101 Facts About It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia

greetings mother factors my name is sam and today we're taking a little trip to a city called philadelphia as much as i'd like to tell you about the fresh prince cheese steaks the liberty bell and the eagles that sports team not the band we're actually going through the rather unheard of series it's always sunny in philadelphia yes the morally ambiguous gang of five been causing many a laugh all around the world for years now what with it being the longest running live-action sitcom of all time there's a fact for free but how can you visit the pub in real life kind of sort of not really which country has made their own version of the show to not great success and when's that nightman cometh movie coming out i hear superheroes are all the rage these days so better do it quick two enter through this question is gonna be answered so serve up some rum ham and fight milk and maybe an egg in this trying time as we go through the most debauched place in philly with 101 facts about it's always sunny in philadelphia number one it's always sunny in philadelphia it's not a frankly optimistic weather report but is an american sitcom created by rob mckelleny and glenn howerton its inception if you like came in 2004. in the form of a nightmare of rob mckellen nice where a man with cancer tells his friend his diagnosis who rather intensively does not give him any sympathy at all number two using this nightmare the first script was made which became a 10-page pilot the pilot for this episode was later remade as the fourth episode of season one called charlie has cancer number three it's been said that the pilot cost two hundred dollars to make and that was almost solely on camera tape but in a later interview with charlie day he claimed it might not have even cost that much number four the cast per episode though just like my waistline in lockdown but also you know space is constantly expanding the pilot cost less than 200 yes but the average cost of an episode in season one was 450 000 by season seven it was two million dollars due to a switch to hd and the decision to use three cameras number five even the show's opening credits were cheap they were shot on a camcorder by glenn howerton charlie day and rob mckellany as they drove around philadelphia which by weird coincidence is where the show sets the only money spent was on gas for the car so it may actually be the cheapest titles in history number six the show was taken on by fx but that didn't mean they were all loaded straight away mckellarney for example had such a low salary he continued to work at a west hollywood cafe waiting tables in fact he often would do a day shooting being an absolute maniac and then would turn up to work in the cafe and have to be completely normal number seven now the show was originally going to be called it's always sunny on tv which is painfully close to a song by aha it was going to be based on three actor friends looking for work in la however the network felt that wasn't exactly the most original thing in the world and so the location was changed to a bar in philadelphia born and raised on a playground sorry it's force of habit number eight the network was also not too fond of the show's name did they like anything so at the development stage the writers were like okay come up with something the network likes better than it's always only in philadelphia then and offered 500 to do so as you can probably guess no one successfully came through on this number nine according to glenn howerton the working title for the show originally was actually jerks which to be fair you know it does track number 10. as of season 15 it's almost sunny in philadelphia is also the longest live-action comedy in tv history after beating the adventures of alien harriet's 14 seasons who are aussie and harriet number 11 the show was filmed in l.a not philly which is probably the reason why it's always sunny the 13th season was shot on the same lot as sitcom legend seinfeld in studio city california number 12. that theme song by the way that gets in your head for bloody ever doesn't it it's called temptation sensation by german composer heinz kislig kislig's work can also be heard during various scene transitions throughout the show along with other composers like verna torts joe brook and carl grell number 13 maybe it's not so high brow actually because the choice of this music mainly came down to budget reasons so a lot of music in the show comes from a stock library and that includes the theme music number 14. in the original pilot jordan reed played d and when the series was picked up by fx it was assumed she would continue on in the role however jordan reed was the then girlfriend of mckellany and they split up so she was recast the role instead being given to caitlin olsen awkward number 15. olson actually almost turned down the role and another comedy queen in the form of kirsten wiig who's now playing an actual cheetah woman auditioned and nearly got the role what could have been number 16. according to rob mckellany the name sweet d was the nickname of one of his friend's girlfriends he liked the nickname so much he decided to use it when creating the character of dennis's sister d or sweet d number 17. d was actually supposed to be the voice of reason for the group the straight woman if you will but mckellen he told olson he struggled to write for women so olson said just write to her as they would anyone else which led to sweet deed becoming one of