CHARLIE SHEEN CHARACTER FUNERAL IN 1ST NEW 2 1/2 EPISODE

[gregg75]

Friend told me this story today.

His father-in-law died in a small town. His burial suit and my friend's suit were at the same
cleaners.

The cleaners accidentally sent the smaller (friend's suit) to the funeral home.
Mother-in-law had already warned the funeral home that he had not worn his suit in awhile
and it might be a tight fit.

Friend went to pick up his suit, but they gave him the dead man's instead.
Meanwhile, the funeral home had already CUT the suit to make it fit the dead man.

I was laughing so hard I could hardly eat my lunch.

 

[landtuna]

If Chuck Lorre had asked me I would have had Charlie kick the bucket having previously willed his house to brother Alan (really happened in a previous episode). Then, Alan finds out he can't afford the mortgage(s) and brings Kutcher's character in to provide financial relief. That would have made Jon Cryer the appropriate and principal lead character and Kutcher's character could be ditched if it doesn't work (which I'm betting it doesn't).

But.....Lorre didn't ask.

 

[LibertyNT]

on the subject of people not wanting to watch a dead guy...
Take a peep at All In The Family,
Edith died, but to this day people still watch where she was alive in syndication.

 

[flashback]

^another example is col. blake on mash.

 

[KyDXIn]

on the subject of people not wanting to watch a dead guy...
Take a peep at All In The Family,
Edith died, but to this day people still watch where she was alive in syndication.

I agree with you that Edith died, but she didn't die on "All in the Family". She died after the first season of "Archie Bunker's Place" when her appearances had dwindled. So the death scene is never dealt with on "AITF". That will not be the case with "2 1/2 men".

It was said that Norman Lear cried when Carroll O'Connor decided to write Edith's character off the show. O'Connor had gained creative control of the show by this time.

http://mortystv.com/aitf_faq.shtml#edithdies

 

[Markxxx]

And once again, you're back to "the Hogan Family" where Valarie Harper's character was killed off. "The Hogan Family" is about the only example I can think of where THE main character was killed off and the show lived on. But it was never a ratings giant so the parallel isn't very good.

Were there any other shows where the lead character was killed off and the show lasted more than another season. I know "Eight Simple Rules" was one. I don't know how long it lasted after Ritter died and that's not quite the same thing as the Ritter actually died in real life as opposed to being killed off in a script.

 

[landtuna]

I don't know how long it lasted after Ritter died and that's not quite the same thing as the Ritter actually died in real life as opposed to being killed off in a script.

If memory serves, the cast had taped the first two shows of season two and were taping the third when Ritter died.

The show continued for seasons two and three and was then discontinued. David Spade and James Garner had been added to the cast after John's demise and the emphasis changed somewhat to feature Spade instead of the two teen girls - a major mistake IMHO.

The "official" reason for the show's cancellation was that Katey Segal wanted to pursue her singing career. If you'll remember, she did several songs in season three episodes.

 

[dhett]

And once again, you're back to "the Hogan Family" where Valarie Harper's character was killed off. "The Hogan Family" is about the only example I can think of where THE main character was killed off and the show lived on. But it was never a ratings giant so the parallel isn't very good.

Dallas did fine after losing Jim Davis (Jock Ewing). Although you can argue that he was not THE main character, he was certainly an integral part of the cast. Larry Hagman as J.R. was as close as one could get to being a "THE main character" on that show - it was an ensemble cast. Again - similar to Ritter where Davis actually died.

 

[pab]

Were there any other shows where the lead character was killed off and the show lasted more than another season.

"Doctor Who."

(grin, duck, and run)

 

[Markxxx]

The other thing to remember is with the "The Hogan Family," Valarie Harper owned like 20% or 25% of the show, so she had a vested interest in seeing that it continued and not to knock the show. She was still getting money, whether she was in the show or not, from her ownership.

Charlie Sheen isn't going to get royalties for shows he's not in, so he has no interest if it continues or not.

It's like Weird Al Yankovic always gets permission from artists to spoof their songs. Now he doesn't need permission to do a spoof. In America you don't need permission to cover a person's song or even to use it. You just have to pay royalties on it. (Note this is not the same elsewhere). But as Yankovic explained, you don't want to spoof a song, 'cause the idea is for it to sell. And if the original artist goes around saying how much he hates the spoof it hurts the market to sell the song.

 

[KyDXIn]

on the subject of people not wanting to watch a dead guy...
Take a peep at All In The Family,
Edith died, but to this day people still watch where she was alive in syndication.

I agree with you that Edith died, but she didn't die on "All in the Family". She died after the first season of "Archie Bunker's Place" when her appearances had dwindled. So the death scene is never dealt with on "AITF". That will not be the case with "2 1/2 men".

It was said that Norman Lear cried when Carroll O'Connor decided to write Edith's character off the show. O'Connor had gained creative control of the show by this time.

http://mortystv.com/aitf_faq.shtml#edithdies

I stumbled across this by accident today...

http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-po...rroll-oconnor-killed-edith-bunker-video-16129

 

[vchimpanzee]

It was nice of Charlie to wish luck to his old show and the cast. I halfway expected him to say something like, "Now that's acting." But it was apparently sincere.