Starring: Charlie Day, Kaitlin Olson, Charles Gideon Davis, Danny DeVito, David Gueriera Directed by: Fred Savage, Jerry Levine, Matt Shakman Binding: DVD Published: 2008-09-09
The folks who populate It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia may be pals, but they sure aren't Friends. They may be a gang, but they're not Our Gang--heck, these cretins make Spanky, Alfalfa, and company look like members of the Good Sam Club by contrast. Consider, if you can bear it, the first of the 15 episodes (presented, with bonus features, on three discs) from this, the show's third season: Mac (Rob McElhenney) and Dee (Caitlin Olson) discover a baby in a dumpster. Do they report it to the police? To Child Services, maybe? Of course not! They take it to a commercial agent, hoping to cash in by putting the kid in TV ads; and when the agent says that Latino babies are all the rage, they take him to a tanning salon so he'll appear darker and more "ethnic looking." Meanwhile, Dennis (Glenn Howerton) pretends to be join a tree-hugging group of hippies, merely so he can steal the group leader's girlfriend, while Charlie (Charlie Day) and Frank (Danny DeVito) spend the day rummaging around at the trash dump. It's tough to go downhill from there, but that doesn't stop them from trying. In the course of the following episodes, members of the quacked quintet reveal themselves to be not only rude, devious, unscrupulous, amoral, and dishonest, but also racist, xenophobic, homophobic, and dumb (their endless arguments about nothing are riotously ridiculous). Not that this will surprise anyone who's seen the show before. Dee, Mac, and Dennis try out for the Philadelphia Eagles while Charlie and Frank drop acid. Dee sleeps with the old, toothless janitor at a competing bar in order to steal their microbrew recipe. They mock a deaf mute. They fart in each other's faces. When they think Paddy's Pub, where they work, is going to be sold, three of them quickly land gigs at a nearby restaurant, where they get drunk on the job and steal from the customers. They even get held hostage by the hillbilly McPoyle family, possibly the only people in the known universe who can make our "heroes" look good. And it's all pretty hilarious, including the bonus features. Those include humorous commentary on two episodes by McElhenney, Day, and Howerton (the show's executive producers and occasional writers), two featurettes (a season overview and a look at the McPoyles) that are as whack as the show itself, a gag reel, and a "Dancing Guy" sequence so strange as to beggar description. --Sam Graham
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Stills from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Season Three (Click for larger image)
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Never Disappointed:
Bought the DVD for my oldest son who is 25 and even though we watched the episodes on TV, it's much better to view them on DVD without all of the commercials. The characters are extremely hilarious and their antics and situations are extremely entertaining.
I must add though that I would not recommend anyone younger than 17 to watch these shows due to the blatant discussion / and on one particular episode drug use.
If not taken seriously, it's great entertainment.
FANTASTICALLY FUNNY:
This DVD is awesome. My family has watched it again and again. It never gets old. Laughter fills the room every time. I highly recommend it.
Great dvd!:
Greatest show ever! Purchase was nice and smooth, very quick and easy! Great seller!
The best show ever created in the history of mankind:
It's all so wrong. These characters have no redeeming qualities and are in fact a blight on society. When something bad happens to a character, you feel bad for a moment, then you realize "Ehh, they deserve it".
It's brilliant and awful, and is the best show ever created in the history of mankind.
Every day I sacrifice a small mammal to the gods and thank them for giving me this show.
