It’s been many years since the MRC began calling out CBS’s “King of Comedy,” producer Chuck Lorre for his political rants via his sitcoms, as well as his vanity cards that display at the end of his shows. And for a while, we’ve enjoyed a nice reprieve after Lorre waved a white flag and began leaving politics out of his attempts to entertain us. (Minus one blip in 2022.)
But when Trump won the 2024 presidential election, it was just too much for Chuck. The TDS took hold again, (albeit in a much milder form than what we’ve witnessed from most on the left) and led him to write Vanity Card #749 which aired in the credits after Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage and Ghosts:
The card reads as follows:
I’ve been playing around with writing a sitcom based on the ancient Greek myth of Sisyphus. In my rendition Sisyphus is not unhappy about his soul-crushing, assembly-line gig building children’s swing sets in the underworld. He’s actually pleased to have job security in a down economy. And he’s fine with living in the underworld because it has a terrific transit system. His real torment comes when he learns the truth about his name. Before he was born, Zeus told his mother that her son would struggle with a speech impediment. In an ill-fated attempt to mock the prophecy, she named the baby Sisyphus. My working title for the show is, “Swing and a Myth.”
I’m sorry. I can’t do this anymore. I’m not really writing a Sisyphus sitcom. “Swing and a Myth?” Please. Give me some credit. This is just what came out while I was trying to avoid writing about the election. I do find it amusing that the subtext of Sisyphus is the futility of existence. Read into that what you will.
The futility of existence? Correct us if we’re wrong, Chuck, but the way it reads to us is you believe existence is futile now that Trump was elected again by an unequivocal mandate from a majority of Americans. In which case, we highly suggest seeking treatment for your TDS so you can learn how to still live in the world when things don’t go your way, and to un-brainwash yourself from all the fearmongering the left has been pushing for years now.
No, democracy won’t crumble. No, Trump won’t be a dictator. And no, existence won’t be futile. We can’t wait to see what your vanity cards say in 2028 when you realize you had nothing to fear all along.
Then again, you are part of the propaganda machine that is Hollywood, so you probably won’t ever admit you were wrong. You know, kind of like how you never admitted to being wrong about the Russian collusion hoax, and instead tried to double down on it long after it was disproved.
Please just go back to doing what you do best- comedy- and leave the politics out of entertainment for good this time.
