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Apologies for the Frivolity ()

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  • Season 4
  • Episode 6
Charlie is the last one to realize that he is dating a younger version of his mother.
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Charlie Harper
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Alan Harper
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Jake Harper
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Berta
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Evelyn Harper
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Rose
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Lydia (as Katherine Lanasa)
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Stephan 'Bobby' Wasserstein
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Andy
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Joey

Directed by

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Gary Halvorson

Written by

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Chuck Lorre ... (created by) (creator) &
Lee Aronsohn ... (created by) (creator)
 
Mark Roberts ... (teleplay by) &
Don Foster ... (teleplay by)
 
Chuck Lorre ... (story by) &
Lee Aronsohn ... (story by)
 
Adam Waring ... (story editor)

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Lee Aronsohn ... executive producer
Susan Beavers ... co-executive producer
Joe Bella ... co-producer
Mark Burg ... executive producer
Michael Collier ... producer
Don Foster ... co-executive producer
Eddie Gorodetsky ... co-executive producer
Oren Koules ... executive producer
Toti Levine ... associate producer
Chuck Lorre ... executive producer (showrunner)
Jim Patterson ... producer
Mary T. Quigley ... co-producer
Mark Roberts ... co-executive producer
Eric Tannenbaum ... executive producer
Kim Tannenbaum ... executive producer

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Dennis C. Brown
Grant Geissman

Cinematography by

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Steven V. Silver ... director of photography

Editing by

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Joe Bella

Editorial Department

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Tony D'Amore ... final colorist
Gordon Ferris ... negative conforming supervisor
Henry Santos ... assistant colorist

Casting By

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Ken Miller
Nikki Valko

Production Design by

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John Shaffner

Set Decoration by

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Ann Shea

Costume Design by

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Mary T. Quigley

Makeup Department

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Janice Berridge ... makeup artist
Pixie Schwartz ... hair stylist
Gabriel Solana ... makeup artist: Mr. Sheen

Production Management

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Dennis R. McElroy ... post-production supervisor
Carol Anne Miller ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Ron Moseley ... first assistant director
Jean Sagal ... associate director
Joseph Stafford ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Lee Lee Baird ... property master
Francoise Cherry-Cohen ... set designer (as Francoise Cherry)

Sound Department

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Ron Arnold ... sound recordist
Bob La Masney ... re-recording mixer
Charlie McDaniel ... re-recording mixer
Kathy Oldham ... re-recording mixer
Bruce Peters ... production sound mixer
Hemang Prajapati ... sound editor
Wayne O'Brien ... m&e re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Tom Ruff ... foley mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Scott Forbes ... special effects coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Brian Brockway ... camera operator
Bobby Burton ... gaffer
Bo Miller ... key grip
Greg Gayne ... still photographer (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Adam Hochfeld ... extras casting (uncredited)
Nikki Hoffman ... extras casting
Peter Pappas ... casting associate
Sandi Lyn Roberts ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Laura Flett ... costumer
Catherine Rideaux ... wardrobe supervisor
Laura Rubio ... key costumer

Music Department

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Lee Aronsohn ... composer: theme music
Joe Fischer ... music manager
Grant Geissman ... composer: theme music
Chuck Lorre ... composer: theme music
Gregory Sweeney ... music coordinator

Additional Crew

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Ahmadu Garba ... assistant to writer
John Kumpart ... production accountant
Eric Lapidus ... executive consultant
John Malakoff ... production travel consultant
Nicole Pelner ... assistant production coordinator (as Nicole Eberhardt)
Leif Reinstein ... talent lawyer
Adam Waring ... story editor

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Charlie's latest, unusually conservative, classy girlfriend, Lydia, makes her entry in the beach-house in the Harper's hated ma Evelyn's style, almost instantly hurting everybody's feelings, soon in bed and in his favorite restaurant too, but Charlie keeps denying the obvious resemblance till the ugly Oedipal truth becomes too painfully obvious to deny when he sees how every second with her is torture for her two nice boys she brings along for Jake (who also plays 'I have boobs') to babysit, as bad as for him and Alan all their traumatizing youth. Written by KGF Vissers

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Also Known As
  • Apologies for the Frivolity (United States)
Runtime
  • 21 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Episode title spoken by Bobby (James Edson), to Lydia (Katherine LaNasa). See more »
Goofs At the dinner table, when Alan, Berta, Jake and Charlie are talking, the amount of orange juice in Jake's glass keeps changing. See more »
Soundtracks Manly Men See more »
Quotes Berta: Choose your words carefully, Slim.
Lydia: Slim? Why, thank you! I watch what I eat.
Berta: Going in or coming out?
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