What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us Bitter Author:Chuck Lorre Since 1997, fans of some of the most popular sitcoms ever broadcast ? The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Mike & Molly and Dharma & Greg ? have been granted a fleeting glimpse each week into the unfettered and uncompromising mind of the incredibly prolific creative force behind those series, Chuck Lorre. That's because Lorre devotes exactly... more » one second of airtime per show to expressing his deepest thoughts at the end of the credits on his now-infamous vanity cards, which for many years could only be enjoyed by freeze-framing on a VCR and squinting to read the tiny, wobbling words.Now, for the first time ever, hundreds of Lorre's witty and insightful musings have been gathered together in a published volume that reveals a hilarious, thought-provoking and scandalous body of work unlike any other creative endeavor. Veering from philosophical treatises to personal revelations to the occasional furious diatribe, Lorre never shies away from controversy ? even in the face of network censorship, as has often happened.But never fear: Every word on the original vanity cards included in this curated selection is here ? even the censored texts that never made it to air. Enhanced with sly, ingenious illustrations and designs that capture the off-kilter essence of Lorre's bite-sized dispatches, What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us Bitter will change the way you think about life, the universe and TV ? or at least it'll save your eyesight.« less