S17E07 “The Gang Gets Ready for Prime Time”
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"Someone has to be the boss."
"Of dinner?" God I love Charlie.
That line got me. Just so easily funny.
His delivery was so great!
One of Charlie's best lines and it's practically an after thought
I'm the first to admit I've been hard on the show the past few seasons, but this truly was a good episode by any metric.
Let your boyfriend do a flip.
I thought the final rehearsal would end with Mac doing an unsanctioned backflip, catching Dennis in the teeth and knocking off his wig, leaving him gushing blood and bald and screaming like a vampire as everyone in the audience shrieks in horror.
lol Dennis thinking Mac is grooming him.
And Mac slowly looking away after that.
Hell yeah the duster's back
Duster Artemis Family fight Thunder Gun Mac back in the closet Charlie has cancer
It’s all back!!!!
And I'm the only one who thinks we are back in 2006.
The couple times that Dennis asked if he needed more tape, the anticipation I had at seeing his face in the next scene was unparalleled
I thought it would be even more insane than it was, but it was still pretty damn funny every time they’d go close on him and his eyebrows looked like an insane nosferatu
He was mostly soup by that point
I toss them in the soup!
Ok but Dennis did great on everyone’s hair and makeup 😂
He’s very good with wigs for some reason
“Some reason”
For real, Dee looked amazing!
She was gorgeous in that scene
Still think he needs more tape
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A...aa...aaaa...aaa...aaaaa...aaaa
What failing in family feud does to a person
Dennis with the Mar-a-Lago face.
Did anybody else think he was having a stroke?
Ha im like 99% sure he was doing an impression of Gary Goldman from Dracula, the music was from that too
I could have died laughing at Dennis wearing this ridiculous tape-lift and solemnly pleading with an audience to take him seriously
fucking dying
Mac is absolutely dying the entire time and Charlie's doing his best to hide it
That’s Artemis??
I was wondering who that was until they said her name.
They're the only two women who would ever agree to this.
They don't have a very deep bench.
I couldn’t recognise her AT ALL. Still can’t.
If they hadn't said her name i think like most people wouldn't have caught that.
that got me too! did she lose a bunch of weight and age in reverse? i thought it was a random actress
She did, in fact, lose a lot of weight recently
Not even recently, this is 5 years ago, https://www.reddit.com/r/IASIP/s/Epw75TEocv
Could not recognize her!
All the dumpster banging has been good for her
I did a spit take and my wife laughed at me because somehow she realized it immediately. She doesn't even watch this show very often!
I was not ready to see hairless Charlie
he just wanted to be pure
I laughed so hard from how Dennis reacted when Charlie reached to touch his head to see if he was wearing a wig
That seemed so realistic like Dennis is NOT letting Charlie touch his hair or...touch him in general.
I laughed so hard when he walked in!
Are these audience members in danger?
That’s the implication.
I legit thought Dennis was going to murder everyone in that room. I was laughing and terrified at the same time. Howerton really deserves that Emmy already..
There is a donkey Kong bongo gamecube controller in the back of the bookshelf
It is!
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I couldn't stop trying to figure it out the whole episode, I'm glad someone else pointed this out
That backflip was sick.
Badassssss
One of a couple laugh out loud moments for me tonight xD
Dennis has been haunted by Family Feud for over a decade 😂
(That episode aired March 2015)
That doesn't represent him though...
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What the fuck even is time anymore?
That was one of the best Dennis moments I’ve seen on the entire show that monologue was insane.
He went full vampire baron, you never go full vampire baron
Mac do look like Freddie
He’s the straightest man alive
no beard charlie, face tape dennis, and skinny artemis i feel like i’m in a new city
i did NOT recognise artemis what
I actually thought it was a random actress
I was trying to figure out who it was holy shit she looks so different!
Looks aside, having a character like Artemis who is always really outspoken and crass say like two lines was what made me really think it was a different actor pretending to be her. Does she not like acting anymore or something?
Hu What!?!
She must have lost a large amount of weight. And I'm not fat shaming, I just didn't recognize her at all and remember her being bigger.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DHanmy9RHeW/ that is from her Insta
“He was part of a band called queen” was probably the best joke of the night for me haha. He was so exasperated.
He couldn’t have been more gay!
"Oh cool, he's like the straightest man alive" was one of the funniest lines of the episode. Doubly incorrect 🤣
“Charlie has cancer” part 3
This is the way to do fan service
Dennis doing a spotlight monologue about how him and Mac aren’t fucking and that the gang is classy and mature 😂😂😂😂😂
i hope some kid hoping to get into juilliard does this as their audition monologue
I mean ... they should just give them a degree at that point
You can see Mac and Charlie real life laughing in the back ground.
