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Using inputs from IMDB, I think these are the shows he is alluding to. >Roll your freelance success into your first sitcom staff job. ... After three years of

Using inputs from IMDB, I think these are the shows he is alluding to. >Roll your freelance success into your first sitcom staff job. ... After three years of miserable, seventy hour weeks someone ... cancelled My Two Dads http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092410/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092410/ >Facing unemployment, fight to get on a hit show that everyone else is fighting to get off of because the star ... my agent a mack daddy?" Roseanne http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094540/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094540/ >the star, while undeniably talented, has a few personal issues not to mention a coke-addicted boyfriend Roseanne (BoyFriend was Bill Pentland) >Roughly nine years after walking through that first door, finally get a chance to create your hit sitcom. Not sure, nothing on IMDB got cancelled in 5 weeks in this time period. >Your employers think it's a swell idea but instead want you to write a sitcom about a blue collar single mom on videotape. Grace Under Fire http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106017/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106017/ >gal cast by your employers to play mom, hates kids, hates people, hates sitcoms and, most importantly, hates you. Brett Butler >Quit the hit show you created and get right to work creating another hit sitcom for another wack-job diva because you are just plain stupid. Dharma and Greg http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118303/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118303/ >when you're about to quit the business in disgust, write a pilot script with an old friend. Two and a Half Men http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369179/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369179/

dabent 16y ago
I think that "Quit the hit show you created and get right to work creating another hit sitcom for another wack-job diva because you are just plain stupid." was Cybill, which seems to match descriptions of it's star. Also, it matches "Get fired from your second hit show because the co-star wins a fucking Emmy... and you're stupid." (Christine Baranski) I think "FINALLY learn from your mistakes and create a hit show with wonderful, loving people. Late in the second season during a rehearsal suddenly realize they are not going to hurt you." was Dharma and Greg, after which he started on "Two and a Half Men" I'm kind of amazed at the ability of the human mind to store all that information about those shows over the years, and kind of ashamed that my mind seemed to have most of the information on hand.
- aniket_ray 16y ago
  Thanks for the correction. I think you and lylejohnson (below) are right.
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lylejohnson 16y ago
> Roughly nine years after walking through that first door, finally get a chance to create your hit sitcom. I don't remember this show at all, but after some IMDb sleuthing I think he must be referring to "Frannie's Turn" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103418/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103418/). It looks like it only lasted around six episodes.
ojbyrne 16y ago
The wikipedia article might have been useful too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Lorre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Lorre
bmm6o 16y ago
Two and a Half Men is by far the worst show on TV. At times it approaches the "Ow, My Balls!" level of humor.
- hugh3 16y ago
  I don't think much of two and a half men either, on the odd occasions I've caught some of it, but I really doubt that it could be fairly called "by far the worst show on TV". Even if it were, I'd be wondering who has enough time to watch every show on TV in order to make such a judgement.
  - bmm6o 16y ago
    > I'd be wondering who has enough time to watch every show You're right; it was hyperbole. But given my sample size I'm comfortable saying it's among the worst. It's a safe bet that an episode will contain at least one hooker, penis or poop joke. The characters are only barely developed - you can pretty easily describe each one in a few words. Lorre has made some decent shows. I just find it depressing that 2.5 Men caters to the very lowest sense of humor and that it is so successful at it.
    - hugh3 16y ago
      It's lowest-common-denominator humour for lowest-common-denominator people. Complaining about it is like complaining about Dora the Explorer -- you're not in the target market, so you might as well forget it exists.

dabent 16y ago

I think that "Quit the hit show you created and get right to work creating another hit sitcom for another wack-job diva because you are just plain stupid." was Cybill, which seems to match descriptions of it's star. Also, it matches "Get fired from your second hit show because the co-star wins a fucking Emmy... and you're stupid." (Christine Baranski) I think "FINALLY learn from your mistakes and create a hit show with wonderful, loving people. Late in the second season during a rehearsal suddenly realize they are not going to hurt you." was Dharma and Greg, after which he started on "Two and a Half Men" I'm kind of amazed at the ability of the human mind to store all that information about those shows over the years, and kind of ashamed that my mind seemed to have most of the information on hand.

aniket_ray 16y ago
Thanks for the correction. I think you and lylejohnson (below) are right.

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lylejohnson 16y ago

> Roughly nine years after walking through that first door, finally get a chance to create your hit sitcom. I don't remember this show at all, but after some IMDb sleuthing I think he must be referring to "Frannie's Turn" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103418/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103418/). It looks like it only lasted around six episodes.

ojbyrne 16y ago

The wikipedia article might have been useful too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Lorre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Lorre

bmm6o 16y ago

Two and a Half Men is by far the worst show on TV. At times it approaches the "Ow, My Balls!" level of humor.

hugh3 16y ago
I don't think much of two and a half men either, on the odd occasions I've caught some of it, but I really doubt that it could be fairly called "by far the worst show on TV". Even if it were, I'd be wondering who has enough time to watch every show on TV in order to make such a judgement.
- bmm6o 16y ago
  > I'd be wondering who has enough time to watch every show You're right; it was hyperbole. But given my sample size I'm comfortable saying it's among the worst. It's a safe bet that an episode will contain at least one hooker, penis or poop joke. The characters are only barely developed - you can pretty easily describe each one in a few words. Lorre has made some decent shows. I just find it depressing that 2.5 Men caters to the very lowest sense of humor and that it is so successful at it.
  - hugh3 16y ago
    It's lowest-common-denominator humour for lowest-common-denominator people. Complaining about it is like complaining about Dora the Explorer -- you're not in the target market, so you might as well forget it exists.