to un-consciously name myself after a place associ-

ated with my mothers abandonment of me?

Or, even creepier, did my ex-wife somehow

know all this and propose the name Lorre just

to screw with me? Hmmm... I was a no good,

rotten husband so I certainly had it coming.[2]

2 Career

After leaving school, Lorre toured across the United

States as a guitarist and songwriter.[8] He wroteDeborah

Harry's radio hit single "French Kissin' in the USA" for

her 1986 Rockbird album.[8] Lorre also co-wrote the

soundtrack to the 1987 television series Teenage Mu-

tant Ninja Turtles withDennis Challen Brown.[9][10][11]

Lorre shifted into writing, being a writer on the show

Roseanne. Chuck Lorres time on Roseanne impressed

the shows producers, and led to him creating his first

show, Frannies Turn, but it was cancelled after 5

weeks.[8][12]

Afterwards, Lorre created Grace Under Fire, starring

comedienne Brett Butler.[8] It premiered on ABC in

1993, and was nominated at the 52nd Golden Globe

AwardsforBest Television Series Musical or Comedy.

Lorres second show was Cybill, starring Cybill Shepherd.

The show aired for four seasons on CBS and received crit-

ical acclaim, winning aPrimetime Emmy Awardin 1995

for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

for co-starChristine Baranski. The show also won two

Golden Globe Awardsin 1996 for Best Television Series

- Musical or Comedy and Best Actress in a Television

Series - Musical or Comedy for Cybill Shepherd.

Dharma & Gregwas the next show Lorre created, which

premiered one year before the end of Cybillin 1997.[3]

The show starred Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson

as the title characters, whose personalities were com-

plete opposites: Dharmas world view being more spir-

itual, 'free spirit' type instilled by hippie parents, con-

trasted with Gregs world view of structure, social sta-

tus requirements, and white collar duty instilled by

his generations of affluent parents/ancestors. Like the

yin/yang symbol in every episode, each represents

one of the 'polar opposites that would seem to repel,

but somehow strongly attract to create the most harmo-

nious whole.[13] This comedy shows through metaphor

in light daily living struggles, the deeper challenges of

life/existence for which every human has struggled for

generations. The show earned eight Golden Globe nom-inations, six Emmy Award nominations, and six Satellite

Awards nominations.[14] Elfman earned a Golden Globe

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2 4 SELECTED CREDITS

in 1999 for Best Actress.[13]

Following that, Lorre created Two and a Half Men with

co-creator Lee Aronsohn. The show focuses on two

Harper brothers, Charlie andAlan(Charlie Sheenand

Jon Cryer). Charlie is a rich, successful Hollywood com-

poser/producer and womanizer who owns a beach housein Malibu. When Alan gets a divorce, he is forced to

move into Charlies house. Alan also has a growing son,

Jake (Angus T. Jones), the half who comes to visit

Charlie and Alan on weekends. The show premiered

on CBS in 2003 and has become the highest-rated sit-

com in America.[3][8] However, CBS briefly canceled the

show up until itseighth seasonfollowing several incidents

of production shutdowns allegedly due to Sheens seri-

ous problems related to drug and alcohol abuse, which

culminated in his verbal attacks directed at Lorre dur-

ing a radio interview.[15][16] Sheen was officially fired

from the show, and later filed a $100 million lawsuit

against Lorre andWarner Bros. Televisionfor wrongfultermination.[17][18] Afterwards, CBS and Warner Bros.

hiredAshton Kutcher as Sheens replacement, and the

show continued for four more seasons up until its finale

in 2015.

Lorres next show was The Big Bang Theory with co-

creatorBill Prady. The show follows two physicists with

genius IQs and very low social skills who befriend their

neighbor, an attractive, outgoing young woman with an

average IQ and no college education. Each episode usu-

ally focuses on the daily lives of the men and two of their

equally socially challenged yet highly brilliant friends,

with a dose of absurdity from the relationship with theiruneducated, but socially brilliant, neighbor. The two

main protagonists, Sheldon and Leonard, are named af-

ter the actor and television producer Sheldon Leonard.[19]

The show premiered on CBS in 2007 and is the highest

rated comedy series in the United States.[8]

Mike & Mollypremiered on CBS in September 2010.[20]

His seventh show,Mompremiered on CBS on September

23, 2013.[21] On March 13, 2014, CBS announced the

second season renewal of Mom.[22]

3 Vanity cards

The unique vanity cards for Chuck Lorre Productions

have become a trademark for Lorre.[23][24] On the end

of nearly every episode of his productions, Lorre includes

a different message that usually reads like an editorial, es-

say, or observation on life. A typical card might include

a range of topics as diverse as what the Bee Geesnever

learned, the cancellation ofDharma & Greg, his support

of Barack Obama, the competence of AOL Time Warner

management, and the genesis ofTwo and a Half Men.

The card is shown for only a few seconds at most, solonger messages cannot be read unless recorded and

paused, although Lorre now posts the cards on his web-

Lorre in 2007

site. CBS has censored Lorres vanity cards on several

occasions;[25] Lorre posts both the censored and uncen-

sored versions of the cards.

