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It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an American sitcom that premiered on FX on August 4, 2005. It moved to FXX beginning with the ninth season in 2013. The show was created by Rob McElhenney, who developed it with Glenn Howerton. It is executive produced and primarily written by McElhenney, Howerton, and Charlie Day, starring alongside Kaitlin Olson and Danny DeVito. The series follows the exploits of The Gang , a group of narcissistic, sociopathic friends who run the Irish bar Paddy s Pub in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but spend most of their free time drinking, scheming, and plotting elaborate cons against others, and at times each other, often for petty reasons such as personal benefit, financial gain, or simply out of boredom, while belittling, berating, and manipulating each other in the process at seemingly any opportunity.
The 14th season concluded in November 2019, and was renewed for a 15th season in May 2020, which premiered on December 1, 2021. This resulted in it having more seasons than any other American live-action comedy series, replacing The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which ran for 14 seasons between 1952 and 1966. In December 2020, the series was renewed for a total of four additional seasons, bringing it to 18 seasons.
The show has received critical acclaim, with many lauding the cast performances and dark humor. It has amassed a large cult following.
Plot
Premise
The series follows a group of misfit, narcissistic sociopaths, referred to as The Gang , who run a meager, unsuccessful Irish bar called Paddy s Pub in the neighborhood of South Philadelphia. The Gang originally consists of janitor Charlie Kelly (Charlie Day), bouncer Mac (Rob McElhenney), and bartender Dennis Reynolds (Glenn Howerton), the three of whom also own Paddy s Pub, in addition to Dennis twin sister Dee Reynolds (Kaitlin Olson), a struggling actress who works as a waitress there. In season 2, they are joined by Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito), an eccentric millionaire who takes over most of the ownership of the bar, and is also the neglectful father of the Reynolds twins, who soon becomes the financial catalyst for the Gang, often funding many of the Gang s over-complicated plots, while simultaneously succumbing to the brazen depravity of the group.
Each member of The Gang exhibits unethical behavior and anti-social traits such as extreme selfishness, pathological dishonesty, narcissism, aggression, excessive drinking and substance abuse, unregulated emotions, cruelty, and absolutely no regard for the people around them, while also displaying acute codependency, stupidity, and a surprising lack of awareness of basic social norms. The comedy of the show emerges from these extreme character traits resulting in conflicts that lead The Gang into absurd, dark and painfully embarrassing situations, typically ending with them getting their comeuppance, but never learning their lesson. This allows the show to mine a variety of socio-political and economic issues for satire and dark humor, while keeping the characters in a state of relative stasis conducive to the long-running sitcom format.
Episodes usually find The Gang hatching elaborate schemes and regularly conspiring, against both outsiders and one another, for personal gain, revenge, or simply schadenfreude. They habitually inflict physical and psychological pain on anyone who crosses their path, even each other, yet always return to the status quo at Paddy s Pub because they have alienated the rest of society and have only each other s company in the end.
Idiosyncrasies
The Gang has no sense of shame when attempting to get what they want and often engage in activities that others would find humiliating, disgusting, or shocking. Some of these situations include pretending to be disabled and becoming addicted to crack cocaine in order to qualify for welfare, attempted cannibalism, kidnapping, waterboarding, blackface, stalking, grave robbing, hiding naked inside a couch to eavesdrop on people, tricking a man into giving his daughter a lap dance, spiking a punch bowl at a wedding with bath salts, foraging naked in the sewers for rings and coins; impersonating police officers to extort civilians; secretly feeding someone their dead pet; plugging their open wounds with trash; setting a room full of people on fire and locking the door shut; taking out life insurance on a suicidal person; and pretending to have AIDS in order to get priority access to water park rides.
During the Season 7 episode The Gang Gets Trapped , in which The Gang breaks into a family s home and has to hide from them when they return, an angry monologue by Dennis captures the essence of The Gang s modus operandi:
We immediately escalate everything to a ten… somebody comes in with some preposterous plan or idea, then all of a sudden everyone s on the gas, nobody s on the brakes, nobody s thinking, everyone s just talking over each other with one idiotic idea after another! Until, finally, we find ourselves in a situation where we ve broken into somebody s house – and the homeowner is home!
Except for certain rare occasions, Paddy s Pub does not do well financially. There are often only a few customers inside at a time, if any, and those present sometimes appear to be serving themselves. Passersby avoid the bar because of the numerous stabbings that have occurred there. The Gang has been known to close Paddy s for extended periods without warning. When the bar is open, they shirk their respective jobs responsibilities and choose to drink instead. Paddy s is only able to stay in business because of Frank s financial backing, government bailouts and tax fraud. In addition, money is saved through paying Dee less than minimum wage, and, at one point, getting some slaves.
Cast and characters
The show features a core cast of five characters (The Gang) and a recurring cast of colorful side characters, including the Waitress, Cricket, the McPoyles, the Ponderosas, the Lawyer and various family members like Mrs Kelly, Mrs Mac and Uncle Jack Kelly, who cross paths and interact with the Gang in increasingly unhinged ways as the show progresses.
Main
- Charlie Day as Charlie Kelly, co-owner and janitor of Paddy s Pub. He is a childhood friend of Mac, and high school friend of Dennis and Dee. He lives in squalor with Frank in a run-down, vermin-infested apartment and has deep-seated psychological problems, partly due to substance abuse from huffing paint and glue and partly due to his complicated family background possibly involving child abuse. He regularly eats various items not meant for human consumption, such as cat food, stickers and bleach. He is arguably the simplest member of The Gang. Despite his general lack of intelligence and his illiteracy, Charlie is a naturally gifted musician, a self-proclaimed expert in bird law and possibly the only competent worker at Paddy s with his knack for unorthodox maintenance practices ( Charlie work ). He also has an unhealthy obsession with The Waitress , a recurring character who finds his interest in her creepy.
- Glenn Howerton as Dennis Reynolds, co-owner and the main bartender of Paddy s Pub, in addition to being Dee s twin brother and Frank s son. Originally the most intelligent and normal-seeming of the three co-owners, Dennis is slowly revealed to be the most narcissistic and psychopathic of The Gang. Dennis is extremely superficial, selfish, vain and abrasive. His predatory nature is often depicted through numerous attempts to seduce various women; which, when successful, result in him gaslighting and emotionally abusing them in order to win over their favor before inevitably dumping them once he has had sex with them ( The D.E.N.N.I.S. System ). It is strongly hinted at times that Dennis may be a serial killer, though this remains ambiguous. In season 10, he is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, though he frequently denies this and believes himself to be completely rational, and is convinced that he is in complete control of everything and everyone around him, going as far as to label himself a golden god . In the season 12 finale, Dennis reveals to the rest of the gang that he has an infant son, and moves to North Dakota to raise him. He returns to Philadelphia in season 13, supposedly supporting his family from a distance.
- Rob McElhenney as Ronald Mac McDonald, co-owner and self-proclaimed bouncer of Paddy s Pub. He is Charlie s childhood friend and Dennis s high school friend. The son of a convicted felon who has been in prison for much of Mac s life, he frequently attempts to demonstrate his toughness and refers to himself as the sheriff of Paddy s . Deeply insecure, Mac constantly seeks the approval of those around him, especially his father, his apathetic and emotionally absent mother, and Dennis, his roommate. He suffers from extreme bouts of body dysmorphia, and has been depicted at various weights throughout the course of the series: prior to the beginning of Season 7 he gained 60 pounds (27 kg) and was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, and when he finally returned to a healthy weight he admitted he missed supposedly coming across as scary to people. By Season 13, he is noticeably ripped and physically stronger. He often brags about his hand-to-hand combat skills, but typically flees from physical confrontation and is usually depicted as the most cowardly of the gang. Mac is a Roman Catholic, though he often espouses strong Christian fundamentalist opinions, despite his often amoral behavior, such as casual sex with numerous women, including Dennis s and Dee s mother. Though it is frequently insinuated Mac harbors homosexual feelings, he maintained an adamant denial of any such proclivity, much to the gang s annoyance, until he comes out in season 12. Later episodes reveal that Mac is sexually attracted to his best friend, Dennis.
- Kaitlin Olson as Deandra Sweet Dee Reynolds, waitress and sometimes bartender at Paddy s Pub, as well as Dennis s twin sister and Frank s daughter. Though initially depicted as The Gang s the voice of reason in the pilot episode, she gradually loses any sense of moral fortitude that she once had and is frequently shown to be just as prejudiced and depraved as her male friends by the end of season 1. Dee wore a back brace in high school, leaving her with the nickname The Aluminum Monster , and she is frequently referred to by the gang as a bird. Dee lives alone in an apartment. Though often the butt of the gang s jokes, she frequently involves herself in their schemes, perhaps due to her constant need for approval and attention from her peers. She does not hold any ownership stake in the bar – perhaps due to the gang s various prejudices against her, but also in part to her desire to become a professional actress/comedienne (an ambition she consistently fails to achieve due to her debilitating stage fright and her general lack of any apparent talent). In multiple episodes, it is referenced that Dee set her college roommate on fire, and is often portrayed as the most physically violent of the group. Despite expressing outward disgust at her brother s more predatory behavior, later episodes reveal Dee not to be above such behavior herself.
- Danny DeVito as Frank Reynolds, father of Dennis and Dee Reynolds and the majority owner of Paddy s Pub soon after his introduction in season 2 onward. Frank is a millionaire and often funds and enables The Gang s worst schemes and impulses, just to feel a sense of youthfulness and energy. He was once a successful businessman with a long history of illegal operations and dealings with sordid characters, but chooses to abandon that life and redeem himself after leaving his whore wife , Barbara Reynolds. It is revealed at the end of season 2 that Dennis and Dee are products of an affair and not actually his biological children. He has since embraced his feral nature and describes himself as fringe class . Despite his substantial financial resources, he chooses to share a decrepit studio apartment with Charlie, where they sleep together on a pullout couch and have a surprisingly affectionate pseudo-father/son relationship. The two have similar interests, such as playing the inexplicable game of Night Crawlers and foraging naked in sewers for valuables. He always arms himself with at least one loaded handgun (and does not hesitate to brandish or even discharge one when provoked) and often snorts cocaine as part of his daily routine.
Production
Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, and Rob McElhenney first met each other while auditioning for Tuck Everlasting and other projects in New York City and, later, in Los Angeles — they were going up for similar parts, moved to Los Angeles around the same time and even had the same manager Nick Frenkel. Day and Howerton, notably, got to know each other on a car ride back from testing for That 80s Show in late 2001, when Howerton was cast as Corey Howard and Day did not get the part of his best friend. While living in New York, Day had been making comedic home movies with Jimmi Simpson, Nate Mooney, David Hornsby and Logan Marshall-Green, his friends from the Williamstown Theatre Festival, many of whom would later go on to be involved with Sunny, which inspired McElhenney and Howerton to want to make short films of their own with him. McElhenney, in particular, had been writing screenplays between jobs and since none of them were picked up, decided to shoot them himself with Howerton, Day and other actor friends. The decision to make their own short films was further influenced by the release of the affordable Panasonic DVX100A digital camera as well as the accessible, low-budget look of The Office (UK) and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia grew out of an idea for a short film conceived late one night by McElhenney where a friend came over to another friend s house to get sugar, and the friend tells him he has cancer, and all the guy can think about is getting his sugar and getting out of there. He wrote the scene down before taking it to Howerton the next day to flesh it out and work on making it comedic. Day was soon roped in and the first script was written, featuring three struggling actors in LA named Charlie, Glenn and Mac, and the ensuing awkwardness around Charlie s cancer diagnosis. The home movies were shot and reshot multiple times, initially with Hornsby playing the Mac character and McElhenney behind the camera as director. It was via this process that McElhenney, Day and Howerton learnt the basics of shooting, editing and other aspects of film-making. The three then developed a second episode of their home movie series, this time focused on the cringe humor from Mac s sense of shame around his relationship with Carmen, a transgender woman. At this point, it became clear that the home movies had potential as a television series, instead of the short films they were envisioned as originally. Both parts would eventually end up in the episode Charlie Has Cancer .
