Charlie Sheen Interview On The Dan Patrick Show

With Charlie Sheen, The Dan Patrick Show made a big splash today, moving into territory normally claimed by RadarOnline.com and OK Magazine - they interviewed him at length.

What happened (the LA Times was wrong about it being a "surprise phone call" and where that came from, I don't know) was that "Fritzy," who's known as Todd Fritz in real life, and who normally books on air guests, was upstaged by Paul Pabst, or "Paulie," who happened to have "an old phone number" for Charlie Sheen. So he called and managed to get a hold of the star of Two And A Half Men, who was quite eager to be on the DirecTV Channel 101 sponsored and presented cable and radio show.

Once on, Charlie Sheen did not disappoint. The highlight was Sheen's statement that he tried to go back to the studio for his job as the star of Two And A Half Men on CBS, and no one was there. So he yelled and knocked but "got nothing." He says he's ready to go, even if the producers and execs may not be.

What happened, according to TMZ.com, was that Warner Bros. has cancelled four episodes because of Sheen's absence. The crew was not paid. That may have been the reason there was no one to answer the door when Sheen came knocking a few days ago.

Whatever the case, Sheen says he's clean. But that aside, he did a great job of talking about his roles as a baseball star in Major League and in Eight Men Out and how he coached Todd Zelle to hit a home run on Dodgers Stadium. Dan Patrick invited Sheen to be a co-host on a future show and to even bring on his own guests.

I can't wait for that one.

For the entire account and the recorded interview, click here to visit The Dan Patrick Show website.

(As a closing thought, I bought the Wall Street movie series and could not help but notice that over 20 years or so, Sheen has basically not aged.  It's freaky.)