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You can see it from here on Thursday, July 13, 2006 11:28:24 PM
I don't know what to call it, but
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia reminds me of all the Owen Wilson movies I've seen ads for about
30-something slackers and the hideous fixes they get themselves
into. I shouldn't watch stuff like this, but it's so funny you'd
better not be drinking anything except during the commercials.
Every episode involves a family, headed by Danny Devito, who run a bar
in Philly, who get into something in each episode not just really
stupid, drunk, illegal and totally irresponsible ending in things worse
than you would have guessed. .
I can hear Hugh Hewitt's horselaugh talking about the show with Emmet,
the Unblinking. It has to bring back memories of his misspent
youth, or like me, the kind of losers he's been around. I was
never in a frat, so I had to learn about how stupid people can be by
representing them as a public defender. Like the guys who got
drunk and borrowed the car from one's girlfriend and drove out through
the desert knocking down every roadsign they came to. These signs
were mounted on 4x4 wooden posts, so you can imagine what they did to
the car and each one was another count of damaging federal
property.
These stories can't be made up except by some seriously creative and experienced people. They're on FX and sort of like
My Name is Earl except they're rated MA/LV which means they're raunchier and feel more dangerous.
One episode is
100 Dollar Baby,
which tells you a lot. It's about boxing, street fighting,
beer, steroids and meth-head muggers. The language lends
verisimilitude.
Another deals with a scheme to allow underage patrons into their bar and the problems that ensue.
They are milk-out-of-your-nose funny. They must have a name
for the type--such as Moron Modern Sitcom. I'm sure, however, that
Jeff Goldstein would have the bon mot.