Two and a Half Men (2003– )

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.

Creators:

Lee Aronsohn, Chuck Lorre

Stars:

Jon Cryer, Ashton Kutcher, Angus T. Jones

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 24 wins & 60 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jon Cryer	...	Alan Harper (221 episodes, 2003-2013)
Angus T. Jones	...	Jake Harper (220 episodes, 2003-2013)
Charlie Sheen	...	Charlie Harper (178 episodes, 2003-2011)
Conchata Ferrell	...	Berta (169 episodes, 2003-2013)
Holland Taylor	...	Evelyn Harper (94 episodes, 2003-2012)

Storyline

The Harper brothers Charlie and Alan are almost opposites but form a great team. They have little in common except their dislike for their mundane, maternally cold and domineering mother, Evelyn. Alan, a compulsively neat chiropractor and control-freak, is thrown out by his manipulative wife Judith who nevertheless gets him to pay for everything and do most jobs in the house. Charlie is a freelance jingle composer and irresistible Cassanova who lives in a luxurious beach-house and rarely gets up before noon. Charlie "temporarily" allows Alan and his son Jake, a food-obsessed, lazy school kid who shuttles between his parents, to move in with them after Alan's separation/divorce. The sitcom revolves around their conflicting lifestyles, raising Jake (who has the efficient, caring dad while having a ball with his fun-loving sugar uncle who teaches him boyish things), and bantering with Evelyn and various other friends and family. Other fairly regular characters include Charlie's cleaning ...

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Plot Keywords:

Jingle | Beach House | Chiropractor | Stalker | Sitcom | 

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Taglines:

Two adults. One kid. No grown-ups.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

CBS [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 September 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dois Homens e Meio

Filming Locations:

Malibu Colony Road, Malibu, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chuck Lorre Productions, Tannenbaum Company, The, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Charlie Sheen does not play the piano on the show. He is dubbed by composer Grant Geissman, who plays offstage while Sheen fakes it on a dead keyboard. With composer Dennis C. Brown, Geissman also writes the music for the jingles Sheen's character creates.

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Quotes

Charlie: Recurring
[also said by other characters]
Charlie: That ship has sailed.

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Crazy Credits

The Chuck Lorre Productions vanity card at the end of each episode consists of the words "Chuck Lorre Productions", the vanity card number, and a short essay or mini screenplay that changes with each episode. Topics have included a riff on slang words that Lorre wants to coin, the reason a certain scene containing the line of dialog that was used as the episode's title was edited out, and a screenplay about Lorre's assistant entering his office and finding him curled up in the fetal position.

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Connections

Referenced in Conan: Seven Salads for Seven Brothers Who Are Sexually Attracted to Salads (2011)
Title mentioned during the Conologue

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Soundtracks

"Men men men men, manly men men men!"
(uncredited)
Written by Grant Geissman, Lee Aronsohn, and Chuck Lorre
Performed by Elizabeth Daily and Other Studio Musicians

User Reviews

most creative joke writing I've ever seen in years

This show flat rocks!

Charlie Sheen has a reputation for being a wild child, John Cryer plays the perfect neurotic boob, and the writers play perfectly into the juxtaposition of the two. Toss in a juvenile (Angus Jones, aka Jake) and the scenes become flat hilarious, as the adults attempt to deal with often raunchy mature topics, while keeping the kid in the dark.

This show has some of the best creative writing I've seen in years. No clichéd 'dumbed-down for the masses' or hackneyed pratfalls here, all are setup and timed with perfect execution by the players. Some of the darkest, driest and quick-witted performances on TV in years, very reminiscent of the quirkiness and off-the-cuff repartee of Woody, Norm, et.al. on Cheers. One of the best original laughs on TV these days, hope it survives for a long time! A real treat, amidst all the dumbed down humor that's seems to prevail everywhere else.