It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia Becomes Longest Running Live Action Sitcom In US History

Nice dentures, gramps.

LOVE Rob!

HUGE PENIS!

Another milestone in the collapse of Western Civilization.

@R1

Rob McElhenney could buy and sell you one hundred times over, and get change back from each transaction....

I absolutely loved this show for years. I got tired around season 7 and 9 was the last one I watched. The gang are in their forties now... nevertheless, good for them and good for Rob. Very funny guy.

R2, really? That surprises me.

I also love this show.

Whiskey Beer island of Fight and Green

The world series episode and its follow ups were the peak.

Funny as hell show.

[Quote] really? That surprises me.

Yup. No surprise from what I know.

Ozzie and Harriett still produced many more episodes, 435 to IASIP's 158 and counting. Just like Gunsmoke still beats L&O:SVU, 635 to 503 and counting.

Sunny like many scripted shows on cable has a smaller team of writers than what is on network TV. Much more similar to the UK TV model. This results in less episodes but far more consistent in quality. Network TV is all about pleasing advertisers while cable has more freedoms thanks to funding from subscriptions and also less tampering from the FCC.

Charlie’s cute

The most recent episode irked me (spoilers if you haven't watched it), that they had Mac smiling about the monkey face fucking him. Because being gay is the same as being into bestiality? It's the exact kind of bullshit you'd expect from a straight guy writing a gay character (well, in this case, one straight guy [Glenn Howerton] and a frau)

Well deserved. I've always loved this show. It's totally cathartic to watch. The characters are total miscreants and losers, but the cast is anything but that. I feel like this show has been a bit under the radar for as long as it's been around. Maybe that's a good thing. They've always got something up their sleeves, like dropping 2 episodes per week this season.

I just said to my Philly jabroni partner, "my imaginary Internet friends say Rob Machelhenny is super rich and has a giant dick!"

And he said, "Ah, so Rob Mchellhenny is on Datalounge?"

I'm going to need to see the penis pics.

It used to be very funny, now it's somewhat depressing to watch... so I don't

The dance scene at the end of the coming out season was a bold move, showed a real commitment by Rob to the material, and ended a story arc that could have gone either way.

A bold move, done from an apparent place of love and respect by a hot straight man that also shows off his incredible body? I’ll take more of that please.

As a young boy Rob McElhenney's mother packed up and left his father, and family to move in with a woman who is now his step-mother. Thus am sure the guy knows something about writing gay characters.

But then again they did that trannie thing, which Rob McElhenney later apologized about....

You have to give it up for Rob McElhenney. It took lots of work and dedication to go from beer gut slob to cut up muscle daddy.

More....

R20 Why? That was a pretty positive and supportive trans storyline. I mean, in the gang's way.

I love Rob's half moon eyes. So cute.

This season is really good so far, it feels like they are back to form. The first episode with the PPP loans was fucking hysterical, they really lucked out with Pennsylvania playing such a big role in the 2020 election. Of course The Gang would have voted for Kanye West.

Carmen

[quote] Rob McElhenney could buy and sell you one hundred times over, and get change back from each transaction....

Rich people can not be criticized, because they are richer than everyone else.

It's not nice to criticize rich or attractive people.

their podcast is hilarious

I tried watching the first four or so episodes and didn't really like it.

I haven't watched it past the 3rd season but I remember liking the pre-Danny DeVito episodes much better.

It is weird to me this show is the longest ever. McIlhenny is a super driven person is my sense. To keep doing it is rare - more from burn out like Seinfeld or Friends. Also weird that he is married to the girl of the show.

And Rob McIlhenney is still a narcissistic, misogynist cunt.

Outraged tranny ^

No, cunt @ R34. Just a mouthy swinging-dick gay guy. McIlhenney lost me when I used to follow some of his social media, and later learned what he did to his ex girlfriend/the original 'Sweet Dee'. A major dick move and it's hard not to consider that and his arrogance when I see him.

Got anything else now?

R35 is triggered 😱

R35- what did he do?!

R35 What did he do? He beat her?

R35 how does anything he did in his personal life affect you personally?