The home movie was titled It s Always Sunny on TV after the a-ha song The Sun Always Shines on T.V. . Howerton had been listening to the album Hunting High and Low (1985) while stretching at a Crunch gym in West Hollywood. It was later changed to reflect that, in the unaired pilot, the gang had been rewritten as bar owners in Philadelphia, instead of actors in LA.
This was then developed into a pilot called It s Always Sunny on TV and was shot on a digital camcorder and filmed in the actors own apartments. They expanded the central cast to four people living in Los Angeles, a group of best friends who care so little for each other , Howerton said.
It was believed the pilot was shot with a budget of just $200, but Day would later comment, We shot it for nothing… I don t know where this $200 came from… We were a bunch of kids with cameras running around shooting each other and next thing you know, we re eleven years in and we re still doing the show. This pilot was shopped by the actors around various studios, their pitch being simply showing the DVD of the pilot to executives. After viewing the pilot, FX Network ordered the first season. The show was budgeted at $450,000 an episode, less than a third of a network standard, using Panasonic s DVX100 MiniDV prosumer video camera. The original concept had the gang being out-of-work actors with the theme song being a cha-cha version of Hooray for Hollywood ; however there were too many shows at the time with a similar premise. The network came to us and said, We don t want a show about actors, and we said, Fine, let s put it somewhere else, McElhenney explained. I m from Philly, let s put it in Philly, and we ll make it about a bar, because that s a job where you can have lots of free time and still have income that could explain how these people can sustain themselves. Prior to Kaitlin Olson joining the show, the character Sweet Dee was originally played by Jordan Reid, who at the time was the girlfriend of McElhenney, but was recast after they broke up.
After the first season, FX executives were worried about the show s low ratings and demanded that changes be made to the cast. So, John Landgraf, who s the president of FX, he called me in for a meeting and was like, Hey, no one s watching the show, but we love it, McElhenney recalled. We wanna keep it on, but we don t have any money for marketing, and we need to add somebody with some panache that we can hopefully parlay into some public relations story, just so we can get people talking. FX began suggesting actors such as Danny DeVito that could boost the show s profile. It s not that we were reticent to the idea of adding Danny to the show, Howerton recalled, It s that we were reticent to add a name to the show. You know, because we kinda liked that we were no-names and it was this weird, small thing, you know. Initially, McElhenney refused, saying No, I just don t think we wanna do that, and they were like, Oh OK, well, you know… the show s over. Realizing they needed to change the trajectory of the show to please the network, McElhenney, Howerton, and Day became open to adding a new cast member who was familiar to the public. However, McElhenney, Howerton, and Day were hesitant at first since they thought they would ruin the show , particularly Day. Devito later joined the cast in the first episode of the second season, playing the father of Dennis and Dee.
The show is shot in both Philadelphia and Los Angeles. The exterior of Paddy s Pub is located at the Starkman Building on 544 Mateo Street in Los Angeles.
On April 1, 2016, the series was renewed for a thirteenth and fourteenth season, which matched The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet with the most seasons for a live-action sitcom in American television history. On April 9, 2020, McElhenney announced that writing had begun for the fifteenth season. Filming for the season began in May 2021 and wrapped that October.
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
| 1 | 7 | August 4, 2005 | September 15, 2005 | FX | |
| 2 | 10 | June 29, 2006 | August 17, 2006 | ||
| 3 | 15 | September 13, 2007 | November 15, 2007 | ||
| 4 | 13 | September 18, 2008 | November 20, 2008 | ||
| 5 | 12 | September 17, 2009 | December 10, 2009 | ||
| 6 | 14 | September 16, 2010 | December 16, 2010 | ||
| 7 | 13 | September 15, 2011 | December 15, 2011 | ||
| 8 | 10 | October 11, 2012 | December 20, 2012 | ||
| 9 | 10 | September 4, 2013 | November 6, 2013 | FXX | |
| 10 | 10 | January 14, 2015 | March 18, 2015 | ||
| 11 | 10 | January 6, 2016 | March 9, 2016 | ||
| 12 | 10 | January 4, 2017 | March 8, 2017 | ||
| 13 | 10 | September 5, 2018 | November 7, 2018 | ||
| 14 | 10 | September 25, 2019 | November 20, 2019 | ||
| 15 | 8 | December 1, 2021 | December 22, 2021 | ||
Broadcast and syndication
The first season ran for seven episodes with the finale airing September 15, 2005. According to McElhenney, word of mouth on the show was good enough for FX to renew it for a second season, which ran from June 29 to August 17, 2006. Reruns of edited first-season episodes began airing on FX s then-parent network, Fox, in June 2006, for a planned three-episode run— The Gang Finds a Dead Guy, Gun Fever (which was renamed Gun Control ) and Charlie Gets Molested were shown. The show was not aired on broadcast television again until 2011, when FX began offering it for syndication.
The third season ran from September 13 to November 15, 2007. On March 5, 2008, FX renewed It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia for a fourth season. On July 15, 2008, it was reported that FX had ordered 39 additional episodes of the series, produced as seasons five through seven of the show. All five main cast members were secured for the entire scheduled run. The fifth season ran from September 17 to December 10, 2009. On May 31, 2010, Comedy Central began airing reruns. WGN America also began broadcasting the show as part of its fall 2011 schedule.
The sixth season ran from September 16 to December 9, 2010, comprising 12 episodes, plus the Christmas special. The seventh season ran from September 15 to December 15, 2011, comprising 13 episodes. On August 6, 2011, FX announced it had picked up the show for an additional two seasons (the eighth and ninth) running through 2013. On March 28, 2013, FX renewed the show for a tenth season, and announced that it would move to FX s new sister network, FXX.
In April 2017, Kaitlin Olson announced that It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia would go on an extended hiatus. In an interview with TV Guide, she said, We ended up pushing our next season a year because we were all busy with separate projects this year. So at the end of this coming shooting season of The Mick, I ll step right into Sunny after that.
On October 2, 2017, the show premiered on Vice on TV.
The series is available for streaming on Hulu except for the episodes America s Next Top Paddy s Billboard Model Contest , Dee Reynolds: Shaping America s Youth , The Gang Recycles Their Trash , The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6 and Dee Day , due to scenes involving blackface. The same episodes are missing from Netflix in the UK, Disney+ in Canada and Australia and Star+ in Latin America.
Music
The show uses recurring orchestral production music selections. We had a music supervisor called Ray Espinola and we said, Give us everything you have in a sort of Leave It to Beaver with a big band-swing kind of feel, and the majority of the songs are from what he sent over, Charlie Day explained. When you set it against what these characters were doing—which often times can be perceived as quite despicable, or wrong—it really disarmed the audience. It just became our go-to library of songs.
The theme song is called Temptation Sensation by German composer Heinz Kiessling. Kiessling s work ( On Your Bike and Blue Blood ) can also be heard during various scene transitions throughout the show, along with other composers and pieces such as Werner Tautz ( Off Broadway ), Joe Brook ( Moonbeam Kiss ), and Karl Grell ( Honey Bunch ). Many of the tracks heard in the series are from Cafe Romantique, an album of easy listening production music collected by Extreme Music, the production music library unit of Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Independent record label Fervor Records has also contributed music to the show. Songs from The Jack Gray Orchestra s album Easy Listening Symph-O-Nette ( Take A Letter Miss Jones, Golly Gee Whiz, and Not a Care in the World ) and the John Costello III release Giants of Jazz ( Birdcage, Cotton Club and Quintessential ) are heard in several episodes.
The soundtrack, featuring most of the music heard on the show, was released in 2010.
Soundtrack track listing
| No. | Title | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Temptation Sensation (Main Title Theme) | Heinz Kiessling | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:53 |
| 2. | Derby Day | Werner Tautz | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:39 |
| 3. | Blue Blood | Heinz Kiessling | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:54 |
| 4. | On Your Bike | Heinz Kiessling | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:15 |
| 5. | Take the Plunge | Heinz Kiessling | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 3:10 |
| 6. | Hotsy-Totsy | Heinz Kiessling | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:18 |
| 7. | Off Broadway | Werner Tautz | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:31 |
| 8. | Coconut Shy | Heinz Kiessling | The Diamontinos | 2:25 |
| 9. | Honey Bunch | Karl Grell | The Ralph Manning Orchestra | 2:44 |
| 10. | Glitterati Party | Werner Tautz | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:51 |
| 11. | Singles Soiree | Richard Faecks | The Rüdiger Piesker Orchestra | 2:09 |
| 12. | Pink Deville | Paul Rothman | The Ole Olafsen Band | 2:34 |
| 13. | Captain s Table | Heinz Kiessling | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:44 |
| 14. | Starlet Express | Werner Tautz | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:31 |
| 15. | Final Fling | Heinz Kiessling | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:29 |
| 16. | Sweetheart Serenade | Werner Tautz | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:54 |
| 17. | Tea at Tiffani s | Werner Tautz | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:28 |
| 18. | Moonbeam Kiss | Joe Brook | The Rüdiger Piesker Orchestra | 2:21 |
| 19. | Grand Central | Werner Tautz | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 3:15 |
| Total length: | 50:05 | |||
Reception and legacy
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Critical reviews and commentary
It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has received critical acclaim for its humor and the performances of the cast. Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker praised the show, calling it not merely the best sitcom on television but one of the most arresting and ambitious current TV series, period. Gillian Flynn of Entertainment Weekly reviewed the first season negatively, commenting, t is smug enough to think it s breaking ground, but not smart enough to know it isn t. Brian Lowry of Variety gave the first season a positive review, saying it was invariably clever and occasionally a laugh-out-loud riot, all while lampooning taboo topics. However, later seasons of the show have received favorable ratings on review aggregator Metacritic, receiving 70/100, 78/100 and 85/100 for seasons 4, 5 and 6 respectively. The show has become a cult hit with viewers and is often compared in style to Seinfeld—particularly due to the self-centered nature of its main characters. The Philadelphia Inquirer reviewer Jonathan Storm wrote, It s like Seinfeld on crack, a quote that became widely used to describe the series, to the point that FX attached the tagline, It s Seinfeld on crack.
In 2014, Entertainment Weekly listed the show at number 7 in the 26 Best Cult TV Shows Ever, with the comment that it s a great underdog story … If it sounds too dark for you, consider that there s an episode about making mittens for kittens, and it s adorable. In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that Sunny was more popular in college towns (and most popular in Philadelphia).
In 2015, Rolling Stone rated the top 20 greatest and funniest It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes, stating for 10 seasons, the series had mined comic gold from the execrable behavior of the owners of Paddy s Pub. They claimed the two-part season 4 episode, Mac and Charlie Die is the sitcom s greatest episode yet. In 2019, the BBC called the show the best US sitcom. They praised the show s unique outlook and ability to range from nihilistic humor to genuine heartfelt moments.
According to Matt Fowler of IGN, the series broke new ground due to its sociopathic depiction of The Gang . It was also ranked 63rd in IGN s list of the top 100 TV shows of all-time.
Awards
| Award | Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critics Choice Television Awards | 2011 | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Charlie Day | Nominated | |
| IGN Summer Movie Awards | 2018 | Best Comedic TV Performance | Rob McElhenney | Nominated | |
| Best TV Comedy Series | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Nominated | |||
| Best TV Episode | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | Best TV Ensemble | Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, and Danny Devito | Nominated | ||
| International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | 2015 | Best Writing for a Comedy Series | Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, and Rob McElhenney (for Charlie Work ) | Nominated | |
| Muse Creative Awards | 2019 | Poster Single | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Won | |
| Online Film & Television Association Awards | 2016 | Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Charlie Day | Won | |
| Best Comedy Series | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Nominated | |||
| People s Choice Awards | 2012 | Favorite Cable TV Comedy | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Favorite Cable TV Comedy | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Nominated | ||
| 2016 | Favorite Cable TV Comedy | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Won | ||
| 2017 | Favorite Cable TV Comedy | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Nominated | ||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or a Variety Program | Marc Scizak | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or a Variety Program | Marc Scizak | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or a Variety Program | Marc Scizak | Nominated | ||
| Satellite Awards | 2008 | Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Nominated | |
| Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | Danny DeVito | Nominated | |||
| 2011 | Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Won | ||
| Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | Charlie Day | Nominated |
Other media
The Nightman Cometh live
In September 2009, the cast took their show live. The Gang performed the musical The Nightman Cometh in New York City, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. Mary Elizabeth Ellis and Artemis Pebdani also appeared in the performance as The Waitress and Artemis. Actress Rhea Perlman (wife of Danny DeVito) assumed the role of Gladys.
