I found out about an allergy to Morphine after receiving it in hospital. The person in the bed next to me kindly called for help when she heard me stop breathing in the middle of the night. I woke up to the crash team working on me, and spent the next 24 hours in ICU. Crazy shenanigans!
Y'know, a good father probably lets his kids stay in the Eloise Suite while he takes a different one for his hooker, unless he likes to have his hookers do a "nanny" thing.<span> </span>
So is it worse, ratings-, Q-score-, or pr- wise to be an out-of-control drunk who uses in-room escort services if the character you're playing on TV is an out-of-control drunk who uses in-room escort services or if the character you're playing on TV is a priest or an affable father or something? I realize this was vaguely touched on during the last media go-around with Sheen, but this is really hitting closer to the mark of his character. Do people stop watching more because they can't believe that crazy guy is playing a stand-up male character, or do they stop watching more because it's uncomfortable that that crazy guy is playing that crazy guy?
Also, the TV told me this morning that Sheen makes $2M an episode. NFW, right? Please?
Peter Buck's airplane stunt was apparently a real effect of ambien, so i think he's the winner.
Isn't 2.5 men the best thing that ever happened to Sheen? He's never going to have a movie career, and it gives him a steady paycheck, all the more so with syndication residuals. I can see wanting more money, but maybe the producers could just make him insure himself.
It wasn't an "allergic" reaction, but as a kid I had an unusual reaction to codeine which made me participate in the neighborhood Wacky Olympics the afternoon after I had four teeth pulled that morning. I only vaguely remembering skipping a hula hoop like a jump rope in laps around someone's house. I was supposed to be resting, with packed gauze in my mouth.
I think I had an old roommate who had an allergic reaction like this where they nearly burned the apartment down by trying to reheat pizza in the oven, under the broiler while still in the pizza box and then trying to fan the fire out with a potholder. Said roommate was livid that I ruined the pizza by pushing box and all into the sink and drowning it with water.
Of course by medication, in this case we are talking bourbon and wine*, lots of wine.
*In other news this roommate has since done a stint in rehab and a lot of professional aftercare and now seems to be doing well and being a stand up contributor to society while also being just shy of a year sober. And this is a funny/sad story of how they got their shit together.
sconstant: Interesting question; it's another version of the situation that David Duchovny went through a few years back after he went to rehab while working on Californication.
The worst allergic reaction I've seen was an unfortunate lady who turned out to have a life-threatening allergy to her chemotherapy, resulting in a condition where all her skin and digestive tract lining peeled off. She had to be in the burn unit for weeks, and at the end of it she still had cancer.
Personally I've never had a reaction worse than taking a Vicodin on an empty stomach.
Great observation sconstant. As a culture we obviously expect people to behave consistently between the public/private persona (see the contrast with Tiger Woods the man, versus Tiger Woods the magical sporting hero). Because Charlie Sheen's private persona is so closely aligned to his public persona there will be no blow-back. Mel Gibson < Mike Tyson < Charlie Sheen Lindsay Lohan < Britney Spears < Paris Hilton
My god, how iron-tight is this Two and a Half Man contract that Charlie Sheen is doing whatever he can to get out of it? Nice try, Charlie- you will never be fired!!!
Uh, hives.
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ReplyDeleteNow, Russ, just because I've posted about "Adam's penis" and diamond-encrusted cock rings this week does not mean that every post is about a penis.
ReplyDeleteYou know what impresses me about this story? That before Sheen's rampage, he was with a group over at Daniel -- and that's a damn good restaurant.
I once had an allergic reaction so bad that I set my house on fire, ran over the neighbor, flew to Paris and stole the Mona Lisa. Does that count?
ReplyDeleteOr, you know, I got a rash. It's so hard to be sure about these things.
Anyone else have the odd feeling that Sheen's trying to get out of Two and a Half Men any way he can short of breaking his contract?
ReplyDeleteI found out about an allergy to Morphine after receiving it in hospital. The person in the bed next to me kindly called for help when she heard me stop breathing in the middle of the night. I woke up to the crash team working on me, and spent the next 24 hours in ICU. Crazy shenanigans!
ReplyDeleteThis one time, I took some weird asprin, and had an inexplicable desire to watch "Two and a Half Men."
ReplyDeleteThat group apparently included Denise Richards and the prostitute. AWK-WARD.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that this all took place in the Eloise Suite at the Plaza is just so so wrong and yet so so funny.
