# Sheen-a-thon--Will Charlie's career survive? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219 "2011-03-02T15:58:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/61 "2011-03-03T19:08:06Z")
Anyone have his number? I could really use like $5,000 right now, and I don’t think he’d mind… ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/62 "2011-03-03T19:09:22Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > Anyone have his number? I could really use like $5,000 right now, and I don’t think he’d mind… You can turn him into your own personal ATM Ma-SHEEN. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/63 "2011-03-03T19:14:04Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > Anyone have his number? I could really use like $5,000 right now, and I don’t think he’d mind… Are you young, blonde, buxom and a porn star/stripper/hooker? If so you could get a lot more than 5k. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/64 "2011-03-03T19:21:39Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > You can turn him into your own personal ATM Ma-SHEEN. But I don’t think you’ll like where he wants to put the ATM card. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/65 "2011-03-03T19:28:31Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Are you young, blonde, buxom and a porn star/stripper/hooker? a: No, but I _feel_ young. b: I can do blond. Hell, green, blue, and purple were easy enough. c: Shit, now that I’m losing weight, turns out I did the wrong thing? d: I give an awesome lap dance. I have a penis, though. Think that would matter? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/66 "2011-03-03T20:05:59Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Didn’t take La Lohan long to blow through her millions. Nick Cage is bankrupt. And there is always the M.C. Hammer story. > > Most famous people do not turn into Wayne Rogers. With good management, millions can last a lifetime. But being a STAR is expensive. MC Hammer didn’t handle his money well, but he also got ripped off by an embezzling accountant, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/67 "2011-03-03T22:42:45Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > a: No, but I _feel_ young. > b: I can do blond. Hell, green, blue, and purple were easy enough. > c: Shit, now that I’m losing weight, turns out I did the wrong thing? > d: I give an awesome lap dance. I have a penis, though. Think that would matter? You could probably just tuck it away, I doubt he’d notice what with being so high on Sheen. You could be a Sheen Queen! ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/68 "2011-03-03T23:31:01Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > MC Hammer didn’t handle his money well, but he also got ripped off by an embezzling accountant, I believe. He did have this, but I recall also he had over 300 people on his personal staff. This even more than the theft helped to deplete his funds ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/69 "2011-03-03T23:32:23Z")
Don’t forget Sheen also gets a percentage of the show in reruns, which is now the number one show in syndicated sitcom reruns. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/70 "2011-03-04T00:53:47Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > No matter how bad it might get for his career he will always have made-for-SyFy to fall back on. Don’t forget the World’s Dumbest series on TruTV! ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/71 "2011-03-04T01:01:17Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > What was wasted about it? The show made CBS lots of money in part because of Sheen’s talent. They got their money’s worth. That’s what a famous and skilled B-list comedic actor is worth. What talent beyond being the son of Martin Sheen? His character on the show is a rich playboy womanizer named CHARLIE whose goal in life is to party with 2 woman at a time. At what point does he know he’s actually at work? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/72 "2011-03-04T01:27:21Z")
He has good comic timing and a good deadpan demeanor for that kind of comedy. He’s also been a perfectly servicable actor in a number of dramatic roles, including some very critically successful films. I’m not saying he’s _enormously_ talented, but I’ve seen a lot worse. He gets by without stinking anything up. He’s not Brando, but he’s better than the likes of Keanu Reeves or Josh Hartnett, who are blocks of wood. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/73 "2011-03-04T06:03:49Z")
It just dawned on my why he’s gone insane. He’s taking his work home with him. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/74 "2011-03-04T10:26:44Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > What was wasted about it? The show made CBS lots of money in part because of Sheen’s talent. They got their money’s worth. That’s what a famous and skilled B-list comedic actor is worth. Only in the sense that that’s what people will pay for it. It’s wasted in the sense that the money could have been used for something a lot more beneficial to society. I’m pretty sure you could motivate someone to act for you with a lot less money, if studios weren’t so careless with money. I would also point out that TV shows that are made up of actors you have never heard of also often do well in ratings. And that Sheen has cost CBS a lot money now that they’ve lost a show. Apparently giving someone so much money that they can do without work is not a good idea if you want them to work for you. Whodathunkit? ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/75 "2011-03-04T17:09:46Z")
I want to go on record with a prediction that a Charlie Sheen sex tape will be released/leaked. I’m also not sure if that prediction is important enough to warrant its own thread or poll, so I’ll leave it here, but I’m curious if that will hamper his career. It seems Rob Lowe’s sex tape hurt him, at least for awhile, while women’s sex tapes (didn’t Paris Hilton have one?) don’t seem to hurt their images. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/76 "2011-03-04T17:27:01Z")
> [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](#): > > I want to go on record with a prediction that a Charlie Sheen sex tape will be released/leaked. I’m also not sure if that prediction is important enough to warrant its own thread or poll, so I’ll leave it here, but I’m curious if that will hamper his career. It seems Rob Lowe’s sex tape hurt him, at least for awhile, while women’s sex tapes (didn’t Paris Hilton have one?) don’t seem to hurt their images. In Paris Hilton’s case, you’d have to have an image to tarnish. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/77 "2011-03-04T23:10:45Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Only in the sense that that’s what people will pay for it. It’s wasted in the sense that the money could have been used for something a lot more beneficial to society. But people enjoyed watching the show. Millions of people derived great enjoyment from “Two and a Half Men,” and of course the money spent on the show created other jobs and spinoff benefits. CBS wasn’t going to give the money away, I’d assume, so why would the absence of Charlie Sheen on their show cause the $1.8 million to be better used? > [@](#): > > I’m pretty sure you could motivate someone to act for you with a lot less money, if studios weren’t so careless with money. Well, sure, and I’m sure you could get someone to do almost any job for less thanthe current jobholder would do. I’d have done the show for a lot less than$1.8 million. But I’m not as handsome, talented, or as funny, and my name doesn’t carry the same PR value. [QUOTE=Magiver] What talent beyond being the son of Martin Sheen? [/QUOTE] Have you watched his movies? He’s a solid actor, especially in comedy. Let me let you in on something; it’s harder than it looks. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/78 "2011-03-04T23:25:43Z")
I would have put “Yes, He is not an especially talented actor, but as long as he makes money for the studio, he will still get roles” ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/79 "2011-03-05T03:12:39Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Have you watched his movies? He’s a solid actor, especially in comedy. Let me let you in on something; it’s harder than it looks. I know scads of people who are funny on their own without a room full of professional joke writers. He would be living under a bridge talking to himself if he wasn’t the son of Martin Sheen. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219/80 "2011-03-05T03:42:45Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I know scads of people who are funny on their own without a room full of professional joke writers. Everyone knows people who they think are funny when you’re sitting around joshing and having a couple of beers. Approximately none of them can act for shit or tell jokes in front of a crowd. Acting is not an easy job to do passably well. I know you think it’s easy. Everyone thinks it’s easy, but there’s a reason everyone isn’t equally likely to get paid to do it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheen-a-thon-will-charlies-career-survive/573219.md?page=5)