Creator Rob McElhenney said that Live Nation originally approached the cast about doing the show at 30 cities, but in the end the cast settled on 6. Co-developer Glenn Howerton described the show as essentially an expanded version of the actual episode of The Nightman Cometh, which was the final episode for season four. There are some added moments, added scenes, added songs, and extended versions of songs that already existed. Two new songs were included in the performance and a longer running time allowed for greater improvisation by the actors. The performance was also preceded by a preview screening of a season five episode.
The Los Angeles performance, filmed at The Troubadour, was included as a bonus feature on the season four DVD box set.
Russian adaptation
A Russian adaptation of It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia premiered in Russia on the television channel TNT on May 12, 2014. This version is titled В Москве всегда солнечно (V Moskve vsegda solnechno, It s Always Sunny in Moscow) and like the original, centers around four friends, who own a bar called Philadelphia in Moscow.
Book
A book based upon It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia was released on January 6, 2015, titled The Gang Writes a Self-Help Book: The 7 Secrets of Awakening the Highly Effective Four-Hour Giant, Today.
Podcast
On November 9, 2021, Howerton, Day, and McElhenney started The Always Sunny Podcast, an episode by episode recap of the show, with Megan Ganz as producer and Kaitlin Olson occasionally guest stars.
It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an American sitcom that premiered on FX on August 4, 2005. It moved to FXX beginning with the ninth season in 2013. The show was created by Rob McElhenney, who developed it with Glenn Howerton. It is executive produced and primarily written by McElhenney, Howerton, and Charlie Day, starring alongside Kaitlin Olson and Danny DeVito. The series follows the exploits of The Gang , a group of narcissistic, sociopathic friends who run the Irish bar Paddy s Pub in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but spend most of their free time drinking, scheming, and plotting elaborate cons against others, and at times each other, often for petty reasons such as personal benefit, financial gain, or simply out of boredom, while belittling, berating, and manipulating each other in the process at seemingly any opportunity.
The 14th season concluded in November 2019, and was renewed for a 15th season in May 2020, which premiered on December 1, 2021. This resulted in it having more seasons than any other American live-action comedy series, replacing The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which ran for 14 seasons between 1952 and 1966. In December 2020, the series was renewed for a total of four additional seasons, bringing it to 18 seasons.
The show has received critical acclaim, with many lauding the cast performances and dark humor. It has amassed a large cult following.
Plot
Premise
The series follows a group of misfit, narcissistic sociopaths, referred to as The Gang , who run a meager, unsuccessful Irish bar called Paddy s Pub in the neighborhood of South Philadelphia. The Gang originally consists of janitor Charlie Kelly (Charlie Day), bouncer Mac (Rob McElhenney), and bartender Dennis Reynolds (Glenn Howerton), the three of whom also own Paddy s Pub, in addition to Dennis twin sister Dee Reynolds (Kaitlin Olson), a struggling actress who works as a waitress there. In season 2, they are joined by Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito), an eccentric millionaire who takes over most of the ownership of the bar, and is also the neglectful father of the Reynolds twins, who soon becomes the financial catalyst for the Gang, often funding many of the Gang s over-complicated plots, while simultaneously succumbing to the brazen depravity of the group.
Each member of The Gang exhibits unethical behavior and anti-social traits such as extreme selfishness, pathological dishonesty, narcissism, aggression, excessive drinking and substance abuse, unregulated emotions, cruelty, and absolutely no regard for the people around them, while also displaying acute codependency, stupidity, and a surprising lack of awareness of basic social norms. The comedy of the show emerges from these extreme character traits resulting in conflicts that lead The Gang into absurd, dark and painfully embarrassing situations, typically ending with them getting their comeuppance, but never learning their lesson. This allows the show to mine a variety of socio-political and economic issues for satire and dark humor, while keeping the characters in a state of relative stasis conducive to the long-running sitcom format.
Episodes usually find The Gang hatching elaborate schemes and regularly conspiring, against both outsiders and one another, for personal gain, revenge, or simply schadenfreude. They habitually inflict physical and psychological pain on anyone who crosses their path, even each other, yet always return to the status quo at Paddy s Pub because they have alienated the rest of society and have only each other s company in the end.
Idiosyncrasies
The Gang has no sense of shame when attempting to get what they want and often engage in activities that others would find humiliating, disgusting, or shocking. Some of these situations include pretending to be disabled and becoming addicted to crack cocaine in order to qualify for welfare, attempted cannibalism, kidnapping, waterboarding, blackface, stalking, grave robbing, hiding naked inside a couch to eavesdrop on people, tricking a man into giving his daughter a lap dance, spiking a punch bowl at a wedding with bath salts, foraging naked in the sewers for rings and coins; impersonating police officers to extort civilians; secretly feeding someone their dead pet; plugging their open wounds with trash; setting a room full of people on fire and locking the door shut; taking out life insurance on a suicidal person; and pretending to have AIDS in order to get priority access to water park rides.
During the Season 7 episode The Gang Gets Trapped , in which The Gang breaks into a family s home and has to hide from them when they return, an angry monologue by Dennis captures the essence of The Gang s modus operandi:
We immediately escalate everything to a ten… somebody comes in with some preposterous plan or idea, then all of a sudden everyone s on the gas, nobody s on the brakes, nobody s thinking, everyone s just talking over each other with one idiotic idea after another! Until, finally, we find ourselves in a situation where we ve broken into somebody s house – and the homeowner is home!
Except for certain rare occasions, Paddy s Pub does not do well financially. There are often only a few customers inside at a time, if any, and those present sometimes appear to be serving themselves. Passersby avoid the bar because of the numerous stabbings that have occurred there. The Gang has been known to close Paddy s for extended periods without warning. When the bar is open, they shirk their respective jobs responsibilities and choose to drink instead. Paddy s is only able to stay in business because of Frank s financial backing, government bailouts and tax fraud. In addition, money is saved through paying Dee less than minimum wage, and, at one point, getting some slaves.
Cast and characters
The show features a core cast of five characters (The Gang) and a recurring cast of colorful side characters, including the Waitress, Cricket, the McPoyles, the Ponderosas, the Lawyer and various family members like Mrs Kelly, Mrs Mac and Uncle Jack Kelly, who cross paths and interact with the Gang in increasingly unhinged ways as the show progresses.
Main
- Charlie Day as Charlie Kelly, co-owner and janitor of Paddy s Pub. He is a childhood friend of Mac, and high school friend of Dennis and Dee. He lives in squalor with Frank in a run-down, vermin-infested apartment and has deep-seated psychological problems, partly due to substance abuse from huffing paint and glue and partly due to his complicated family background possibly involving child abuse. He regularly eats various items not meant for human consumption, such as cat food, stickers and bleach. He is arguably the simplest member of The Gang. Despite his general lack of intelligence and his illiteracy, Charlie is a naturally gifted musician, a self-proclaimed expert in bird law and possibly the only competent worker at Paddy s with his knack for unorthodox maintenance practices ( Charlie work ). He also has an unhealthy obsession with The Waitress , a recurring character who finds his interest in her creepy.
- Glenn Howerton as Dennis Reynolds, co-owner and the main bartender of Paddy s Pub, in addition to being Dee s twin brother and Frank s son. Originally the most intelligent and normal-seeming of the three co-owners, Dennis is slowly revealed to be the most narcissistic and psychopathic of The Gang. Dennis is extremely superficial, selfish, vain and abrasive. His predatory nature is often depicted through numerous attempts to seduce various women; which, when successful, result in him gaslighting and emotionally abusing them in order to win over their favor before inevitably dumping them once he has had sex with them ( The D.E.N.N.I.S. System ). It is strongly hinted at times that Dennis may be a serial killer, though this remains ambiguous. In season 10, he is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, though he frequently denies this and believes himself to be completely rational, and is convinced that he is in complete control of everything and everyone around him, going as far as to label himself a golden god . In the season 12 finale, Dennis reveals to the rest of the gang that he has an infant son, and moves to North Dakota to raise him. He returns to Philadelphia in season 13, supposedly supporting his family from a distance.
- Rob McElhenney as Ronald Mac McDonald, co-owner and self-proclaimed bouncer of Paddy s Pub. He is Charlie s childhood friend and Dennis s high school friend. The son of a convicted felon who has been in prison for much of Mac s life, he frequently attempts to demonstrate his toughness and refers to himself as the sheriff of Paddy s . Deeply insecure, Mac constantly seeks the approval of those around him, especially his father, his apathetic and emotionally absent mother, and Dennis, his roommate. He suffers from extreme bouts of body dysmorphia, and has been depicted at various weights throughout the course of the series: prior to the beginning of Season 7 he gained 60 pounds (27 kg) and was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, and when he finally returned to a healthy weight he admitted he missed supposedly coming across as scary to people. By Season 13, he is noticeably ripped and physically stronger. He often brags about his hand-to-hand combat skills, but typically flees from physical confrontation and is usually depicted as the most cowardly of the gang. Mac is a Roman Catholic, though he often espouses strong Christian fundamentalist opinions, despite his often amoral behavior, such as casual sex with numerous women, including Dennis s and Dee s mother. Though it is frequently insinuated Mac harbors homosexual feelings, he maintained an adamant denial of any such proclivity, much to the gang s annoyance, until he comes out in season 12. Later episodes reveal that Mac is sexually attracted to his best friend, Dennis.
- Kaitlin Olson as Deandra Sweet Dee Reynolds, waitress and sometimes bartender at Paddy s Pub, as well as Dennis s twin sister and Frank s daughter. Though initially depicted as The Gang s the voice of reason in the pilot episode, she gradually loses any sense of moral fortitude that she once had and is frequently shown to be just as prejudiced and depraved as her male friends by the end of season 1. Dee wore a back brace in high school, leaving her with the nickname The Aluminum Monster , and she is frequently referred to by the gang as a bird. Dee lives alone in an apartment. Though often the butt of the gang s jokes, she frequently involves herself in their schemes, perhaps due to her constant need for approval and attention from her peers. She does not hold any ownership stake in the bar – perhaps due to the gang s various prejudices against her, but also in part to her desire to become a professional actress/comedienne (an ambition she consistently fails to achieve due to her debilitating stage fright and her general lack of any apparent talent). In multiple episodes, it is referenced that Dee set her college roommate on fire, and is often portrayed as the most physically violent of the group. Despite expressing outward disgust at her brother s more predatory behavior, later episodes reveal Dee not to be above such behavior herself.
- Danny DeVito as Frank Reynolds, father of Dennis and Dee Reynolds and the majority owner of Paddy s Pub soon after his introduction in season 2 onward. Frank is a millionaire and often funds and enables The Gang s worst schemes and impulses, just to feel a sense of youthfulness and energy. He was once a successful businessman with a long history of illegal operations and dealings with sordid characters, but chooses to abandon that life and redeem himself after leaving his whore wife , Barbara Reynolds. It is revealed at the end of season 2 that Dennis and Dee are products of an affair and not actually his biological children. He has since embraced his feral nature and describes himself as fringe class . Despite his substantial financial resources, he chooses to share a decrepit studio apartment with Charlie, where they sleep together on a pullout couch and have a surprisingly affectionate pseudo-father/son relationship. The two have similar interests, such as playing the inexplicable game of Night Crawlers and foraging naked in sewers for valuables. He always arms himself with at least one loaded handgun (and does not hesitate to brandish or even discharge one when provoked) and often snorts cocaine as part of his daily routine.
