Everything we’d been led to believe about the disposal of Charlie Sheen’s character and the incorporation of Ashton Kutcher’s was right on, it turns out. Only die-hard Sheen fans will care that he’s gone; the sexual puns, the anatomical references and non-stop innuendo won’t change. If you found “Two and a Half Men” trying before, you won’t find more to love now.
So there was Charlie’s bowling shirt, hanging at the memorial gathering before everyone in funeral garb, as his ex- explained his final exit. “He slipped off a train platform,” in front of an oncoming train. But he felt no pain, since “his body just exploded like a balloon full of meat.”
John Stamos, “Dharma and Greg,” and more guests pass through looking at the real estate.
Enter Charlie, in a box shipped from a crematorium. (Not as funny an ash joke as “Rescue Me” managed under less comic circumstances.)
At last, Kutcher arrives to take Charlie’s place. And we’re off on a new season.
Joanne Ostrow: 303-954-1830 or jostrow@denverpost.com
