In addition to recently watching every episode of Lost, I also undertook another project a bit more quietly and successfully - Watching every episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Forget about the people who proclaim that any other comedy is the best on television. Always Sunny is so consistently funny that there really is no competition. If it was on HBO, people would be so busy fellating each other about how great it was, and it would have about 500 Emmy nominations.
But, it's on FX, which is a weird network that has absolutely no focus. They have a couple well-regarded dramas in their lineup - The Shield, Sons of Anarchy, Rescue Me - which may or may not still be on the air, since I don't regularly watch any of them. They also have a new show about fantasy football called The League, which followed Always Sunny this year. (The League is pretty good, but it only had a six-episode trial run, and its humor isn't as broad as Always Sunny.)
Anyway, back to the show itself. It recently released a Christmas-themed DVD, which is absolutely awesome. And, hey, ladies - You get to see Danny DeVito's bare ass in it! How can you resist purchasing now?
The basic outline of the show is fairly simple. I'll try to make it into a math equation: Seinfeld + smut + immorality = It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. On Seinfeld, you had plots about Jerry and George scheming to pull off the best friend switch, and contests about who could go the longest without masturbating.
On Always Sunny, you have Frank (Danny DeVito) kicking people out of their homes and his son threatening to rape the family, and one of the characters trying to sell kitten "mittons", and the gang tries to get an intervention for Frank because he's trying to have sex with his dead ex-wife's sister at her husband's funeral.
The most recent episode focused on the gang trying to get revenge on their former rivals, the team that beat them 10 years ago in Flipadelphia, a city-wide flip cup tournament. Dennis tried to recruit a fourth member of their team from his old fraternity, only to get repeatedly tazed along with Frank.
I'm making the show sound lowbrow, and it most definitely is. However, there is still a sophistication and intelligence behind it all - Think South Park or Family Guy as opposed to something completely without thought, like an Adam Sandler or Rob Schnieder movie. Check it out Thursday nights on FX.
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Flipadelphia was EPIC. I also really enjoyed Dee being an extra on that movie set.
ReplyDeleteI was really happy when I saw that someone on Texts From Last Night posted "Just successfully used the DENNIS system." This is my new favorite show!
Dee as an extra was awesome, but the best episode of this season has still been the one where they setup a Match.com profile for Charlie. I still watch the clip on Hulu every couple of days, and it ALWAYS makes me crack up. "I'll take the milk steak, boiled hard, with your finest jelly beans, raw."
ReplyDeleteThe DENNIS system episode was pretty swell too. I especially like the part with Frank at the end, where he pretended to be Dr. Toboggin.