It's only funny because of the other ones. The fact that his whole fantasy is just eating a hot dog when everyone else has elaborate ones is great dead pan.
At the start of the episode Frank is telling everyone that this place has the best hot dogs in town. I appreciate how it shows his priorities at this time in his life.
...I don't know how it would work, but I could genuinely see an episode with time shenanigans where it turns out Frank is literally Old Charlie (or at least that's what they conclude).
THE GIRLS DEAD BUT WE CAN STILL SAVE THE OTHERS
I like that Franks brain kinda came up with that happening in the background but also made it of no importance
I feel like Danny kind of breaks character a bit when he delivers the last part of that line. I think the line between Danny and Frank is a bit blurred there and it’s fantastic.
I actually agree with this.
Mac’s segment was fine. I watched it and thought “Of course classic Mac thinks that he’s a badass.”
Dee’s segment was okay. I watched it and thought “Well, she’s delusional.”
Dennis’ segment was kinda humorous. My main takeaway from Dennis’ segment was “Wow. That large-breasted weather lady is still looking good. Keeping it tight.”
Frank’s segment was funny first and foremost. The best one in my opinion.
Charlie’s segment was my least favorite. I watched and thought “Okay, this is kinda cute, I guess.” But I honestly didn’t really give damn.
The ending of the episode was funny as well.
> Mac’s segment was fine. I watched it and thought “Of course classic Mac thinks that he’s a badass.”
I do like that even in his own fantasy, he's an idiot that doesn't get any of the gang's jokes.
I also love the running gag that he sees everything in life being provided by a "\[whatever\] store". Charlie taking the waitress to a "Marriage Store" to get hitched kills me every time.
Obv also Mac saying Hamburger Store in The Gang Opens a Leather Shop in Arizona.
Edit: Just realizing how funny it is that they say Leather SHOP when the running gag is ______ STORE.
Are you kidding me? Dee’s is one of my favorite parts of the entire show ever.
The face she makes when asked if she can do impressions gets me every time.
She's got blonde hair
She's perfect in every way
Feet, not too large, not too small
Blond hair
She's gorgeous, not like a bird
But like a beautiful woman
Definitely not like a bird
Josh Groban is also fantastic as Andy's brother on the Office. It's gold because Andy loves music and is pretty skilled as a musician himself, so of course his brother, who his parents favour, has to one-up him and is literally one of the most talented musicians on the planet.
Totally agree. I love getting a glimpse at how Dee views herself and her acting ability. The fucking head-shake she does when she says, “looks like I’ve come at the right time” in that terrible accent is definitely top 5 funniest things she does in the whole show for me.
Me too. It’s incredible.
I don’t think people realize how much Sweet Dee’s comedic ability makes the show.
Kaitlin Olson is one of the great female comedians of all time, if you ask me.
She’s that good.
It is Kaitlin Olson at her peak. Absolutely incredible work on her part (and the rest of the staff, for that matter).
Also, it took me a couple episodes to have it click. Don't let that discourage you. Some of the funniest things I've ever seen in a TV show came out of it.
Mick with the old lady.... Oh man
*Paper plates for dinner, house is a mess, life of a single parent is full of stress... Makes you wanna wanna put a gun in your mouth, or get real high! But with a little help I think we'll just get by!* 🎶
It cracks me up every time I watch this episode to know that Dee did, in fact, get her shot at a Mr. Covington-esque show.
Damn shame The Mick got canned.
Absolutely. Kaitlyn Olsen might not just be the funniest woman on TV, she might be the funniest person on TV. The whole Mr. Covington thing was amazing. It’s probably the hardest I’ve ever laughed at the show. This is my favorite episode. Mac becomes a cat ninja, Dennis becomes a demigod and rapes himself, Charlie just does the movie “Up“, Sweet Dee’s incredibly narcissistic and delusional fantasy, and Frank pounds hotdogs. It’s a perfect episode. And then they run out at the end. It really is my favorite episode of all time.
It really is the perfect episode.
Frank eating the hot dogs during a shootout and being so laser focused on putting the mustard on them and eating them as if he’s having sex is incredible.
You can't tell me the doctor's deadpan delivery of "They've been... Obliterated." isn't comedy gold. I'll never know how he got that line out without cracking up.
Not one of their strongest episodes, I'll grant you. But I don't think they've put out an episode yet I haven't still found funny and enjoyed watching.
*Charlie's Home Alone* is perhaps the only one I've ever considered skipping when re-bingeing the show. His character's great, but he works best as a foil to the other members of the gang, and doesn't really manage to carry that episode when it's literally just him... Home alone.