Production
Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, and Rob McElhenney first met each other while auditioning for Tuck Everlasting and other projects in New York City and, later, in Los Angeles — they were going up for similar parts, moved to Los Angeles around the same time and even had the same manager Nick Frenkel. Day and Howerton, notably, got to know each other on a car ride back from testing for That 80s Show in late 2001, when Howerton was cast as Corey Howard and Day did not get the part of his best friend. While living in New York, Day had been making comedic home movies with Jimmi Simpson, Nate Mooney, David Hornsby and Logan Marshall-Green, his friends from the Williamstown Theatre Festival, many of whom would later go on to be involved with Sunny, which inspired McElhenney and Howerton to want to make short films of their own with him. McElhenney, in particular, had been writing screenplays between jobs and since none of them were picked up, decided to shoot them himself with Howerton, Day and other actor friends. The decision to make their own short films was further influenced by the release of the affordable Panasonic DVX100A digital camera as well as the accessible, low-budget look of The Office (UK) and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia grew out of an idea for a short film conceived late one night by McElhenney where a friend came over to another friend s house to get sugar, and the friend tells him he has cancer, and all the guy can think about is getting his sugar and getting out of there. He wrote the scene down before taking it to Howerton the next day to flesh it out and work on making it comedic. Day was soon roped in and the first script was written, featuring three struggling actors in LA named Charlie, Glenn and Mac, and the ensuing awkwardness around Charlie s cancer diagnosis. The home movies were shot and reshot multiple times, initially with Hornsby playing the Mac character and McElhenney behind the camera as director. It was via this process that McElhenney, Day and Howerton learnt the basics of shooting, editing and other aspects of film-making. The three then developed a second episode of their home movie series, this time focused on the cringe humor from Mac s sense of shame around his relationship with Carmen, a transgender woman. At this point, it became clear that the home movies had potential as a television series, instead of the short films they were envisioned as originally. Both parts would eventually end up in the episode Charlie Has Cancer .
The home movie was titled It s Always Sunny on TV after the a-ha song The Sun Always Shines on T.V. . Howerton had been listening to the album Hunting High and Low (1985) while stretching at a Crunch gym in West Hollywood. It was later changed to reflect that, in the unaired pilot, the gang had been rewritten as bar owners in Philadelphia, instead of actors in LA.
This was then developed into a pilot called It s Always Sunny on TV and was shot on a digital camcorder and filmed in the actors own apartments. They expanded the central cast to four people living in Los Angeles, a group of best friends who care so little for each other , Howerton said.
It was believed the pilot was shot with a budget of just $200, but Day would later comment, We shot it for nothing… I don t know where this $200 came from… We were a bunch of kids with cameras running around shooting each other and next thing you know, we re eleven years in and we re still doing the show. This pilot was shopped by the actors around various studios, their pitch being simply showing the DVD of the pilot to executives. After viewing the pilot, FX Network ordered the first season. The show was budgeted at $450,000 an episode, less than a third of a network standard, using Panasonic s DVX100 MiniDV prosumer video camera. The original concept had the gang being out-of-work actors with the theme song being a cha-cha version of Hooray for Hollywood ; however there were too many shows at the time with a similar premise. The network came to us and said, We don t want a show about actors, and we said, Fine, let s put it somewhere else, McElhenney explained. I m from Philly, let s put it in Philly, and we ll make it about a bar, because that s a job where you can have lots of free time and still have income that could explain how these people can sustain themselves. Prior to Kaitlin Olson joining the show, the character Sweet Dee was originally played by Jordan Reid, who at the time was the girlfriend of McElhenney, but was recast after they broke up.
After the first season, FX executives were worried about the show s low ratings and demanded that changes be made to the cast. So, John Landgraf, who s the president of FX, he called me in for a meeting and was like, Hey, no one s watching the show, but we love it, McElhenney recalled. We wanna keep it on, but we don t have any money for marketing, and we need to add somebody with some panache that we can hopefully parlay into some public relations story, just so we can get people talking. FX began suggesting actors such as Danny DeVito that could boost the show s profile. It s not that we were reticent to the idea of adding Danny to the show, Howerton recalled, It s that we were reticent to add a name to the show. You know, because we kinda liked that we were no-names and it was this weird, small thing, you know. Initially, McElhenney refused, saying No, I just don t think we wanna do that, and they were like, Oh OK, well, you know… the show s over. Realizing they needed to change the trajectory of the show to please the network, McElhenney, Howerton, and Day became open to adding a new cast member who was familiar to the public. However, McElhenney, Howerton, and Day were hesitant at first since they thought they would ruin the show , particularly Day. Devito later joined the cast in the first episode of the second season, playing the father of Dennis and Dee.
The show is shot in both Philadelphia and Los Angeles. The exterior of Paddy s Pub is located at the Starkman Building on 544 Mateo Street in Los Angeles.
On April 1, 2016, the series was renewed for a thirteenth and fourteenth season, which matched The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet with the most seasons for a live-action sitcom in American television history. On April 9, 2020, McElhenney announced that writing had begun for the fifteenth season. Filming for the season began in May 2021 and wrapped that October.
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
| 1 | 7 | August 4, 2005 | September 15, 2005 | FX | |
| 2 | 10 | June 29, 2006 | August 17, 2006 | ||
| 3 | 15 | September 13, 2007 | November 15, 2007 | ||
| 4 | 13 | September 18, 2008 | November 20, 2008 | ||
| 5 | 12 | September 17, 2009 | December 10, 2009 | ||
| 6 | 14 | September 16, 2010 | December 16, 2010 | ||
| 7 | 13 | September 15, 2011 | December 15, 2011 | ||
| 8 | 10 | October 11, 2012 | December 20, 2012 | ||
| 9 | 10 | September 4, 2013 | November 6, 2013 | FXX | |
| 10 | 10 | January 14, 2015 | March 18, 2015 | ||
| 11 | 10 | January 6, 2016 | March 9, 2016 | ||
| 12 | 10 | January 4, 2017 | March 8, 2017 | ||
| 13 | 10 | September 5, 2018 | November 7, 2018 | ||
| 14 | 10 | September 25, 2019 | November 20, 2019 | ||
| 15 | 8 | December 1, 2021 | December 22, 2021 | ||
Broadcast and syndication
The first season ran for seven episodes with the finale airing September 15, 2005. According to McElhenney, word of mouth on the show was good enough for FX to renew it for a second season, which ran from June 29 to August 17, 2006. Reruns of edited first-season episodes began airing on FX s then-parent network, Fox, in June 2006, for a planned three-episode run— The Gang Finds a Dead Guy, Gun Fever (which was renamed Gun Control ) and Charlie Gets Molested were shown. The show was not aired on broadcast television again until 2011, when FX began offering it for syndication.
The third season ran from September 13 to November 15, 2007. On March 5, 2008, FX renewed It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia for a fourth season. On July 15, 2008, it was reported that FX had ordered 39 additional episodes of the series, produced as seasons five through seven of the show. All five main cast members were secured for the entire scheduled run. The fifth season ran from September 17 to December 10, 2009. On May 31, 2010, Comedy Central began airing reruns. WGN America also began broadcasting the show as part of its fall 2011 schedule.
The sixth season ran from September 16 to December 9, 2010, comprising 12 episodes, plus the Christmas special. The seventh season ran from September 15 to December 15, 2011, comprising 13 episodes. On August 6, 2011, FX announced it had picked up the show for an additional two seasons (the eighth and ninth) running through 2013. On March 28, 2013, FX renewed the show for a tenth season, and announced that it would move to FX s new sister network, FXX.
In April 2017, Kaitlin Olson announced that It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia would go on an extended hiatus. In an interview with TV Guide, she said, We ended up pushing our next season a year because we were all busy with separate projects this year. So at the end of this coming shooting season of The Mick, I ll step right into Sunny after that.
On October 2, 2017, the show premiered on Vice on TV.
The series is available for streaming on Hulu except for the episodes America s Next Top Paddy s Billboard Model Contest , Dee Reynolds: Shaping America s Youth , The Gang Recycles Their Trash , The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6 and Dee Day , due to scenes involving blackface. The same episodes are missing from Netflix in the UK, Disney+ in Canada and Australia and Star+ in Latin America.
Music
The show uses recurring orchestral production music selections. We had a music supervisor called Ray Espinola and we said, Give us everything you have in a sort of Leave It to Beaver with a big band-swing kind of feel, and the majority of the songs are from what he sent over, Charlie Day explained. When you set it against what these characters were doing—which often times can be perceived as quite despicable, or wrong—it really disarmed the audience. It just became our go-to library of songs.
The theme song is called Temptation Sensation by German composer Heinz Kiessling. Kiessling s work ( On Your Bike and Blue Blood ) can also be heard during various scene transitions throughout the show, along with other composers and pieces such as Werner Tautz ( Off Broadway ), Joe Brook ( Moonbeam Kiss ), and Karl Grell ( Honey Bunch ). Many of the tracks heard in the series are from Cafe Romantique, an album of easy listening production music collected by Extreme Music, the production music library unit of Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Independent record label Fervor Records has also contributed music to the show. Songs from The Jack Gray Orchestra s album Easy Listening Symph-O-Nette ( Take A Letter Miss Jones, Golly Gee Whiz, and Not a Care in the World ) and the John Costello III release Giants of Jazz ( Birdcage, Cotton Club and Quintessential ) are heard in several episodes.
The soundtrack, featuring most of the music heard on the show, was released in 2010.
Soundtrack track listing
| No. | Title | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Temptation Sensation (Main Title Theme) | Heinz Kiessling | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:53 |
| 2. | Derby Day | Werner Tautz | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:39 |
| 3. | Blue Blood | Heinz Kiessling | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:54 |
| 4. | On Your Bike | Heinz Kiessling | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:15 |
| 5. | Take the Plunge | Heinz Kiessling | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 3:10 |
| 6. | Hotsy-Totsy | Heinz Kiessling | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:18 |
| 7. | Off Broadway | Werner Tautz | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:31 |
| 8. | Coconut Shy | Heinz Kiessling | The Diamontinos | 2:25 |
| 9. | Honey Bunch | Karl Grell | The Ralph Manning Orchestra | 2:44 |
| 10. | Glitterati Party | Werner Tautz | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:51 |
| 11. | Singles Soiree | Richard Faecks | The Rüdiger Piesker Orchestra | 2:09 |
| 12. | Pink Deville | Paul Rothman | The Ole Olafsen Band | 2:34 |
| 13. | Captain s Table | Heinz Kiessling | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:44 |
| 14. | Starlet Express | Werner Tautz | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:31 |
| 15. | Final Fling | Heinz Kiessling | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:29 |
| 16. | Sweetheart Serenade | Werner Tautz | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:54 |
| 17. | Tea at Tiffani s | Werner Tautz | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 2:28 |
| 18. | Moonbeam Kiss | Joe Brook | The Rüdiger Piesker Orchestra | 2:21 |
| 19. | Grand Central | Werner Tautz | The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra | 3:15 |
| Total length: | 50:05 | |||
Reception and legacy
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Critical reviews and commentary
It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has received critical acclaim for its humor and the performances of the cast. Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker praised the show, calling it not merely the best sitcom on television but one of the most arresting and ambitious current TV series, period. Gillian Flynn of Entertainment Weekly reviewed the first season negatively, commenting, t is smug enough to think it s breaking ground, but not smart enough to know it isn t. Brian Lowry of Variety gave the first season a positive review, saying it was invariably clever and occasionally a laugh-out-loud riot, all while lampooning taboo topics. However, later seasons of the show have received favorable ratings on review aggregator Metacritic, receiving 70/100, 78/100 and 85/100 for seasons 4, 5 and 6 respectively. The show has become a cult hit with viewers and is often compared in style to Seinfeld—particularly due to the self-centered nature of its main characters. The Philadelphia Inquirer reviewer Jonathan Storm wrote, It s like Seinfeld on crack, a quote that became widely used to describe the series, to the point that FX attached the tagline, It s Seinfeld on crack.
