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* When this logo <u>first appeared</u>, it featured a black background with white text. | * When this logo <u>first appeared</u>, it featured a black background with white text. | ||
** Starting on <u>September 28, 1999</u>, it was | ** Starting on <u>September 28, 1999</u> with essay #37, it was inverted so it could be easier to read, especially after VHS got retired. This is pointed out by Lorre in the aforementioned essay #37. | ||
* On some | * On some occasions, <u>photos, symbols and drawings</u> replace the normal text. The card may also look different, too. | ||
* In some cases, a card numbered "111" is used when Lorre has "nothing | * In some cases, a card numbered "111" is used when Lorre has "nothing worth writing about". It has only been seen on <u>two occasions</u>. | ||
* On the <u> | *The <u>very first essay</u>, as well as all essays on <u>''The Kominsky Method''</u>, don't list the number of the specific essay. | ||
* On the <u>''Two and a Half Men'' season 7 episode "Warning, It's Dirty"</u>, we see another logo reading "A MARTY PEPPER Production". "A" and "Production" are in a script font, while "MARTY PEPPER" is in an black font with white lines. This is all set on a {{color|gray}}, old-school Broadway background. A different version of this variant with the company name can be seen at Lorre's website; it is labeled there as essay #271. | |||
* Special <u>"Censored" cards</u> have been used when the networks (usually CBS) reject a certain essay. The cards have the word "Censored", sometimes with exclamation points at the end, and usually also have a message telling viewers that the rejected essays in question are "available to be read if you know where to look" (i.e. Lorre's website) and sometimes why the specific essay was rejected. Examples of "censored" essays are #171, #217, #255, #287, #333 and #375. | * Special <u>"Censored" cards</u> have been used when the networks (usually CBS) reject a certain essay. The cards have the word "Censored", sometimes with exclamation points at the end, and usually also have a message telling viewers that the rejected essays in question are "available to be read if you know where to look" (i.e. Lorre's website) and sometimes why the specific essay was rejected. Examples of "censored" essays are #171, #217, #255, #287, #333 and #375. | ||
**The <u>"censored" version of essay #287</u> specifically mentions that "the offending material is available to be read" on Lorre's website. | **The <u>"censored" version of essay #287</u> specifically mentions that "the offending material is available to be read" on Lorre's website. | ||
**On <u>two occasions</u>, Lorre deliberately censored essays that he knew would be rejected. These use the statement "Censored by me." The specific essays are #301 and #397. | **On <u>two occasions</u>, Lorre deliberately censored essays that he knew would be rejected. These use the statement "Censored by me." The specific essays are #301 and #397. | ||
* <u>Essay #570</u> features an Apple Animoji pig voiced by Lorre himself who says "Believe me!". | * <u>Essay #570</u> features an Apple Animoji pig voiced by Lorre himself who says "Believe me!". | ||
* On the <u>''Big Bang Theory'' episode "The Ornithophobia Diffusion"</u>, | * On essay #366, which appears on the <u>''Big Bang Theory'' episode "The Ornithophobia Diffusion"</u>, we see an image of the 1st logo (the later Peignot variant). The essay is merely what Lorre remembers about his first vanity card when he was working on ''Grace Under Fire'' and ''Cybill''. | ||
* 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." | * 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 company name doesn't appear. On Lorre's website, this is labeled essay #493. | ||
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* On the <u>''Two and a Half Men'' series finale "Of Course He's Dead"</u>, 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 <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 ( | *The <u>"Marty Pepper" variant</u> has a funny voice saying "It's a pepper!", followed by a cuckoo sound. | ||
* 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 (he says over the logo "So, you know a silver lining...") is cut off by the 2003 [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Television]] logo's music. | |||
'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Dharma & Greg'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''Mike & Molly'', ''The Big Bang Theory'', ''Mom'', ''Young Sheldon'', ''The Kominsky Method'', ''B Positive'', ''United States of Al'' and ''Bob Hearts Abishola''. | '''Availability:''' Seen on ''Dharma & Greg'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''Mike & Molly'', ''The Big Bang Theory'', ''Mom'', ''Young Sheldon'', ''The Kominsky Method'', ''B Positive'', ''United States of Al'' and ''Bob Hearts Abishola''. | ||