It's Always Sunny Shows What TV Does Best
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- Опубликовано: 2 мар 2023
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is fantastic TV. In this video, I go over why I think it uses the medium of television so well. And why the adventures of Charlie, Mac, Sweet Dee, Dennis and Frank seem to never get old.
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I think some of my favorite scenes from it’s always sunny is when most of the group is together doing really weird shit in front of normal people and the gang is just acting like it’s normal while the person looks on in abject horror
My favourite scenes are when an argument goes on for too long or becomes too absurd and one character finally loses their cool and flips out. They're all so good at making a screaming match actually be funny instead of pointless like so many other comedies do with conflict.
I'm happy you highlighted Kaitlin Olson's performance, she gives 110% in like every scene and totally kills it. I always lose it when I watch her in "The Gang Beats Boggs"
She's without a doubt the funniest lady on TV ever
Best bird on TV
the gang broke dee has gotta be in my top 5
And The Mick is an amazing show that didn't deserve to be cancelled, that show was hilarious and really let me see how underutilized Kaitlin Olson was on sunny
The fact that Charlie Day was cast as Luigi in The Super Mario Bros. Movie is hilarious 😂 🤣
Green man returns
It’ll never happen but if I were producing the movie, I’d figure out a way to have Charlie Day’s Luigi say a kid friendly “wild card bitches! Yee haw!”
@@GallosPole57 “Wild Card *dolphin noises* YEEHAW!”
@@GallosPole57 if i were producing the movie i would think casting danny devito as wario would be a no brainer
Hes already a plumber. He plays both parts so el
Sunny is like a live action southpark. As well as being hilarious and insane, it also is a show that very subtly satirizes society and culture in a very accurate way, especially in later seasons.
Id say they lost a lot of that subtlety recently, been much more on-the-nose. Miss the days of gun fever or the one where Frank makes the gang fight amongst each other so they don’t question what he’s up to.
The only on-the-nose political episode I liked recently was Mac Finds his Pride- Frank slowly revealing and understanding his own homophobia was rllllly good and my god was that ending a heart wrenched
last few years it has gone woke and now
---suuuuucks
@@lam8138 nah this show was never subtle
@@cankhovich1796 What are you on about? Literally the first episode makes fun of the gang for being racist. The second is about abortion and talks about how men will often be anti choice up until the moment it effects them. The show has always made fun of the gang for being deplorable people, and so when they say and do stupid and bigoted things, they’re the butt of the joke. Always sunny has always been “woke”, I’m guessing you just never realised that the show is making fun of you until now.
I agree that the newer season sucked but that’s more due to them being more topical about covid which is something I just personally don’t enjoy
Yeah, I have also described the characters as cartoon characters before and the physical comedy is also very cartooney at times.
I started watching this show during a very dark time in my life, it really helped and I will forever love this show❤
you were living in a world of darkness..
There is a spider... spider..
@@inthecloudz1272 DEEP IN MY SOUL (soul)
I’m am SOOO happy that you keep It’s Always Sunny in the limelight. It deserves SOOO much recognition.
limelight**
I am am
@@bigheavyshoe thanks
Easily my favourite ever series, loving the podcast too
Favorite shows of all time, but every podcast is like a new episode on their own…they are just exaggerated versions of themselves and I love it.
Rewatch podcasts are always an absolute chore because they rarely give you any insight on the writing process(AKA the actual interesting part of these productions), instead just talking about things that happened on set that would have been funny if you were there.
These guys being the former showrunners and lead writers does so much to make it enjoyable, it’s a great time
@@peenzert1994did you ever see the deleted scenes of Dennis and Dee doing their own podcast, it’s absolutely hilarious and I’d recommend it if you like their actual podcast especially and they only cut it because it goes on for so long
I think that this is such a good example of how writers, show runners, and actors have a symbiotic relationship in the world of television. The shows (especially sitcoms) that survive have that great chemistry between all three groups. It allows everyone to be creative, be spontaneous, and grow together. A creative decision from an actor can give new ammo for the writers to think about. The show runners can bring in guest star/character actors to act opposite that creative choice later. That one episode with a new talent can give the writers and actors a new idea to run with. A symphony of chaos.
