What Chuck Lorre has said about Stuart Fails to Save the Universe

Lorre says Peter Roth showed no interest in his supporting-character spinoff idea, which he shelved for about nine or ten years before a new executive approved it.

“I put it away. I just put it away for, what, nine, ten years?”

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Lorre says Kevin Sussman would have played Wolowitz had things worked out differently, blaming ABC/Disney for treating him ruthlessly.

“had things worked out differently, he would have been Wolowitz”

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