The Arcade Fire Of Scripted Sitcoms
It was very exciting to discover the first season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on a random Tuesday night at 11PM. Watching those first episodes was the TV equivalent of discovering Arcade Fire. It genuinely felt like no one else in the world knew about it. Our private dancer, dancing for laughter. My roommate burned them onto a DVD and we forced anyone who came over to watch it. I've seen the original six episodes a dozen times.
But it's been going slowly downhill for me, starting with the addition of Danny DeVito to the cast, and continuing all the way up to this Fred Savage directed Jeru the Damaja music video to promote season 4, which premieres September 18th.
Woof. As with the previous two seasons, I am sure that I will watch the new episodes sporadically, occasionally laughing, but mostly just complaining to anyone who comes over how the show's not what it used to be. Because I liked it before everyone thought it was cool, which makes me so cool. It's so over. I'm totally into other shows now, stuff you haven't even heard of. A bunch of Canadian TV you can't even get around here.
Posted by Gabe at 11:29 AM in Sitcoms
Tags: Charlie Day | Danny DeVito | Glenn Howerton | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Kaitlin Olson | Rob McElhenney
Come on! Season three was hysterical. Charlie as Serpico! Agent Bauer the cat! Sure Danny DeVito is a little (lol) too much at times, but the gang still has it. Definitely better than anything else on the major channels.
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It was better than anything else on the major channels when it started, but I don't think it's better than 30 Rock, and even The Office, which is also floating into Disappointment Lake, still has bigger laughs these days than Sunny.
My main problem is that when it started it was really personal and small-bore and funny, and now it's just a sitcom. It's a decent sitcom, just not what it used to be.
That being said, I will always love Charlie Day (nullus).
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OK, I give you 30 Rock. And Charlie. (total nullus).
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Jpod?
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Canadian. Meh.
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THE NIGHT MAN COMETH
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i actually think it's gotten a little tighter. for me, it's always been a show with decent-to-good writing held together by amazing performances. the writing has maybe gotten a little more sitcomy, but the actors are still great.
i want to marry charlie so hard.
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also, nice cameo in that video by mac's mom.
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The McPoyle brothers and Dennis always taking off his shirt are the funniest.
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As long as the McPoyle brothers are in it it's the best sitcom ever. And wow..The Office is better than Sunny? Wanna bet?
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Best recent Canadian TV comedy sadly glossed over by America: Trailer Park Boys. Why are trashy people so much funnier when they're not (Southern) rednecks?
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