the uh dare i say raunchiest women on tv number 18. in an interview glenn howerton was asked why his character was named dennis when charlie and rob's characters are named after themselves howard and said it was because he wanted to distance himself as far away from his character as possible which fair enough number nineteen howard has confirmed that dennis is a full-blown sociopath but that this was something he wanted to reveal to the audience slowly in an interview he said i always knew he was socio it's been fun to tease it out and let it build over the years number twent to tea before he was one of the gang however took on various casting calls before his big break he auditioned to be superman in the 2006 brian singer movie and auditioned for peter quill that's right legendary outlaw star-lord himself in guardians of the galaxy number 21. in the season 1 finale we find out that charlie has a sister however she's never mentioned by name never seen in the episode and is never once mentioned or referred to in any episode ever since suspicious number 22 now the show almost wasn't picked up after its first season because of its low ratings but because fx loved the show they decided to give it a little help in the form of danny defricken vito who took the role because his kids liked the show ah number 23. so sure danny devito the manny movito kinda saved the show but that wasn't the only factor when the show became available to stream on hulu or netflix here in the uk it quickly became one of the top stream shows on the platform number 24. during season 2 danny devito was only available to shoot the episodes for 20 days so the production crew had to work on all 10 episodes at once which meant filming scenes from multiple episodes in a single day number 25 and hey it's a good job the show did come back because apparently it became quite popular with the old kids in fact comedy central paid a whopping 33 million dollars for syndication rights because the demand for reruns was that high number 26 during season two mckellard and olsen started dating in secret they managed to keep it from their cast mates for two whole years before eventually coming clean number 27 the pair married in 2008 and have two sons together called axel and leo mckillin even proposed danny devito's beach house in malibu with the fancy 1920s diamond cup ring i don't know what that means but apparently it's a good ring number 28 biggie of marriage charlie day is married to the waitress in real life the two have been dating since 2004 when they played incestuous twins on an episode of reno 9-1-1 i mean romance has to start somewhere i guess number 29 the waitress is just known as the waitress because we don't know her real name but what is it well after the high school reunion from season seven some fans thought it might be nikki potnik but howarton has since tweeted right out saying that ain't the case number 13. thor star who actually did deserve better jaime alexander is in the third episode of season one where she grabs glenn howerton by his crotch seemingly she does all her own stunts because apparently mckellen he told her to actually grab it so his reaction is genuine which kind of seems to break some moral boundary really but hey that's always sunny number 31. despite the title of the episode in which the storyline appears it's revealed that charlie was not interfered with by the school coach but its title may be accurate in another way there are hints throughout the show but mainly in season 5 that uncle jack may have done something similar it's hidden within the lyrics of his song the nightman number 32 every episode until season 4 episode 3 entered the logo for rch productions which stands for something that i'm not allowed to say there's also a sound clip that's distorted by being played backwards and season one this is stupid for playing the sword for playing you're stupid for playing this forward but then after that it changes to things with a brown theme not sure why number 33 in season 2 episode 10 dennis and dee get a new dad charlie's giving himself a tattoo because of course he is it's meant to say bad news but he gets interrupted so it just says bad new this is then visible in every single episode after this point number 34 season 4 second episode the gang solves the gas crisis involves the song ghostbusters by ray barker jr busting indeed makes me feel good this is from the movie ghostbusters directed by ivan reitman reitman's daughter catherine is later in always sunny as maureen ponderosa dennis's insane ex-wife number 35 the weirdest who done it in history who pooped the bed bears a small resemblance to murder on the orient express this is because artemis has theories that implicates everybody and spoiler alert here for a book that's 86 years old but in murder on the orange express everyone did it number 36 season 4 episode 10 sweet d has a heart attack contains multiple references to one flew over the cuckoo's nest including characters that look near identical to ones from the movie funnily enough the actual movie was danny devito's film debut number 37 in fact the native american character in this episode is played by the son of the actor who plays the character it pastitious confused well you shouldn't be will sampson's son tim sampson also plays a similar role echoing his father in spaced in season five the gang exploits the mortgage crisis charlie dropped some sick bird law knowledge bruh and it's actually completely correct it is illegal to capture kill or possess certain speeches of birds