It definitely helps that it seems collaborative. DeVito and Olson were both given the room they wanted to push their characters further and the others wrote for that, making it so the actors can use their unique strengths to make the characters stand out.
Nothing better than listening to someone else fan over one of your favourite shows
this show has inspired me in so many ways, I'm glad it exists because if I never saw this show, I wouldn't have wanted to get into television. rob mcelhenney my hero fr
That's so cool, all the best!!
VERY ignored series by this type of channels. VERY MUCH appreciated!!!
Commented so soon that Cricket is still a priest
I waited so long he only had half a face
Binged the entire show last month, so this is some pretty neat timing.
Just a heads up as someone who also recently binged the show (even though I had seen the first 10 seasons I watched them all again), make sure you track down the banned episodes if you saw it on Hulu. They are absolute solid gold and some of the highlights of the series, and I am very very annoyed Hulu missed the joke and took them off. The whole point is the terrible things that got the episodes banned *were supposed to be terrible*. Anyway, you need to see the Lethal Weapon 5 & 6 episodes, they are gems.
@@BlazingOwnager will do.
I'm guessing all the zoomers suddenly discovering this show haven't seen the blackface episodes. Is Charlie's n-word still in the pilot or did they censor that out too?
@@JDoe-gf5oz it's there xD
Man I love sunny, it's been my favorite TV show of all time for years, and not a single episode feels "bad", and only a few episodes feel weak.
some episodes i expected to be weak ("who pooped the bed", "the gang cracks the liberty bell") turned out to be quite entertaining, and the ones that i DO find weak always have some funny moments or quotes somewhere
@@tarutrit Who pooped the bed is one of my favorite episodes. Its not about the poop, it's about the mystery behind the poop.
Something hilarious about hearing an Adam and eve add in such a wholesome voice
The reason Sunny is still consistently brilliant bc they have never bent to pressure to change. They have evolved the show in an organic way that fits the characters.
Mac’s coming out is a beautiful piece of art while also deeply comedic.
Sunny is the show community *could* have become without the network and show runner problems.
It’s crazy to think that this sitcom has been going so long but I was in tears throughout the most recent season that reinforced to me that the show has still got it. Even when they leave Philadelphia to go to other locations the comedy doesn’t suffer for it. It’s still one of my favorite shows of all time and I’m glad it exists. Me and my friends quote Dennis and Charlie on the regular. “I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds” “milk steak” and others are ones we use on eachother all the time. I also liked most of the actors other shows. AP bio I liked, and mythic quest I really liked. Seriously I love this show. 🎉
"I EAT STICKERS *ALL THE TIME,* DUDE!!"
Totally disagree. I hate how the show has been trying to have profound and emotional moments on the show. That’s not at all what the show has ever been about and I don’t tune in to see that. The show has been kind of shit for years now.
@@denimchicken104 man i'm always in the minority when i say this but i hated season 13 finale, the show is satire so it works better when mac is closeted. i say this as a gay man who grew up hating will and grace and seeing it as a gay minstrel show with every stereotype and that's how it feels now with mac, suddenly he likes musicals and interpretive dance? feels like they just wanted to virtue signal. honestly it felt like an ego trip from rob, he shows off this highly choreographed dance with his new fit body and he gets to feel good about himself for playing a gay guy coming out to his dad...danny devito blubbering "i get it" was just so hokey cheesy and out of character, least favorite moment of the show. we don't watch the show to see characters grow emotionally, the whole point is they're terrible people. mac was always presented more bi with latent closeted homo tendencies he couldn't admit to. that was the way itshould've stayed.
season 13 was my least favorite, i think they did a little better in season 14 and 15 and i enjoyed the ireland trip until that bit of pfizer propaganda in the last episode. that was really unfortunate. everyone knows now the vaccines never prevented transmission, even bill gates said as much, but this was known well before that episode was made, harvard did a worldwide study finding the more vaccinated a population, either it made no difference or the transmission rates actually tended to be higher.
it's funny i remember a statistic from Waterford, Ireland, it was the most vaccinated county at 99% and yet the highest transmission rates in the country.
and yet somehow Charlie's dad died because frank didn't get vaccinated (but if the dad was vaccinated, isn't that supposed to protect him from death or serious illness? how was frank responsible)
and then they piled on every strawman to make frank represent the kooky conspiracy theorist (even though before the pandemic everyone openly agreed the pharma industry is corrupt and knowingly got everyone hooked on legal heroin for profit)
sorry if anyone actually read all this lol i'll get off my soapbox. i just really hate seeing this corporate unscientific misinformation worming it's way into my favorite show. it's like therapeutic for me, i wish they could just get back to the writing they did seasons 7-11 those were the golden years
This is such convenient timing I just finished watching the HD aspect ratio video.