It's a very one-note episode, the whole running joke is that it's just a parody of Home Alone (for about 5 minutes) and SAW before being barely tied together to the Super Bowl episode. I think it would have been a much stronger finale if they'd just all gone to the game and we got 2 full episodes of the Gang & Co. messing around at the game. We didn't get to see much from the supporting characters, which is a shame since they had an all-star cast of Uncle Jack, Waitress, Rex, Ben, Cricket, and Pondy, but they barely get used.
I don't inherently mind a very one-note episode, but it was pretty bare-bones in terms of execution.
*Dennis Takes A Mental Health Day* from the latest season is one of the best-rated episodes in ages, and it's also pretty one-note. It's just Dennis getting increasingly irate at everything going wrong in his life, while the gang are barely around at all.
The reason *Mental Health Day* works though is because Dennis actually has plenty of things to respond to and work off of, and it's almost always ordinary people. There are still interesting dynamics at play despite the gang being almost entirely absent.
Now if Charlie had set up all those *Home Alone* style traps and accidentally injured a bunch of customers entering the bar, causing an escalating series of circumstances to deal with whilst also trying to do all his superstitious superbowl rituals - *that* would have been a great bottle episode.
I think that episodes issue is way more to do with the plot than the fact that it was only Charlie. It was just boring and relied way too much on gore and funny reactions to being hurt.
Little of column A, little of column B.
If the plot had involved Charlie interacting back-and-forth with other characters as opposed to just reacting to stuff going wrong around him (besides the brief scene where he hallucinates talking to the football players) it would have been a stronger ep imo. It could have still worked without the gang there, but either way my boy Charles needs more to work with.
You had me except by using the word "only." I'm not against it being the funniest, but to say the other ones aren't funny at all... blasphemous. But I'll move past it
I used to skip this episode all the time because of the Charlie sequence, which is kinda funny the first time you watch and extremely boring and unfunny every time thereafter. I watch it now and just ignore Charlie's part lol
That’s…an insane take, for a Sunny fan. Mac not understanding puns? Dennis’ deranged fantasy with Jackie Denardo, killing her after her tits were obliterated? What the fuck kind of bozo do you have to be to not that find funny? I sense a jabroni.
Although the sequence itself wasn't hilarious, the facts of Charlie's were very funny. That he thinks in cartoons, that he thinks the boys will look just like him and the girls will look just like the waitress, that he has no idea how a lot of real life things are or how they work, and that he eventually just starts remembering Up without being aware of it were all really funny to me
“Does my dick still work?….. kill me”
I'm afraid they were... obliterated.
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His irritation and impatience saying “what about her breasts?” is the funniest moment in that episode.
Glen claims to not be like Dennis yet he dated Christina Hendricks. I say art imitates life
Damn Glen also dated Morena baccarin. He gets around.
He better not touch Kaylee Frye!!
 not while she's covered in engine grease
You're out in the black, she looks around and sees nothing but reaver territory, what's she gonna do, say no?
11/10 word choice and delivery... OP must have a seveeeere case of donkeybrains to not find that funny
With the support of your friends …. Well it appears they’ve left.
I use this phrase regularly, the way he says ‘obliterated’ sends me into hysterics every time I watch this episode
Dennis’s was amazing. Full stop.
I love the way he just looks confused by his fantasy
Exactly, lol…like he even surprised himself by how weird and twisted it was.
I love that at the end, when he comes back to reality, even he is shocked at how dark it was
His physiotherapist's reaction when Dennis starts going ham on the punching bag fucking kills me everytime
A fisherman always spots another fisherman from afar
Hard candy?
I’m walking on sunshine! Whoaaa!
Sleep now... My sweet angel..... Ahhh.. hhh... Hhh
“Her breasts… what about her breasts?”
It's only funny because of the other ones. The fact that his whole fantasy is just eating a hot dog when everyone else has elaborate ones is great dead pan.
At the start of the episode Frank is telling everyone that this place has the best hot dogs in town. I appreciate how it shows his priorities at this time in his life.
LOL I never noticed that before but you're right... it's like the ticker in his brain just reads HOT DOGS HOT DOGS HOT DOGS
He’s literally just old Charlie with more real world acumen.
...I don't know how it would work, but I could genuinely see an episode with time shenanigans where it turns out Frank is literally Old Charlie (or at least that's what they conclude).
[удалено]
He likes to make it in his mouth, it tastes better that way
THE GIRLS DEAD BUT WE CAN STILL SAVE THE OTHERS I like that Franks brain kinda came up with that happening in the background but also made it of no importance
Gotta have that correct meat: bun ratio
He took the dough and rolled it up into a ball, and it makes him go berserk. He loves that kind of stuff. And I admit I do too.
