JamesG
10-05-2013, 02:05 PM
Roseanne Accuses Chuck Lorre, Ashton Kutcher of Joke Theft
by Hillary Busis
Oct 5, 2013
Roseanne Barr is at it again.
Yesterday, she turned to a trifecta of targets: Ashton Kutcher, "Two and a Half Men", and Chuck Lorre, the CBS sitcom’s creator — who got his big break when he was hired as a supervising producer on Barr’s ’90s hit "Roseanne".
On Friday, Barr discovered that Thursday’s episode of "Men" featured Kutcher delivering a raunchy joke about being 91 years old: “I’d imagine that you’re wet in the places you used to be dry, and dry in the places you used to be wet.”
The line is similar to one Barr has been telling since at least 2006, though in her case, it refers to the effects of menopause: “I’m wet where I’m supposed to be dry and dry where I’m supposed to be wet.”
Barr ripped into the actor, the show, and Lorre on Twitter: “i would steal one of his jokes to make it even,” she wrote, “but they all suck ass.”
Though Kutcher, Lorre, and CBS didn’t responded to Barr’s complaints, the comedian did eventually dial things back — calling Lorre one of her “two most successful interns” (along with Joss Whedon, who wrote for Roseanne in 1989) and eventually tweeting, “I forgive Ashton and Chuck! It’s prob one of their writer’s fault!”
Check out her Twitter tirade below:
“friends told me that ashton kuchner is stealing my jokes without any sense of being conscious of being a ****ing thief. #chucklorre”
“******* kuchner is stealing my "wet where i'm supposed to be dry" joke @JohnnyArgent mother****ing thief”
“Chuck Lorre has made MILLIONS-hundreds of millions-YET-he STEALS COMEDIAN'S WRITING-helps himself 2 STEAL other ppl's work w no guilt.”
“Chuck Lorre will do anything2 make a $-lie, steal, cheat, rip off comics ideas, re use already overused premises2 entertain moronic droolers”
“@aplusk YOU STOLE ONE OF MY JOKES ON UR CHUCK LORRE SHOW-stop doing that to comics-tell ur 'writers' to attempt 2 write their own jokes!!”
“Let's keep track of the jokes stolen from comics on chuck lorre chic filA Tv shows”
“@aplusk @TheRealRoseanne ur 'Wet where I'm supposed to be dry & dry where, etc." line just got a big laugh on "Two-&-A-Half Men."#Bastards”
“COMICS: BEGIN WATCHING CHUCK LORRE'S SHOWS 2 SEE IF HE STEALS YOUR MATERIAL AS HE DOES MINE- (try hard 2 watch if u can stomach 1 min of it)”
“@AplusK there are a lot of DEAD comics that your show could steal jokes from who won't be upset like I am. #ignoranceisbliss”
“@MommyRhino @TMZ i would steal one of his jokes to make it even, but they all suck ass”
“hey, lots of dead comics have material that Chuck cld access 4 five more series.”
“i am not really surprised at tv writers-many R just highly paid thieves-I saw it w my own eyes. #crybabies #thieves #sexists #AAexcuses”
“I need to do like Chuck Lorre's writers do-watch some stand up and steal some jokes for my new scripts. I could produce ten shows, maybe!”
“any show biz lawyers lurking here? If something is copyrighted, then usurped 4broadcast, that is a slam dunk win in court, right? @aplusk”
“If i'm unable2 sue billionaire chuck lorre4 theft, then I will force myself 2 watch his shows-& steal his jokes 2-altho NOT many R FUNNY.”
“I can C chuck in the room: 'guys, let's b careful when lifting jokes frm comics-don't steal copyrighted HBO special jokes-b more discreet'.”
“not all writers who work for CL r thieves and miscreants w no real lives.”
“@Philly_Blaze actually, i kid chuck bc i love chuck-he and joss whedon r my two most successful interns.”
