The new series of Two and a Half Men

The new series of Two and a Half Men, the post-Charlie Sheen series, premiered on British TV last night. You may have noticed me Tweeting during the programme, much to the annoyance of Mrs NotaSheep.

My thought... Charlie Sheen was always going to be a hard act to follow and a large hole to fill. Time will tell whether Ashton Kutcher can fill the role but the writing of the first post-Charlie episode was tight and full of great one liners. Ashton Kutcher's character did move around a bit; a shy man suddenly bagged himself a threesome but it gave Jon Cryer space to do his thing and that was mostly enjoyable. The funeral scene was full of nastiness about Charlie Sheen as I presume was the programme's intention; there is apparently no love lost between the producers and Charlie Sheen. The return of Rose as the alleged killer of Charlie was a nice touch, will they dare have that character obsess over Charlie's replacement as she did over Charlie?

There were some nice one-liners in the first episode, I especially enjoyed:

Walden "I'm Walden"
Judith "I'm impressed"

"I really don't think Pamela Anderson would agree to swallow your ashes"

"update my Facebook status to 'Not dead Yet"

"Really; you bought a Zune?!"

"I can't get the image of your penis out of my mind"

I presume that the large penis gag (pun intended) will run and run.

All in all a good first episode and I will continue watching. Will a new leading man be an excuse to bring back April Bowlby/Candy to bag her third man of the house?
What about Jenny McCarthy/Courtney?

A sad day for American comedy - Two and a Half Men of course

It would seem that Charlie Sheen has been fired from the hit TV comedy 'Two and a Half Men' after he criticised its producer. Warner Brothers Television has said:

"After careful consideration, Warner Bros Television has terminated Charlie Sheen's services on 'Two and a Half Men' effective immediately"

That's a shame as Mrs NotaSheep and I enjoyed the antics of Charlie, Alan and Jake. Evelyn, Berta and Judith had their moments and then of course there were Melanie Lynskey as Rose, April Bowlby as Kandi and the recently returned Jenny McCarthy as Courtney. Here's a quick reminder of the latter three as who really wants to see a photograph of Charlie Sheen?

Will we ever see their like again in a family comedy show?


And only slightly off topic, here's Melanie Lynskey aka Rose showing rather more flesh than normal from, I believe, a film called 'Park'.


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