I literally just started watching Sunny because i was starving for unhinged sitcoms in the vein of Seinfeld or even Scrubs. Almost caught up and I'm happy it's still getting renewed! Such a damn funny and creative show not afraid to explore weird ideas and concepts (Frank's POV, the phone updating and realities...etc.) I don't want it to end :") That being said, i really appreciate if anyone would recommend good sitcoms to fill in the void as i waii for more seasons x )
I’ve been wanting to watch Sunny for a while. Should I start from episode 1 or from the episode when Danny Devito appears? Or a different season? I ask because I’ve heard the first season or two aren’t that good
@@kassygo1375 best way to go about it is the beginning. lot of callbacks and stuff that might go over your head or won't appreciate as much if you didnt start from the start. it's also good to see how they are as characters in the beginning compared to the end. Also i think the first two seasons are really good tv
@@kassygo1375 they’re definitely still good and worth watching. Not as good as the rest sure but there’s some hilarious moments still, even in the first episode. Won’t take long to watch either
@@kassygo1375 start from the beginning
Curb your enthusiasm
Became a Sunny fan around last year and has easily became my favorite show of all time, period.
The Sunny podcast even became an essential part of my life; Charlie asking if they peel the egg before they boil it always kills me.
Sunny fan and a DOOM fan? Respect. Sunny is also my favourite show of all time.
yeah, I think I'm gonna rewatch it
I wasn’t an early fan… but these days I watch a few episodes before I fall asleep, EVERY NIGHT 😂
I just play it and when I reach the end I start over!
I think about The Gang Gets Therapy at least once a day. I'm pretty sure it's helped me more than actual therapy.
Litetally same
Your addiction has effected me in the following ways:
You are annoooyiiinnggg
This show still doesn't get the attention it deserves. The humor and some of the episodes are masterclass
Wild card and the episode where Charlie and Dennis file a rape case is one of my favourite episodes I laughed so damn on the rape scene. I just started watching the show in January and I can't wait for the next season.
@@sairamnandikanti3441 For me, Its Always Sunny features one of the best "bottle" episodes ever. The one where they are trying to break in to a families house to steal a vase. The entire plot is so damn stupid, and the way each character goes is just absurd. And ultimately the punch line of the whole show is "Was it weird that they were Asian?" is just.. GOLD. Probably my most underrated episode of the whole show
@@CASEMSTR also includes one of Mac's best lines. Something along the lines of "If you wanted chips you should have got your own at the Hamburger Store". Makes me laugh just thinking about it. Same goes for the image of Frank hiding in all the stuffed animals.
@@CASEMSTR haha there are so many cold opens, love them all. The main element for me, the characters saying the most absurd and stupidest shit out of nowhere, It always has me choking.
I would've agreed with you 4 - 5 years ago, but I've realized that the show would've completely sucked & be watered down had it did get the attention it truly deserves. Being under the radar for nearly 20 years is the key to their sustained success & a blessing because the woke mob would've done everything in their power to get the show cancelled or compromised.
Not saying that this specifically refers to you, but I feel like the Always Sunny Pod has introduced a new wave of people to the show and I love it
I remember roping my family into watching this. This show is amazing.
Thanks for the content. It's always Sunny is the best show ever made. Please make a video breaking down the episode Mac finds his pride. I truly believe that would have made for the best series finally of all time, although I'm happy the show continued.
"I got pandered to! Best show ever!"
