Chuck Lorre

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Not since Norman Lear has one man had an impact on television comedy as great as Chuck Lorre. He has created, co-created, or produced and written such long-running hits as The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Dharma and Greg, Mike and Molly, and Young Sheldon, to name just a few. Leonard and Jessie found him to be candid in discussing the nuts and bolts of steering these wildly popular series. If you like smart TV, chances are you’re watching at least one of his shows. Now you can hear from the man behind the curtain.

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0:00.0	Now Entering Nerdist.com.
0:13.0	Hi everybody, I'm Leonard Martin.
0:15.0	And I'm Jesse Malton.
0:16.0	And you're listening to Malton on movies.
0:18.5	And today we have someone who is primarily known not for movies, but for his
0:22.8	incredible and prolific output on television. Mr. Chuck Lorry. And welcome, Chuck. Thank you.
0:30.7	Mr. Prolific Output. That's exactly. It's funny. It said that on the business card, I'm sure it
0:36.5	says that. Yes. Mr. Prolific output. Oh, great. Hello, Mr. Prolific. To be funny, it said that on the, on the business card, I'm sure it says that. Mr. Prolific output.
0:39.3	Oh, great.
0:40.0	To be known for quantity, that's terrific.
0:43.6	But I mean, we're sitting here at Warner Brothers with you, and you've got just a few of the shows you've worked on around us, they're all really good and people really love
0:56.7	them and that's saying something they also play around the world my my husband is from
1:03.4	england and when i'm there two shows play on repeat several but two in particular and it's two
1:09.2	and a half men and Big Bang.
1:11.8	So no matter where I am, you follow me.
1:14.7	Oh, okay.
1:15.6	Yeah.
1:16.4	But it's an incredible thing to think that it's not just, you know, we're here in L.A.,
1:21.4	and so a lot of things, it feels like everybody does this.
1:25.6	You're surrounded by talented and creative people but then you go
1:29.2	around the world and you realize just what the reach is the pervasiveness of
1:33.5	this medium is astonishing you know I just I was I was I recently I had a couple
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