In 2014, Entertainment Weekly listed the show at number 7 in the 26 Best Cult TV Shows Ever, with the comment that it s a great underdog story … If it sounds too dark for you, consider that there s an episode about making mittens for kittens, and it s adorable. In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that Sunny was more popular in college towns (and most popular in Philadelphia).
In 2015, Rolling Stone rated the top 20 greatest and funniest It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes, stating for 10 seasons, the series had mined comic gold from the execrable behavior of the owners of Paddy s Pub. They claimed the two-part season 4 episode, Mac and Charlie Die is the sitcom s greatest episode yet. In 2019, the BBC called the show the best US sitcom. They praised the show s unique outlook and ability to range from nihilistic humor to genuine heartfelt moments.
According to Matt Fowler of IGN, the series broke new ground due to its sociopathic depiction of The Gang . It was also ranked 63rd in IGN s list of the top 100 TV shows of all-time.
Awards
| Award | Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critics Choice Television Awards | 2011 | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Charlie Day | Nominated | |
| IGN Summer Movie Awards | 2018 | Best Comedic TV Performance | Rob McElhenney | Nominated | |
| Best TV Comedy Series | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Nominated | |||
| Best TV Episode | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | Best TV Ensemble | Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, and Danny Devito | Nominated | ||
| International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | 2015 | Best Writing for a Comedy Series | Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, and Rob McElhenney (for Charlie Work ) | Nominated | |
| Muse Creative Awards | 2019 | Poster Single | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Won | |
| Online Film & Television Association Awards | 2016 | Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Charlie Day | Won | |
| Best Comedy Series | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Nominated | |||
| People s Choice Awards | 2012 | Favorite Cable TV Comedy | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Favorite Cable TV Comedy | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Nominated | ||
| 2016 | Favorite Cable TV Comedy | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Won | ||
| 2017 | Favorite Cable TV Comedy | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Nominated | ||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or a Variety Program | Marc Scizak | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or a Variety Program | Marc Scizak | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or a Variety Program | Marc Scizak | Nominated | ||
| Satellite Awards | 2008 | Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Nominated | |
| Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | Danny DeVito | Nominated | |||
| 2011 | Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical | It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Won | ||
| Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | Charlie Day | Nominated |
Other media
The Nightman Cometh live
In September 2009, the cast took their show live. The Gang performed the musical The Nightman Cometh in New York City, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. Mary Elizabeth Ellis and Artemis Pebdani also appeared in the performance as The Waitress and Artemis. Actress Rhea Perlman (wife of Danny DeVito) assumed the role of Gladys.
Creator Rob McElhenney said that Live Nation originally approached the cast about doing the show at 30 cities, but in the end the cast settled on 6. Co-developer Glenn Howerton described the show as essentially an expanded version of the actual episode of The Nightman Cometh, which was the final episode for season four. There are some added moments, added scenes, added songs, and extended versions of songs that already existed. Two new songs were included in the performance and a longer running time allowed for greater improvisation by the actors. The performance was also preceded by a preview screening of a season five episode.
The Los Angeles performance, filmed at The Troubadour, was included as a bonus feature on the season four DVD box set.
Russian adaptation
A Russian adaptation of It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia premiered in Russia on the television channel TNT on May 12, 2014. This version is titled В Москве всегда солнечно (V Moskve vsegda solnechno, It s Always Sunny in Moscow) and like the original, centers around four friends, who own a bar called Philadelphia in Moscow.
Book
A book based upon It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia was released on January 6, 2015, titled The Gang Writes a Self-Help Book: The 7 Secrets of Awakening the Highly Effective Four-Hour Giant, Today.
Podcast
On November 9, 2021, Howerton, Day, and McElhenney started The Always Sunny Podcast, an episode by episode recap of the show, with Megan Ganz as producer and Kaitlin Olson occasionally guest stars.
| Year | 2005 |
| ReleaseDate | 2005-08-04 |
| Plot | Five friends with big egos and small brains are the proprietors of an Irish pub in Philadelphia. |
| Awards | Top rated TV #53 , Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys, 4 wins & 16 nominations total |
| Stars | Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson |
| Series Produced by | Charlie Day,Glenn Howerton,Rob McElhenney,Nick Frenkel,Jeff Luini,Michael Rotenberg,Thomas Lofaro,David Hornsby,Scott Marder,Rob Rosell,Patrick Burns,Matt Shakman,Sean Palsgaard,Megan Ganz,Dave Chernin,John Chernin,Hunter Covington,Dannah Feinglass Phirman,Danielle Schneider,Josh Drisko,Tim Roche,Fred Savage,Jon Silberman,Josh Silberman,Randall Einhorn,Eric Ledgin,Conor Galvin,Bryan Swarberg,Daniel Attias,Todd Biermann,Luvh Rakhe,Bobby Bowman,Owen Ellickson,John Harris,Victor Hsu,Ross Maloney,Nina Pedrad,John Fortenberry,BJ Porter,Rebecca Edwards,Cait Collins |
| Series Music by | Cormac Bluestone |
| Series Cinematography by | Peter Smokler,John Tanzer,Eric Zimmerman |
| Series Film Editing by | Josh Drisko,Tim Roche,Robert Bramwell,Skip Collector,Scott Draper,Trevor Penna,Sung-Jin Lee,Patrick Walsh |
| Series Casting By | Wendy O Brien,Jeffrey Gafner,Natasha Cuba,Jeanne McCarthy,Dawn Nygren,Nicole Zeno,John Papsidera,Lyndsey Baldasare |
| Series Production Design by | Scott Cobb,Donna J. Hattin,Bruce Robert Hill,Valdar Wilt,Nathan Lay |
| Series Art Direction by | David Utley,Nathan Lay,Shannon Walsh,Gary Warshaw,Walter Eckert,Sarah Heath |
| Series Set Decoration by | Teresa Visinare,Justin Lieb,Jerie Kelter,Lisa Tong,Kathy Curtis-Cahill,John Philpotts,Lori A. Noyes,Jon Chaifetz |
| Series Costume Design by | Sabrina Rosen |
| Series Makeup Department | Leah Vautrot,Thea Samuels,Abby Roll,Nicki A. Chestnut,Connie Kallos,Jonathan Gording,Autumn Butler,Daniela Martinez,Liz Mendoza,Amanda Mofield,Liz Webster,Darcy Gilmore,Pam Lljubo,Anissa Salazar,Michelle Bühler,Lesley Poling,Emma Johnston Burton,Lynnae Duley,Gary Archer,Amy Sparks,Michelle DeMilt,Vicky Chan,Colleen LaBaff,Corey Jeen,Angie Johnson,Cyndi Vellmure,Suzanne Kontonickas,Alyson Black-Barrie,Jason Collins,Brian Kinney,Rheanne Garcia,Traci Mackey,Jennifer Saeta,Thomas E. Surprenant,Kristina Frisch,Amy Mills,Kelsey Berk,Sean Kenney,Mandy Danielle Benton,Martina Sykes |
| Series Production Management | Sean Palsgaard,Thomas Lofaro,Amy D Alio,Patrick Burns,Maximillian D. Day,Terri Murphy,Victor Hsu,Candice Lee,Lisa Kelly,Jolene Hastings,Jason Halley,Rod Paul |
| Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | Maximillian D. Day,Shea Vargé,Audrey Clark,Michael Risoli,Alejandro Mora,Carla Rose Ponzio,Jordan Rader,Kristen Heiden,Timothy Muir,Ross Novie,Mark Lyon,Corinne Wedlake,Jennie O Keefe,Thomas Burke,Eric Oliver,Richard Silva,Aaron Penn,David Fischer,Brad Robinson,Lisa Zugschwerdt,Emily Hogan,Rua Meegan,Trevor Whelan,Mike Gray,Bri Hervey,Richard Gonzales,Marc Scizak,Christina Lee,Daniel Portnoy,Matt Buckler,Jim Simone,Joshua Stickler,Tara Nicole Tjahjadi,JoAnne Lowrie,Timothy C. Reischauer |