Nasty snowflake cunt.

R37/R38: They were a group of friends, all with a Philly connection who met randomly while trying to find work in Hollywood. Rob had been with his girlfriend a while. They would collaborate on skits, go to auditions together, write, etc. By all accounts a cool story. They did a cheap Sunny pilot pitch and amazingly caught the interests of producers. I don't remember the specifics, but one of the network execs had some issue with Rob's girlfriend who played Dee. The information is out there if you look for it. She apparently came home one afternoon, or maybe he came home, and subsequently, he both fired her and broke up with her. (or, maybe she broke up with him after that? I can't recall.) . She allegedly has never heard from him again, was never offered any work on the show and apparently has never been able to find work in Hollywood. She's now married. She stayed quiet for many years though people were very interested in the details. She finally gave some interview where she detailed what happened. I think there's a big Reddit thread on it somewhere.

Of course, I'm not "personally involved" with those people, no more than any of us is personally involved in the nonsense we blather about here. But, it left a lasting impression on me. Her story isn't refuted by him or anyone else. The woman says that Charlie and the other guy who plays Dennis have never reached out to her, she was just sort of ghosted. And remember, they were close friends in addition to her and Rob McIlhenney being a couple. I'm sure they have their own take on it, but by all accounts, there was no problem with her, per se. They weren't feuding or anything. An exec/producer just didn't want her on the show.

So, guess what happens? McIlhenney hired another blond, tall, pretty, blue eyes, etc... casts HER in the role, dates her and marries her. They're married with kids and hopefully happy. But it makes you wonder about the sociopathy and brutality of the guy and how much he wanted his fame and money. So, yeah, my opinions on him are formed by that.

[quote] Of course, I'm not "personally involved" with those people

I’m sure that a deranged anonymous online troll sticking up for this woman will be of great comfort to her r40

Again, R40. How does this PERSONALLY affect you? Because all we hear is a bunch of bitchy whiny projecting.

Take your shit out on the ex that did that to you, not here in a thread about some random TV show.

R41 - You're crawling all over this thread. Damn girl, you are seriously triggered. You involved with this show? Are you one of the actors? Share with us. Otherwise, maybe take your medication. You sound completely unhinged. And over banal replies to a random online discussion. Are you new here?

Oh, the irony ^

R40 is exactly why straight women frau cunts should be banned from DL.

Did the original Dee look like Rachel Dratch?

Actually I completely agree with R40. I had read that background in a recent article about him. It was just stated in summary in passing - but it jumped out at me like an alarm. Truly classic Hollywood cut-throat behavior. Dispels the myth of the Philly “good guy” that his PR team attempts to use to define him.

He strikes me as an extremely ambition/work-focused guy. Those types tend to have damage. In his case, probably from his mother abandoning his family. He also seems to hold a grudge against her - understandably but indicative of a damaging mother / childhood experience. Ambition tends to come from insecurity.

[quote] Ambition tends to come from insecurity

Only losers say that r47

Her life is in shambles all because of Rob? Get a grip, seriously. I'm surprised you haven't started clamoring over how she's owed back payments of royalties from the show. An exec didn't want her on the show, apparently none of Hollywood want's her either. She sounds like a shitty actress to be honest. She's just bitter because he dumped her and is famous and richer these days.

Thankfully I have R40 blocked.

The original Dee was played by Rob’s girlfriend at the time, a super pretty preppy blonde. The character was super sweet (Sweet Dee) bubbly, and naieve. FX did NOT believe that character could ever be a bartender in South Philly, and told them they needed to recast and rewrite. Funny enough, Rob fought against casting Kaitlin Olson and it was Glenn and Charlie who outvoted him which is why she was cast.

Tough move, but I think it was the right one. Kaitlin is fucking phenomenonal in the part. Remember, Landgraf also had to force them to hire Danny DeVito, which they were not happy with. Danny saved the show.

The girlfriend also said Kaitlin reached out to her after she was cast and was super sweet

R40 I mean, it's a mildly scummy move on Rob's part. I have suspicions the original Dee was hard to take in large doses.

