# Two and A Half Men 'Filth'
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 27, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319 "2012-11-27T23:01:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/1 "2012-11-27T23:01:16Z")
I’m surprised I haven’t seen a thread about this yet. Angus T. Jones, who plays the “half” on “Two and A Half Men” calls the show “filth” and begs viewers to stop watching it in a [testimony video](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/26/angus-t-jones-two-and-a-half-men-filth_n_2192675.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment).
Apparently Angus has gotten religion, and has decided that the $350,000 he makes per episode is not valuable enough to wipe out the unchristian nature of his show. He made a video as a testimony for his new spiritual adviser’s group “Forerunner Chronicles”. From what I’ve read, the adviser is a wacko nutjob conspiracy theorist.
Now, we watch and wait to see if CBS or the show will fire him. Frankly, I stopped watching the show even before Charlie imploded - Angus, you don’t have to beg. :rolleyes:
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### Author:  [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/2 "2012-11-27T23:04:22Z")
Well it’s not like he’s wrong. What’s odd is that it’s taken him a decade (& several million dollars) to realize this.
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/3 "2012-11-27T23:05:57Z")
He may not be wrong, but he is an idiot. Shut up about the filth, cash the checks and thank your lucky stars for the ridiculous amount of money you’re being paid. If the filthiness bothers him, shut up about the show and donate the money to a worthwhile charity.
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### Author:  [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/4 "2012-11-27T23:06:06Z")
Yeah, it’s filth, but not filthy enough for him to break his contract. I guess we know what the worth of his faith is.
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### Author:  [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/5 "2012-11-27T23:12:24Z")
I haven’t followed the show lately. I stopped shortly after Kutcher took over but from articles I’ve read about this that Jake has already graduated high school and has enlisted with the army so I think the character was on the way out anyways and the show probably too.
Also he didn’t get spiritual until last year so he’s only cared about it about that long. And like you said he’s made his millions and he’s set for life if he’s smart with the money. Any job I had that got me to 5-10 million, I think he’s made more, then I’m done. I’d walk in one day and say
“I’m done. I quit. Bye.”
You can find part one of the video on youtube. I watched both parts this morning.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/6 "2012-11-27T23:13:05Z")
Angus T. Jones - WINNING!
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### Author:  [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/7 "2012-11-27T23:15:52Z")
So a teenager with a shedload of money now has a “new spiritual adviser”. Whatever could inspire someone to take on the task of advising this troubled teen?
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### Author:  [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/8 "2012-11-28T00:52:24Z")
I don’t like to stereotype overly religious people, but this is just sad. And funny. Never thought I’d say this but here’s someone who could’ve been _saved by Scientology! Career-wise anyway. Because that sound you hear is his career coming to an instant end. Unless he recants quickly he’s done. He was already a member of the **Macaulay Culkin** , **Haley Joel Osment** class of ‘I’m a cute child actor who’s now an ugly dork’_ celebrities (at least, by Hollywood standards). 😃
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### Author:  [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/9 "2012-11-28T02:25:00Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#):
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> Unless he recants quickly he’s done.
[Well, what’d ya know!](http://www.tmz.com/2012/11/27/angus-t-jones-two-and-a-half-men-apology-sorry/) 😃 😃
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/10 "2012-11-28T02:46:29Z")
Perhaps he realized something was wrong when Charlie Sheen said he was acting nuts. [Sheen told People](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20651437,00.html), “With Angus’s Hale-Bopp-like meltdown, it is radically clear to me that the show is cursed.”
Or maybe his agent sat him down and explained that he will never again be paid as much as he is now.
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### Author:  [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/11 "2012-11-28T02:54:06Z")
Jesus did say for rich people to sell their possessions and give their money to the poor. Maybe this is Anguus’s way of doing that.
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### Author:  [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/12 "2012-11-28T02:57:32Z")
> [@Charlie Sheen](#):
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> Hale-Bopp-like meltdown
That’s an interesting turn of phrase. I like it. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/13 "2012-11-28T03:03:00Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#):
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> Well it’s not like he’s wrong. What’s odd is that it’s taken him a decade (& several million dollars) to realize this.
Meh, he was like nine when the show started. Its not exactly odd that he has different views now that he’s an adult.
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### Author:  [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/14 "2012-11-28T03:15:16Z")
But the show is filth. I mean, it is. That’s what made it mildly amusing in the first place. And Conchata Ferrell, who could be just as gloriously filthy as the men.
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### Author:  [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/15 "2012-11-28T03:45:13Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#):
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> He was already a member of the **Macaulay Culkin** , **Haley Joel Osment** class of\* ‘I’m a cute child actor who’s now an ugly dork’\* celebrities (at least, by Hollywood standards). 😃
FWIW, I think he was a fairly unattractive and dorky looking child (to be fair, that’s what the role called for), and has grown into a reasonably cute [young man](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3171859712/nm0427489). He’s not going to be the next Brad Pitt or anything, but there are roles for kind of cute but kind of dorky looking guys and I’d say he’s cuter than Michael Cera.
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/16 "2012-11-28T03:50:40Z")
It’s much like when my friends at High School who became Christians and suddenly decided that Dungeons and Dragons, which up until that point had been a harmless game, was now the path to Satan. Which I solely blame Chick Tracts for.
Basically people who don’t really know what they’re talking about convince malleable young minds foolish notions that they’re not allowed to question.
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### Author:  [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/17 "2012-11-28T04:15:17Z")
Jon Cryer has got to be pretty worried right now, wondering if the plague of crazy is going to infect him next.
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### Author:  [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2012, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/18 "2012-11-28T07:12:20Z")
Cryer is behind both Sheen’s and the half-man’s meltdowns. He’s picking the rest of the cast off so he can get his own show “One Man - starring Jon Cryer.”
Who wouldn’t watch that?
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/19 "2012-11-28T12:47:36Z")
> [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](#):
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> So a teenager with a shedload of money now has a “new spiritual adviser”. Whatever could inspire someone to take on the task of advising this troubled teen?
Coincidentaly, once a spirtual advisor appears shedloads of money tend to disappear. Funny how that happens.
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### Author:  [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-men-filth/642319/20 "2012-11-28T13:10:39Z")
I thought he seemed kinda high in the video? But I don’t know him, maybe that’s what he’s always like?
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