Friday, September 25, 2009

The return of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia

Sunny side up
The ballad of Danny DeVito

Sunnyboys (and girl): Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, Danny DeVito and Kaitlin Olson

For all the things The Unibrain agrees on, there is one that we agree on even more than some of the ones we agree on less: It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia is the funniest show on TV.

The awesome/all kinds of wrong series about Charlie, Mac, Dennis, Dee and Frank, five morally bereft pals who own an unsuccessful Irish pub in Philadelphia, has just returned to US screens with its fifth season and we couldn't be more stoked! (In Australia Seven seemed to have lost interest with its late-night screenings during season three, but luckily The Comedy Channel has jumped on board).

While the first new episode was a little bit … well, not one of the show’s best … I have no doubt it will get back to its best this week. Right?

The cast are currently touring the US performing a live stage show The Nightman Cometh, based on a musical written by Charlie in the season four finale. How I would love to see.

The Nightman Cometh
Starring as Frank Reynolds is Danny DeVito, who raised twins Dennis and Dee thinking they were his (they weren’t) and refuses to admit paternity of Charlie (who survived a failed abortion – yeah, the show is sick).

I am continually dazzled by the genius of Danny DeVito. Sure, I grew up watching his movies, and have a scary love for his Limoncello (and amazing theme song!) but it is through Sunny that I have realised how truly brilliant he is. When the show needs him to go there, he always goes there.

Danny is also a newbie to Twitter (hooray!) and tickled my fancy no end with the following tweet to his Twins and Junior co-star Arnold Shwarznegger:
@schwarzenegger dinner soon my Bro wanna buy a Sunny Tour T shirt? EXTRA LARGE of course!

Twitter time!
AND he linked to a hi-larious “blooper” from the new series of Sunny, which you can see below. Waddaguy!


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Scott Keenan

Here comes the sun o'clock

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