| Series Art Department | Casey Shaw,Richard Rocky Nichols,Glenn Strauss,Artie Chavez,Jana Treadwell,Stacee Hammond,Patrick Lees,Bruce C. Knight II,Courtney Laine Koller,James L. Eddy,Sara Escamilla,Eric Knight,Nancy A. Knight,Robert E. Knight,David Utley,Laine Abramson,Monica Sotto,Allison Hanley,Greg Hamlin,Joshua T. Simpson,Michelle Collier,Adrienne Garcia,Alyssa Hill,Dana MacDuff,Mike Maltz,Greg Sanger,Mindy R. Toback,Aiyana Trotter,Mark W. Brown,Sarah M. Gonzalez,Christopher Branan,Adee Serrao,Eric Fishman,Billy Baker,Scott Edward Collins,J. Gregory Evans,Nathan Lay,Neal Tipton,Andrea Ferguson,Gregory Beech,Stephen Runningen,Gerin del Carmen,Darrin Smith,Amy R. Strong,Christina Giovacchini,Eric J. Bates,Jim Williams,Stacy Marroquin,Denilson Dias,Brad Frizzell,Jeremy E. Goldstein,Craig Pittman,Rick A. Young,Gretchen Dalton,Al Eisenmann,Lauren Slatten,Geoff Leavitt,Billy Stearne,Joe Pew,Cassandra Fuote,Julia House,Linette McCown,Justin Lieb,Ann Calhoun,Brett V. Shirley,Stephen Gibson,Jessica McDonald,Tom Craig,Michael Luce,Jeff Johnson,Kate Fettis,Chris Buchinsky,Chikako Suzuki,Zoe Byrne,Tommy Saxe,Brittany Bradford,Nina Charuza,Trixie Gardner,Ike Hassid,Michael A. Heath,Bryan Gildner,Scott Schutzki,Brandy Coplan,Lianir Lopez,Michaela Kuenster,Niles Padilla,Metin Bereketli,Susanna Boney,Roger Carufel,Jenna Miller,Valdar Wilt,Erin J. Beverly,Kim Bolanowski,David Gardner,Drew Pierce,Brendan Maze,Jon Bush,Sharon Potts,Megan J. Baptiste,Noreen Coyne,Martin Vaccaro,Michael D. Costello,David French,Tony Stockert |
| Series Sound Department | Mike Marchain,Andrew Morgado,Mark T. Williams,Joshua E. Schneider,George Flores,Adam DeCoster,Mark Cleary,Valeria Ghiran,Joshua Sieh,Mitchell Gebhard,David Rainey,Alexis Schafer,Charlie Kolander,Chris Kellett,Shawn Morse,Jared Marshack,Jeff Clark,Andrew Logan,Nicholas Feil,James Thornton,Mick Davies,Erik H. Magnus,Brian Jordan,Bruce P. Michaels,Lyndsey Schenk,Daniel Quintana,Jamie Gambell,Alexandra Gallo,Scott La Rue,Ethan Molomut,Yohannes Skoda,Kevin Valentine,Joe Foglia,Mike Ford,Matt Taylor,Josh Schneider,Monique Reymond,John Salcedo,Ed White,Shawn Kennelly,Patrick Christensen,Michael P. Patterson,Michael Miller,Cameron Combe,Ken Dufva,Corryn Deegan |
| Series Special Effects by | Clark James,Richard Ratliff,Tristan Bellisimo,Shannon J. Thompson,Jonathan Kombrinck,Charlie Bruchez,Michael Frechette,Raymond Jake Henry,Jake Valdez,Patrick Edward White,Kurt Wunder,Zack Douglas Edwards |
| Series Visual Effects by | John Myers,Stephen Grimm,Jon Howard,Jerry Spivack,Nick Sinnott,Gary Mortensen,Derek Schmidt,Steve Vitolo,Stephan Szpak-Fleet,Jennie Bozic,Sara Eberhardt,Marc Fisher,Gevork Babityan,Seth Brower,Shawn Ewashko,Steve Tiseo,Casey Conroy,Carrie L. Smith,Michael Scott,Melissa Quintas,Justin Beaupre,Alfredo Tognetti,Geoff DuQuette,Bill Millar,Eric Bruno,Steve Kaplan,Randy Little,Brian Shneider,Mike Terrigno,Michael Roderick,Rick Ravenell,Mark Velazquez,Geoffrey Mark,Allen Tracy,Ron Crabb,Carl Stern,Tommy Ray Hall,Travis Reinke,Chris Reilly,Massimo Righi,Rick Cortes,Jeremy Jozwik |
| Series Stunts | Marc Scizak,Michael Munoz,Kimberly Shannon Murphy,Lee-Anne Telford,Ernie F. Orsatti,Simone Bargetze,Manny Siverio,Edward Gabree,Theo Kypri,Samantha Hamilton,Rico Burgos,Tim Connolly,Thomas Dewier,Dennis Keiffer,Bridgett Riley,Ronn Surels,Roy T. Anderson,Tom Harper,Roy Farfel,Dailyn Matthews,Declan Mulvey,Denney Pierce,John Ross,Jim Ramos Vickers,Jess King,Samuel Le,Clay Cullen,Ray Siegle,Karin Justman,Greg Anthony,Alex Chansky,Wayne Dalglish,Jessie Graff,Philip J Silvera,Nick Hanneman,Zac Henry,James Mitchell-Clyde,Anthony Molinari,Katie Rowe,Brad Lee Wind,Jacob Chambers,Jesse La Flair,Alexa Marcigliano,Charlie Rayner,Pat Romano,Lauren Shaw,Paul Trunz,Ingrid Kleinig,Donal O Farrell,Gary Robinson,Ben Tardif,Martin White,Mark Aaron Wagner,Kent W. Luttrell,Stephen Izzi,Lauren Mary Kim,Riley Harper,Luke Vexler,Brian Brown,Shauna Duggins,Christopher Troy |
| Series Camera and Electrical Department | Adam Richard Sklena,Angelica Giangregorio,David Gasperik,John Goodner,Gavin Wynn,Brent Hansen,Tyler Williams,Tom Wood,Tim Speed,Colin Edwards,David Hirschmann,Greg Smokler,Jason Gary,John Tanzer,James Pat Whelan,Greg Chmura,Jeremy Dewald,Matthew Castellitto,Anthony DeFrancesco,Kurt Pomerleau,Michael M. Silver,David Pearce,Mark Belcher,Ryan DeGrazzio,Jimmie R. Owens,Rob Mabin,Coby Nissen,Giovanni Zelko,Arturo Elizondo,Thomas P. Marshall,Keith Orefice,Marty Miller,John Huneck,Jesse Beaird,Matthew Hanlon,Matt Armbruster,Kevin Edwards,Adam Kolkman,Francine Natale,Sooz Edie,Corey Gibbons,Bruce M. Pasternack,Christopher Garland,Jay Laws,Peter Portizo,King Lanaux,Mande Whitaker,Jake Leannah,David Schwartz,Michael Yarish,Colin J. Peters,Rua Meegan,Beau Tai,Trevor Whelan,Sarah Levy,David W. Lowe,Montrece Brown,Chris Rauch,Rory Hanrahan,Reece Glover,Dan Cassell,Aaron Schulte,Tom Wills,Charlie Beresford,Anna O Carroll,Bry Thomas Sanders,Tony Giordano,Patrick James Grosswendt,Brian T. Pitts,Adam Teichman,Eric Budlong,Daniel C. Cook,Eric W. Smith,Gary Taillon,Tim Arasheben,Tom Boyd,Michael Munoz,Robert Settlemire,Ian S. Takahashi,Christopher Bottoms,Jack Serino,Gary Stark,Evans Vestal Ward,Cameron Burrell,Kristina Lechuga,David Qualter,Dana Lee Anderson,Mike DeGrazzio,Leon Sanginiti,Wayne A. Lee,Cary Sachs,Robin Rudenberg,Kelsey Shaw McNeal,Justin Panzanaro,Tom Stanger |
| Series Animation Department | Charles Greenfield,T.J. Buford,John Trabbic,Jason Walling,Ferguson Draper Winston,Seth Nicholas Johnson,Beth Lewis,Robin Stanberry,E. Michael Walker,Tim Farrell,Kim Feigenbaum,Chris McMurray |
| Series Casting Department | Jessica De La Cruz,Jeffrey Gafner,Chris Gehrt,Alexis Winter,Claire Kaplan,Sofya Papanova,Selima Smith-Dell,Maria Smal,Jason Loftus,Leslie Woo,Brian D. Woods,Cabe Thompson,Joanne Bloom,Lyndsey Gayer,Nina Henninger |
| Series Costume and Wardrobe Department | Traci Asher,Shawn Barry,Rani Cunningham,Jennie Compton,Lindsay Newton,Michael Crow,Annika Emma Lawrence,Raquel L. Jaffe,Stacy Anguiano Cain,Proletina Veltcheva,Stephany Del Cid,Jessica Marie Schneider,Celeste LaChance,Michele Posch,Larkin Smith,Kim H. Ngo,Katherine Dover,Ashley Shartle,Reese Spensley,Naikea Ward,Sam Van Dyke,Marissa Tiffany,Kathie Pierson |
| Series Editorial Department | Matthew Crocker,Ken Van Deest,Heydar Adel,Bryan Petty,Vincent Ferro,Jacob Mullen,Sean McKinley,Beverly Parkinson,Maya Williams,Henry Murray,Sean Palsgaard,Alexis Guajardo,Ted Brady,Jeffery L. Parks,Devin Horch,Paul Stemmer,Giovanni DiGiorgio,Paul Bupte,J. Cody Baker,Marc Fisher,Sandra Lena,Sean McKinley,Emma Pasqualino,Susan J. Vinci,Daniel Palmer,Mesgen Gebremeskel,Angelica Lopez,James Ferguson,Martin Vaccaro |
| Series Location Management | Bryan Glinsky,John Brown,Jesse Lorber,Tano Tropia,Dale Dreher,Armando Boquiren,Lisa Hoover,Eric Fierstein,Josh Burns,Darren Patrick Moloney,Miles J. Henley,Jared Kurt,Kyle Hollinger,Lucas Nalepinski,Antonio J Garcia,Monique LaMontagne,Julie Karelitz,Kevin Streckewald,Marlena Schaefer,Jared Berenholz,Brooks Boutwell,Andy Reynolds,Stephenson Crossley,Cathy Pearson,Mairead Sandford,Troy L. Coffee,Amy Cutler,Rudi Fischer,Robert Foulkes,Brigette Pope,Aaron Millar,Billy Arrowood,David Greenplate,Adam Wallingford,Andrew R. Gardiner,Demian Resnick,Taylor Boyd |
| Series Music Department | Heinz Kiessling,Steve Griffen,Ray Espinola Jr.,Ben Sokoler,Andrew Gowan,Adrian Van Velsen,Joe Deveau,James Cartwright,P.J. Bloom,Evyen Klean,Jennifer Reeve,Kier Lehman,Cormac Bluestone,Matt Hirt,Bryan Master,John Massari,Tommy Walter,Udi Harpaz,Baraka May,Blkmkt Music,Ed Alton |
| Series Script and Continuity Department | Jeff Gonzalez,Thomas Brungardt,David Quandt,Ryan Harris,Alex Adler,Rebecca Asher,Diana Valentine,Zach Butler,Caleb Bacon,Laura Jean Bransky,Diane Durant,Kelly Leffler |
| Series Transportation Department | Robert E Dingle,John Lybrand,Troy Flynn,Brooke Dingle,Richard Denson,Julio Salazar,Matthew Talamantes,Kathie Padilla,Roger Bojarski,Danny Bress,TyRee Dingle,Gary Fabiano,Michael Mulgrew,John Detroit White,Stephanie Leigh Coronado,Brook Perry,David R. Blakely |
| Series Additional Crew | Patrick McElhenney,Brian Ankrum,Josh Leith,Greg Brohamer,Bryan Swarberg,Sean Clifford,Ashley Gressen,Max Maksimovic,Karen Roberts,Kate Ducey,Maxwell Theodore Vivian,Jen Willis,Frankie Strauss,Hosam Solaiman,Tony Carey,Davis Kop,Kristin Starns,Dave Chernin,John Chernin,Niki Delone,Jean Nakahara,Martin Alcala,Jared Sirkin,Charles Hurley,Nina Findley,Staci Knighton,Michaela Kuenster,Kristin Belka Maier,Melissa Peters,Conor Biddle,Matthew Scott Kane,Ross Maloney,Kaiulani Bush,Jonathan Henry,Fisher Pence,Heather Cohen,Jennifer Marren,Adam Stein,Damon Zarro,Melissa Engle,David Hornsby,Lisa Parsons,George Ritter,Olivia Gerke,Jessamyn Land,Adam Haracz,Phil Tyler,Eric Zimmerman,Lance Kirshner,Jack Greenbaum,Sung-Jin Lee,David Shecter,Patrick Walsh,Becky Mann,Audra Sielaff,Luvh Rakhe,Ben W. Grimes,Jean-Marc Madelon,Bradley Pero,Jeff Paduchowski,Bryan Gildner,Kirill Baru,D.C. Hamilton,Ryan McGivern,Conor Galvin,Rebecca Edwards,Shannon Petska,Pamela I. Brown,Oliver Goodwill,Carol Kravetz,Rob Palma,B.J. Rayniak,Katie Rosen,Abby Doyle,Devon Bratton,Dustin Winebrenner,Josh Sathre,Mehar Sethi,Jonathan Harmon,Nate Jessup,Eric Wysocki,Molly Binder,Ariel Chmielnicki,David Clarke,Jason Daugherity,Rumala Sheikhani,Brett Isaacson,Caryn Robinson,Ellington Wells,Benjamin Coster,Courtney Fusselman,Dakota Gerard,Michael LaPointe,Nate O