I think the struggle for the viewer now is that they view Mac with absolute pity...in the old episodes, you kinda enjoyed seeing the Gang fail because they were absolutely bolstered by their ego etc...but now they're all extremely insecure and fragile and it adds this layer of tragedy that makes the show a little bit less funny.
This scene is what solidified this episode as a classic for me. Top notch writing, seriously feels like the early seasons, in the best way. Sunny is still going strong!
He only thinks he can't speak it because he thinks he is just speaking gibberish, even though he knows it has rules and vocabulary. He rarely speaks it to anyone else, so he thinks he can't really speak it, only write it. When he meets his pen pal, who is really his biological father, he speaks it just fine.
@@MiniM69 I have it with Dutch. I lived near Maastricht for two years as a kid, then learnt German and now I can read Dutch just fine, but ask me to speak it? Not a chance
Lol love Macs breakdown during this moment. He’s so desperate on trying to repress that he’s Dutch and failing. Charlie now beats him at being Irish and he can’t handle it.
I like how Charlie speaks Gaelic which is essentially gibberish so that means when he thought he learned Mandarin he essentially was just speaking Gaelic since it was all gibberish?
Depending on how long he’s been writing Shelly, it makes sense that he can read Gaelic perfectly, but English just seems backwards. He’s not dyslexic, he’s just barely literate in English. 😂
Just as a note, the language is just Irish. To call it Gaelic is like calling Spanish Ibero-Romance. Technically correct, but not the correct name. Irish is a gaelic language just like Welsh, Cornish, Manx, etc. Conversely, in Irish it's called Gaeilge. I guess we're just complicated like that...
The orange on the Irish flag is that of the House Of Orange, with William Of Orange being a figurehead to many unionists it was included in the flag to help foster peace, so even if Mac is Dutch there is still an Irish connection!
There was never a gold colour on the tricolour. It was a flag designed by women in France as a gift to the Irish. The green for the native Irish, the orange for the descendants of British settlers, and the white in between them to symbolise peace. The tricolour has never had nor was ever intended to have gold.
@@kavalogue They settled where their countrymen had invaded and occupied. I'm not saying they're blameless - clearly they're not - but none of them that did settle did any of the conquering.
I love the reason why dennis thinks macs stupid for believing the Dutch thing. "Luther vandross. REALLY Mac?" As if macs name isn't already Ronald Mcdonald. I'm sure he feels like no names are off the table anymore lol.
@@matthewriley7826 if you recall, i've actually been with you on SEVERAL occasions where you've tried. i don't know why you can't grasp that point, your dave & busters card is not gonna work anywhere else, it's only gonna work HERE!!!!
There’s a few Irish branches that predate the Scottish MacDonalds but both countries developed their own. Domhnaill was a common Gaelic name so it makes sense.
I would say since Clan Donald was so big that yeah it's primarily a Scottish surname but it is both a native Irish surname and a Scottish surname. Because the Gaels spread from Ireland to Scotland and the Isle of Mann, there are a lot of surnames that are the same in both Ireland and Scotland. Charlie's last name, Kelly, is also a common Scottish surname. The Irish cheiftains brought the MacDonalds over to Ireland as Gallowglass mercenaries many hundreds of years ago. Also humdreds of years ago a branch of Clan Donald settled in Antrim - they became the Mcdonnells. McDonnell (also variants McConnell+ McDaniel) is the Irish form of McDonald. There were earlier native Irish McDonnells families as well. McDonalds also came over to Ireland as a result of the Highland + Islands Clearances. I believe the brothers who started the McDonald's food chain had parents who were Irish immigrants.
I like how with this joke they made you think the guys are standing in a quiet nook all alone talking just to themselves. But the last punchline reveals they are surrounded by other library patrons, off screen, witnessing their every line. Brilliance. 🤣
If Luther’s real name is Luther Vandross, then does that mean Frank’s tape from Mac’s Big Break was of Mac’s dad singing/ jib jabbing and not the original singer’s?
I like that mac is back to being both somewhat stupid and smart. I didnt like in season 13 and 14 where he just seemed really stupid and didnt stand up to anybody or call anyone out for anything.
I think that the secret to the success of the show is that each member of the gang plays the straight man to the other person's insanity. Everyone is too stupid to be smart, but just smart enough to identify that SOMEONE ELSE is doing something stupid.
