{"id":6018,"date":"2013-01-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifestivus.com\/p\/2013\/01\/29\/lee-aronsohn-two-and-a-half-men-andy-kindlers-state-of-the-industry-at-just-for-laughs\/"},"modified":"2017-05-26T12:39:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T16:39:05","slug":"lee-aronsohn-two-and-a-half-men-andy-kindlers-state-of-the-industry-at-just-for-laughs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ifestivus.com\/p\/lee-aronsohn-two-and-a-half-men-andy-kindlers-state-of-the-industry-at-just-for-laughs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Aronsohn (Two and a Half Men): Andy Kindler&#8217;s State of the Industry at Just For Laughs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"video\"><video id=\"embedded-video\" src=\"\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"  controls poster=\"http:\/\/www.ifestivus.com\/flv\/screenshots\/6018_1359490865.png\"><\/video><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex-container\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>Lee Arohnson (Two and a Half Men) discusses his thoughts on Andy Kindler&#8217;s State of the Industry Address in contrast to Patton Oswalt&#8217;s Keynote Address at the 2012 Just For Laughs festival.<\/p>\n<p>Lee was featured at the Just for Laughs Comedy Conference as a Kingpin of TV panelist, where he discussed his experiences as a showrunner and an engine behind the &#8216;Two and a Half Men&#8217;. iThentic was lucky enough to get the opportunity to sit down and speak with Lee about his experiences in comedy, dealing with difficult franchise roadblocks like the removal of starring man Charlie Sheen, the recent term oil with co-star Angus T. Jones and what it means to run one of the most popular sitcoms today.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.iThentic.com<\/p>\n<p>Follow @iThentic at:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ithenticvideo<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"960\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ithentic\">Tweets by ithentic<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nSubscribe!<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ithentic<br \/>\nCheck out more Just For Laughs!<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/bit.ly\/V50n9q<\/p>\n<p>Last year iThentic was lucky enough to check out the Just For Laughs Comedy Conference, which gave the crew access to some of the industries most talented and influential players!<\/p>\n<p>The Just For Laughs Comedy Conference is a unique, annual, global gathering of the biggest names in the comedy world that explores all facets of comedy. 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