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* The logo was briefly retired due to the media taking the essays too seriously during the Charlie Sheen controversy that went on season 8 of ''Two and a Half Men''. | * The logo was briefly retired due to the media taking the essays too seriously during the Charlie Sheen controversy that went on season 8 of ''Two and a Half Men''. | ||
* There are currently more than 700 different essays. | * There are currently more than 700 different essays. | ||
* This logo was parodied in MAD magazine when it spoofed ''The Big Bang Theory''. | * This logo was parodied in ''MAD'' magazine when it spoofed ''The Big Bang Theory''. | ||
* A special coffee-table book was printed in 2012 called What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us Bitter, which features artsy arrangements of hundreds of Chuck's essays. | * A special coffee-table book was printed in 2012 called ''What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us Bitter'', which features artsy arrangements of hundreds of Chuck's essays. | ||
* This logo has been used as vanity cards with tags of numbers since September 1997. | * This logo has been used as vanity cards with tags of numbers since September 1997. | ||
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* On the <u>''Two and a Half Men'' season 7 episode "Warning, It's Dirty"</u>, there is 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. | * On the <u>''Two and a Half Men'' season 7 episode "Warning, It's Dirty"</u>, there is 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 | **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!". | ||