“Chuck Lorre has a great sense of humor about himself”
“I forgive Ashton and Chuck! It's prob one of their writer's fault!”
http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/10/05/roseanne-two-and-a-half-men-stole-joke/
by Hillary Busis
Oct 5, 2013
Roseanne Barr is at it again.
Yesterday, she turned to a trifecta of targets: Ashton Kutcher, "Two and a Half Men", and Chuck Lorre, the CBS sitcom’s creator — who got his big break when he was hired as a supervising producer on Barr’s ’90s hit "Roseanne".
On Friday, Barr discovered that Thursday’s episode of "Men" featured Kutcher delivering a raunchy joke about being 91 years old: “I’d imagine that you’re wet in the places you used to be dry, and dry in the places you used to be wet.”
The line is similar to one Barr has been telling since at least 2006, though in her case, it refers to the effects of menopause: “I’m wet where I’m supposed to be dry and dry where I’m supposed to be wet.”
Barr ripped into the actor, the show, and Lorre on Twitter: “i would steal one of his jokes to make it even,” she wrote, “but they all suck ass.”
Though Kutcher, Lorre, and CBS didn’t responded to Barr’s complaints, the comedian did eventually dial things back — calling Lorre one of her “two most successful interns” (along with Joss Whedon, who wrote for Roseanne in 1989) and eventually tweeting, “I forgive Ashton and Chuck! It’s prob one of their writer’s fault!”
Check out her Twitter tirade below:
“friends told me that ashton kuchner is stealing my jokes without any sense of being conscious of being a ****ing thief. #chucklorre”
“******* kuchner is stealing my "wet where i'm supposed to be dry" joke @JohnnyArgent mother****ing thief”
“Chuck Lorre has made MILLIONS-hundreds of millions-YET-he STEALS COMEDIAN'S WRITING-helps himself 2 STEAL other ppl's work w no guilt.”
“Chuck Lorre will do anything2 make a $-lie, steal, cheat, rip off comics ideas, re use already overused premises2 entertain moronic droolers”
“@aplusk YOU STOLE ONE OF MY JOKES ON UR CHUCK LORRE SHOW-stop doing that to comics-tell ur 'writers' to attempt 2 write their own jokes!!”
“Let's keep track of the jokes stolen from comics on chuck lorre chic filA Tv shows”
“@aplusk @TheRealRoseanne ur 'Wet where I'm supposed to be dry & dry where, etc." line just got a big laugh on "Two-&-A-Half Men."#Bastards”
“COMICS: BEGIN WATCHING CHUCK LORRE'S SHOWS 2 SEE IF HE STEALS YOUR MATERIAL AS HE DOES MINE- (try hard 2 watch if u can stomach 1 min of it)”
“@AplusK there are a lot of DEAD comics that your show could steal jokes from who won't be upset like I am. #ignoranceisbliss”
“@MommyRhino @TMZ i would steal one of his jokes to make it even, but they all suck ass”
“hey, lots of dead comics have material that Chuck cld access 4 five more series.”
“i am not really surprised at tv writers-many R just highly paid thieves-I saw it w my own eyes. #crybabies #thieves #sexists #AAexcuses”
“I need to do like Chuck Lorre's writers do-watch some stand up and steal some jokes for my new scripts. I could produce ten shows, maybe!”
“any show biz lawyers lurking here? If something is copyrighted, then usurped 4broadcast, that is a slam dunk win in court, right? @aplusk”
“If i'm unable2 sue billionaire chuck lorre4 theft, then I will force myself 2 watch his shows-& steal his jokes 2-altho NOT many R FUNNY.”
“I can C chuck in the room: 'guys, let's b careful when lifting jokes frm comics-don't steal copyrighted HBO special jokes-b more discreet'.”
“not all writers who work for CL r thieves and miscreants w no real lives.”
“@Philly_Blaze actually, i kid chuck bc i love chuck-he and joss whedon r my two most successful interns.”
“Chuck Lorre has a great sense of humor about himself”
“I forgive Ashton and Chuck! It's prob one of their writer's fault!”
http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/10/05/roseanne-two-and-a-half-men-stole-joke/