TV Article Charlie Sheen in DirecTV ad By Jeff Labrecque Jeff Labrecque Jeff Labrecque is a former senior editor at Entertainment Weekly. He left EW in 2018. EW's editorial guidelines Published on March 2, 2012 06:55PM EST The distance between your current mental well-being and that of post-Two and Half Men meltdown Charlie Sheen is (hopefully) vast. But it’s a slippery slope, TV watchers. At least that’s the idea behind DirecTV’s new commercial starring the rebounding Anger Management star: Cable TV recording frustrations can send the most reasonable person into a tailspin that leads from the sofa to the bar to a Turkish bath to Platoon reenactments. The horror… the horror. Watch below. If you ran into Sheen in a Turkish bath, would you really reenact scenes from Platoon? I’d aim higher… Red Dawn. Wolverines! Read more: Daniela Bobadilla cast as Charlie Sheen’s daughter in ‘Anger Management’ FX defends Charlie Sheen gamble: ‘I believe in redemption’ Charlie Sheen sheds the crazy, swears off ‘lazy’ jokes for new show Close