Mahoney,Adam Scheil,Jason K. Smith,Michael Steinbach,Kaetie Turner,Billy Acquaviva Jr.,Tyler Eaton,Kerri Mandelbaum,Melissa Reeck,Nina Charuza,Jordan Cipolla,Sherri Epperson,Connie Luu-Vi,Stephen Mykel,Jacob Sciarrotta,Michael J Tamburro,Ahmed Saker,Joseph Izzo,Tracy L. Connors,Adam Weinstock,Tessa Rubin,Andrea Alba von Buren,Emma DePaulo Reid,Christie Gersten,Javier Scott,Barbara Biddle,Starla Davis,Catherine A. McCabe,Lisa Moloshok,Alex Schwartz,Meredith L. Ditlow,Bobby Kennedy,Melissa Mahoney,Kate Boyer,Jim McNutt,Mariellen Ward,Tori Cameron,Danielle Fontaine,Scott Ice Paq Baron,Dawn Todd Curfman,Steven Oliveri,Chris Wright Jr.,Bricen X.,Amy Cutler,David Jennis,Marcelo Chow,Ryan Stowell,Nick Charles,Molly Zachmeier,Becky Chin,Czarfred Reyes,Erin Sullivan,William Ostroff,Steph Walthall,Hilary Taylor,Kendall Foote,Patrick Colgan,Bébhinn McCarthy,Cristina Pulber,Bairbre Quinn,Scott Cohn,Jennifer Perryman,John Noga,Jeanne Bernhard,Janelle Coleman,Jacob Gilbert,Lauren Candela,Jessie Cohen,Gregory Santoro,Sara E. Tower,Chris Gormley,Lauren Harrison,Marisa Tellez,Lauren Selman,Daniel Beals,Jermaine Johnson,Saminah Karmoen,Courtney Miller,Monica Timmerman,David E. Bisson,Justin Kohlas,Ryan Komorowski,Zack Rose,Maximillian D. Day,Chelsea Moser,Lisa Annitti,Susan Becton,Tom Keniston,Terence Rosemore,Jennifer Scott,Nick Sternberg,Grant Culwell,Matthew Mourgides,Claire Doré,Jake Hicks,Robert Scott Schweitzer,Peter Facer,Hengi Hawk,Bobby Ravanshenas,Jedrek Oquendo,Zach Larkin,Suman Allakki,Kristopher Chain-Harris,David Lee Denny Jr.,Chad B. Hamilton,Ray Buffer,Forrest Clark,Dylan Cohen,Richard Creighton,Alison Faulk,Chelsea Gray,Leo Moctezuma,Leia Parker,Simon Thompson-Mass,Alex Byrne,James Chandler,Blair Hunt,Jillian Nordby,Katherine O Keefe,Bettina Russo,John R. Brewer,Rudi Fischer,Laura M. Guzik,Kathleen Kelly,Peter Madamba,Brad Robinson,David Wittlin,Anthony DeFrancesco,Em Schulz,Nick Snyder,Tom Vicini,Gerry Maravilla,Rayshelle Willis,Susanna Boney,Jennifer Levine,Mark Asaro,Vanessa Gutin,Nathan Oliver,Anselmo Martini,Bianca D Carpio,Cristina Chereneta,Jason A. McCauley,Jennifer Haire,Danny Donnelly,Joshua Tolby,Amy Wojton,John Brooks Jr.,Ursula Brauner,Seán Ó Raghallaigh |
| Series Thanks | David Zdunich,Jim Fuller,Bob Latiano |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Companies | Bluebush Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment, FX Productions |
| Countries | USA |
| Languages | English |
| ContentRating | TV-MA |
| ImDbRating | 8.8 |
| ImDbRatingVotes | 222979 |
| MetacriticRating | 71 |
| Keywords | satire,black comedy,irish pub,pub,bartender |
| Year | 2005 |
| ReleaseDate | 2005-08-04 |
| Plot | Five friends with big egos and small brains are the proprietors of an Irish pub in Philadelphia. |
| Awards | Top rated TV #53 , Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys, 4 wins & 16 nominations total |
| Stars | Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson |
| Series Produced by | Charlie Day,Glenn Howerton,Rob McElhenney,Nick Frenkel,Jeff Luini,Michael Rotenberg,Thomas Lofaro,David Hornsby,Scott Marder,Rob Rosell,Patrick Burns,Matt Shakman,Sean Palsgaard,Megan Ganz,Dave Chernin,John Chernin,Hunter Covington,Dannah Feinglass Phirman,Danielle Schneider,Josh Drisko,Tim Roche,Fred Savage,Jon Silberman,Josh Silberman,Randall Einhorn,Eric Ledgin,Conor Galvin,Bryan Swarberg,Daniel Attias,Todd Biermann,Luvh Rakhe,Bobby Bowman,Owen Ellickson,John Harris,Victor Hsu,Ross Maloney,Nina Pedrad,John Fortenberry,BJ Porter,Rebecca Edwards,Cait Collins |
| Series Music by | Cormac Bluestone |
| Series Cinematography by | Peter Smokler,John Tanzer,Eric Zimmerman |
| Series Film Editing by | Josh Drisko,Tim Roche,Robert Bramwell,Skip Collector,Scott Draper,Trevor Penna,Sung-Jin Lee,Patrick Walsh |
| Series Casting By | Wendy O Brien,Jeffrey Gafner,Natasha Cuba,Jeanne McCarthy,Dawn Nygren,Nicole Zeno,John Papsidera,Lyndsey Baldasare |
| Series Production Design by | Scott Cobb,Donna J. Hattin,Bruce Robert Hill,Valdar Wilt,Nathan Lay |
| Series Art Direction by | David Utley,Nathan Lay,Shannon Walsh,Gary Warshaw,Walter Eckert,Sarah Heath |
| Series Set Decoration by | Teresa Visinare,Justin Lieb,Jerie Kelter,Lisa Tong,Kathy Curtis-Cahill,John Philpotts,Lori A. Noyes,Jon Chaifetz |
| Series Costume Design by | Sabrina Rosen |
| Series Makeup Department | Leah Vautrot,Thea Samuels,Abby Roll,Nicki A. Chestnut,Connie Kallos,Jonathan Gording,Autumn Butler,Daniela Martinez,Liz Mendoza,Amanda Mofield,Liz Webster,Darcy Gilmore,Pam Lljubo,Anissa Salazar,Michelle Bühler,Lesley Poling,Emma Johnston Burton,Lynnae Duley,Gary Archer,Amy Sparks,Michelle DeMilt,Vicky Chan,Colleen LaBaff,Corey Jeen,Angie Johnson,Cyndi Vellmure,Suzanne Kontonickas,Alyson Black-Barrie,Jason Collins,Brian Kinney,Rheanne Garcia,Traci Mackey,Jennifer Saeta,Thomas E. Surprenant,Kristina Frisch,Amy Mills,Kelsey Berk,Sean Kenney,Mandy Danielle Benton,Martina Sykes |
| Series Production Management | Sean Palsgaard,Thomas Lofaro,Amy D Alio,Patrick Burns,Maximillian D. Day,Terri Murphy,Victor Hsu,Candice Lee,Lisa Kelly,Jolene Hastings,Jason Halley,Rod Paul |
| Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | Maximillian D. Day,Shea Vargé,Audrey Clark,Michael Risoli,Alejandro Mora,Carla Rose Ponzio,Jordan Rader,Kristen Heiden,Timothy Muir,Ross Novie,Mark Lyon,Corinne Wedlake,Jennie O Keefe,Thomas Burke,Eric Oliver,Richard Silva,Aaron Penn,David Fischer,Brad Robinson,Lisa Zugschwerdt,Emily Hogan,Rua Meegan,Trevor Whelan,Mike Gray,Bri Hervey,Richard Gonzales,Marc Scizak,Christina Lee,Daniel Portnoy,Matt Buckler,Jim Simone,Joshua Stickler,Tara Nicole Tjahjadi,JoAnne Lowrie,Timothy C. Reischauer |
| Series Art Department | Casey Shaw,Richard Rocky Nichols,Glenn Strauss,Artie Chavez,Jana Treadwell,Stacee Hammond,Patrick Lees,Bruce C. Knight II,Courtney Laine Koller,James L. Eddy,Sara Escamilla,Eric Knight,Nancy A. Knight,Robert E. Knight,David Utley,Laine Abramson,Monica Sotto,Allison Hanley,Greg Hamlin,Joshua T. Simpson,Michelle Collier,Adrienne Garcia,Alyssa Hill,Dana MacDuff,Mike Maltz,Greg Sanger,Mindy R. Toback,Aiyana Trotter,Mark W. Brown,Sarah M. Gonzalez,Christopher Branan,Adee Serrao,Eric Fishman,Billy Baker,Scott Edward Collins,J. Gregory Evans,Nathan Lay,Neal Tipton,Andrea Ferguson,Gregory Beech,Stephen Runningen,Gerin del Carmen,Darrin Smith,Amy R. Strong,Christina Giovacchini,Eric J. Bates,Jim Williams,Stacy Marroquin,Denilson Dias,Brad Frizzell,Jeremy E. Goldstein,Craig Pittman,Rick A. Young,Gretchen Dalton,Al Eisenmann,Lauren Slatten,Geoff Leavitt,Billy Stearne,Joe Pew,Cassandra Fuote,Julia House,Linette McCown,Justin Lieb,Ann Calhoun,Brett V. Shirley,Stephen Gibson,Jessica McDonald,Tom Craig,Michael Luce,Jeff Johnson,Kate Fettis,Chris Buchinsky,Chikako Suzuki,Zoe Byrne,Tommy Saxe,Brittany Bradford,Nina Charuza,Trixie Gardner,Ike Hassid,Michael A. Heath,Bryan Gildner,Scott Schutzki,Brandy Coplan,Lianir Lopez,Michaela Kuenster,Niles Padilla,Metin Bereketli,Susanna Boney,Roger Carufel,Jenna Miller,Valdar Wilt,Erin J. Beverly,Kim Bolanowski,David Gardner,Drew Pierce,Brendan Maze,Jon Bush,Sharon Potts,Megan J. Baptiste,Noreen Coyne,Martin Vaccaro,Michael D. Costello,David French,Tony Stockert |
| Series Sound Department | Mike Marchain,Andrew Morgado,Mark T. Williams,Joshua E. Schneider,George Flores,Adam DeCoster,Mark Cleary,Valeria Ghiran,Joshua Sieh,Mitchell Gebhard,David Rainey,Alexis Schafer,Charlie Kolander,Chris Kellett,Shawn Morse,Jared Marshack,Jeff Clark,Andrew Logan,Nicholas Feil,James Thornton,Mick Davies,Erik H. Magnus,Brian Jordan,Bruce P. Michaels,Lyndsey Schenk,Daniel Quintana,Jamie Gambell,Alexandra Gallo,Scott La Rue,Ethan Molomut,Yohannes Skoda,Kevin Valentine,Joe Foglia,Mike Ford,Matt Taylor,Josh Schneider,Monique Reymond,John Salcedo,Ed White,Shawn Kennelly,Patrick Christensen,Michael P. Patterson,Michael Miller,Cameron Combe,Ken Dufva,Corryn Deegan |
| Series Special Effects by | Clark James,Richard Ratliff,Tristan Bellisimo,Shannon J. Thompson,Jonathan Kombrinck,Charlie Bruchez,Michael Frechette,Raymond Jake Henry,Jake Valdez,Patrick Edward White,Kurt Wunder,Zack Douglas Edwards |
| Series Visual Effects by | John Myers,Stephen Grimm,Jon Howard,Jerry Spivack,Nick Sinnott,Gary Mortensen,Derek Schmidt,Steve Vitolo,Stephan Szpak-Fleet,Jennie Bozic,Sara Eberhardt,Marc Fisher,Gevork Babityan,Seth Brower,Shawn Ewashko,Steve Tiseo,Casey Conroy,Carrie L. Smith,Michael Scott,Melissa Quintas,Justin Beaupre,Alfredo Tognetti,Geoff DuQuette,Bill Millar,Eric Bruno,Steve Kaplan,Randy Little,Brian Shneider,Mike Terrigno,Michael Roderick,Rick Ravenell,Mark Velazquez,Geoffrey Mark,Allen Tracy,Ron Crabb,Carl Stern,Tommy Ray Hall,Travis Reinke,Chris Reilly,Massimo Righi,Rick Cortes,Jeremy Jozwik |
