
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (FX Thursday 10 p.m. E.T.)
With all the reality shows and more and more washed up celebrities thinking they can dance for a general T.V. audience, it's a relief that FX's It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia exists.
Revolving around a pack of friends known as "the group," this creative show has light heartedly tackled topics ranging from the past gas price hikes to cannibalism and human hunting. The self-centered Phillies own a less-than beat down bar known as "Paddy's Pub." The well dressed set picks up the hole-in-the-wall feel with the neon bar lights, aged tin posters, and vacant capacity.
The mentor of the group is Frank, Danny DeVito, who is the senile legal father of characters "sweet Dee", Kaitlin Olson, and Dennis Reynolds, Glenn Howerton, and the alleged biological father of Charlie Kelly, Charlie Day. Dennis' childhood friend Mac, Rob McElhenney, makes up the last member of the group.
The driving force behind the comical 30 minute series is that each character wants nothing more than to satisfy their own needs, even if it's destroying another character's dreams or plans. In one episode from the most resent season, season five, Frank and "sweet Dee" team up to sell for-closed homes to first time home buyers. Frank plays the "bad" realtor and Dee plays the "good" one. Their plan is to sweat the customer into buying the house, but their plan is soon destroyed by Charlie, Mac, and Dennis who find the house has a pool and want nothing more than to swim on the hot summer day.
The dialogue goes off into these little rants by all the characters at points in the series and at first the topics seem totally ridiculous such as referring to Hulk Hogan's skin as "that of a hot dog," but it works. The actors have the ability to pull it off because of the types of characters they have created.
The show has gained a strong following since its start in 2005 and for good reason. People watch the show to let loose and relate to these wacky characters. Inside all of us is a selfish being and while watching It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia one is able to connect with that side of them in a comedic way.

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