I can see your point, it got so bad that it seemed like he and Dee shared the position as most pathetic member of the gang since they dialed up his neediness and insecurities.
I loved that charlie found his real dad and that he's been in contact with him growing up. I also love that he seems annoyed of frank and it seems like the gang will maybe go their separate ways. Hopefully the season ends in a good way and the show can finally come to a good end 😁
Lol what world do you live in. When do things ever end in a good way for the gang. They're narcissistic sociopaths toxically co-dependent on one another because they have no other friends. They are always going to end up stuck with each other, that's their cursed fate.
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How is a man called Mac not Irish? 🤦♂️
'MacDonald' originates from Scotland and isn't commonly known as an Irish name. Do your research, Jabronis.
@@jayyylmaooo You tell them!!
By being scottish
Mac Looks like certain vice city character...
@@sebastianchinaski1918 Lance Vance?
I love that this implies that Luther changed his name for the sole purpose of naming his son Ronald McDonald
What about Donald McDonald tho?
@@Doomsquad99 thats his uncle
@@Doomsquad99the gang paid his mom to say this his name is actually Ronald McDonald lol
And so that his name wasn’t Luther Vandross 😂
It’s a mascot for a restaurant McDonald’s
The way I CACKLED at the fact that he can fluently read Gaelic!!! This show never gets old.
I'm sorry but I had to do this, it's Gaeilge*
@@johnduane9966 that’s fine, I certainly don’t want to be disrespectful. Thanks for letting me know!
Charlie could have been curing cancer or being some diplomat if his mom didn't try to have an abortion
@@user-zu1os6to2j nope, it would be Irish
@@user-zu1os6to2j Nah, then it would be called Irish. Otherwise it's Gaeilge.
This is the most that Mac's mom has ever talked during the series so far!
Thats qhy its kinda dumb
Not really... she spoke in airplane episode
@@InteractiveIdea barely.
She talks a decent amount in the episode where Dennis tries to seduce her. Season 2 or 3 I think
@@jakeo9798 she tells him that he's an ugly man! 😂
I love how he tells his mum to slow down when she says a maximum of one word per sentence. She couldn't possibly go any slower.
word and/or grunt 😂😂
Not only Mac's dad decided to change his last name to McDonald, but he decided to name his son Ronald because of it LMAO
make his son feel how he felt
He didn't actually change his name. They paid Macs mom to lie to him.
He did name him Ronald though, he knew what he was doing.
@@cultofthevoid5677 OFC, this didn't age well. Spoilers tho!
@@cultofthevoid5677 they didn't "pay her" they gave her a couple cigarettes lol
Finish the episode
Just the way Charlie casual asks ‘you Dutch?’ Is perfect
Doesn't even look up from the book 😂
i love the way the cigarette ash just falls on Mac's mom's shirt and she just lets it stay there
Dee calling mac's mom "A" Cigarette right before he starts choking her
The fact the gang paid macs mom to lie about this makes the scene so much better 😂
Paid her a few loose cigarettes😂 His mum does not like him😂😂😂😂
And Mac still annoyed them constantly with his identity. Lol they can’t win with him.
“Your mom does _not_ like you, dude.”
@@matthewriley7826 I mean it’s honestly on his parents for screwing Mac up so much that his identity and need for validation for it is even a thing
@@matthewriley7826 none of them can ever win with each other lmfao
“Hey mommy” “who is this?” 🤣🤣🤣
So does that mean Mac could have a half sibling out there?
@@michaelgualtieri651 Either that, or she has some freakin' kinky bootycalls running around Philly
@@Anonymos185 Ya, but wonder who'd have her as a first choice? Lol
@@michaelgualtieri651 Dennis, lmao
I read that moment more as Mac's mom gives so little shits about Mac that she outright forgets she has a son until he reminds her.
This season is giving me classic always sunny vibes. Such great writing
the continuity in this show is unbeatable
like the irish
it’s because rcg are writing most of the episodes this season
@@Jocelyn12700 Who was writing the episodes before?
this season was incredible!
Yes! The last few seasons felt so weird and forced to me
Finding out Charlie can read Gaelic is the most amazing twist in IASIP
Gibberish. He can read Gibberish...
He can read bird laws too.
Gaeilge*
@@venmxshadows im not in Ireland
@@Sylar-upd4t3 well I am, so get it right
“I miss you too!”
