Chuck Lorre Signs Vanity Card Book Deal With Simon & Schuster

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday August 1, 2012 @ 10:23am PDT

Chuck Lorre’s TV vanity cards are coming to a bookstore near you. Simon & Schuster announced today that the executive producer of CBS’ Two and a Half Men, Big Bang Theory and Mike & Molly has signed a book deal with them. Simon & Schuster, a division of CBS Corporation, will publish the blurbs and musings that Lorre has been putting up for seconds at the end of his various shows since 1997. The coffee table What Doesn’t Kill Us, Makes Us Bitter comes out in October 2012 and will cost $100, with all proceeds going to the Dharma-Grace Foundation that Lorre set up in 1999 to help offer free medical care. During Charlie Sheen’s public war of words with Lorre in early 2011, the vanity cards became the Two and a Half Men co-creator’s outlet back at his former leading man. In one card played after a February 2011 episode of Men, Lorre responded to the actor by noting his own good health and lack of vice and concluded, “If Charlie Sheen outlives me, I ‘m gonna be really pissed.” Not long after Lorre said he would discontinue the cards but they are still after his shows. While the vanity cards have been available online for a while and can be seen by anyone fast with the freeze button on their remote, this is the first publication of them, including several that CBS have not let the producer put on air.

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Chuck Lorre Hints At Writing “Tell-All Book”

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday September 27, 2011 @ 12:33am PDT

Is Chuck Lorre dying to tell his side of the Charlie Sheen saga? The TV exec producer’s vanity card at the end of tonight’s Two And A Half Men episode could be a clue. His remarks are especially interesting because of the new legal settlement among Lorre, Sheen, and Warner Bros:

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Chuck Lorre’s Vanity Card ‘Mishap’ Tonight

Nellie Andreeva

Remember when Chuck Lorre got a lot of flak for some recent vanity cards about his ongoing feud with Charlie Sheen? Now Lorre has put a twist on the oldest schoolkid’s excuse. “My lawyer ate my vanity card,” was all Lorre wrote when the card appeared at the end of tonight’s new Big Bang Read More »

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Chuck Lorre Breaks Silence With Vanity Card: “I Am So Outta Here!”

Nellie Andreeva

Exactly two weeks after Chuck Lorre’s now infamous “If Charlie Sheen outlives me, I’m gonna be really pissed” vanity card at the end of the final (for now) episode of Two and Half Men, which triggered Sheen’s vicious attacks … Read More »

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Chuck Lorre: “If Charlie Sheen Outlives Me, I’m Gonna Be Really Pissed”

Nellie Andreeva

UPDATE: Charlie Sheen was caught by a TMZ crew while out and about today and sent Chuck Lorre a video response: “Chuck, I will outlive you. I will piss you off, ” he said before adding “I miss you, man” and urged Lorre to “get off those other shows” and … Read More »

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