Wednesday, 23 November 2011

It's Always Funny In Philadelphia

Yes, a cringe worthy headline, but very much relative the show that is, at the moment, my favourite thing on TV. FX airs the show "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia", of which I have over-heard being described as 'the live action South Park'. It lives up to this and far beyond with its crass, offensive, disturbing and often far beyond 'the line' content which is achingly funny. Now, If I'm honest, I do not require much to be entertained, often easily pleased by the most basic slapstick or toilet based humour, but I defy anyone not to laugh at the antics of the characters in this series.

Now in season 7, it has clearly been a hit and continues to surprise and disgust in every episode. Sure, most are based around similar themes and traits of each character but each episode becomes better than the last, especially when watched back to back. Charlie, Dee, Frank, Mac & Dennis (left to right in pic.) are backstabbing, scheming, deceitful, hopeless and brainless. They fight each other, ruin peoples lives and couldn't give a monkeys about it. I'm not going to go into any detail, I just want to recommend those who haven't seen it to do so, and those who have and not given it a proper chance (you know who you are!) to do similarly.

Here, take a peek at some clips from the show http://vod.fxnetworks.com/watch/sunny 
...and one of my faves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47D9-U8hn5I 

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