I think he refers to a caged ring (Utlimate Fighting style) he thinks he has in his house.
In which he violently loves people.
If this doesn’t already exist, I’m sure a Baen executive has read this post and already commissioned a whole series of books based on this concept.
Unless you’re being serious, in which case I’d expect the check to be in the mail any day now.
Safest? This is a show where the 50+ main character regularly sexes up prostitutes and barely legal teens. How anyone considers Two and a Half Men a “family show” is beyond me.
TMZ says that Angus T Jones signed a contract last year for $300,000 per episode, and that he’d earn $14.4 million for the next two 24-episode seasons (although that’s probably going to change now). He lucked into a very lucrative role. (BTW, the article says that Sheen’s new contract was for $2 million per episode.)
And I read somewhere that the show is incredibly lucrative both to CBS and Warner Television, even with the high payroll.
Seems odd of Mr. Sheen to make a big deal out of Lorre’s birth name (Charles Michael Levine), when his own birth name is not Charlie Sheen - it’s Carlos Irwin Estevez.
I hope that Angus T Jones is taking Charlie Sheen’s craziness as an object lesson in how not to handle vast amounts of money.
I love the fact that allegations of domestic violence didn’t bother his producers; holding a hooker hostage across the hall from his kids only rated a suspension; but when he insults them, they drop the hammer. Nice set of priorities.
Per your own link, it’s guaranteed:
“CBS has guaranteed 48 episodes over the next two seasons, which means Angus would pocket $14.4 mil total, plus that $500,000 signing bonus.”
I watched s.1-3 fairly religiously as reruns, but somehow I missed the kid’s real name. Odd.
It is always different when it affects you directly.
He called him “Chaim” Levine – he was Jew-baiting. A little hint of Mel Gibson.
I think they really couldn’t do anything before because there was no morals clause in his contract, and he kept showing up for work and doing his job, so they couldn’t fire him. Maybe there is something that allows them to pull him for slandering the producer. Lorre might be an asshole and he might be a great guy, but Sheen may have just said the magic words.
Worse than Three’s Company?
A family show?! My wife and I watch the reruns, and we think it’s hilarious (although I’ve watched a more recent episode–maybe even from this season, and didn’t think it was nearly as funny…the plot’s getting thin. I think it jumped the shark awhile back), but I consider the show about as close to softcore porn as a broadcast network will air.
The show’s extremely lucrative in syndication; you’ll be seeing it on the schedule for decades.
About the same IMHO.
It was established in the interview that the two have been friends for a while. This isn’t just him being a guest on a fringe show. They’re actual buddies.
Btw, I’ve long loved 2 1/2 Men & I’d like to see some effort to continue without Sheen. Jon Cryer deserves better.
Oh good! I don’t really care what Charlie Sheen’s offense to the producers are or whatever celebrity antics he’s up to… the show is just god awful and unfunny. I can’t stand the shows where they have the characters mug for the camera in an completely un-ironic way. (Side note: that’s also the reason why I hate Mike Meyers movies)
I’ve heard multiple people say that they only watch Two and a Half Men because they’re too stoned to reach for the remote and change the channel.
I dropped the show from my DVR schedule a few weeks ago. I never thought it either a great or horrible show. The appeal for me was that Charlie Harper - and occasionally Alan - dated some really hot women. That visual appeal was enough to get me to tune in.
Predicable show with more potty humor recently, and it’s been running on fumes. I miss the older episodes style, etc.
So, when did it jump the shark?
Chelsea. Or maybe the ballerina. But probably Chelsea.