R40 The girlfriend says she and Rob were broken up at that point, and he told her he was worried the network wouldn’t want exes on the show or something like that. Glenn and Charlie wanted Kaitlin, Rob did not. I think the girlfriend was upset at Rob for not fighting hard enough for her to stay

R53 So he got told to replace her and he did. Not much of a scandal.

R54 Yeah, pretty much. Originally the show was supposed to be about struggling actors in LA, but it changed to bar owners in South Philly. She may have been right for that version, but the network didn’t think she had the grit to play a South Philly bartender. I can see how it would hurt her for Rob to marry the woman she was replaced with, though.

R55 Hard to take that as anything but an upgrade, especially if she has the same general look.

Omg the roller rink episode this past week was hysterical.

Lousy show. Ozzie and Harriet was a lot better.

Do some of you have any idea how many scores or even hundreds of actors and or writers are out in CA or NY shopping scripts/videos? Rob McElhenney like many others had nothing but basically an amateur video shot on home camcorder to offer.

One in a million shot Mr. McElhenney's video reached right "suits" who expressed an interest and willing to give things a go. But as normal with television, films, plays or even books those putting up the money wanted some changes.

Rob McElhenney could have resisted throwing the gf under a bus and said "nope she stays....". But at what cost? Suits could have turned around and said "it's our way or the highway..."

Creative life is full of tough choices. Rob McElhenney was a total newbie with nil clout to make demands.

You’re speaking about the reality of the entertainment industry r59….but harsh reality does not matter to the deranged white cunts who feel intense hot anger about people they’ve never met, about events that happened 20 years ago.

Rage cunts rage! Your tears of rage are so sweet.

I love that charlie is married to the waitress

I loved "the Mick". Just throwing that out there.

Seems like everyone besides Rob got a shot.

Fun Fact: both Rob McElhenney and Joseph Gordon-Levitt play Mormon missionaries in the gay film Latter Days.

I know that Steve Sandvoss changed his name and went into cheesemaking. I think he could have been huge in Hollywood. His acting was limited but that didn't stop Bradley Cooper or Ryan Reynolds. Maybe he just didn't want to present hole.

which was the mick?

Sunny clearly has a near violently devoted fan scanning this thread, posting reply after reply. How odd.

Rob McElhenney is the guy with the mullet-ish hair r63? His face is totally different now?

He’s all jacked

Were there multiple pilots? I could have sworn the character Sweet Dee wasn't in the pilot that I saw. Also, Kaitlin Olson said she read a Dennis scene at her audition because they hadn't written anything yet for Dee.

Original pilot.

First television episode...

The show runner who changed the setting is a genius.

The intense rage on behalf of the ex-girlfriend is simply a worsening sign of mental illness. Get help, auntie.

Entitled white cunts are gonna cunt r72

LSA losers are gonna lose, r73.

R73, Your mother is a DIRTY WHORE!

This is the original “It’s Always Sunny” Pilot (when they got picked up with FX) with Rob’s ex girlfriend as Dee. The network wanted Rob to recast and rewrite Dee because they didn’t believe the old actress as a bartender in South Philly, which is why Kaitlin was hired. Kaitlin said she had to beg them to write Dee with more comedy and for the character to be just as awful as the boys. Dee didn’t really come into her own as a character until Season 3. Now she’s my favorite character!

Oops, the above is in response to R68

Original Dee is prettier.

HOOR, not WHORE, you DIRTY HOOR R75

I've never even heard of this show.

Oh God...what should I do with my hands?!

A delightful romp

R49 My thread skipped from 31 to you. Jeez.

I haven't watched this show in a long time, but always loved it. The prom episode was hysterical. Is Rob's character actually gay - or was that just a fantasy ep?

his character comes out in a really wonderful show

I blocked R85 and half the thread disappeared. LOL! Shill!

Wait - that cute guy in Latter Days is McElhenny?!? I see almost no similarity. He was a gorgeous twink. How is that possible?

Ok - that’s not him. Rob is in the clip below and looks exactly the same.

totally didn't know he was in that show

Is Dennis still pretending to be God's gift to women?