@@RicardoAGuitar snowflake
Can you do an video about Arrested Development? Either a look at how the jokes are layered, why the Netflix seasons failed or the greatest episode of the show ever (for me, the episode that represents everything the show is, would be 'Sad Sack')
It's such a strange situation. The original series would have THRIVED on Netflix... it was really the limitations of cable tv and syndication that killed the long-running plots/jokes that makes AD special.
But then when they went to Netflix the show didnt have its old momentum. Everybody involved was too old and had experienced full careers already. It was DOA
My favourite show of all time next to breaking bad, pure brilliance and legitimate artistry and connection the material since it’s made by the same creators/writers/actors
Considering how much you love Community, Midnight, I figured you would also love Sunny. Thanks for making a video on my favorite show 👍
It would be cool if you made a raking of the seasons of Always Sunny like you did with The Office.
It'd also be a far more interesting video topic than the office.
Their show remains good to this day, and I love how bold they are with the topics they cover. I also love how long its gone on for, and I hope it never ends. Their podcast makes for some solid entertainment year round too.
Your Bio: “I make videos about pop culture that interests me...”
I subscribed, turned the Notifications ON before watching any of your videos. I’m THIRSTY for this directness 🤪
This is easily my favorite show ever made, words don’t do Justice to how perfect the comedy is in my eyes
I've watched every season about 4 times over. Love this show & the podcast
Great analysis. I started watching It's Always Sunny around season 6 and was instantly hooked. But man is it a long wait for cable shows in between seasons. And yeah their age, in relation to them not changing cracks me up when I think of Welcome to Wrexham, a Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney documentary about them owning a soccer club in England. Rob's wife Kaitlin Olson yells "you're a middle aged man!" when Rob does something a bit in character. And stagnation is good. I understood why Cheers had to swap out Shelly Long, but Sam selling the bar never sat well for me.
Regarding their ages, there’s literally a joke in the show about how they still act the same as they did 15 years ago, “what are you like in your forties or something?” “yEaH, as are you!”
Love this show but also loved your thoughts on it and television in general. I've always been incredibly frustrated by real world problems altering and messing up intended story beats in a show. But instead of complaining about a story line ruined, you look at it as a way to watch growth and creativity build something new. That's really cool, I'm gonna remember that moving forward.
"For me, I remember Danny DeVito came on in the second season of [It’s Always Sunny] which was 13 years ago, and he's a comedic icon and a hero of mine, and [he asked] at one point on set, ‘How do you want me to say it?’ And I said, ‘Well, just say it whatever way you think is funniest.’ And he said, ‘No, I want you to tell me what's funny.’ And I remember going, ‘You want me to tell you what's funny?’ He's like, ‘Yeah, you're the young person, and the reason I signed on to this show was because I want to stay fresh and relevant, and if I don't, then I'm just going to become a dinosaur.’ That was a real learning experience for me. And as I continued to make that show and then others, I've surrounded myself with young people."
~ Rob McElhenney
I loved this video! Thank you Cap!
Your content is amazing man. Love your show!
Love your knowledge of media bro.
Loved this analysis
Seeing as It’s Always Sunny is now owned by Disney. I’d be interested in seeing the Gang ruin Belos from the Owl House. While it’d never happen, the idea of the gang fucking with Disney villains would be fun.
especially the classics villains of Disney to. I can see them be annoyed by the gang.
As always, thoughtful and poignant. Thank you so so much for your beautiful commentaries and edits
You completely nailed it
I think the word "serendipity" of being inspired in the moment fits this and how tv allow for this with a serialised show. You appreciate the creative left turns and/or organic growth of the creativity that is visible in the output. Film and streaming does really allow for this approach. It's a one and done situation, you have to set your lines in the sand. If you do get that serendipity creativity it's normally in early drafts and we as the viewer never see it, its just the end product.
fantastic video. you should do more on Sunny!!
Only half way through the series and loving it.
I wouldn't call dee, or any of the characters their best possible versions, more like the worst possible versions, and that's why we love to watch them.
Not my completely original line but this show is best described as "Seinfeld but on crack". Seinfeld is 3 narcissists and one nutjob. And a fat guy with glasses. Same with IASIP.
I feel that what also really helps the characters in the show work even with the more ridiculous and perhaps"flanderized" scenes are the various different straight-men in the show.
