How Chuck Lorre Got His TV Big Break

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• His production company let us take Warner Bros. tours onto his stages when they were dark. It made a lot of people happy especially this former tour guide. I have no other dog in the fight that starts below…

  Comment by Pierre — Tuesday October 23, 2012 @ 7:26pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I thought it was self evident. Apparently not. In my time on the lot I saw shows that had contempt for the people who watched their shows. Most of them didn’t last long. The ones who did get it were the people at Chuck, The Mentalist, Ellen and the Lorre productions. Chuck was a good example of actors and production people who understood that 100s of thousands of guests were sold on their show because an actor might say hello as a tour went by or their main sets were available when they were on another stage or off the lot. Those guests probably brought at least 5 or six other people to watch. Half a million viewers just by saying hi or allowing the tours to sell their show. Easy money. Lorre may be all the things that insiders say he is. He made my job a lot easier.

  Comment by Pierre — Tuesday October 23, 2012 @ 9:45pm PDT  Reply to this post

• those are three of the most horific television shows ever aired nationally…..i admire his accomplishments but fear for his day of reckoning…much the same way i feel about howard stern…ugly entertainment grotesque material incidious effects…not something i want to answer for…but to reach the top of any field takes sacrifice and hard hard work ehv2

  Comment by ernest henry vogt II — Tuesday October 23, 2012 @ 9:46pm PDT  Reply to this post

• How does Conan get such A List guests? I bet the numbers were huge for this episode. What a get. Kudos to the talent booker. Next week… Matt Wiener or maybe even Ryan what’s his name that does Glee.

  Comment by johnnyD — Wednesday October 24, 2012 @ 7:49am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Conan is on the Warner’s Lot in Burbank, Chuck Lorre Productions is on the Warner Lot – not a stretch to get Chuck on the show

    Comment by Herb Finn — Wednesday October 24, 2012 @ 8:59am PDT  Reply to this post

• A Jewish man says he sold “Christmas Crap.” I wonder what happens if a Christian says the oposite.

  Comment by Anonymous — Wednesday October 24, 2012 @ 10:27am PDT  Reply to this post

  • You’re a massive idiot. What happens when a Christian says “I sell Chanukah crap” is, exactly, nothing.

    Comment by please — Wednesday October 24, 2012 @ 2:55pm PDT  Reply to this post

• He does make funny shows. But can’t believe it was THAT easy to just “get a job” in tv in those days, no talent needed. Uh, nevermind, still happens.

  Comment by realitycheck — Wednesday October 24, 2012 @ 7:17pm PDT  Reply to this post