Angus T. Jones' 'Two and a Half Men' Rant Points Finger at Lowest-Common-Denominator Comedies

Ladies and gentlemen, we now have the Kirk Cameron of the 21st Century, and his name is Angus T. Jones.

Back in the 1980s, Cameron, a star of Growing Pains, went from being an atheist to a born-again Christian. It was during the peak run of Growing Pains when Cameron insisted that the show conduct itself on a higher moral ground. He urged writers to edit or remove any content from the series that he felt was inappropriate or overly adult. After the series ended, Cameron kept on that zealous tone by starring in the Left Behind film series.

Jones takes born-again Christian actor to a new level. A video hit the Internet on Monday featuring Jones, one of the stars of CBS's raunchy Two and a Half Men, urging viewers to stop tuning into the hit show. As Jones said in his now widely circulated video:

"I'm on Two and a Half Men, and I don't want to be on it. Please stop watching it and filling your head with filth. People say it's just entertainment. Do some research on the effects of television and your brain, and I promise you you'll have a decision to make when it comes to television, especially with what you watch."

While it's pleasing to see that Jones no longer wants to work on a show that is on the decline (CBS now has The Big Bang Theory as the network’s golden idol), he doesn't have to plead to the Internet to get off the show. Look at Charlie Sheen — he just pulled a Charlie Sheen and got out. Jones can leave the show and move on.

The real point is why we should listen to Jones and take his sage wisdom to stop watching Two and a Half Men. If we follow Jones' request to end all viewership of Two and Half Men, won't CBS just replace it with another new show? And won’t that show be just as lowbrow and blue as the rest of its comedy lineup?

The lowbrow sitcom (or as I term it, Lowest-Common-Denominator Comedy) made its debut in the late 1980s when FOX premiered Married … With Children. In retrospect, many of the jokes in Married … With Children were crude but not as obviously and repeatedly coarse as one episode of Two Broke Girls. CBS picked up where FOX left off in the past ten years, resorting to the humor of tampons and erectile dysfunction to stockpile ratings with American TV viewers.

Jones argues that "research" links watching CBS comedies with being evil. In a related note, if you play violent video games, you will become a serial killer. Please note the idiocy of the previous sentence.

CBS and shows like Two and a Half Men are a reflection in the tastes of Middle America. While NBC fails in comparisons of ratings thanks to the network's faith in shows with a more-developed level of humor that happen to completely lack bathroom humor, CBS has become the network leader in comedy. If Jones wants America to stop watching that humor, he should argue they watch every other networks' shows instead of CBS’s. I would acquiesce Jones' wish but I only watch CBS for Phil Simms.

Seth Pohorence is a contributing writer for Popculturology. You can follow him on Twitter at @spohorence.