Having just ordinary people having to deal with, or witness this group of lunatics interacting with them really helps show that the show is in on the joke with us.
Best example I can think of would be the waiter and everytime he's had to encounter them.
I can’t think of another show I can watch over and over again and still find it just as entertaining and funny as the first time #goatofsitcoms
A new captain midnight post about it’s always sunny?!?!?! my day is made!
With this show being so deep, I can't arse myself to start something that'll take years for me to finish at 1 ep every 2-3wks.
I still find the timing of the Rick & morty season 6 review really funny
Killed it, as usual!
I should really start watching this show.
+Dennis van Galen
Yes, you definitely should!
The part where the show "clicked" is definitely Seasons 4 and 5. I interchange them as my favorite because they just have so many great episodes and jokes, it really feels like they figured everything out by then.
I still enjoy all the seasons, even season 1. Some of the best episodes are in seasons 11 and 12, it’s kind of insane how the quality is still so high with this many seasons.
REALLY great show
Watching this video reminds me of the commentary tracks for Gravity Fall where Alex reveals that, save for the big reveal, a lot of the show was made up as they went along.
Kaitlin is so good. Charlie Mac and Dennis are idiot losers, but they don't really know it. They get to express a degree of confidence, no matter how misplaced. Dee's curse is that she's just smart enough to realize EXACTLY how much of an idiot she is. Absolutely incredible character work.
ok ok you got me ill start watching tonight
Good timing on this video. I just finished a complete rewatch + the 4 seasons I hadn't seen. It sucked I had to go to... questionable measures to obtain the banned episodes.
I'm still pissed Hulu took those off. The joke went right over their head on all of them; banning those episodes is like banning Blazing Saddles.
I’ve been watching for the first time in the past month and I love this show best comedy and definitely the most funny show I’ve ever seen
So goddamn excited for the new season
Hey man would you do a video on Law & Order especially SVU cause that one really gets me going
Recently started watching the og also good vincent donofrio is a little weird but i think its on purpose.
The thing is yesterday i searched here n didnt see one video about that show. Great show with some great stuff.
It's driving me crazy that no one is talking about how the Ireland season was made and the fact the Charley Day speaks perfect Irish. I know it's just one scene but he speaks it like he's fluent, one syllable is a little off. You can tell he worked hard on it, possibly looking forward to shooting in Ireland and then, COVID.
Guy can't even read.
hey! love the video, but as someone who's studied the making of Casablanca specifically as a reflection of the earlier Hollywood filmmaking era, it could not have been more chaotic. basically everything had to be shot on sets, except for the plane scene, the script wasn't even finished by the time the movie started being filmed, the actress Ingrid Bergman didn't even know which romantic interest her character was going to end up with, and was very confused about her role in the film, told to 'play it in between'. The actual actress for Ilsa was originally meant to be Ann Sheridan, but its been a while since I've studied this, she was either scrapped due to 'inter-studio loaning' or the fact they wanted to change which country Ilsa was from. They weren't actually meant to keep the iconic 'As time goes by' in the film, with (90% sure) Max Steiner, wanting to create a new original soundtrack for the movie, but had 'Time' as a place holder. When he tried to rerecord the scenes with the new song in it, Ilsa was obviously needed, but Ingrid B had already signed up for another role, and had cut her hair for it, and couldn't re shoot. Apparently the final line 'I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship' was ad hoc, or edited in afterwards, but this is harder to prove. They had BARELY finished editing by the time it came out, it was very rushed despite being the 'A' movie of the year for Warner Bros and it was SO chaotic and SO hecking funny, and, just like 'Always Sunny' became a staple of the genre
thanks for reading, my apologies for the rant, loved the video :)
I didn't watch this show for so long and when I finally did about a year ago, me and my girlfriend absolutely loved it and we binge-watched the hell out of! Such a funny show, absolutely off the walls bonkers hilarity! Even when it wasn't laugh-out-loud funny, it was clever. Hopefully the next season comes out soon!
Welcome
As an empath, I think It's Always Sunny is hysterical. The things they do to find ways to screw each other over is amazing. I have seen the first 5 seasons, I think the addition of Danny Devito was perfect.