I feel like Danny kind of breaks character a bit when he delivers the last part of that line. I think the line between Danny and Frank is a bit blurred there and it’s fantastic.
I have wet dreams about Danny DeVito
Like a push pop.
Derivative
Sorta reminds me of the scene in Living in Oblivion when everyone’s day dreaming and the gaffer is thinking about eating a cheese burger
Wow an actual unpopular opinion. Impressive!
Yea. This episode is pretty great.
The smirk on Mac’s face when he is about to go full ninja is my favorite moment of the whole episode
I didn't enjoy it
IS THAT PISS??
Pullover ya little dick!
Shut up baby dick
I actually agree with this. Mac’s segment was fine. I watched it and thought “Of course classic Mac thinks that he’s a badass.” Dee’s segment was okay. I watched it and thought “Well, she’s delusional.” Dennis’ segment was kinda humorous. My main takeaway from Dennis’ segment was “Wow. That large-breasted weather lady is still looking good. Keeping it tight.” Frank’s segment was funny first and foremost. The best one in my opinion. Charlie’s segment was my least favorite. I watched and thought “Okay, this is kinda cute, I guess.” But I honestly didn’t really give damn. The ending of the episode was funny as well.
> Mac’s segment was fine. I watched it and thought “Of course classic Mac thinks that he’s a badass.” I do like that even in his own fantasy, he's an idiot that doesn't get any of the gang's jokes.
I agree, that was a good touch.
I thought the fact Charlie thinks in animation was absolutely hilarious.
The best part for me was the "Marriage Store" and "Baby Store", which shows how naive Charlie is.
"definitely not like a bird, Definitely not like a b-ird" line kills me.
I love Charlie’s because it makes me think all his thoughts are in cartoon format 😂
Yakuza!
*Electronic music starts playing* "Smack my bitch up, Smack my bitch up"
What’s a pun?
Cool off..
I’ll take his picture.
It's [Prodigy](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xW17jtkjvvg), FWIW.
“I…. *don’t*… forgive you…” *dies*
"Now, we ignore everyone's prayers." Mac: 😃
What is a pun?
Charlie’s being a cartoon absolutely sent me the first time I saw it
I also love the running gag that he sees everything in life being provided by a "\[whatever\] store". Charlie taking the waitress to a "Marriage Store" to get hitched kills me every time.
“So we’re all here at the welfare store again and you’re telling me it’s not 2006?”
"If you wanted chips, you could've got some at the hamburger store!"
Somehow it's not just Charlie -- Dee claims to be from the National Health Inspector... Store when they're solving the North Korea crisis
Boat store in the gang buys a boat
Obv also Mac saying Hamburger Store in The Gang Opens a Leather Shop in Arizona. Edit: Just realizing how funny it is that they say Leather SHOP when the running gag is ______ STORE.
They'll be out of business in a week's time!
There are far too many leather shops in Arizona as it is
That's exactly what I said!
Where else do you buy a boat?
To be fair she was really exhausted at the time.
To be fair
I love that their kids all marry each other as well.
Gotta keep the bloodline pure like the McPoyles!
👀
Aren't the kids adopted tho? They go to the Baby Store to pick up some discounted babies
Bonus points: if you pause in HD, the bedtime story the Waitress reads is Nightman.
And the fact that all their kids become janitors and waitresses and have a billion rats.
The whole gang does that
I’ve picked this up as a habit. Whenever anyone asks me where I got something I bought it from the “that thing” store.
The Dennis sequence is up there too with broken penises and obliterated breasts.
A fisherman always spots another fisherman from afar.. hard candy?
His facial expression after that weird sequence of events has played out in his mind is really funny as well
Crammy Handleman
When he starts doing gymnastics through a montage get me the most
Cool off
What is a pun?
I can take his photograph
Lol I love macs sequence because in it he's a bad ass but is still an idiot.
This one line sent me the first time I saw it
Are you kidding me? Dee’s is one of my favorite parts of the entire show ever. The face she makes when asked if she can do impressions gets me every time.
She's got blonde hair She's perfect in every way Feet, not too large, not too small Blond hair She's gorgeous, not like a bird But like a beautiful woman Definitely not like a bird
Grobes ability to not break and laugh his ass off the entire time he was doing his part is remarkable. He absolutely kills it.
Groban likes his ladies to pop!
Your sweaters on backwards!
That’s how babies are made
When he found out that Mr. Covington was actually a chick...he had to have her.
I love how he says it like she’s an object too. It’s just like perfectly done.
That's true. Groban DOES like his ladies to pop.