I wonder how many times they tried, before they just said fuck it and sat there laughing.
The audience members watching Dennis's speech
I need The Bear to get the fuck out of the comedy category to even give Glenn the slightest chance at the Emmy that scene deserved
"I neeeed this" xD
Dennis’ monologue was hilarious but I had to rewind to watch Rob and Charlie trying not to laugh in the background and that was even funnier.
I think they finally gave up and got out of the scene when they went super close on Glenn.
Oh man I was so focused on him I didn’t even pay attention to them. Good reason for a rewatch now
Theyre doing Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal!
I was really hoping for him to be one of the audience members
“He looked haggard”
“His features were so sunken it was hard to concentrate”
I’m crying they’re roasting Dennis so hard 😂
They clearly don't see him for the 5 star man he is.
Idk if this has been confirmed lol but I saw on twt that Kaitlin improved those lines!
They really weren’t lying when they said this is one of the best seasons they did. Happy for them
No kidding, I didn't love the Abbott one, but damn they have been killing it otherwise. One top 5 episodes of the series, 2 excellent callback episodes, micro dosing, and the succession and coma episode.
Finale is going to be bittersweet, because I know it's going to be great, but hate the wait for the next season.
This might have been the last episode with the gang... I think the finale might just be a Frank episode. At least it's only a year-long wait again and not 2. Charlie said they start writing season 18 in October, and Danny said they'll film at the end of January.
Glenn just flexed the Juilliard chops lmao
For real! The whole time I was thinking “That is a classically trained actor”
A five star man
He was fucking amazing there
Charlie finally became pure like Frank wanted!
“VANILLA BLADE” 🤣🤣🤣
"Really classy affair" Is probably my most used It's Always Sunny gif.
How else are you going to pop?
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Add this to the list of popular Frankisms!
BADASS MAC IS BACK OH MY FUCKING GOD I LOVE THIS SHOW
I fucking died when he fell off the chair
It sounded like they were meta commenting on people who miss old Mac, by having fake badass, closeted Mac play better with the audience
Definitely. I had this same feeling while watching.
That was exactly what was going in my head when he started with I like Jesus so therefore I am not gay.
This was the most "we're making a point!" Episode of the season, but landed soooo much more smoothly than ones in recent years
let the gay vampire do a flip
The homoerotic undertones in this episode between Mac and Dennis were top fucking tier
Undertones? Between the obviously gay couple?
America is ready for Mac and Dennis
How the fuck did Frank get on The Golden Bachelor in the first place 😂
Magnums and a wad of hundreds, hes ready to plow
I’d like to see that audition process. Who did he beat out?!
Waitress just counting her money in the back. Lol
Love that without Frank around, she actually gets paid.
Go woke, go broke.
...we're already broke...
I loved the delivery. 😂😂😂😂
I’d watch Mac take on a coyote
Holy crap, Dee mentioning the Chinese man and his optometrist joke is ridiculous!🤣 Just in case nobody ever heard that joke here it goes:
A Chinese guy goes to his optometrist and the doctor says, "I know why you've been having trouble with your vision, you have a “cataract”. The Chinese guy replies, "No I drive Rincon Continentar"
Dee stealing jokes from Uncle Junior?
Heard about the Chinese Godfather?
Did he make you an offer you couldn't understand?
I believe it is meta commentary about how their episodes got banned when she played Taiwanese Tammy 😂😭
David Hornsby, Charlie Day, and Rob Rosell did such a great job writing this episode
As soon as I saw their names pop up I knew we were in for a banger. This season has been absolutely fantastic
Hairless Charlie has me fucking crying
Ok thats the most abrupt cut to commercial yet wtf was that
The episode went over 24 minutes (they’re supposed to be around 21-22). It was clear they struggled to cut it down to even that, so it seems like to get as many extra seconds as possible they disregarded cut to blacks and sliced in the commercial breaks the moment the character with the line had gotten out the gist. If this season got a DVD release I bet the extended scenes would be insane
cut him off mid word
cut that cut that cut that
dee’s comedy outfit with the suit was so cute on her
Not to be a weird bird simp but she looked exceptionally good this whole episode
the black outfit she wore after was soooo nice on her
This episode is good commentary on how much the show gets told what they should and shouldnt do. They should be able to tell there story even if it doesn't work out.
The title reminds me something…
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"This is it, Jennifer. Your big break in TV ..."
HE DID KARATE
‘someone has to be the boss’ ‘of dinner?’ we’re so back
They really needed that when they had to figure out who should do the dishes
ARTEMIS IS FRANK?!?!?!?! HOLY SHIT I DIDN’T RECOGNIZE HER SHE LOOKS SO DIFFERENT (outside the Frank costume) ALSO I FEEL LIKE WE HAVEN’T SEEN HER IN YEARS OMFG
She was in the last season in the Gang goes Bowling
“Let your bf flip.” 🤣💀
This is a direct sequel to Old Lady House.