During Charlie Sheen's controversial departure from Two

and a Half Man in 2011, Lorre referenced Sheen in sev-

eral cards. [24] Lorre used the vanity card for the series

finale, "Of Course Hes Dead", to address the circum-

stances of Sheens absence from the episode.[26]

Lorre published a compilation of his vanity cards in a cof-

fee table book titled What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us Bitter,

released on October 16, 2012.[27] The book takes its title

from Vanity Card #1, which first aired following the first

episode of Dharma & Greg.[28]

DuringThe Big Bang Theoryepisode titled The Hook-Up Reverberation Vanity card #463 was displayed. Van-

ity card #463 discussed Chucks lost or matured angst

along with the news that he will stop writing the vanity

cards. Vanity card #464 was displayed in the next episode

stating it was his last and that he felt like they would not

be missed. However, he resumed his cards; Vanity card

#493 on March 5, 2015, featured a tribute to the late

Leonard Nimoy, who had guest starred on the show as

the voice of Sheldons conscience three years before.[29]

4 Selected credits

Roseanne, 19901992, (writer, co-executive pro-

ducer, supervising producer)

Frannies Turn, 1992 (creator, writer, executive pro-

ducer)

Grace Under Fire, 19931998 (creator, writer, co-

executive producer, supervising producer)

Cybill, 19951998 (creator, writer, executive pro-

ducer)

Dharma & Greg, 19972002 (creator, writer, exec-

utive producer)
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Lorre in September 2008

Two and a Half Men, 20032015 (creator, writer,

executive producer)

The Big Bang Theory, 2007present (creator, writer,

executive producer)

Mike & Molly, 2010present (writer, executive pro-

ducer)

Mom, 2013present (creator, writer, executive pro-

ducer)

5 Show crossovers

Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory are both

taped at the Warner Brothers lot, in adjacent stages;

the shows share several writers and technical crews.[30]

The Big Bang Theoryhas cast a number of alumni from

Lorres past series, starting with Johnny Galecki from

Roseanne (he was Darlenes boyfriend and later hus-band). Sara Gilbert, who played Darlene on Roseanne,

was Leslie Winkle on The Big Bang Theory. Laurie

Metcalf, who played Jackie inRoseanne, plays Sheldons

mother Mary.[31] Christine Baranski, analumna of Cybill,

was cast as Leonards mother Beverly.[32]

Also, on The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon, Leonard, and

Penny are seen watchingOshikuru: Demon Samurai. Os-

hikuru was the show for which the character Charlie

Harperwrote the theme song on Two and a Half Men.

Charlie Sheenmade a cameo appearance in the Big Bang

Theoryepisode The Griffin Equivalency.

Jon Cryer of Two and a Half Men appeared in oneepisode ofDharma & Greg.[33] Jenna Elfman,Susan Sul-

livan, andJoel Murrayof Dharma & Gregalso appeared

in various episodes ofTwo and a Half Men. In the eighth

episode of the fifth season of Two and a Half Men, Is

There a Mrs. Waffles?", Charlie watches an episode of

Dharma & Gregafter watching the first commercial for

his CD. In the first episode of the ninth season, after

Charlie Sheen got fired from the show, Dharma & Greg

were one of the couples looking over Charlies house,which was for sale. Cryer also appeared in the series pre-

miere episode ofMom.

In the season 6 Big Bang Theory episode The Holo-

graphic Excitation, Sheldon and Amy are fighting over

which couple to go as to a Halloween party. Among her

suggestions seen on a whiteboard are Blossom & Joey

(Blossom and Amy both being played by Mayim Bialik)

andDharma & Greg.

Katy Mixon, who plays Victoria on Mike & Molly, also

had a recurring role as the character, Betsy, onTwo and

a Half Men.

[34][35]

6 Awards and recognition

Lorre won BMI Television Music Awards in 2004,[36]

2005,[37] 2008[38] and 2009[39] forTwo and a Half Men.

On March 12, 2009, Lorre received a star on the

Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 7021 Hollywood

Boulevard.[40]

Three months later, Lorre received an honorary degree

from theState University of New York at Potsdam andgave a keynote address at the graduation.[41]

Lorre was inducted into theTelevision Academy Hall of

Famein March 2012.[42][43]

7 Personal life

Lorre was first married to his business partner, Paula

Smith, in 1979. The business partnership and marriage

were dissolved after 13 years and the birth of their two

children.[44]

Lorre was married to actress and former Playboy Play-

mate Karen Witterfor 10 years prior to their divorce in

July 2010.[6][45]

He also has publicly admitted his decades of struggle

with the autoimmune diseaseulcerative colitis, and other

mild health struggles withdepression,worry,anger/rage.

Lorre stated in an interview: Put me in paradise and I

will focus on the one thing that will make me angry.

As he told Entertainment Weekly: I am wired on some

deep level to seek out something to be worried and ob-

sess about.

[46]

Lorre is a recovering alcoholic, which Jon Cryer refer-

ences in his autobiography.[47]
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