without a permit of which a hummingbird is one number 39. the gang wrestles for the troops in the season five episode uh the gang wrestles for the troops frank's character is called the trashman which refers to a term in the wrestling community called garbage wrestlers who are performers who make up for a lack of technique with brutality trashman is a garbage wrestler in both senses number 40. the photo in the yearbook of dennis was going to be glenn's actual yearbook photo but apparently it's unrecognizable so the photo is just a photoshop version of his current face number 41 cosby show actor although actually he probably doesn't want us to lead with that in an introduction jeffrey owens appears in it's always sunny twice in season three and season seven both times he's playing himself pretending to be different people like donovan mcnabb tiger woods and don cheadle the meaning of life season sevens the gang get trapped as inspired by indiana jones but one redditor pointed out something fun indy's costume is in the episode but across the whole gang matt has the hat charlie has the jacket and frank has the whip number 43 if you've watched episode 12 of season 7 if it's always sunny and felt like your intimate relations were suddenly aflame i can tell you why at the high school reunion see those bar staff well apparently their royalty because they are the kings of leon number 44 season 8 got a bit funny with its running order right from the off the second episode the gang recycles their trash was meant to be the first but the episode is littered pun intended with callbacks to previous episodes which meant that new viewers wouldn't understand what the hell was going on number 45. charlie day's been in quite a few big hollywood movie films the hustler one of them was the underrated pacific rim directed by guillermo del toro who told him he was a fan of the show del taro then made a cameo in the season 8 episode the maureen ponderosa wedding massacre and then again in season 11 as pappy mcpoyle that's right pappy mcpoyle has won an oscar number 46 speaking of the mcpoyles rob mack based them on a family he knew when he was growing up called the weld mcpoyles he stated that they weren't in bread way to avoid a lawsuit there but that there were loads of them number 47 day apparently got another celebrity to appear in the show after meeting him p diddy the original bad boy for life he appears in season eight in charlie's mom as cancer apparently he's a very good improviser number 48 the beloved episode charlie work from season 10 involves a long continuous take and a nice jazzy soundtrack now both of those things make you think of the movie birdman right away right well the episode came out before birdman it was actually inspired by true detective number 49 in season 10 the gang joined ass kickers united a fitness cult if you pay close attention to the soundtrack you can hear it's also from the film the master a movie based on cults-like behavior number 50. in one episode in season 11 dennis shows customers a qr code if you use it from the comfort of your own home it links to a scam where you can buy air miles to then fraudulently spend on stakes with no i'm kidding it's a link to fx's website number 51 in season 12 frank at one point mixes up boko haram with boca raton the former being a nigerian terrorist group the latter a town in florida how unrealistic right well actually a real-life congressman paul gosar did exactly this in 2015 while on cnn oops number 52 in june of 2011 rob mckellany got busy by gaining 50 pounds in six months why for a joke he said he noticed that characters in most sitcoms get better looking as they went on due to bigger budgets so he wanted to do the opposite turning mac into big fat mac number 53 he did this by eating over 5000 calories a day most of it from nutritionally viable sources like chicken vegetables boring but some of it from ice cream less boring number 54 the gang gets successful was a season six episode that i bet your favorite right well if you said yes you're a liar because it's never been released or aired to the public and nobody really knows why a lot of it was put into season seven's hal mac got fat basically his before version of mack anyway number five five the season six finale is a lovable christmas episode with one of the most giftable moments of the show when frank slithers out from the couch which is visually a similar scene to ace ventura when nature calls although we don't know if it was directly based on that number 56 in this same episode the gang are on the receiving end of a snowblower danny devito was hesitant to do the stunt because he was thought it was going to be dangerous and it turns out he was right as charlie day bruised his ribs from it number 57 the show actually received 2.28 million viewers for the season 7 premiere which is the highest it's ever had live but a lot of it's always sunny is consumed on streaming sites of which we shall never know the figures number 58 despite its cult audience sunny doesn't get a whole lot of awards it didn't get nominated for an emmy until 2013 and even then it was for stunt coordination and it lost it was also nominated and lost the same award again the following year too this is spoke fun at in the episode title the gang tries desperately to win an award number 59 as we mentioned earlier charlie and rob's wives appear quite regularly on the show so what about glenn's well she played kaylee in the season five episode dennis system number six of t it's worth noting that even though