In a lot of ways, Two and a Half Men was much different than most of the other shows on television for its day, with its off-color humor at a time when network television seemed to be leaning safer and more family-friendly | A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house |
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According to the DVD commentary, all but just a couple of notable exceptions follow this rule, the result of which is silly-- and wordy-- episode titles like "Did You Check With The Captain of the Flying Monkeys? So funny to see her head popping out from the deck | Leading up to his ouster, the actor made disparaging remarks about series creator Chuck Lorre, and was involved in a series of drug-related incidents, all of which received heavy media attention |
The latter episode does fit the criterion, but the quote was part of a deleted scene which Chuck Lorre explains in the episode's vanity card.
2Main cast members probably earn more than recurring ones so Bowlby likely wasn't complaining, but it seems odd that they'd upgrade Kandi's importance just to downgrade her screen time | It was during this time that Sheen started doing bizarre interviews where he bashed Chuck Lorre, eventually leading to the cancellation of all filming for the remainder of that season |
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Charlie is a freelance jingle composer and irresistible Cassanova who lives in a luxurious beach-house and rarely gets up before noon |
While there is a certain amount of expected drama that tended to come along with casting the infamous Hollywood party animal, it was during Sheen's time on Men that eally took a nosedive and caused major problems for the show.
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