"It's Always Sunny" when Danny DeVito is happy
From the outset here, we’re going to warn those under the age of 17 to just skip this entry, because it’s inappropriate for you. As Kaitlin Olson of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” notes below, “That works. That warning really makes people not watch.”
Are they gone? OK.
First, if you haven’t seen it yet, you must watch this probably NSFW video at funnyordie.com featuring “Sunny/Phillie’s” Brain Trust or very little of what follows will make any sense. (For those who refuse to watch, your loss, but we’ll recap simply by saying that Danny DeVito has needs, and fortunately for him, having them met is contractually mandated.)
So DeVito, Olson and “Sunny/Phillie” stars/writers/executive producers Rob McElhenney and Glenn Howerton were at USC today, autographing T-shirts in the 100-degree heat for two solid hours.
Meeting/greeting with fans complete, the four stepped inside the “Sunny/Phillie” trailer that’s on a tour of college campuses and was making a pathetic but heartbreakingly endearing effort at cooling the air. And so, fighting off heat-stroke, they began discussing what most civilized people routinely discuss:
Giving Danny DeVito hummers.
Danny: The thing about that whole idea is that – I haven’t really said I was going to come back next year, so we might have to change that rule.
Rob: For fourth year?
Danny: Yeah, in terms of only executive producers.
Kaitlin: Oh, no – really? What are you saying?
Rob: Is that your way of saying that we weren’t very good at it?
Danny: There might be more people who are regularly on the show to be added.
Rob: The Teamsters?
Danny: A couple of ’em.
Glenn: I feel like you’re talking about Kaitlin and Mary Elizabeth (Ellis Day).
Danny: Uh, yeah.
Glenn: So, wait – you don’t want to get blown just exclusively by dudes, is that what you’re saying?
Rob: Caterers?
Danny: Caterers, yeah – before lunch.
Rob: They have a very refined palate.
Kaitlin: Are you going to turn anyone down?
Danny: After lunch, it’s pretty gross, particularly with the creamed corn.
Kaitlin: I have to be honest, it’s pretty gross with me, too. A total disaster.
Danny: I think I’m over that now. I’m looking for something else to put into the contract next year.
Glenn: Rim work?
Rob: Salad tossing?
Danny: It’d have to be selective salad tossing. Let’s start working our way up the ladder, so to speak.
Q: When you brought this to FX, did they say, ‘Go with God,’ or what?
Rob: We sort of did it on the DL (down-low). I let them know that we were doing something, a little something. All they wanted (once they saw it) was to make sure that we put a little warning on there so that we wouldn’t have anyone under the age of 17 viewing it.
Kaitlin: That works. That warning really makes people not watch.
Glenn: No, you’re joking about it, but look, when you’re 16, you see that warning, you don’t watch it.
Kaitlin: No, what you do is you move off the page and you continue checking your Emails.
Glenn: You do, because you look at it and you go –
Kaitlin: This is not for me. I’m too young for this.
Glenn: – This is not made for me. It’s not appropriate for me. It’s too racy for my eyeballs.
Kaitlin: Kids these days are very respectful.
Glenn: Very respectful.
Kaitlin: That’s one thing about them.
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David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place.
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