mac and d's actors are married in real life the characters themselves seem to absolutely hate each other i guess you gotta keep it spicy somehow right number 61. ever wanted to go to paddy's pub for real well you can't sorry but you can go to the next best thing rob and katelyn mckelleny actually part own a real bar in philadelphia named max taven and even have some menu items named after their characters too number 62. and even though the gang i'm already questionable at best mckellandy and olsen do not take city behavior lightly in fact diana dash at their establishment and they were publicly shamed to you like they did on facebook to this couple boo that couple number 63 the central paddy's pub is also essentially the same as mclaren's pub for how i met your mother but significantly less busy and shot from different angles the shows both use the same street sets too and sometimes the entrance to mclaren's pub can be visible in it always sunny despite them being set in entirely different cities nintendo 64. the forever put upon rickety cricket whose life is pretty much ruined by the gang is played by david hornsby hornsby is actually a writer on the show having written over 28 episodes of it though none of them seem to have cricket within them number 65 mrs mack's house or rather the exterior of it is actually next door to rob mckellany's childhood home i'm not going to tell you where it is mainly because i don't know but also i don't want to docks the poor guy number 66 fred savage that's right the little kid from the princess bride and the wonder years grew up into an adult man number 62 i'm just kidding that adult man has directed several episodes of always sunny because he and i quote sees his own worst qualities in the characters number 67 in 2009 there was an actual stage adaptation of the nightman cometh it toured six cities across the usa that the company live nation wanted 30. it's basically an extended version of the episode with some extra improvisation and came with a preview of the next season too number 68 in the live musical danny devito got his then wife involved she's an actress called raya pearlman and she played gladys's role and yes by the way she's the same woman that plays matilda's mom in the film matilda number 69 rumham the nightman cometh is a play on the iceman cometh a classic play by eugene o'neill they're very different though iceman is about people in the bar having to face how pointless their lives are and charlie's well we all know what charlie's is about number 17. many of the songs in the show are written by its very own charlie day who's apparently very musically talented he even improvises on set in the form of song sometimes and to be fair i do that too but chris and rasheen tend to just edit it out number 71 hey hey day you can also play the piano oh that doesn't render nay as well as the trombone accordion guitar and harmonica also in 2014 merrimack college gave him an honorary doctorate in the performing arts wow charlie work number 72. dee and mac can be seen wearing t-shirts from a brand called suburban riot hashtag no spawn suburban riot also owned by an old school friend of robs which is a staggering coincidence isn't it number 73 the stunningly impractical green man is another thing that came directly from mckellany's real life a friend of his would dress like this for american football games specifically for the philadelphia eagles number 74. this friend actually did something pretty sneaky but still respectable he claimed the rights to the outfit which then meant fx had to pay him whenever it was used in the show cheching hustle baby i'm sorry it's really warm in here i don't know what i'm doing number 75 believe it or not although you should believe it because it is true there's a russian version of the show called it's always sunny in moscow which isn't even true they share the same premise a group of friends own a bar together but in this show the bar is called philadelphia in a call back to the original number 76 however it had the dire misfortune of being absolutely terrible it only ran for 16 episodes it was pretty much a shot for shot remake with the same script but translated but apparently the old humor didn't translate too well number 77 one of the most beloved things to come out of always sunny is rum ham which first appeared in season seven as a bastion of wilson who is personally my favorite character who's a ball from the film cast away number 78 the gang from always sunny actually released a faux self help book called the seven secrets of awakening the highly effective four-hour giant today brackets the gang writes self-help book which among other things contains the recipe for rum ham apparently it's a one pound canned ham one hunting knife three liter bottles of rum one handgun one box of handgun ammo and one bunch of italian parsley the gun and the ammo is for the ham pirates by the way you don't want to put those in the oven number 79 if you were ever wondering what rum ham tastes like to quote charlie day who tried it for real it's disgusting well that's one kristen ruin but i've already made it now number 80. other topics in that book by the way include relationships careers and survival skills apparently it's a right reference fest but you do have to ignore the fact that canonically charlie can't read number 81 in season 5 matt creates a special towel that has a uh key attribute shall we say he creates a website for them too a website you can visit in real life and buy said towel from or rather you could because