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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
This is the production company of '''Chuck Lorre''', founded in the 1990s, but incorporated on January 10, 2000 in Los Angeles, California. | This is the production company of '''Chuck Lorre''', founded in the 1990s, but incorporated on January 10, 2000 in Los Angeles, California. | ||
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|ChuckLorre.jpg|1st Logo (January 2-December 17, 1995, November 10, 2011) | |||
|Chuck Lorre Productions logo (1995).PNG|2nd Logo (March 13, 1995) | |||
|Chuck Lorre Productions logo (The Kominsky Method).PNG|3rd Logo (September 24, 1997-) | |||
|4be77774790d19aeda2d15d1a4470bfb.png|4th Logo (August 25, 2017-January 12, 2018) | |||
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===1st Logo (January 2-December 17, 1995, November 10, 2011)=== | ===1st Logo (January 2-December 17, 1995, November 10, 2011)=== | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* The Macintosh SE (1987) is replaced with a later Compact Macintosh, either a Macintosh Classic (1990) or Classic II (1992), but it cannot be determined exactly which because both use the same case, and the name was removed from the computer in the logo. The camera angle is also different. | * The Macintosh SE (1987) is replaced with a later <u>Compact Macintosh</u>, either a Macintosh Classic (1990) or Classic II (1992), but it cannot be determined exactly which because both use the same case, and the name was removed from the computer in the logo. The camera angle is also different. | ||
* The font is changed from Peignot to a standard sans-serif font (i.e. Arial). This version also has a decanter on the desk. | * The font is changed from Peignot to a <u>standard sans-serif font (i.e. Arial)</u>. This version also has a decanter on the desk. | ||
'''Technique:''' None. | '''Technique:''' None. | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* When this logo first appeared, it featured a black background with white text. Starting on September 28, 1999, it was later inverted so it could be easier to read, especially after VHS got retired. | * When this logo <u>first appeared</u>, it featured a black background with white text. | ||
* On some occassions, photos, symbols and drawings replace the normal text. The card may also look different, too. | ** Starting on <u>September 28, 1999</u>, it was later inverted so it could be easier to read, especially after VHS got retired. | ||
* In some cases, a card numbered "111" is used when Lorre has "nothing to write about". It has only been seen on two occasions. | * On some occassions, <u>photos, symbols and drawings</u> replace the normal text. The card may also look different, too. | ||
* On the season 7 episode of ''Two and a Half Men'', "Warning, It's Dirty", "CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS" is replaced with another logo called "A Marty Pepper Production" in an old-school Broadway background with a funny voice saying "It's a Pepper!", followed by a cuckoo sound. The vanity card number for this one is #271. However, a different version of this variant with the company name can be seen at Lorre's website. | * In some cases, a card numbered "111" is used when Lorre has "nothing to write about". It has only been seen on <u>two occasions</u>. | ||
* Special "Censored" cards have been used when the networks reject a certain essay. | * On the <u>season 7 episode of ''Two and a Half Men'', "Warning, It's Dirty"</u>, "CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS" is replaced with another logo called "A Marty Pepper Production" in an old-school Broadway background with a funny voice saying "It's a Pepper!", followed by a cuckoo sound. The vanity card number for this one is #271. However, a different version of this variant with the company name can be seen at Lorre's website. | ||
* Essay #570 features an Apple Animoji pig voiced by Lorre himself who says "Believe me!". | * Special <u>"Censored" cards</u> have been used when the networks reject a certain essay. | ||
* On the ''Big Bang Theory'' episode "The Ornithophobia Diffusion", the essay is replaced with an image of the 1st logo (the later Peignot variant) and what Chuck Lorre remembers his first vanity card when he was working on ''Grace Under Fire'' and ''Cybill''. The number for this one is #366. | * <u>Essay #570</u> features an Apple Animoji pig voiced by Lorre himself who says "Believe me!". | ||
* On the ''Big Bang Theory'' episode "The Colonization Application", the essay is replaced with a memorial card to Leonard Nimoy, who died that week. It's a picture of Nimoy with the text "The impact you had on our show and our lives is everlasting." The vanity card number for this one is #493. The company name doesn't appear. | * On the <u>''Big Bang Theory'' episode "The Ornithophobia Diffusion"</u>, the essay is replaced with an image of the 1st logo (the later Peignot variant) and what Chuck Lorre remembers his first vanity card when he was working on ''Grace Under Fire'' and ''Cybill''. The number for this one is #366. | ||
* On the <u>''Big Bang Theory'' episode "The Colonization Application"</u>, the essay is replaced with a memorial card to Leonard Nimoy, who died that week. It's a picture of Nimoy with the text "The impact you had on our show and our lives is everlasting." The vanity card number for this one is #493. The company name doesn't appear. | |||
'''Technique:''' None. | '''Technique:''' None. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
* On the ''Two and a Half Men'' series finale "Of Course He's Dead", the choir is rearranged. | * On the <u>''Two and a Half Men'' series finale "Of Course He's Dead"</u>, the choir is rearranged. | ||
* On the ''Big Bang Theory'' episode "The Bon Voyage Reaction", Rajesh Koothrappali (played by Kunal Nayyar) is still talking about Lucy throughout the show's closing theme before his jabbering (including he says "So, you know a silver lining...") is cut off by the 2003 [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Television]] logo's music. | * On the <u>''Big Bang Theory'' episode "The Bon Voyage Reaction"</u>, Rajesh Koothrappali (played by Kunal Nayyar) is still talking about Lucy throughout the show's closing theme before his jabbering (including he says "So, you know a silver lining...") is cut off by the 2003 [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Television]] logo's music. | ||
'''Availability:''' Common. Seen on ''Dharma & Greg'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''Mike & Molly'', ''The Big Bang Theory'', ''Mom'', ''Young Sheldon'', ''The Kominsky Method'', ''B Positive'', and ''Bob Hearts Abishola''. | '''Availability:''' Common. Seen on ''Dharma & Greg'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''Mike & Molly'', ''The Big Bang Theory'', ''Mom'', ''Young Sheldon'', ''The Kominsky Method'', ''B Positive'', and ''Bob Hearts Abishola''. |