But has Rob McElhenney‘s character had a boyfriend or gay sex or anything since that big dance coming out?

he doesn't date, but hooks up with married dads in toilets. so he's just as bad as he was before

I can't see any of them successful outside of this show, so they're riding that gravy train. I've seen the guy who plays Dennis in other stuff and he's so bland. This is probably the only character he can play.

R93 I really like "The Mick." They didn't really give it a chance and I like "AP Bio."

HOWEVER, I think it's time to hang up IASIP. Actually, I felt that around S10. At this point, it's just nostalgia for me.

Charlie Day is pretty successful

Charlie Day is a favorite of Guillermo Del Toro. In fact, GDT was actually in an episode of Its Always Sunny as “Pappy McPoyle”.

he's super talented

The first two episodes of “The Gang Goes To Ireland” that were released today had me laughing my ass off

Okay, I just finished the last two episodes and they were the funniest that I've seen in a LONG time.

[quote]I can't see any of them successful outside of this show, so they're riding that gravy train. I

Rob McElhenney is quite great in his other show, "Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet" on AppleTV+.

Season 2 was a bit too serious for me.

I loved it too. Mac’s mom, Mac and the Priest during the communion, and Dennis and Dee trying to rent the castle were the best. Didn’t expect a 3 parter

The most recent season has had its moments, though it’a not the best. I am a longtime fan though and keep watching. When they get the humor right (which is pretty much always), it’s phenomenal. No one does it better.

As a side note, all three of the male leads—Rob, Glenn, and Charlie—are hot. I would gladly get gangbanged by all of them.

Isn't that special.

Somebody on this thread is really smearing it on thick. This show isn't THAT "hysterical", it isn't THAT well known and, by all accounts, Rob McHelenney is a douche.

[quote]by all accounts, Rob McHelenney is a douche.

Are there any actual accounts rather than your head canon about how he treated his ex?

He's so incredibly ambitious I would almost certainly bet he's let men fuck him to further his career.

Rob is not a douche, r104. Go back to watching reruns of the Office.

As a Philadelphian, I'm proud that Rob is still a down-to-earth Philly guy who always makes appearances for charity etc. here in town.

He pinged during the clips of that pilot. And not just because he was wearing briefs.

If he was incredibly ambitious, he wouldn’t have stuck with a show for over 15 years. He would have moved on long ago.

Now he may be an asshole or douche or whatever. But he seems loyal to the cast and crew.

Comicbook nerds at Reddit have been pushing for Warner Bros/DC to cast Glenn Howerton as Joker for nearly a decade now, long before that character became popular enough to where actors clamored to play him to win awards.

If Glenn does branch out in other roles outside of It's Always Sunny, I could see him playing a comicbook villain.

R104 It is that well known. It was the most popular sitcom in the U.S. for a few years. It's past its prime, though, by at least 8 seasons.

I love it

R104 is a prime example of straight white cunts contributing nothing of value to Datalounge

I always meant to start watching this show, but it seemed like I'd have to start from the beginning which seemed like a huge commitment.

Then, as the years have gone by, it became that much more of a commitment to start watching, especially since the older ones are from such a long time ago that the comedy and references are probably dated.

Now, it's been so long, I can't imagine starting to watch the show.

Loser before he even started ^

If Jim parsons had stayed at Big Bang theory it could have run for another 12 seasons.

If sally struthers had left the “all in the family” immediately the show would still be going

I am still glad she didn't end up as Sweet Dee. It would not have gone for so long.

Here's some footage of Jordan doing some demo reels as Dee. She's nowhere near as funny and crazy as Kailin Olson is on the show, she's bland boring, and basic. The show hadn't even officially aired before she was replaced as part of the cast. None of them knew at the time how successful the show would go on to be.

Kaitlin had a different idea for the character of Dee. She insisted up front that she wanted to be as crazy and fucked up as the rest of the cast, and not just some generic female voice of reason - and it worked out perfectly.

Jordan claims she isn't bitter on her site, you can easily read between the lines that she is still incredibly bitter.

And I've never seen a single episode. Am I missing out?

Yes r120