“She didn’t say that.”
Brilliant! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
"She did, she did....she totally did". "She did Not",, hilarious
My favorite part of this clip!! 🤣
Ironically, this is probably the nicest Mac's mom has ever been to Mac. She was 100% transparent with him and told him "you're not Irish".
Except she was playing a cruel joke on him because the gang gave her “a couple of loosies”.
OMG how far can they push the limits of Mac's insecurities and delusional tendencies? I don't think there's a ceiling
Lol I love how gang have no problem with telling Mac just how much they loathe him now.
As the great Michael Jordan once said, "the ceiling is the roof"😀
He is Dutch after all
I think the struggle for the viewer now is that they view Mac with absolute pity...in the old episodes, you kinda enjoyed seeing the Gang fail because they were absolutely bolstered by their ego etc...but now they're all extremely insecure and fragile and it adds this layer of tragedy that makes the show a little bit less funny.
@@xxczerxx they're all slowly going insane. They'll probably be dead in the final season
Sandy Martin was absolutely genius casting for Mrs Mac 🤣
I didn't realize for years that she also plays Napoleon Dynamite's badass grandma
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yeh
best performance on the show tbh
Finding out his name isn't legitimately Ronald McDonald by revealing his father's name is Luther Vandross is just... *chef's kiss*
This means Mac was 100% named after the clown
@@SamanthaLain His dad admitted that when Mac did his dance
I'm obsessed with this show and am surprised that Mac doesn't know he's Native American. He has the teeth and face of the Natives. He's mixed.
@@samjohnson3540 The actor says both his parents are Irish. Although I'm a mix of both and kind of get where you're going.
His real name is Ronald "Mac" Vandross?
Good to see Jeremy Renner back as Mrs Mac!
1:44 I like to imagine this is what Sandy Martin looks like when the always sunny crew call and ask if she’s available.
This scene is what solidified this episode as a classic for me. Top notch writing, seriously feels like the early seasons, in the best way. Sunny is still going strong!
Charlie can speak a language without being able to read it and read a language without being able to speak it. Perfectly balanced.
He speaks Irish too
He only thinks he can't speak it because he thinks he is just speaking gibberish, even though he knows it has rules and vocabulary. He rarely speaks it to anyone else, so he thinks he can't really speak it, only write it. When he meets his pen pal, who is really his biological father, he speaks it just fine.
that Charlie struggles to read English but is fluent in anther language and that he doesn't even know he's fluent.
The last episode of the season is called “The gang carries a corpse up a mountain”. I am afraid for Shelley Kelly….
With good reason.
This comment certainly aged well
This aged well 😂
@@HombreMamut yeah, man. I know what transpired.
“How can you read something you can’t speak, it doesn’t make any sense?”
*stares as a linguist*
Lmfao.
SAME
This occurs with non-native speakers all of the time and the reverse is even more common!
@@MiniM69 I have it with Dutch. I lived near Maastricht for two years as a kid, then learnt German and now I can read Dutch just fine, but ask me to speak it? Not a chance
i can read some south korean but when i speak it i sound like i have brain damage lmao
Her comedic timing is hilarious.
Lol love Macs breakdown during this moment. He’s so desperate on trying to repress that he’s Dutch and failing. Charlie now beats him at being Irish and he can’t handle it.
I still cannot believe Charlie is an Ancestor to Miles O’Brian
Maybe a transporter time travel mishap
@@CrispyGFX transporter alternate time travel reality mishap. Oh boy, someone tell Kirk his record has been broken.
Explains the work ethic
I hate temporal mechanics
Well obrien did do all the "charlie work" on ds9 😋
Bro, its genius to straight up throw mac into another identity crisis he will just oush deep down
His father is Luther Vandross. The real Luther Vandross died 1 month before the first episode aired.
That explains why he changed his name.
gotta get that Luther Vandross mix tape off Frank
Charlie's "you Dutch?" cracks me up.
I love Mac’s mom…. Underrated comedy
That dramatic bell sound gets me every time
I like how Charlie speaks Gaelic which is essentially gibberish so that means when he thought he learned Mandarin he essentially was just speaking Gaelic since it was all gibberish?
To be fair, Kelly is the second most common surname in Ireland (Murphy is the first).
Wonder why that is?
Cheese, ghouls. Ghouls, cheese. The 4 things you need to making a lasting friendship.