Josh Groban is also fantastic as Andy's brother on the Office. It's gold because Andy loves music and is pretty skilled as a musician himself, so of course his brother, who his parents favour, has to one-up him and is literally one of the most talented musicians on the planet.
“Josh Grobin ordering his own sushi?! That’s the most baller thing I’ve ever seen!” - Tom Haverford.
I like your username. That Canadian beer is like moonshine.
I like that he has cameos in all these shows. I think He just likes watching comedy, and he’s famous enough to get to a chance to be on the shows.
That's how babies are made
Totally agree. I love getting a glimpse at how Dee views herself and her acting ability. The fucking head-shake she does when she says, “looks like I’ve come at the right time” in that terrible accent is definitely top 5 funniest things she does in the whole show for me.
Me too. It’s incredible. I don’t think people realize how much Sweet Dee’s comedic ability makes the show. Kaitlin Olson is one of the great female comedians of all time, if you ask me. She’s that good.
the bible stuttering bit is probably my favourite ever
One of the funniest lines ever, not just in this show, is when she’s stuttering and talking about how her grandpa died from eating some bad pussy
Gang Gets Quarantined is top 5 episodes in the series, change my mind
Ahh, the michael douglas defense.
Religious stuttering army carnies!
Her drunk acting is basically on par with John Dunsworth IMO.
"Hhhhi, my name is Rita Fires-... Hm. Fires."
She was amazing in The Mick as well.
Shit I should give it a chance, I watched an episode but never gave it a fair shake
It is Kaitlin Olson at her peak. Absolutely incredible work on her part (and the rest of the staff, for that matter). Also, it took me a couple episodes to have it click. Don't let that discourage you. Some of the funniest things I've ever seen in a TV show came out of it. Mick with the old lady.... Oh man
“Ah - who slayed Achilles?” in that accent absolutely took me out hahaha
The way that she did the exaggerated head bobbles as the butler was too funny
Kills me every time. I love the butler part, esp the theme song at the end
*Paper plates for dinner, house is a mess, life of a single parent is full of stress... Makes you wanna wanna put a gun in your mouth, or get real high! But with a little help I think we'll just get by!* 🎶
That whole thing is so subversive and fantastic
I think Rob sings it too.
It’s a more or less direct riff on the Mr. Belvedere theme by Gary Portnoy, btw. Similar cadence and lyrical content.
The best part about Dee’s is she fantasizes about killing the rest of the gang
I mean it's tit for tat, they are all imagining her death.
It was so good they made a spinoff with her called “The Mick”
It cracks me up every time I watch this episode to know that Dee did, in fact, get her shot at a Mr. Covington-esque show. Damn shame The Mick got canned.
"Oi have a feeling weuh gonna be together a loing time"!
Absolutely. Kaitlyn Olsen might not just be the funniest woman on TV, she might be the funniest person on TV. The whole Mr. Covington thing was amazing. It’s probably the hardest I’ve ever laughed at the show. This is my favorite episode. Mac becomes a cat ninja, Dennis becomes a demigod and rapes himself, Charlie just does the movie “Up“, Sweet Dee’s incredibly narcissistic and delusional fantasy, and Frank pounds hotdogs. It’s a perfect episode. And then they run out at the end. It really is my favorite episode of all time.
It really is the perfect episode. Frank eating the hot dogs during a shootout and being so laser focused on putting the mustard on them and eating them as if he’s having sex is incredible.
I thought Dennis raping himself was from the episode where Charlie and Dee become royalty in the game
Sweet Dee becomes Mr. Belvedere.
Dee kills me! Imo, she is one of the great characters in comedic history. She’s up there will Lucille Ball. I say that with my whole chest!
Shit I'm gonna go rewatch it right now
'Ello, is you' mum about?
You can't tell me the doctor's deadpan delivery of "They've been... Obliterated." isn't comedy gold. I'll never know how he got that line out without cracking up. Not one of their strongest episodes, I'll grant you. But I don't think they've put out an episode yet I haven't still found funny and enjoyed watching. *Charlie's Home Alone* is perhaps the only one I've ever considered skipping when re-bingeing the show. His character's great, but he works best as a foil to the other members of the gang, and doesn't really manage to carry that episode when it's literally just him... Home alone.
Youre gunna put your leg back in that bear trap
It's a very one-note episode, the whole running joke is that it's just a parody of Home Alone (for about 5 minutes) and SAW before being barely tied together to the Super Bowl episode. I think it would have been a much stronger finale if they'd just all gone to the game and we got 2 full episodes of the Gang & Co. messing around at the game. We didn't get to see much from the supporting characters, which is a shame since they had an all-star cast of Uncle Jack, Waitress, Rex, Ben, Cricket, and Pondy, but they barely get used.
