What Chuck Lorre has said about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)

Lorre said that he and Dennis Brown wrote the Ninja Turtles theme in a single afternoon.

“And he and I, we wrote that theme song in an afternoon”

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Lorre theorized that the Turtles appealed to young children because being a teenager, a mutant, and a ninja all represent empowerment.

“If you had ninja powers, you weren't helpless. So teenager, ugly, power”

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Lorre said that he and Dennis Brown were bluffed into signing away royalties on home video and game uses of their theme.

“It didn't occur to us to do anything but be bluffed right out of our socks. And we signed away our rights to that”

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