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36 Rickety Bits of Trivia About ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’

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36 Rickety Bits of Trivia About ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’

October 04, 2024

As the longest-running live-action American sitcom, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has had a lot of time to put a good number of seriously wild facts out into the cosmos. We searched through time and space to find a whole mess of them, so if you’re a Sunny facts fan, welcome to your one-stop shop!

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Mmm, delicious.

DeVito told It's Always Sunny... creator Rob McElhenney he joined the cast because he wanted to be around younger people to stay fresh and relevant. T — Source: CinemaBlend

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CHASE UTLEY ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA UTLEY DA CRACKED.COM Mac writes a letter to hero Chase Utley: I would love to meet you someday. I know I can — USA Today

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Danny DeVito has experience in hairdressing, and he used to work as a hairdresser... for corpses.

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Danny DeVito nearly drowned on the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia set. They had to weigh him down in an underwater scene, which meant he had a hard time getting back up (and unsurprisingly, he panicked). CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 2018, Danny DeVito gave a fan a unique shout-out. OYS High school senior and big fan of It's Sunny in Philadelphia Alison Closs brought a cardboard cutout of Danny DeVito to her prom and posted about it on social media. A month later, DeVito posed with a cardboard cutout of her in Paddy's Pub in the show. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Movie-Related And Other Now-You-Know Facts

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The best devolution in TV history.

CRACKED BEST: RICKETY CRICKET GETS RICKETIER BY THE DAY. ALWAYS SUNNY First introduced as a priest, he's expelled from the clergy, hunted for sport, had his legs broken, got hooked on crack, became a stripper, had his face melted, had his kidney stolen, and unknowingly dated (and made out with) a dog while high on PCP. — Source

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Kaitlin Olson & Rob McElhenney - The Always Sunny In Philadelphia stars met on set and kept their relationship a secret for a year- which was hard to do considering McElhenney was also living with co-star Glenn Howerton at the time. GRACKED.COM — source: Philly Voice

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Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney are big fans of, uh, UFC fighting. When it's fight night, we are so excited, Olson said, adding that they got into it after some of the fighters involved became their friends. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Co-Creator Rob McElhenney has no plans to end the show Не said, I never understand why people leave shows... The show is what I dreamed of doing my entire life. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM — Source

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The end credits include a hidden audio message when played backwards RCG Messages include Sorry for wasting your time and money, but thanks for your money. and They got chicken in Philly. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dayman

The Dayman song was a riff on Queen's Flash Gordon Theme Song. Glenn Howerton was playing in a band that opened with the Queen song so it was fresh in his head. It was a one-off joke that went very far. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM — Source

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Real-life couple Mary Elizabeth Ellis (The Waitress) and Charlie Day met because he won an arm-wrestling match. They were at a bar. Day and his friend both thought she was cute and arm-wrestled to see who see who got to talk to Ellis. Day won. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rob McElhenney and Kaitlyn Olson own a real bar in Philly. It's appropriate the real-life couple's bar is named Mac's Tavern. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rob McElhenney had a nightmare that inspired the show. Glenn Howerton describes, The show started as a night terror, basically. A late-night sweating station. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM — Source

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Dick Towel is a real product. Dicktowel.com is an actual website where you can purchase merchandise. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM — Source

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Charlie has a tattoo for continuity of a one-off joke. In Season 2, Charlie writes Bad New on his forearm, and it has remained on there in every episode since then. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jordan Reid played Sweet Dee in the pilot Rob McElhenney's then-girlfriend Reid was replaced after the couple broke up by Olson, who later married McElhenney. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rob McElhenney - 'It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia'

Rob McElhenney loved his wife's commitment. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia In Season 4's Who Pooped the Bed, McElhenney's now-wife Kaitlin Olson actually rammed her head into a car door. (The car was a rental, and not meant to be returned with a head-sized dent.) CRACKED — FX
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Rob McElhenney

Rob McElhenney from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was raised by a lesbian couple. McElhenney plays the for- merly homophobic and now out-of-the-closet (and ripped) homosexual charac- ter, Mac. The show has used gay marriage to illustrate America's hipocracy re- garding marriage equality. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — On Top Mag

