On the outtakes, DeVito doesn't break character or laugh. He's a true professional, which must have been really helpful when he first came on the young show.
It's weird seeing Danny in kids movies now. I can only see him as Frank hahaha. Like I'm watching Matilda and I'm expecting him to walk in as Manspider or some shit.
frank adds so much to the group dynamic and his regression over time has been absolutely perfect ! i love how much genuine fun danny has on the show it just adds to the performance to have someone completely on board with whatever hijinks the guys want him to get up to. a highlight of their most recent podcast episode christmas special is when danny specified that the one thing he doesn’t want to do is get circumcised on camera😭😭 i wonder what kind of talks were happening in the writers room to warrant such a request !
I love that they keep writing more and more horrific scenarios for Devito to act out to try to get him to back out of doing it, he has yet to not do anything they’ve written for him.
For all the shitty, self absorbed actors out there, DeVito has remained true to himself and a genuinely great guy throughout a career far longer than most would be lucky enough to experience. He deserves all the love and recognition he gets, he's EARNED. and it's so great that this late in his career he can still play a character as influential and impactful as Frank Reynolds. Treasure this man, for there are far too few like him, and his absence will be felt when he's gone.
Frank Reynolds is one of the only times studio interference actually worked out. I can totally see the fact that they would be nervous about having at a big-name but she's as he jumped in headfirst and with both feet
frank excepting mac when his dad didn’t, when we know frank to be fan of fanciful artistic expression really made me cry. Mac struggles with how to interpret his feelings but when he does so in a complex medium that happens to be one that frank can understand. Like a special language that mac and his surrogate father share
Sure I was vaguely aware of its existence, but I watched the show for the first time this year… and absolutely fell in love. I saw like two episodes and still was a bit unsure about it, but the third episode was Mac coming out. That episode is the perfect encapsulation of what makes me love the show so much: on one hand the manic depravity and on the other a level of depth and sincerity (that even most „prestige“ shows lack). All personified by Danny‘s amazing performance as Frank
It's Always Sunny has one of the strangest and most unique dynamics I've ever seen in a T.V. show. . . With every season, 'the gang' strays further and further away from the rest of society, burning bridges with everyone they encounter and consequently becoming more and more isolated, more reliant on each other's input rather than the input of outsiders. This causes them to enable one another's absurdity, becoming weirder and more depraved with every passing season, to the point where they can hardly have normal interactions with every day people anymore. . . Almost everyone who comes in contact with them is immediately put off, left wondering if something is wrong with them, or left so totally confused by the interaction that they end up asking, "what is happening right now?" "The Gang Misses The Boat" is one of my favourite episodes, because it represents the point of no return; they realize they've become completely toxic as a group, and they try to break up and reintegrate with society. . . Only to find out that they can't. They're so far gone, the only people left who can tolerate them are each other.
They kinda strayed away from this in the last couple seasons though. I think they’re worried about cancel culture cause they have really toned it down.
IASIP is the only show for me that got better over time for so long. My other fav show the Office was in its prime from seasons 2-6, 1 was good. 7 was good. 8 was okay. 9 was a crime against humanity. To me, this is generally the route of most tv shows. (Parks and Rec, Arrested Development, Scrubs, Brooklyn nine nine, Lost, Prison Break, Walking Dead…) But Sunny hits its prime in season 3 or 4 and goes til 10? 11? 12? 1 and 2 still really great. 13 was solid. Haven’t watched 14-16 yet. The more depraved, the better it got. And you’re right, the self reflection episodes are so good. ‘Gang misses the Boat’ is obviously the GOAT for that, but the ‘Gang Tends Bar’ is also amazing. In ‘The Gang Plays Quarantine’ they admirably accept their alcoholism, but then decide to drink away that thought and stuff it down deep inside😂 And Frank is an essential catalyst for such consistency at such high quality.
I just love because of his older age and really chill attitude, hes willing to just go along with the most batshit insane jokes and thats probably why the show is so great
Frank to Mac & Charlie: "You guys need a father figure and I'm trying to be that father figure and someday you're gonna thank me for it" (2nd season 3rd episode 'Dennis and Dee Go On Welfare' 3:25) Frank to Mac: "No, no, forget the float. That's just doing it for the wrong reasons. You got to do something else" (13th season 10th episode 'Mac Finds His Pride' 14:05) Frank to Charlie: "But don't you worry, I'll always be there for you. I'll always have your back" (15th season 8th episode 'The Gang Carries a Corpse Up a Mountain' 15:07)
Mac's dance scene blew me away when it aired years ago. I still can't watch it without bursting into tears when his father stands up and walks out... I'm a grown man.. a straight man..
It seems to me like Danny in a way is doing exactly what Frank is. "I don't know how long I got left, I'm going to get real weird with it". He seems genuinely happy all the time in the show, because he is. He IS Frank.
Its so funny to me the fact that the first meeting he had with rob glenn and charlie they didnt know when he was or wasnt in character, bc he kept saying things like "my father had a box of teeth"
As someone who's loved Danny DeVito since I was a kid, I saw reruns of Taxi, Throw Mama from the Train, Twins, Hoffa, One Flew..., Death to Smoochy, etc., Frank Reynolds is my favorite character now. Season 2 aired when I was 16, so that character has been with me my entire adult life.