| Series Stunts | Marc Scizak,Michael Munoz,Kimberly Shannon Murphy,Lee-Anne Telford,Ernie F. Orsatti,Simone Bargetze,Manny Siverio,Edward Gabree,Theo Kypri,Samantha Hamilton,Rico Burgos,Tim Connolly,Thomas Dewier,Dennis Keiffer,Bridgett Riley,Ronn Surels,Roy T. Anderson,Tom Harper,Roy Farfel,Dailyn Matthews,Declan Mulvey,Denney Pierce,John Ross,Jim Ramos Vickers,Jess King,Samuel Le,Clay Cullen,Ray Siegle,Karin Justman,Greg Anthony,Alex Chansky,Wayne Dalglish,Jessie Graff,Philip J Silvera,Nick Hanneman,Zac Henry,James Mitchell-Clyde,Anthony Molinari,Katie Rowe,Brad Lee Wind,Jacob Chambers,Jesse La Flair,Alexa Marcigliano,Charlie Rayner,Pat Romano,Lauren Shaw,Paul Trunz,Ingrid Kleinig,Donal O Farrell,Gary Robinson,Ben Tardif,Martin White,Mark Aaron Wagner,Kent W. Luttrell,Stephen Izzi,Lauren Mary Kim,Riley Harper,Luke Vexler,Brian Brown,Shauna Duggins,Christopher Troy |
| Series Camera and Electrical Department | Adam Richard Sklena,Angelica Giangregorio,David Gasperik,John Goodner,Gavin Wynn,Brent Hansen,Tyler Williams,Tom Wood,Tim Speed,Colin Edwards,David Hirschmann,Greg Smokler,Jason Gary,John Tanzer,James Pat Whelan,Greg Chmura,Jeremy Dewald,Matthew Castellitto,Anthony DeFrancesco,Kurt Pomerleau,Michael M. Silver,David Pearce,Mark Belcher,Ryan DeGrazzio,Jimmie R. Owens,Rob Mabin,Coby Nissen,Giovanni Zelko,Arturo Elizondo,Thomas P. Marshall,Keith Orefice,Marty Miller,John Huneck,Jesse Beaird,Matthew Hanlon,Matt Armbruster,Kevin Edwards,Adam Kolkman,Francine Natale,Sooz Edie,Corey Gibbons,Bruce M. Pasternack,Christopher Garland,Jay Laws,Peter Portizo,King Lanaux,Mande Whitaker,Jake Leannah,David Schwartz,Michael Yarish,Colin J. Peters,Rua Meegan,Beau Tai,Trevor Whelan,Sarah Levy,David W. Lowe,Montrece Brown,Chris Rauch,Rory Hanrahan,Reece Glover,Dan Cassell,Aaron Schulte,Tom Wills,Charlie Beresford,Anna O Carroll,Bry Thomas Sanders,Tony Giordano,Patrick James Grosswendt,Brian T. Pitts,Adam Teichman,Eric Budlong,Daniel C. Cook,Eric W. Smith,Gary Taillon,Tim Arasheben,Tom Boyd,Michael Munoz,Robert Settlemire,Ian S. Takahashi,Christopher Bottoms,Jack Serino,Gary Stark,Evans Vestal Ward,Cameron Burrell,Kristina Lechuga,David Qualter,Dana Lee Anderson,Mike DeGrazzio,Leon Sanginiti,Wayne A. Lee,Cary Sachs,Robin Rudenberg,Kelsey Shaw McNeal,Justin Panzanaro,Tom Stanger |
| Series Animation Department | Charles Greenfield,T.J. Buford,John Trabbic,Jason Walling,Ferguson Draper Winston,Seth Nicholas Johnson,Beth Lewis,Robin Stanberry,E. Michael Walker,Tim Farrell,Kim Feigenbaum,Chris McMurray |
| Series Casting Department | Jessica De La Cruz,Jeffrey Gafner,Chris Gehrt,Alexis Winter,Claire Kaplan,Sofya Papanova,Selima Smith-Dell,Maria Smal,Jason Loftus,Leslie Woo,Brian D. Woods,Cabe Thompson,Joanne Bloom,Lyndsey Gayer,Nina Henninger |
| Series Costume and Wardrobe Department | Traci Asher,Shawn Barry,Rani Cunningham,Jennie Compton,Lindsay Newton,Michael Crow,Annika Emma Lawrence,Raquel L. Jaffe,Stacy Anguiano Cain,Proletina Veltcheva,Stephany Del Cid,Jessica Marie Schneider,Celeste LaChance,Michele Posch,Larkin Smith,Kim H. Ngo,Katherine Dover,Ashley Shartle,Reese Spensley,Naikea Ward,Sam Van Dyke,Marissa Tiffany,Kathie Pierson |
| Series Editorial Department | Matthew Crocker,Ken Van Deest,Heydar Adel,Bryan Petty,Vincent Ferro,Jacob Mullen,Sean McKinley,Beverly Parkinson,Maya Williams,Henry Murray,Sean Palsgaard,Alexis Guajardo,Ted Brady,Jeffery L. Parks,Devin Horch,Paul Stemmer,Giovanni DiGiorgio,Paul Bupte,J. Cody Baker,Marc Fisher,Sandra Lena,Sean McKinley,Emma Pasqualino,Susan J. Vinci,Daniel Palmer,Mesgen Gebremeskel,Angelica Lopez,James Ferguson,Martin Vaccaro |
| Series Location Management | Bryan Glinsky,John Brown,Jesse Lorber,Tano Tropia,Dale Dreher,Armando Boquiren,Lisa Hoover,Eric Fierstein,Josh Burns,Darren Patrick Moloney,Miles J. Henley,Jared Kurt,Kyle Hollinger,Lucas Nalepinski,Antonio J Garcia,Monique LaMontagne,Julie Karelitz,Kevin Streckewald,Marlena Schaefer,Jared Berenholz,Brooks Boutwell,Andy Reynolds,Stephenson Crossley,Cathy Pearson,Mairead Sandford,Troy L. Coffee,Amy Cutler,Rudi Fischer,Robert Foulkes,Brigette Pope,Aaron Millar,Billy Arrowood,David Greenplate,Adam Wallingford,Andrew R. Gardiner,Demian Resnick,Taylor Boyd |
| Series Music Department | Heinz Kiessling,Steve Griffen,Ray Espinola Jr.,Ben Sokoler,Andrew Gowan,Adrian Van Velsen,Joe Deveau,James Cartwright,P.J. Bloom,Evyen Klean,Jennifer Reeve,Kier Lehman,Cormac Bluestone,Matt Hirt,Bryan Master,John Massari,Tommy Walter,Udi Harpaz,Baraka May,Blkmkt Music,Ed Alton |
| Series Script and Continuity Department | Jeff Gonzalez,Thomas Brungardt,David Quandt,Ryan Harris,Alex Adler,Rebecca Asher,Diana Valentine,Zach Butler,Caleb Bacon,Laura Jean Bransky,Diane Durant,Kelly Leffler |
| Series Transportation Department | Robert E Dingle,John Lybrand,Troy Flynn,Brooke Dingle,Richard Denson,Julio Salazar,Matthew Talamantes,Kathie Padilla,Roger Bojarski,Danny Bress,TyRee Dingle,Gary Fabiano,Michael Mulgrew,John Detroit White,Stephanie Leigh Coronado,Brook Perry,David R. Blakely |
| Series Additional Crew | Patrick McElhenney,Brian Ankrum,Josh Leith,Greg Brohamer,Bryan Swarberg,Sean Clifford,Ashley Gressen,Max Maksimovic,Karen Roberts,Kate Ducey,Maxwell Theodore Vivian,Jen Willis,Frankie Strauss,Hosam Solaiman,Tony Carey,Davis Kop,Kristin Starns,Dave Chernin,John Chernin,Niki Delone,Jean Nakahara,Martin Alcala,Jared Sirkin,Charles Hurley,Nina Findley,Staci Knighton,Michaela Kuenster,Kristin Belka Maier,Melissa Peters,Conor Biddle,Matthew Scott Kane,Ross Maloney,Kaiulani Bush,Jonathan Henry,Fisher Pence,Heather Cohen,Jennifer Marren,Adam Stein,Damon Zarro,Melissa Engle,David Hornsby,Lisa Parsons,George Ritter,Olivia Gerke,Jessamyn Land,Adam Haracz,Phil Tyler,Eric Zimmerman,Lance Kirshner,Jack Greenbaum,Sung-Jin Lee,David Shecter,Patrick Walsh,Becky Mann,Audra Sielaff,Luvh Rakhe,Ben W. Grimes,Jean-Marc Madelon,Bradley Pero,Jeff Paduchowski,Bryan Gildner,Kirill Baru,D.C. Hamilton,Ryan McGivern,Conor Galvin,Rebecca Edwards,Shannon Petska,Pamela I. Brown,Oliver Goodwill,Carol Kravetz,Rob Palma,B.J. Rayniak,Katie Rosen,Abby Doyle,Devon Bratton,Dustin Winebrenner,Josh Sathre,Mehar Sethi,Jonathan Harmon,Nate Jessup,Eric Wysocki,Molly Binder,Ariel Chmielnicki,David Clarke,Jason Daugherity,Rumala Sheikhani,Brett Isaacson,Caryn Robinson,Ellington Wells,Benjamin Coster,Courtney Fusselman,Dakota Gerard,Michael LaPointe,Nate O Mahoney,Adam Scheil,Jason K. Smith,Michael Steinbach,Kaetie Turner,Billy Acquaviva Jr.,Tyler Eaton,Kerri Mandelbaum,Melissa Reeck,Nina Charuza,Jordan Cipolla,Sherri Epperson,Connie Luu-Vi,Stephen Mykel,Jacob Sciarrotta,Michael J Tamburro,Ahmed Saker,Joseph Izzo,Tracy L. Connors,Adam Weinstock,Tessa Rubin,Andrea Alba von Buren,Emma DePaulo Reid,Christie Gersten,Javier Scott,Barbara Biddle,Starla Davis,Catherine A. McCabe,Lisa Moloshok,Alex Schwartz,Meredith L. Ditlow,Bobby Kennedy,Melissa Mahoney,Kate Boyer,Jim McNutt,Mariellen Ward,Tori Cameron,Danielle Fontaine,Scott Ice Paq Baron,Dawn Todd Curfman,Steven Oliveri,Chris Wright Jr.,Bricen X.,Amy Cutler,David Jennis,Marcelo Chow,Ryan Stowell,Nick Charles,Molly Zachmeier,Becky Chin,Czarfred Reyes,Erin Sullivan,William Ostroff,Steph Walthall,Hilary Taylor,Kendall Foote,Patrick Colgan,Bébhinn McCarthy,Cristina Pulber,Bairbre Quinn,Scott Cohn,Jennifer Perryman,John Noga,Jeanne Bernhard,Janelle Coleman,Jacob Gilbert,Lauren Candela,Jessie Cohen,Gregory Santoro,Sara E. Tower,Chris Gormley,Lauren Harrison,Marisa Tellez,Lauren Selman,Daniel Beals,Jermaine Johnson,Saminah Karmoen,Courtney Miller,Monica Timmerman,David E. Bisson,Justin Kohlas,Ryan Komorowski,Zack Rose,Maximillian D. Day,Chelsea Moser,Lisa Annitti,Susan Becton,Tom Keniston,Terence Rosemore,Jennifer Scott,Nick Sternberg,Grant Culwell,Matthew Mourgides,Claire Doré,Jake Hicks,Robert Scott Schweitzer,Peter Facer,Hengi Hawk,Bobby Ravanshenas,Jedrek Oquendo,Zach Larkin,Suman Allakki,Kristopher Chain-Harris,David Lee Denny Jr.,Chad B. Hamilton,Ray Buffer,Forrest Clark,Dylan Cohen,Richard Creighton,Alison Faulk,Chelsea Gray,Leo Moctezuma,Leia Parker,Simon Thompson-Mass,Alex Byrne,James Chandler,Blair Hunt,Jillian Nordby,Katherine O Keefe,Bettina Russo,John R. Brewer,Rudi Fischer,Laura M. Guzik,Kathleen Kelly,Peter Madamba,Brad Robinson,David Wittlin,Anthony DeFrancesco,Em Schulz,Nick Snyder,Tom Vicini,Gerry Maravilla,Rayshelle Willis,Susanna Boney,Jennifer Levine,Mark Asaro,Vanessa Gutin,Nathan Oliver,Anselmo Martini,Bianca D Carpio,Cristina Chereneta,Jason A. McCauley,Jennifer Haire,Danny Donnelly,Joshua Tolby,Amy Wojton,John Brooks Jr.,Ursula Brauner,Seán Ó Raghallaigh |
| Series Thanks | David Zdunich,Jim Fuller,Bob Latiano |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Companies | Bluebush Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment, FX Productions |
| Countries | USA |
| Languages | English |
| ContentRating | TV-MA |
| ImDbRating | 8.8 |
| ImDbRatingVotes | 222979 |
| MetacriticRating | 71 |
| Keywords | satire,black comedy,irish pub,pub,bartender |