Macdennis shippers are being fed tonight 😂
Let your boyfriend flip!
My all time favorite Macdennis moment.
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i am shocked from how fed we were
I watch sunny to fall asleep and I swear the family fight episode is somehow magically one I always wake up to in the middle of the night
I bet its the buzzer
I love the episodes with the title cards for each phase lmao
Dennis: I need this from you.
Artemis (whispering): WTF?
Dee got the audience to laugh, one of her only wins in a while
I’ve never seen Rob or Charlie break as hard as they were during Dennis’ speech.
They immediately covered their faces when Glenn got up, lol. They knew they weren't gonna be able to hold it together.
How long has Frank been on the reality show that no one noticed 😂
And how far in advance are those actually taped? I doubt they film these with, like, a week’s lead time.
I was thinking the same thing. The reason Frank was gone last week is because that's the week they taped the episode. He was also out of boner pills by that point too.
Artemis is looking great as Frank. This look is really doing it for me
This is absolutely unhinged. What a time to be alive.
Favorite episode of the season and great parody of The Rehearsal. Dennis getting unhinged because his plans getting blown by the gang and his image issues are some of my favorite episodes. This just incorporates great callbacks. Of course Frank rented a family at the end. I was laughing the entire time.
Let your boyfriend flip
Perfect choice for The Bachelor
Artemis doing Frank is underrated here.
Skinny Artemis is blowing my mind. Skinny Artemis as Frank is just too much for my brain to comprehend.
When Dennis came out with the extra eye tape I was tearing up with laughter 😂
Rob actually rocks a moustache
This says a lot about my sense of humor, but the funniest parts were when the gang would say something inappropriate and the audience would collectively shrink back. I love the lesson that they should just be themselves and not cater their comedy to others.
The increasing amount of tape on Dennis's face and the reveal that he's wearing a wig was hilarious, as was Charlie completely hairless and with his fake eyebrows melting off. This was just an increasingly fun comedy of errors.
Also, people are saying there isn't much of Frank this season, but he was in this episode plenty.
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“His features were so sunken it was hard to concentrate on the story” is an AMAZING line!
when I actually remembered to turn off inbox replies this week
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WE ARE ALREADY BROKE
Holy shit mac and dennis are probably going to actually be together by the time this show ends, mac’s grooming is working 😂
Glenn Howerton masterclass
Did anyone else catch the music during Dennis’s monologue? I think they were playing something from Gary Oldman’s Dracula 🤣
This season has been fantastic so far, but god damn this episode is the hardest I’ve laughed at Sunny in a while
I'm from Poland and I go through culture shock when they play an ad break after the intro
We've moved past comedy as a society :(
Ngl for a hot second I truly thought Frank hired the cast of The Good Place as his family 😂
On a high-grade edible and that Dennis speech at the end was legitimately terrifying. Best unhinged Dennis shit we've gotten in a long time and always LOVE to see Artemis back
"Maybe America is ready for us"
The Gang Gets Romantic callback, you know, the episode where they basically say they'll keep shoving the gay stuff in the audience's face until they learn to like it...
Trust the structure, Mac said.
Maybe I'm reading too much into it but the whole season's been full of very intentional callbacks idk
Fucking hell no hair Charlie looks like Matt Damon in Downsizing
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It’s incredibly disturbing but hilarious
Love the volleyball Frank, but this would’ve been the perfect chance to bring in Arnold Schwarzenegger to be a Frank look-a-like
REFERENCES, CALLBACKS, AMAZING HUMOR AND FLIPS!!! Best episode of the season HOW DO THEY DO IT AGAIN! Best sunny writers writing and some directing what an absolute piece of work
Has anyone watched The Rehearsal by Nathan Fielder? This sounds like that
Mac as Freddy Mercury was not something i was ready for
Oh fucc they made Charlie bald!
i feel like this episode had the shortest cold open so far
Ok, this concept actually works, this season is really doing 10-8 rounds until the bell
Artemis is the only one who can do Frank justice.
Vanilla Blade omfg
Man, there's gotta be a reckoning for Frank by the end of the season for his antics. The death cake? The dog track? The replacing the gang? lol I love this season.
“When I’m not paling around with Dennis platonically in the bedroom, I like to strap on my leathers and perform badass stunts” - Mac
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I did NOT recognize Artemis. Had to wait till the credits because I could not figure out who the heck that was.
I know there's a MacDennis shipper out there who just gained a new AU to write about. Have fun, friend.
THE DUSTER IS BACK!