Another thing that I feel needs to be pointed out is that by having such a quality actor giving it his all, it definitely gave the rest of the cast the guts and confidence to perform at their finest. Everyone in that cast has earned accolades for their portrayals.
Frank works cause of the ability of danny devito to get lost in a character that u can see Danny in the character u just feel it’s the character like he did with the penguin on taxi and he has done on sunny for 14 years that makes him have an appeal that transcends generations
5:27 Off topic but I just noticed Charlie wearing a shirt resembling "The Devil" card of the Arcanus Tarot deck. Very fitting hidden symbolism as The Devil card is often regarded as "one's self-made Hell." as it could also reflect on the show's recurring theme of the gang often suffering from a disaster or torment, which is usually in their own making.
I feel since the passing of Betty White that Danny is our next national treasure! Wrap him in bubble wrap when he's finished getting "REAL WEIRD WITH IT"!
My favorite Frank moment was at the very end of the night man comith. Charlie just got rejected by the waitress and he tells Charlie. Forget about her. She isn’t worth it He was so honest and supportive.
Danny is NOTHING like Frank and that is just more testament to his acting prowess. He rocks and seems like such a cool dude in real life. Like what a freaking legend. And this show, even while the main archetypes remain the same, shows a lot of diversion in the characterizations of each character. It's fun to see how they all evolve or DE-Volve. It's all brilliant.
I had it on VHS as a kid and would steal watches of it when the adults weren't around. Kid me came for the animated intro sequence, grew into adult me who loved Danny Devito for everything he was in.
Dennis and Charlie ...and Dee a lot of the times crack me up. It's a great show...but there's no way I would have gotten so involved with the program without Frank.
There is a character that is very similar to Frank Reynolds, in Shameless the character of Frank Gallagher is very similar in spirit, less buffoon but just as depraved. There are very beautiful arcs in Shameless where Frank tries to turn it around and learn from it only to come out a more pure version of his depraved self. At least the way I see it.
Frank is always excited about whatever awful thing he’s about to do with great joy & no regret. I adore seeing pure passion, even terrible goblin man passion.
There's the famous quote "money is the root of all evil" which is false and more accurately said as "money makes you more of what you already are." Since the gang were already assholes, throwing Frank into the mix makes Sunny a much better viewing experience
Take it from me a doctor mantis toboggan it was weird when they added Danny but he has cemented his place with comedic gold lines the one I just mentioned the only actor who pull off the art critic ongo goblagon and his back story as Rambo and the trashman killing terroist with Garbage
What other characters have changed so drastically? Rickety Cricket. Want me to go outside Sunny? Okay how about Pam Poovey from Archer. In the first episode Archer has her pinned down and is beating her with a puppet. A few seasons later you can't look back at that scene and believe it anymore, especially after she's mistaken for Cheryl and kidnapped.
Seinfeld and It's Always sunny both have horrible despicable people as the main characters, but the reason I love the Sunny gang and hate the Seinfeld characters is that, in Seinfeld, everyone else pays the price for the horrible behavior of the main characters every episode and the main characters keep getting away with it everytime, but in Sunny, the gang constantly pays the worst price for their own behavior. they are always miserable and it's their own fault. That's why we still love them.
I absolutely love your insightful videos, and have for a long time. That being said, please tell me I'm not the only one that heard "PennyWin" I flub lines all the time too my dude, keep being awesome!
I met Danny once on the rooftop of an open house he was looking at for his daughter. Unfortunately this was before I discovered Sunny-- He was extremely sweet.
i know no one asked but ... in the scene where the gang is at the high-school reunion and they imagine themselves killing it with the dance number, but then it cuts to how they actually look to everyone ... it's maybe one of the top hardest times ive laughed in my life. like i peed my pants.
You were a good hoor. You serviced me like no hoor ever did. Not just my crank- but my heart.
"Suicide is badass!"
@@tjenadonn6158 "RUM HAM!"
I can never read that word normally after it's always sunny
... Should we get the dead whore out of the apartment...?
Pretty women, walking down the street.... What a great episode.
I don't know if it is just me but I often forget Danny is even in the show. I see Frank and that is all, Danny is Frank.
Frank actually has Danny locked in a cellar somewhere so he could more easily take over his life.
@@benimel3204 Eating eggs.
The role he was born to play.
Whenever I see Danny Devito I picture Frank
Yeah , after season 2 Danny became frank.
On the outtakes, DeVito doesn't break character or laugh. He's a true professional, which must have been really helpful when he first came on the young show.
Yes he does
The job hat scene you can see for a brief second he wanted to laugh lol
@@ward23Very rarely compared to the rest of the cast. He definitely cracks up in a few outtakes, but not many.
he has a few times. my favorite is when he’s trying to pretend he’s dating dee in front of bruce mathis
No, he definetly cracks. And I love Danny's outtakes the most, he seems so professional, so when he breaks, he makes the whole cast break.