Charlie Kelly is now probably the most famous Gaeilgeoir in the world.
i like the idea how Charlie is just brain wired for Gaelic
Depending on how long he’s been writing Shelly, it makes sense that he can read Gaelic perfectly, but English just seems backwards. He’s not dyslexic, he’s just barely literate in English. 😂
His dyslexia helps him read Gaelic? I"M DYING!
His dad taught him Irish
Just as a note, the language is just Irish. To call it Gaelic is like calling Spanish Ibero-Romance. Technically correct, but not the correct name. Irish is a gaelic language just like Welsh, Cornish, Manx, etc.
Conversely, in Irish it's called Gaeilge. I guess we're just complicated like that...
@@Quessir I didn’t know I spoke Ibero-Romance. Cool
@@noegallegos6722 Hell, we're speaking Indo-European West Germanic to each other right now ;)
Like Percy Jackson!
Love the way Mac's mom grunts.
The orange on the Irish flag is that of the House Of Orange, with William Of Orange being a figurehead to many unionists it was included in the flag to help foster peace, so even if Mac is Dutch there is still an Irish connection!
He Has a Shamrock Tattoo on his Thigh!
Orange part of our flag shouldn't be there. Bring back the gold
There was never a gold colour on the tricolour. It was a flag designed by women in France as a gift to the Irish. The green for the native Irish, the orange for the descendants of British settlers, and the white in between them to symbolise peace. The tricolour has never had nor was ever intended to have gold.
@@Quessir they didn't settle they invaded and occupied
@@kavalogue They settled where their countrymen had invaded and occupied. I'm not saying they're blameless - clearly they're not - but none of them that did settle did any of the conquering.
As an Irish person, I’m so glad they called it “Irish or Gaelic”. We call it Irish. Nobody calls it Gaelic here.
Lol, I honestly thought that Irish people would be upset at Charlie claiming to be Irish.
This is the best Always Sunny has been in YEARS. This season is so, so good. I'm so happy.
That's interesting. I'm not loving this season at all.
@@13strong Like some haven’t loved every other season. Subjectivity. Good thing many are loving this new season
Well for me, I’ve really liked the last few seasons better than some. But this one has been great, yes
I'm of the same opinion I felt like there was a drop of quality from season 13 onwards but been loving the Irish episodes so far.
Really? That's really surprising I think this is the worst season and by far, I'm not sure I've laughed out loud once watching this season tbh
She is a fantastic actor. So dead pan its perfection
I love the reason why dennis thinks macs stupid for believing the Dutch thing. "Luther vandross. REALLY Mac?"
As if macs name isn't already Ronald Mcdonald.
I'm sure he feels like no names are off the table anymore lol.
To be fair he’s been a witness to Mac’s stupidity before.
@@matthewriley7826 if you recall, i've actually been with you on SEVERAL occasions where you've tried. i don't know why you can't grasp that point, your dave & busters card is not gonna work anywhere else, it's only gonna work HERE!!!!
Charlie's smile in the background @2:49 is fantastic!!!!
It’s like “lol I knew he’d fall for it.”
MacDonald is primarily a Scottish surname anyways.
There’s a few Irish branches that predate the Scottish MacDonalds but both countries developed their own. Domhnaill was a common Gaelic name so it makes sense.
I would say since Clan Donald was so big that yeah it's primarily a Scottish surname but it is both a native Irish surname and a Scottish surname. Because the Gaels spread from Ireland to Scotland and the Isle of Mann, there are a lot of surnames that are the same in both Ireland and Scotland. Charlie's last name, Kelly, is also a common Scottish surname.
The Irish cheiftains brought the MacDonalds over to Ireland as Gallowglass mercenaries many hundreds of years ago.
Also humdreds of years ago a branch of Clan Donald settled in Antrim - they became the Mcdonnells.
McDonnell (also variants McConnell+ McDaniel) is the Irish form of McDonald. There were earlier native Irish McDonnells families as well.
McDonalds also came over to Ireland as a result of the Highland + Islands Clearances.
I believe the brothers who started the McDonald's food chain had parents who were Irish immigrants.
Charlie's character development-and the comedy interlaced within-in the Gang Goes to Ireland arc is some of the best Sunny content of all time!
