Charlie Harper to be Killed off...

[Guy Gardener]

laughed my ass off when Leeland jumped into Laura Palmers grave in Twin peaks, breaking the servo that was lowering the coffin, so that it couldn't stop going up and down,up and down.

can you miagine Evelyn?

Evelyn to Alan: "I've buried two of you, two to go."

"Ashton" from a distance:"I think you'll find you mean 3 to go Grammy!"

 

[Dorian Thompson]

I cannot fucking believe it. ALL THOSE EXAMPLES at that link and not one mention of the most classic episode of all--

Chuckles Bites the Dust.


Damn, someone beat me to it in the thread.

 

[Non Sync]

Artistically a bad move.. how can you turn the death of a character into something funny?

There was the episode of Two and a Half Men where Emilio Estevez guest stared as a friend who dies on Charlie's deck. KTLA just aired an epsiode where a fling of Charlie's mother (Mike Conors) died with Charlie, Alan, and Evelyn in the same room.

 

[1001001]

Artistically a bad move.. how can you turn the death of a character into something funny?

There was the episode of Two and a Half Men where Emilio Estevez guest stared as a friend who dies on Charlie's deck. KTLA just aired an epsiode where a fling of Charlie's mother (Mike Conors) died with Charlie, Alan, and Evelyn in the same room.

And let's not forget Robert Wagner's con man character who died in Charlie's bed with his pants around his ankles and lipstick on his manhood.

 

[od0_ital]

...
I'd assumed that Ashton was the illegitimate son showing up to th funeral ten seconds aftr I heard th casting... How else does he got the Beach House AND Alan?

Heard about this on the radio yesterday. After Charlie Sheen's character is killed off, Ashton Kutcher's character buys the house, and becomes the new landlord for Jon Cryer's character. Hijinks will ensue.

 

[jep316]

It's it at this point of a series after the cute kid grows up that they bring in a new kid?....hardly can be called 2 and a half when the kid is as big as the dad.

 

[Checkmate]

Maybe the half-man was Sheen, not the kid.

 

[Saxman1]

LOSING!

 

[ManOnTheWave]

Artistically a bad move.. how can you turn the death of a character into something funny?

The funeral episode for Chuckles the Clown on The Mary Tyler Moore Show is one of the funniest single episodes of any sitcom ever.

Yes. And I'd give an honorable mention to "Moss Dies" from the second season of The New WKRP in Cincinnati.

 

[the G-man]

Artistically a bad move.. how can you turn the death of a character into something funny?

Are you kidding?

"You're my boy, Blue..."

 

[Guy Gardener]

On one of those vanity cards after the credits, the producer claimed that as Jake was growing that Charlie and Alan would both be shrinking thus always maintaining a consistent 2 and a half men on set.

August is much better looking than I thought he would be by this age.

 

[AJBryant]

Maybe they'll show that vintage stock footage of the fiery car flying off a cliff. Cue laugh track.

Only if they throw in the Wilhelm Scream.

Now THAT usage I could get behind.

 

[bigdaddy]

The best example of death in a sitcom is John Ritter in Eight Simple Rules. It was handled perfectly. The Big C is funny and deals with death, same with Dead Like Me. It can be done well, but I doubt it.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

The actor died in that case, though. They had to address it.

Here, why not just have him move away or something? Killing him off seems the wrong tone for the show.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ They're probably just doing it out of spite.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

Death not funny? What about Kenny or Weyoun?

 

[Guy Gardener]

How they killed Chef was hilariously spiteful.

Almost killed.

 

[bigdaddy]

Charlie Sheen has started these crazy rumors that the network wants him back. Best way to address that is killing off his charater.

 

[Dorian Thompson]

They're doing a McLean Stevenson on him.

 

[Samurai8472]

Maybe they'll show that vintage stock footage of the fiery car flying off a cliff. Cue laugh track.

http://www.archive.org/details/CEP185