ReplyDeleteY'know, a good father probably lets his kids stay in the Eloise Suite while he takes a different one for his hooker, unless he likes to have his hookers do a "nanny" thing.<span> </span>
ReplyDeleteWhat's his brother's excuse for D3: The MIght Ducks?
ReplyDeleteSo is it worse, ratings-, Q-score-, or pr- wise to be an out-of-control drunk who uses in-room escort services if the character you're playing on TV is an out-of-control drunk who uses in-room escort services or if the character you're playing on TV is a priest or an affable father or something? I realize this was vaguely touched on during the last media go-around with Sheen, but this is really hitting closer to the mark of his character. Do people stop watching more because they can't believe that crazy guy is playing a stand-up male character, or do they stop watching more because it's uncomfortable that that crazy guy is playing that crazy guy?
ReplyDeleteAlso, the TV told me this morning that Sheen makes $2M an episode. NFW, right? Please?
Did Charlie need a bawth?
ReplyDeletePeter Buck's airplane stunt was apparently a real effect of ambien, so i think he's the winner.
ReplyDeleteIsn't 2.5 men the best thing that ever happened to Sheen? He's never going to have a movie career, and it gives him a steady paycheck, all the more so with syndication residuals. I can see wanting more money, but maybe the producers could just make him insure himself.
I read recently that the kid on the show is paid $300k per episode. He's 17.
ReplyDelete17 and gets paid more per episode than John Hamm, I believe. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteWe're not getting Hot Shots 3?<span> </span>
ReplyDeleteI'll lay better odds on Platoon 2.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't an "allergic" reaction, but as a kid I had an unusual reaction to codeine which made me participate in the neighborhood Wacky Olympics the afternoon after I had four teeth pulled that morning. I only vaguely remembering skipping a hula hoop like a jump rope in laps around someone's house. I was supposed to be resting, with packed gauze in my mouth.
ReplyDeleteHmm. This was meant as a follow-up to that Family Feud event Isaac told us about a few weeks back. I guess not.... :)
ReplyDeleteIf you go over to a more Freudian blog, however, every post actually is about a penis.
ReplyDeleteOh, I regularly read "A List of Things That Happened Fifteen Years Ago That Probably Messed You Up Real Nice." Even the acronym is cumbersome.
ReplyDeleteLucas 2?
ReplyDeleteWhich is why commenters there call it PENIS15MA for short.
ReplyDeleteEight Men Out Two -- "Sixteen Men Out."<span> </span>
ReplyDeleteSo, you know, not THAT far from hookers and blow in the Eloise suite.
ReplyDeleteI think I had an old roommate who had an allergic reaction like this where they nearly burned the apartment down by trying to reheat pizza in the oven, under the broiler while still in the pizza box and then trying to fan the fire out with a potholder. Said roommate was livid that I ruined the pizza by pushing box and all into the sink and drowning it with water.
ReplyDeleteOf course by medication, in this case we are talking bourbon and wine*, lots of wine.
*In other news this roommate has since done a stint in rehab and a lot of professional aftercare and now seems to be doing well and being a stand up contributor to society while also being just shy of a year sober. And this is a funny/sad story of how they got their shit together.
sconstant: Interesting question; it's another version of the situation that David Duchovny went through a few years back after he went to rehab while working on Californication.
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me of something from http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/...
ReplyDeleteThe worst allergic reaction I've seen was an unfortunate lady who turned out to have a life-threatening allergy to her chemotherapy, resulting in a condition where all her skin and digestive tract lining peeled off. She had to be in the burn unit for weeks, and at the end of it she still had cancer.
ReplyDeletePersonally I've never had a reaction worse than taking a Vicodin on an empty stomach.
Great observation sconstant. As a culture we obviously expect people to behave consistently between the public/private persona (see the contrast with Tiger Woods the man, versus Tiger Woods the magical sporting hero). Because Charlie Sheen's private persona is so closely aligned to his public persona there will be no blow-back.
ReplyDeleteMel Gibson < Mike Tyson < Charlie Sheen
Lindsay Lohan < Britney Spears < Paris Hilton
And there's the end of the "make a joke about an allergic reaction" thread.
ReplyDeleteMy god, how iron-tight is this Two and a Half Man contract that Charlie Sheen is doing whatever he can to get out of it? Nice try, Charlie- you will never be fired!!!
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