"It's an homage"
"It's an homage to a hamburger clown"
I love how they’re in Trinity Library just digging through books
Mac almost cracked on Charlie’s back to back mentioning of ‘cheese & ghouls’
Sandy Martin is classic.
Of course Charlie can read Gaelic.
I like how with this joke they made you think the guys are standing in a quiet nook all alone talking just to themselves. But the last punchline reveals they are surrounded by other library patrons, off screen, witnessing their every line. Brilliance. 🤣
"The problem is this library has too many books..."
"This one just fell apart!" OMG this show STILL kills me lol
Great show... love every episode... have watched every episode multiple times... it never gets old
You gotta love Mac's mom.
This is what happens when you have a cigarette for a mother
Ronald Vandross
This was the best scene of this season. It was so absurd and funny to me
"No mom mom mom slow down" LMAO
This season feels like the good old sunny
i absolutely love this new series im so happy
The most consistently funny show on TV. Keep them coming !
This was a big moment I was in tears 😂😂
ruclips.net/video/48HTSa_7pkE/видео.html She was great on Ray Donovan..
Probably the longest coversation Mac has with his mother
The gang should take back the insults about Charlie being illiterate!
Re-watching it, it's hilarious why Charlie knew Mac was Dutch
Mac's mom channeling Luther, and very well.
Sign “Private”
Charlie: Pirate!
**scripture in Dovakhin language**
Charlie: I understood every word of it!
The cigarette ash from 2:52 disappears and reappears between Mrs. Mac's answers
Of course it did.
My mouth was made for American words..
I love the nice little touch that his mom still has a rotary phone.
Reading and speaking are two different circuits in the brain. One may read a language but not reproduce it at an equal rate.
"She didn't say that" 😂😂😂
So considerate of Mac’s Mom to slow down before answering his last question
I do like that they did actually put what he's reading in Irish where his finger is, and in the Seancló to boot.
I love it's always sunny in Philadelphia so much
She didn't say that. Charlie has such good timing .
If Luther’s real name is Luther Vandross, then does that mean Frank’s tape from Mac’s Big Break was of Mac’s dad singing/ jib jabbing and not the original singer’s?
Her line delivery is hilarious and I don’t know why😂😂😂
“Ghouls, cheese, uh cheese, ghouls!”
Mac is Dutch, Double Dutch, He's Double Dutch MacDonald
I thought it was going to be that he was actually scottish because MacDonald/McDonald is a scottish name too, but this is much funnier
New episode of Old Lady House is looking good.
“You Dutch?” 😂
*He is dutch who can pull of a great swedish accent*
"i miss you too"
"she didnt say that" lmao
Cheese, gouls. Gouls, cheese 😂🍻
I like that mac is back to being both somewhat stupid and smart. I didnt like in season 13 and 14 where he just seemed really stupid and didnt stand up to anybody or call anyone out for anything.
I dig both. I love stupid Mac. "I'm playing both sides"
We all know that one person whom is both smart and stupid... totally real genius idiots.
I think that the secret to the success of the show is that each member of the gang plays the straight man to the other person's insanity. Everyone is too stupid to be smart, but just smart enough to identify that SOMEONE ELSE is doing something stupid.
@@jimgreen7477 EXACTLY!
I can see your point, it got so bad that it seemed like he and Dee shared the position as most pathetic member of the gang since they dialed up his neediness and insecurities.
"I miss you too" "She didn't say that"
She was the Grandma on Napolean Dynamite!
Everything aside, Luther Vandross is a killer name
Kinda disappointed this didn't stick. They could have called Mac "Dutch" next season.
Note Charlie's face after Mac says he needs to call his ma for more info - very subtle.
Little green ghouls, buddy!!!
2:21 the bell sound makes it hilarious 🤣 which was also used in cereal episode {mac's theory} I think.
So I guess Mac doesn't understand Charlie's illiteracy as much as he thought he did
I loved that charlie found his real dad and that he's been in contact with him growing up. I also love that he seems annoyed of frank and it seems like the gang will maybe go their separate ways. Hopefully the season ends in a good way and the show can finally come to a good end 😁
They've renewed up to season 18 so they're going to be around for a while still!
Lol what world do you live in. When do things ever end in a good way for the gang. They're narcissistic sociopaths toxically co-dependent on one another because they have no other friends. They are always going to end up stuck with each other, that's their cursed fate.
The gang going to Ireland is such an awesome special