for me it won't load anymore number 82 we've mentioned rum ham but we can't not to mention the other big always sunny moments pepe silvia and charlie's frantic investigation into what it is a theory appeared on the internet that pepe silvia was actually just the word pennsylvania but charlie can't read so he got it wrong this however was later debunked by the writers as not true number 83 barney the guy that charlie can see but nobody else can is dressed very similarly to william parcher from the film a beautiful mind who like barney is a figment of russell crowe's imagination well okay not his but his characters and also his character doesn't see barney look i really worded that badly okay number 84. danny devito quite literally nearly died while shooting an underwater sequence because it turns out that mr davitz is prone to bobbing so they had to weigh him down bear in mind he's in his early 70s devito struggled to go back to the surface again and had to be rescued by divers number 85 mckellany is very passionate about gay rights as his mother came out when he was eight and his brother is also gay eventually matt comes out as gay on the show to the surprise of literally nobody number 86 in fact in 2016 the gang appeared on a float at the la pride parade which some thought was filming for the program but instead it was a show of solidarity number 87 despite all the alcohol the gang chokes down on on set the cast never ever drank alcohol on set it's all acting in fact howiton said on a reddit ama that it would make insurance incredibly high and endanger the show if they did number 88 the uh beloved writers david benioff and db vice were longtime fans of the show and wrote an episode called flowers for charlie it's actually a good episode and is in no way unnecessarily rush because they wanted to pursue other projects which is unlike them number 89 in turn mckellen was a big fan of game of thrones and made it to west ross in season eight where his eye got completely destroyed by an arrow which we obviously can't show number 90. in return benny often vice guest starred in season 12 as the gang goes to a water park they played lifeguards who were rather bored which is probably as enthralled as they were while writing the end of game of thrones number 91 bern gorman also stars in an episode and it's the best of both cameo flavors he's in game of thrones as carl turner and was also charlie day's buddy in pacific rim number 92 the character of damaniac is a reference to the main character of the movie the wrestler as he too is well a wrestler who's fallen on hard times number 93 apparently most of the cast know exactly how always sunny will end howard says he's known since the beginning and mckellany has also told his wife some of the details but not all about the ending i mean they're definitely all going to dive right that's the only way this can end number 94 that's if there is an ending because mckellen says he wants to make the show forever as long as people still watch it i for one i'm looking forward to season 69 and 420 because they'll probably do some great things with those numbers number 95 in case you were wondering by the way it takes about five months to make just one season of it's always sunny which is approximately five-ninths of how long it takes to make a human being number 96 apparently rob mckellany and glenn howerton just can't stay away from each other as they both had roles on the fx show fargo too albeit in different seasons number 97 if you look closely charlie's signature army jacket has a little blue badge with wings on it this is a navy rating symbol for aviation electronics and would only be worn on dress uniforms for special occasions number 98 caitlin alton is a badass that's it that's the fact no i'm kidding but she is and does all of her own stunts including going head first into a car door number 99. however olson is not unbreakable she broke her back in 2008 and was recovering during the filming of season four so you know that sun's in season five when she falls down the stairs that was pushed back a season to avoid making her injury worse number 100 yes she's actually been injured a number of times on the show she admitted to having see a chiropractor after the car door stunt and landed herself in the emergency room after ripping her leg wide open on a steel grate during filming you could see her shin bone number 101. mack actually got to play catch with his hero chase utley during his jersey retirement in 2019. after the ceremony mckellen came out to receive the game's first pitch from philly's legend dudely and thus a 10-year storyline met its satisfying conclusion just like this video has so those were 101 facts about is always something in philadelphia is it your favorite sitcom of all time let me know in the comments down below be sure to give this video a like please too it really does help us out and subscribe if you haven't done so already because we'd love to welcome you on board in the meantime though two videos on screen right now are really gonna wet your whistle why not find out which one's gonna moisten it the most by clicking on one and i'll see you there goodbye

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Length: 25min 49sec (1549 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 22 2020

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This video was pretty good.

Highlight: Apparently there is an unreleased episode "The Gang Gets Successful"

Lowlight: The anouncer pronouncing Chase Utley's name as "Chase Yewtley"