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©2026
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v, 184 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Includes unpaged annotated television screenplays in back of book
Show me a sitcom writer with a happy childhood, and I'll show you a network executive -- A guitar saves my life -- Columbus, Ohio: Quaaludes and L. Ron Hubbard -- Back in Los Angeles..again: determined and clueless -- My stairway to heaven -- The many wives of Chuck Lorre -- Health insurance! -- The big time + divorce = bourbon -- A demun's a demun! -- Who do you have to fuck to get fired around here? -- Slow to learn, quick to forget -- Failing upwards -- What if there was a female lead who was nice? -- One day at a time motherfucker! -- Just say yes -- Saying yes worked, let's try it again -- Warning! helping friends can bite you in the ass -- Maybe there's a show about people trying to get better, or write what you know -- My exciting personal life -- Well, that was a little sad -- The Kominsky Method: Oscar-winning movie stars meet the sitcom guy -- Bookie -- Sometimes shit just goes well -- My 28 years at WArner Bros., or why does mommy keep bringing home strange men? -- How "Just say yes" became "Just say what the fuck" -- I may not be much, but I'm all I think about -- Zen and the art of sitcom -- Script from the show: Two and a half men -- Script from the show: The Kominsky method -- Script from the show: the Big Bang Theory
"Ever wonder what it's like to spend decades making millions of strangers laugh -- while trying not to lose your mind in the process? As the creator of The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Young Sheldon, Bookie, Dharma & Greg, Mom, and more, Lorre has racked up almost two thousand half-hours of comedy. But his own story is just as outrageous, awkward, and surprisingly touching as the shows he built. In this memoir on his life and career in comedy, Lorre trades punchlines for real talk: the messy, very human truth behind Hollywood's glossy facade, addiction, his own and that of his famous colleagues, his failed marriages, disastrous life choices, and chronic illness--all of which somehow became the ingredients for comedy. One chapter may leave you doubled over, the next might sneak in a lump in your throat -- but that's Chuck. That's sitcoms. That's also real life. If you've ever binged The Big Bang Theory, argued over your favorite Two and a Half Men character, or wondered how TV comedy gets made, this is your all-access pass. Spoiler: it involves failure, low-self-esteem, and an unshakable love for laughter."--Provided by publisher