9:22 PM EDT 6/26/2012
If you turned on your T.V. right now I bet you'd be able to find "Two and a Half Men" playing on at least two channels. Reruns of the Charlie Sheen comedy aren't hard to come by, but to celebrate the debut of Sheen's new series "Anger Management," FX is playing a special 12-hour marathon this Thursday.
On Thursday, June 28 from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. FX will be SheenX as the station plays a 12-hour marathon of Charlie Sheen's top 24 favorite "Two and a Half Men" episodes. When 9 P.M. hits Sheen's new series "Anger Management" will debut, followed by the season 2 premiere of "Wilfred" at 10 P.M., the season three premiere of "Louie" at 10:30 P.M. and the debut of "Brand X with Russell Brand" at 11 P.M.
"I've said, it's not how you start, it's how you finish," Sheen said in a press release. Everyone (including those living under rocks) knows that Sheen had a pretty awkward crazy psychotic dysfunctional ending to his eight years at Charlie Harper on the CBS show. Drug rehabilitation and comments about creator and executive producer Chuck Lorre ended Sheen's relationship with the sitcom. Season nine of "Two and a Half Men" found Sheen's character Charlie Harper killed off and replaced by Ashton Kutcher, who played Walden Schmidt.
"Being tasked with the opportunity of picking my favorite 24 episodes presented a scenario that was quite the opposite," continued Sheen. "As I culled through the mass of shows, eight-plus years, I was met with a theme of innocence." (Charlie Sheen or his character Charlie Harper were the furthest thing from innocent.)
"I felt lighter, younger," Sheen reflected. "I could still hear the jokes, and the stories we all told in place of rehearsals. I can still see nine-year-old Angus riding his Razor up and down the camera aisle; his self-appointed surrogate guardian Lorre watching with pride and also concern. I can hear the echoes of Jon's genius, Conchata's laugh, Holland's leadership and Marins quiet grace. And the crew, the amazing crew.
"Who cares how it ended; when it was good, it was great," the actor continued in the press release. "We were in the middle of something big, the return of the sitcom. We were hungry and we were winning."
Charlie Sheen hopes that by watching the 24 episodes he handpicked, viewers can remember the laughs.
Check out the "Two and a Half Men" marathon lineup below (originally posted on zap2it.com):
9:00 AM - "Pilot" - Charlie reluctantly allows Alan and Jake to live with him.
9:30 AM - "Go East on Sunset Until You Reach the Gates of Hell" - When Alan's attempt to provide Jake with a fun-filled father/son weekend backfires, Charlie tries to console his brother by taking him to a local bar and getting Alan totally inebriated.
10:00 AM - "Merry Thanksgiving" - When Charlie finds out that his favorite former girlfriend, Lisa, is getting married, he desperately tries to prove to her that he has become a better family man.
10:30 AM - "Camel Filters and Pheromones" - Charlie's cleaning woman brings her sexy and rebellious 16-year-old daughter Prudence to Charlie's house.
11:00 AM - "An Old Flame with a New Wick" - Charlie's old flame, Jill, comes for a visit, but had an operation and is now called "Bill."
11:30 AM - "No Sniffing, No Wowing" - Alan takes Charlie to meet with his sexy and determined divorce attorney, Laura after Judith expresses concern that Charlie is a bad influence on Jake.
12:00 PM - "Just Like Buffalo" - When Jake imitates one of Charlie's sexist remarks in front of Judith's support group, the women decide that Charlie's home is an unfit environment for the child.
12:30 PM - "Back Off, Mary Poppins" - Alan feels hurt when Charlie asks him to stay out of the house while Charlie's buddies come over.
1:00 PM - "Yes, Monsignor" - Charlie encounters Lisa, the woman he thought was "the one" until she informed him of her engagement another man.
1:30 PM - "Smell the Umbrella Stand" - On a boring, rainy weekend, Charlie convinces Alan to ride with Jake and him to Las Vegas.
2:00 PM - "Squab, Squab, Squab, Squab, Squab" - When Evelyn learns that Jake spent his entire spring vacation with his other grandparents, she pressures Alan into letting Jake stay with her for a night.
2:30 PM - "Sleep Tight, Puddin' Pop" -Charlie finds himself in a compromising position after getting drunk and spending the evening with his stalker, Rose.
3:00 PM - "That Voodoo That I Do Do" - After Charlie's romantic overtures towards Mia an attractive ballet teacher are rejected, Charlie tries to prove to Alan that he can persuade Mia to Go On a date with him.
3:30 PM - "Santa's Village of the Damned" - When Alan dates a cooking instructor, Sandy, both he and Charlie gain weight.
4:00 PM - "Arguments for the Quickie" - When Charlie finds out that his ex-girlfriend, Mia is in town with her dance troupe and wants him to come to her performance, he opts not to go and tries to behave as if he were no longer attracted to her.
4:30 PM - "That Pistol-Packin' Hermaphrodite" - With Charlie and Mia arranging their wedding, their families meet, and things immediately begin to fall apart.
5:00 PM - "Release the Dogs" - Unable to sleep, Alan takes Charlie's suggestion and goes for a jog on the beach.
5:30 PM - "Is There a Mrs. Waffles?" - Charlie finds success as a children's singing star, making Alan miserable.
6:00 PM - "David Copperfield Slipped me a Roofie" - Convinced that Alan's family doesn't fully appreciate him, Melissa invites Alan to live with her and her mom.
6:30 PM - "Baseball was Better with Steroids" -Charlie starts to question his relationship with Chelsea when he hears that Mia is back in town.
7:00 PM - "I Found Your Mustache" - Charlie and Chelsea have a post-breakup one-night stand.
7:30 PM - "Gumby with a Pokey" - While Alan and Jake go to Sacramento to pick up a grandfather clock, Charlie gets a prescription for medical marijuana to help him sleep and forget about Chelsea.
8:00 PM - "Hookers, Hookers, Hookers" - Lyndsey and Eldridge move into Charlie's house after Alan burns down their home.
8:30 PM - "Chocolate Diddlers or Mr. Puppy's Dead" - When Charlie and Courtney break up, Charlie falls into a depression and goes to see his psychiatrist.