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Two and a Half MenBy Sandra Herburger und Karin GreberSeriesTwo and a Half Men is an American sitcom starringCharlie Sheen (Charlie Harper), Jon Cryer(Alan Harper) and Angus T. Jones (Jake Harper).In episode 9 Charlie Sheen died and since then AstonKutcher has played Walden Schmidt..Charlie was Jake’s uncle and Alan’s brother. He hada lot of one night stands – he was a womanizer anddrank a lot. He loved gambling, smoking and wasteda lot of money on unnecessary things. Charlie didn’tlike his mother because she liked to control him.Since he was divorced from his wife Judith Alan hasbeen living in Charlie’s house. He is the opposite ofCharlie. He is not looking for a one night stand butfor a woman all his life. He works as a chiropractor inhis own surgery.… the series so far has received numerous nominationsand awards. Between 2004 and 2010 «Two anda Half Men» has been nominated 35 times for theEmmy Awards. Charlie Sheen was nominated threetimes for best actor. In addition the sitcom has receivedtwo nominations at the Golden Globe Award andwon two People’s Choice Awards.… Charlie Sheen was the best paid actor on Americantelevision. Up to the seventh «Two and a Half Men»-season he received about 825,000 US-dollar per episode.According to the US-magazine TV Guide he got1.25 million dollar per episode from the eighth seasononwards. The actor playing Jake, Angus T. Jones iswith 250,000 dollar per episode the best paid childstar on US television. Jon Cryer’s salary is 550,000dollar.Jake is Alan’s son. On the weekends Jake also lives atCharlie’s house. Jake is a boy who likes food, womenand his skateboard. He is very lazy, a typical couchpotato.The Laughter in the BackThe basic idea of the laughter in the back after thegags is to make people laugh and liven things up. Assoon as we hear someone laugh, we feel happier.The laughter in the back dates back to a time whenthe sitcoms were filmed in front of an audience, sothe laughter was real. Today you can still hear somelaughter in the back in Two and a Half Men.Did you know that…… «Two and a Half Men» was broadcast first on CBSin the United States of America on 22 September2003. We made it half a year later. At that time Pro-Sieben showed the first series entitled «Mein coolerOnkel Charlie» from the second the original title wasused.… the ratings both in Europe and in the US are verygood. Overseas the previous series reached about 15million viewers without suffering greater losses. In recentyears «Two and a Half Men» has been the mostsuccessful sitcom in the United States. In Germanyand Austria the series reaches for both ProSieben andKabel eins market shares of up to 20 percent which isabove more than average. 2.5 million viewers regularlywatch «Two and a Half Men».… during the course of each episode the title is literallypronounced by one of the actors. That is why theoriginal titles are rarely translated into German.… in the episode „I can see her scruples” (Series 3,Episode 7) Martin Sheen Charlie Sheen’s father, playedthe father of Charlie’s neighbour Rose.… a feature of the series are the so-called “vanitycards”. In most episodes producer Chuck Lorre leavesa message in the credits. There you can often see oneof his personal views that has got nothing to do withthe series.… there have already been numerous star guests inthe series, such as the American actors Sean Penn(episode 2.01)and James Earl Jones (episode 6.11),the Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler (episodes 1.04 and4.02) and rock singer Edward Van Halen (episode7.01), who embodied themselves.… Charlie Sheen is not innocent, even in real life.Because of alcohol and drug problems, he turned toa rehabilitation clinic in 2010. During that time thefilming of «Two and a Half Men» had to be stopped.Alcohol and drugs were the reason that Sheen wasfinally discussed.Picture: Charlie, Jake and Alan aus iload.to22Source: gutefrage.net, quotenmeter.de