I never want it to end. I always need more Sunny
Everyone says that Danny really made the show, and yea im sure he did ultimately. But Kaitlins 'Dee" really makes the show shine imo, especially in those early days before Danny
Thanks for tha. Video
I really need to catch up on this show lol
This is why I subscribe to your channel
Great video! Granted I'm incredibly bias given this is my favourite show of all time, but still!
How did Captain Midnight get so consistently sponsored by Adam and Eve lol
Long running stories, especially something as pressed for time as Television, contain the most human element known to man: adaptation. A boy born in Mississippi may not expect to be a 30 year old Bouncer who's divorced twice with 3 kids living in Canada with a herniated disc one day. But it might just be something that happens to them due to events they did not or could not foresee. Life is a constant nonstop chain of actions and reactions. A movie may do everything in its power to resist that force and perfectly portray a vision a director and/or writer had. But a show can portray something that nobody could have ever in one moment plotted. No person in 2005, not even the writers of Always Sunny themselves, could have thought up the entire series of Always Sunny as it is today.
+Da_Pikmin_Coder
It's definitely a great show!
basically sunny did what british sitcoms were doing for years, if you make your main characters loosers you don't have to deal with them evolving because most people don't (thinking absolutely fabulous, inbeetweners, ideal, peep show, etc.)
But i would put its always sunny above all the brit shows just because it has best of both worlds. Slapstick while satirizing culture. Very sharp writing.
my favorite comedy show of all time, Charlie is my favorite, but they are all awesome and have the best chemistry.
I just hope they come back someday 😔
They’re currently filming the new season
Wallace and Gromit fandom represent!
Danny is a gem man
My favorite show I’m glad is getting the recognition and more famous just don’t want it to get too famous
I’ve never been this early
Hey Cap just wondering if you think there has been a decline in the quality of IASP over the last few seasons? By no means do I see recent seasons as bad but I am beginning to think they will never be able to reach the heights of day season 7/8 again
Facts bro.
One huge thing in the change of Sweet Dee was them telling her they didn't know how to write comedy for a woman, and she answered back with "just write her like you would for you guys".
I appreciate you having Adam & Eve for a sponsor. Sexual health contributes to overall health. I wish we could all just have a good life and not have to suffer.
The podcast is very interesting as a snapshot in time. We can see how the show creators now feel, after many years, about their handling of some subjects such as disability, race and misogyny and how their views have changed. A good example is the episode title "Dee dates a Re----"
Jesus Christ. It's a comedy.
yep
It’s a show that when I first watched I didn’t get it at all but friends kept telling me to give it a go ..
But when you begin to learn the characters & how the show works it’s top tier & episodes are even funnier when you rewatch them & spot something subtle that you may have missed before ..
I don’t think a day passes where I don’t quote this show ..
I upvoted and downvoted, because I'm playing both sides.
I've always (since season 1) explained/sold it as, close to a live action cartoon.
I think Dee and the Waitress, have a thing for each other. Both down on their lucks drunks, with promiscuity issues. Dee would make the waitress feel tough, the waitress would be vulnerable for Dee so she wouldn't have to.
maybe the waitresses attraction to Dennis is in part a confused attraction to Dee. Like the joke is that she puts up with Charlie because she wants to keep Dennis in her orbit, but what if it was actually Dee?
ya, the waitress is like "why don't I juste let this void eat me up" and Dee is like " I am going to Run this void"
I really want there to be a throwaway joke at the end of the series about them finding out Paddy's has lead in the pipes.
Never watched the show but respect the info.
+Cwn 41
You need to change that. Like, seriously!
Never seen it but since you say it’s good I’ll give it a try 😜
It peaks around season 4 and declines hard after the Fat Mac season.
I pay for Netflix exclusively for Always Sunny at this point, my girlfriend got me half a dozen different Sunny things last Christmas it was amazing
You're god damn right
the first 10 seasons, yes
The show was supposed to end around that time but I guess they're just going to keep it on forever and utterly ruin its reputation.
@@JDoe-gf5oz I never knew that
@@factualopinion4275 I can't say it was exactly that moment but Rob had been saying for a while they were only going to do a couple more seasons before ending it, and here we are in 2023 looking at a zombie.