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As part of the promotional campaign for the relaunch of CBS’ Two and a Half Men, stars Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones presented the “Top Ten Reasons to Watch the New Season of Two And a Half Men” on the Late Show last night. Frankly, they didn’t make a very strong case with mostly uninspired one-liners. Here is the clip:
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Prediction: Cancellation
It may last a full season, but really who thought Ashton Kutcher would be a good replacement for Charlie Sheen? They could have put far less expensive, but much more funny, talent in place of this guy. Kutcher is a terrible actor whose one claim to fame is playing a goofball pretty boy on That 70s Show.
Wow. That was just… wow.
I think I cringed, and I wasn’t even part of it.
I haven’t been a fan of two and a half men — but now that ashton is on, i will be watching — is he really gonna keep that beard?
There is no reason under the sun to watch this show.
Come to think of it, I’d rather see “Dude, Where’s My Car 2.”
The lameness speaks more of Letterman’s writers than it does for the cast.
That actually hurt to watch. I mean really, really hurt.
The clip is an ADVERTISEMENT for the show – and they feel the need to tack another ADVERTISEMENT in front of it for online viewing? (For which nobody in the ad is getting residuals, likely.)
*immediate stop*
*click*
*reload page*
Wow…that couldn’t have been more damning if it were written by Marty Singer.
Based on that, that will be my number 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 reason NOT to watch it.
It’s like they stuck a gun at them to do this skit.
Commenter Walter is right: It’s not about the actors, it’s about the guys who wrote those one-liners. And they’re awful. Letterman’s headwriters are boring and redundant, and the entire writing staff hasn’t been shaken up or instructed to do anything unique in quite some time. They’re formulaic and just go through the “routines”, which are outdated and don’t work anymore. Letterman used to rotate his headwriters every couple of years, but the current headwriters have been there so long that they’ve become complacent, and are set in their lame ways. The saddest part about this is they probably went through a ton of top ten list jokes before settling on these.
Yup, this set of “ten” were the best they had.
Kutcher will be great, however. He belongs in this kind of comedy, not the pretty boy romantic comedy crap he was barfing out in theatres. The man is a natural comedic talent, he just happens to be goodlooking as well. Don’t let that turn you off.
The first part of your statement is right; it’s amazing to me that more people don’t hate on Letterman for having a truly abysmal show for the last 10+ years. The writing is terrible and frankly unwatchable. People act as if Leno is this lame terrible show and Letterman is this hip, cutting edge, sophisticated show, that may have been true in the 80′s and 90′s but in 2011 both shows are equally bad.
As for Kutcher, he is little more than a good-looking goofball, at least when it comes to comedy/acting. He must be good at something else to have been successful for this long but I’m not sure what it is, why anyone would want to follow him on twitter is baffling.
Comedy is also about delivery. Mediocre as those lines were, the trio didn’t do anything to sell them. They need remedial Bob Newhart to learn the difference between deadpan and dead.
As for your assertion that Kutcher is a “natural comic talent,” er, um, I guess I admire your optimism?
Glad to hear somebody acknowledge just how dreadful the writing has been on Letterman for far too long. The audience responds to most of it with unenthused, borderline Pavlovian clapping, and not laughing from the gut. The “Gee, isn’t this comedy lame, which makes it funny” approach has far outlived its hipness. How the show kept getting Emmy nominations except for very recently was beyond me.
What else can you expect from Crappy Boring Shit?
Horrible.
“The Emperor has no clothes!” They should make this show go away….not funny, if that was a sample of the writing and how they get along with each other…..2.5 Men is losing, no Tiger Blood and not funny…Sheen got robbed…
It’s time for both Letterman and 2.5 Men to go away, Letterman should retired long ago.
I was really looking forward to this show………… But the kid doesn’t seem to be funny anymore…… Let’s hope they don’t have this kid continuing with the bathroom jokes……… He’s just too grown up for that now….
Not only did it seem they thought it was a rehearsal, it was a rehearsal for something they don’t want to do, and that they know is not funny.
AK’s beard and hair are atrocious looking. I know they wanted to go the opposite of Charlie Harper but they did not have to do it at every single level. Lisa Kudrow’s voice for her character on The Comeback, which was a great show otherwise, killed it for me; it was just too damn annoying. AK’s hair and beard look gross. Please Lorre, clean his face up because that look is heinous.
30 reasons to watch 2.5MEN
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10. Because the EMMY’s are finally over the night before.
9. Angus is now growing up and will get as many girlfriends as Sheen once did, in fact he will try to get Charlie’s old ones including his teachers
8. Jon Cryer now has a Walk of Fame presence
7. Who cares about the CW’s Hart of Dixie anyway
6. Glee is on Tuesday nights
5. Modern Family is on Wednesday nights
4. 30Rock won’t start new Eps until January 2012
3. Shark Tank is on Fridays
2. The Simpsons are on Sundays
1. Monday night football has not started yet
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10. Because Cher isn’t dancing with the Stars
9. Because her daughter is
8. Kate plus 8 won’t be included in the show
7. Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin may be added to the cast
6. The biggest loser is yet to be announced
5. No one wants to watch House
4. The Sing Off on NBC isn’t as fun to watch as American Idol
3. Terra Nova stops at 9PM on Monday nights
2. Demi may show up with Charlie’s Angels with her surfboard
1. Charlie Sheen may appear as a ghost and haunt the place with his Ben
and Jerry’s Schweddy Balls
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10. It’s not Winter yet so you can’t snow ski
9. Paris finally got cancelled
8. George Lopez won’t in in the cast ever
7. Sara Palin makes a guest appearance as Tina Fey
6. Chris rock shows up in drag
5. So does Eddie Murphy
6. There are no stars in Dancing with the Stars – so who cares…
5. My computer broke and tv is all I’ve got
4. The zoo is closed at 9PM on Monday nights
3. The short sale on my home didn’t go thru
2. The new camp ground I moved into has electricity
1. Donald Trump is for sure worth more than 200 million
I get a worse feeling about this show the closer it gets….& i started out excited about a month & half ago….will definitely miss charlie.