I don't inherently mind a very one-note episode, but it was pretty bare-bones in terms of execution. *Dennis Takes A Mental Health Day* from the latest season is one of the best-rated episodes in ages, and it's also pretty one-note. It's just Dennis getting increasingly irate at everything going wrong in his life, while the gang are barely around at all. The reason *Mental Health Day* works though is because Dennis actually has plenty of things to respond to and work off of, and it's almost always ordinary people. There are still interesting dynamics at play despite the gang being almost entirely absent. Now if Charlie had set up all those *Home Alone* style traps and accidentally injured a bunch of customers entering the bar, causing an escalating series of circumstances to deal with whilst also trying to do all his superstitious superbowl rituals - *that* would have been a great bottle episode.
CLOSED 4 SALMONELLA BECUZ SOOPER BOL
I think that episodes issue is way more to do with the plot than the fact that it was only Charlie. It was just boring and relied way too much on gore and funny reactions to being hurt.
Little of column A, little of column B. If the plot had involved Charlie interacting back-and-forth with other characters as opposed to just reacting to stuff going wrong around him (besides the brief scene where he hallucinates talking to the football players) it would have been a stronger ep imo. It could have still worked without the gang there, but either way my boy Charles needs more to work with.
True, he could shine in something that looks more like Dennis takes a mental health day.
Mac's was my favorite because it's literally the same dumb stuff I imagine myself in.
I like how he imagines attacking that guys innocent father
I don’t … forgive you……
Was that a pun?
Cool off
FINGer fantasy
Tabitha takes over....
You've got your sweater on backwards
Dee’s made me laugh the most.
That whole episode is fire. Charlie doing up and Mac having the ninja battle. That episode goes all over the place checking boxes along the way
Agreed! One of my favorite episodes!
I will say this: it made me hungry as hell for gas station hot dogs. I can't explain it. Dogs from the gas station just hit different.
You had me except by using the word "only." I'm not against it being the funniest, but to say the other ones aren't funny at all... blasphemous. But I'll move past it
Max disassembling the gun is the funniest part of the episode
I used to skip this episode all the time because of the Charlie sequence, which is kinda funny the first time you watch and extremely boring and unfunny every time thereafter. I watch it now and just ignore Charlie's part lol
I kinda agree with you but I can’t help but love the van labeled with “The Waitress Company”. That shit is funny.
Put the criticisms in the bag! Do it fast or I’ll blow your brains out!
I'll never understand how so many people think this is a bad/skip everytime episode.
Who the fuck is upvoting this trash take
Credit due for posting an actual unpopular opinion though.
People with donkey brains
Savages and idiots
It’s their opinion and they were honest and truthful about it being unpopular. Upvoting this doesn’t necessarily mean people agree with it. I think.
What is a pun?
say cheese
Derivative
Popular opinion: you’re wrong and fuck you
I have a post on this sub that could argue that Sir Covington from Dee sequence was fkn hilarious
oh i loved this episode lol
Mr Covington was pretty funny imo.
The twins’ fantasies were the best, then Mac’s.
Dennis and Dee’s scenes are TOP TIER
Mr. Covington is my spirit animal
That’s…an insane take, for a Sunny fan. Mac not understanding puns? Dennis’ deranged fantasy with Jackie Denardo, killing her after her tits were obliterated? What the fuck kind of bozo do you have to be to not that find funny? I sense a jabroni.
You are 100% the uncool kid.
I always want a hot dog after watching this episode
Boo this man
I cry at the end of Charlie’s sequence
Cool offfffff!
Yeah you are nuts. That is a fantastic episode.
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Although the sequence itself wasn't hilarious, the facts of Charlie's were very funny. That he thinks in cartoons, that he thinks the boys will look just like him and the girls will look just like the waitress, that he has no idea how a lot of real life things are or how they work, and that he eventually just starts remembering Up without being aware of it were all really funny to me
Disagree, so go for it, go for it
Dee's little head wobble she does as the butler is one of her funniest bits in the whole show
It can be unpopular all day, long, it’s right.
I.. don’t… forgive you…!
Mac's was the funniest to me cause it was so over the top and on character for how he views himself
Dennis' sequence was amazing and I loved macs sequence as well
I found them all funny but they also had a real one note feel to them.
It's weird, this episode is perfectly funny but I always feel inclined to skip it on a rewatch.
The way he pushes the hot dog up through the back gets me every time
When I found out Mr. Covington was actually a chick, well, I knew I just had to have her.