# Martin Mull on 2 1/2 Men, and Sheen signs for 2 more years **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-mull-on-2-1-2-men-and-sheen-signs-for-2-more-years/539877 "2010-05-18T13:36:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-mull-on-2-1-2-men-and-sheen-signs-for-2-more-years/539877/1 "2010-05-18T13:36:08Z")
Okay, I only watch this show to fill the gap between House and the Big Bang. But this season they introduced Russell the pharmacist, played by Martin Mull, who is always excellent. He made his second appearance last night, prescribing marijuana for Charlie’s sleepliness, with a video hookup to a Pakistani doctor for a prescription (Bad news. You got glacoma…Excuse me…Best Buy customer service). I hope they keep the character. 2 1/2 Men survives because of its supporting cast not by Charlie Sheen playing Charlie [del]Sheen[/del] Harper. Sheen has signed on for two more years. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-mull-on-2-1-2-men-and-sheen-signs-for-2-more-years/539877/2 "2010-05-18T14:16:04Z")
Mull is always a hoot. The look on Alan’s face when he discovered he needed gas station sweatpants was priceless. I’m amazed they found all of those actresses free at the same time to do this episode. Or maybe they digitized them (rimshot). ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-mull-on-2-1-2-men-and-sheen-signs-for-2-more-years/539877/3 "2010-05-18T15:41:36Z")
Glad to see Sheen didn’t screw it for Jon Cryer, whom(?) I always thought was underrecognized. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-mull-on-2-1-2-men-and-sheen-signs-for-2-more-years/539877/4 "2010-05-18T15:52:13Z")
Martin Mull was hysterical last night. It always makes the show better when he and Charlie interact in his drug store. And apparently, wonder of all wonders, Charlie can’t hang with Berta in drug debauchery. I guess he’ll just have to stick to his drug of choice - alcohol. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-mull-on-2-1-2-men-and-sheen-signs-for-2-more-years/539877/5 "2010-05-18T16:07:05Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Conchata Ferrell in a role I didn’t absolutely adore. Berta has always been my favorite supporting character on this show. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-mull-on-2-1-2-men-and-sheen-signs-for-2-more-years/539877/6 "2010-05-18T16:11:41Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever seen Conchata Ferrell in a role I didn’t absolutely adore. Berta has always been my favorite supporting character on this show. Remember _Hot l Baltimore_? I’m not sure it ran for even a whole season, back when shows weren’t canceled so quickly, but it didn’t run very long. Funny as hell. I fell asleep in the chair and missed it, but woke up for BBT. Sorry to have missed Mull. ETA: Not sure how I feel about two more years. This season has been pretty lame, and I really, really hate the Chelsea character. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-mull-on-2-1-2-men-and-sheen-signs-for-2-more-years/539877/7 "2010-05-18T16:19:03Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Remember _Hot l Baltimore_? I’m not sure it ran for even a whole season, back when shows weren’t canceled so quickly, but it didn’t run very long. Funny as hell. I do remember it, very vaguely. I was pretty young when it ran (just checked on Wikipedia…it ran in 1975, so I was 4), but I do remember that my family watched it at least once. I don’t know if it was on for more than that or if the prostitutes and gay couple were too much for my parents. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-mull-on-2-1-2-men-and-sheen-signs-for-2-more-years/539877/8 "2010-05-18T17:22:42Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Remember _Hot l Baltimore_? I’m not sure it ran for even a whole season, back when shows weren’t canceled so quickly, but it didn’t run very long. Funny as hell. She was also in the short-lived comedy _E/R_ with Elliot Gould (that preceded the more famous show of the same name). ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-mull-on-2-1-2-men-and-sheen-signs-for-2-more-years/539877/9 "2010-05-18T18:18:19Z")
I thought it was a pretty good episode. Any episode with Rena Sofer in it, is OK by me. The farting contest was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-mull-on-2-1-2-men-and-sheen-signs-for-2-more-years/539877/10 "2010-05-18T18:30:40Z")
Mull has played Russell on 2.5 for many seasons. Just not often. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-mull-on-2-1-2-men-and-sheen-signs-for-2-more-years/539877/11 "2010-05-18T18:38:24Z")
According to wiki, Mull only started playing Russell last year (season 6). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-mull-on-2-1-2-men-and-sheen-signs-for-2-more-years/539877/12 "2010-05-18T18:54:41Z")
My guess is, he’s such a perfect fit for the show that it seems like he’s been on it forever. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-mull-on-2-1-2-men-and-sheen-signs-for-2-more-years/539877/13 "2010-05-18T18:59:39Z")
> [@](#): > > She was also in the short-lived comedy E/R with Elliot Gould (that preceded the more famous show of the same name). Was that the one that had George Clooney or the one that had George Clooney? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-mull-on-2-1-2-men-and-sheen-signs-for-2-more-years/539877/14 "2010-05-18T19:27:21Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever seen Conchata Ferrell in a role I didn’t absolutely adore. Berta has always been my favorite supporting character on this show. I really like Ferrell’s role as Susan Bloom in LA Law. She was a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-mull-on-2-1-2-men-and-sheen-signs-for-2-more-years/539877/15 "2010-05-19T01:48:32Z")
According to IMDB Mull has played Russell three times since 2008. It seems to me he has been on even before that.