"Sheen is feeling more and more like OJ driving up the 405," tweeted David Poland earlier today. "I don't even think people realize they are just waiting for the gun to go off." Oy. Well, how about a drive down memory lane instead -- to a happier, more innocent time when Charlie Sheen actually volunteered to leave a TV show after a healthy payday.
Sort of, anyway: Sheen won $64,000 for charity on a special celebrity edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in November 2000, playing opposite a random gang of other eventual TV superstars like Alec Baldwin, Tyra Banks and Jon Stewart while Norm MacDonald and Drew Carey heckled from various portions of the audience. And then there was Kermit the Frog, cheering and waiting in the wings, sadly lacking the tiger's blood necessary to advance to the Hot Seat opposite Regis Philbin. Sigh. Anyway. Memories!