# Tried to watch 2-1/2 men, just couldn't **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tried-to-watch-2-1-2-men-just-couldnt/598613 "2011-10-04T21:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tried-to-watch-2-1-2-men-just-couldnt/598613/1 "2011-10-04T21:20:15Z")
Made it about ten minutes. I hate to side with Charlie Sheen, but this show sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tried-to-watch-2-1-2-men-just-couldnt/598613/2 "2011-10-04T21:24:24Z")
You mean “2 1/2 Men”? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tried-to-watch-2-1-2-men-just-couldnt/598613/3 "2011-10-04T21:26:42Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > You mean “2 1/2 Men”? Changed “3 1/2” to “2-1/2.” ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tried-to-watch-2-1-2-men-just-couldnt/598613/4 "2011-10-04T21:27:49Z")
Agreed. However, I’ve seen a couple of episodes of it before Charlie Sheen left and there hasn’t been a drop-off in quality. It’s just a sucky show. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tried-to-watch-2-1-2-men-just-couldnt/598613/5 "2011-10-04T21:29:30Z")
Thought it was that office drama about diskette salesmen in the 1980s. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tried-to-watch-2-1-2-men-just-couldnt/598613/6 "2011-10-04T21:32:23Z")
used to be funny. now it’s just filthy. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tried-to-watch-2-1-2-men-just-couldnt/598613/7 "2011-10-04T21:35:10Z")
But it’s still full of fart humor!!! :rolleyes: It ceased being funny long long ago, IMHO. I think it peaked in the episode where Candy sang Christmas songs at the piano. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tried-to-watch-2-1-2-men-just-couldnt/598613/8 "2011-10-04T21:49:03Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > It ceased being funny long long ago, IMHO. I think it peaked in the episode where Candy sang Christmas songs at the piano. That was good. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tried-to-watch-2-1-2-men-just-couldnt/598613/9 "2011-10-05T02:56:37Z")
I’m not a fan of Charlie Sheen but the Charlie Harper character was funny. This new bloke is woeful. (I can’t even be bothered remembering his name) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tried-to-watch-2-1-2-men-just-couldnt/598613/10 "2011-10-05T03:20:54Z")
It sucked with Charlie Sheen. Why shouldn’t it suck without him? The show was pretty good in the beginning, but jumped the shark after a couple of seasons. The first half of this year’s premiere actually was fairly good, but it fell apart in the second half and I haven’t bothered with it since. ---
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tried-to-watch-2-1-2-men-just-couldnt/598613/11 "2011-10-05T19:38:08Z")
Alan has become a completely unsympathetic character IMHO. How much masterbating into a facecloth do we really need to hear about? And the whole story last season about ripping off his family and friends all that money made him go from goofy loser to major douche. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tried-to-watch-2-1-2-men-just-couldnt/598613/12 "2011-10-05T23:55:25Z")
I tried it twice, several years ago, and made it less than two minutes each time. Really a terrible show. Joe ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tried-to-watch-2-1-2-men-just-couldnt/598613/13 "2011-10-06T03:23:50Z")
did the show use to have laugh tracks? they never bother me but i guess when you find nothing funny it is really jarring and conspicuous.