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Charlie catches a leprechaun

st. Paddy's Day in fiction It's Always sunny in Philadelphia PADU IRIS charlie finds a leprechaun. In one episode, Charlie catches a leprechaun on St. Patrick's Day. Meanwhile, on their podcast, the creators of the show got annihilated for a St. Patrick's Day episode. CRACKED.COM — Sources: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Wiki, Uproxx

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Frank Reynolds could have been played by Ray Liotta. Danny DeVito wasn't the first choice for the trash patriarch in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Ray Liotta was. We got very serious about , Glenn Howerton has said. Eventually, however, they realized that DeVito made sense as Frank, and were able to bring him onboard. CRACKED.COM — Source

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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Mac from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia wasn't supposed to be named that. They were actually going to name him Rob (just like Rob McElhenney, who plays him). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dee was suppOSED to be the stereotypical female voice of reason. IT'S ALWAYS SUNNYN IN PHILADELPHIA Kaitlin Olson wasn't having it, and at first tur

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It's Always Sunny is the longest-running live-action sitcom. TIDENNY MUFFLER CENT Despite this, it's only received three Emmy award nominations, all for stunt coordination. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM — Emmys

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It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia

CHARLIE proposes musical matrimony IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA CRACKED COM Nobody wanted to be in Charlie's The Nightman cometh musical but they also can't stomach the idea that other people would get the chance. You don't find out until the end, says Day, that this is just a really pathetic — GQ, YouTube

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

The pilot of It's Always Sunny only cost $100 That money went towards the cost of pizza for crew as well as camcorder tapes. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM — LA Times

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AND THE EMMY DOESN'T GO TO: IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY N PHILADELPHIA IN & SCTENCES ARTS TELEVISION OF ACADEMY Despite consistently being one of the funniest s

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Glenn Howerton’s A-Ha moment.

CRACKED 2nd My 20 - IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA Glenn Howerton heard A-Ha's song 'The Sun Always Shines on T.V.' and said, I just remember thinking, that's a good title for the show... It's Always Sunny on TV or some version of that. They toyed with that and in Hollywood before landing on Philadelphia. — Cheat Sheet / NPR

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Dennis Reynolds

CRACKED DENNIS REYNOLDS Another big night, fellas. 164 dollars and 87 cents. IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IR This is the opening line of the entire series. Which is an incredibly normal line for someone who would evolve into one of the most psychopathic characters in TV history. — Source

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CRACKED.COM GLENN HOWERTON WAS REPLACED BY HIS SEX DOLL AT AN ALWAYS SUNNY EVENT. IT'S ALWAYS FXP SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA SEP 25 : IT'S VC IN PI When Howerton couldn't attend the season 14 premiere of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, his castmembers decided to bring his sex doll replica from the show as a replacement. — Source

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IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA CREATORS REALLY DIDN'T WANT DANNY DEVITO. e Rob McElhenney says that after John Landgraf, the president of FX, told

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The 7-minute shot in It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia's episode Charlie Work was done by a guy walking and holding a camera. 20 FRE They didn't put the camera on a dolly or a pre-programmed rig -- it was just camera operator Adam Sklena walking backwards, and he did it in on the first take. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hear that, Olympics, there’s a physical challenge!

CRACKED IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY CHARDEE MACDENNIS The Game of Games has 3 stages. Mind involves trivia, puzzles, and artistry (and a ton of wine). Body involves a physical challenge, pain, and endurance (the beer level). Spirit involves emotional battery and public humiliation (the hard liquor level). — Youtube / IMDB

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It’s Always Sunny in Moscow

There's a Russian knock-off show called It's Always Sunny in Moscow In an ode to the original, the bar is named Philadelphia, instead of Paddy's Pub. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM — Philly Mag

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IT'S ALWA SUNNY FIPHIA IN was almost It's Always Sunny on TV. The show was originally supposed to be about struggling actors in LOS Angeles. This eventually evolved into a show about friends running a bar in Philadelphia and the TV' was replaced with Philadelphia. — Cheat Sheet

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Charlie Day turned down the sitcom Life on a Stick to do It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. - ALMOND SUNNY PHILADEL It was a major network show, and IASIP was a small project he made with his friends. Life on a Stick ended after one season, and IASIP became one of the longest-running sitcoms ever. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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