Without Danny the show would still be great but with Danny it’s one of the best shows of all time
It's weird seeing Danny in kids movies now. I can only see him as Frank hahaha. Like I'm watching Matilda and I'm expecting him to walk in as Manspider or some shit.
it was weird seeing him in kids' movies back then! most of what he was known for tended to be more adult humor.
In those Jersey Mike's commercials he's kinda like a less-intense Frank Reynolds lol
It's like George Carlin being the narrator for Thomas the Tank Engine.
For real. Even recently, he was in the latest jumanji and I kept expecting him to talk about toe knives and banging hoors. Lol.
lets not forget the red m&ms human form is canonically danny
Danny DeVito is more than a national treasure, he is a global treasure.
Universal treasure.
@@tappajavittu Multiversal treasure
Can confirm. My friend and I made a shrine to him in her house, halfway across the world. Truly a global treasure.
"I'm the man cheetah" is one of the funniest things I've ever seen and it's just so "simple". What a legend Mr DeVito is!
Mrrrrr
"Sup ladies, I'm Frak! Shit!"
or when he becomes Man Spider
If I ever develop any sort of musical talents I’m calling my debut album ‘Depraved Magic’.
You can call your band, "Shallow Puddle Of Anarchy"
Final album "ocean of nihilism" cause you have fully evolved
"Pickle Blood, Powdered Sugar, Snail Sex, Depraved Magik."
Egg.
@@CarlosMensuckass That's a Mr. Bungle song.
frank adds so much to the group dynamic and his regression over time has been absolutely perfect ! i love how much genuine fun danny has on the show it just adds to the performance to have someone completely on board with whatever hijinks the guys want him to get up to. a highlight of their most recent podcast episode christmas special is when danny specified that the one thing he doesn’t want to do is get circumcised on camera😭😭 i wonder what kind of talks were happening in the writers room to warrant such a request !
I love that they keep writing more and more horrific scenarios for Devito to act out to try to get him to back out of doing it, he has yet to not do anything they’ve written for him.
Maybe one day they’ll get him to eat a shit sandwich
@@jarrettstork9883 he’ll eat 3 of them and ask for dessert.
Bro the sweat shop in Nam killed me 😂😂
For all the shitty, self absorbed actors out there, DeVito has remained true to himself and a genuinely great guy throughout a career far longer than most would be lucky enough to experience. He deserves all the love and recognition he gets, he's EARNED. and it's so great that this late in his career he can still play a character as influential and impactful as Frank Reynolds. Treasure this man, for there are far too few like him, and his absence will be felt when he's gone.
Any interviews where ‘Always sunny’ is brought up to DeVito you always see a big smile appear on his face, he absolutely loves the show
Always Sunny is one of the most consistently funny long running sitcoms in television history. These actors always deliver.
Frank Reynolds is one of the only times studio interference actually worked out. I can totally see the fact that they would be nervous about having at a big-name but she's as he jumped in headfirst and with both feet
Studio interference probably frequently helps, you just don't hear about it as often.
frank excepting mac when his dad didn’t, when we know frank to be fan of fanciful artistic expression really made me cry. Mac struggles with how to interpret his feelings but when he does so in a complex medium that happens to be one that frank can understand. Like a special language that mac and his surrogate father share
Sure I was vaguely aware of its existence, but I watched the show for the first time this year… and absolutely fell in love.
I saw like two episodes and still was a bit unsure about it, but the third episode was Mac coming out. That episode is the perfect encapsulation of what makes me love the show so much: on one hand the manic depravity and on the other a level of depth and sincerity (that even most „prestige“ shows lack). All personified by Danny‘s amazing performance as Frank
It's Always Sunny has one of the strangest and most unique dynamics I've ever seen in a T.V. show. . .
With every season, 'the gang' strays further and further away from the rest of society, burning bridges with everyone they encounter and consequently becoming more and more isolated,
more reliant on each other's input rather than the input of outsiders. This causes them to enable one another's absurdity, becoming weirder and more depraved with every passing season, to the point where they can hardly have normal interactions with every day people anymore. . . Almost everyone who comes in contact with them is immediately put off, left wondering if something is wrong with them, or left so totally confused by the interaction that they end up asking, "what is happening right now?"
"The Gang Misses The Boat" is one of my favourite episodes, because it represents the point of no return; they realize they've become completely toxic as a group, and they try to break up and reintegrate with society. . . Only to find out that they can't. They're so far gone, the only people left who can tolerate them are each other.
They kinda strayed away from this in the last couple seasons though. I think they’re worried about cancel culture cause they have really toned it down.
It’s like the Leagues “Taco “could fit in with this crowd.
IASIP is the only show for me that got better over time for so long. My other fav show the Office was in its prime from seasons 2-6, 1 was good. 7 was good. 8 was okay. 9 was a crime against humanity. To me, this is generally the route of most tv shows. (Parks and Rec, Arrested Development, Scrubs, Brooklyn nine nine, Lost, Prison Break, Walking Dead…)
But Sunny hits its prime in season 3 or 4 and goes til 10? 11? 12? 1 and 2 still really great. 13 was solid. Haven’t watched 14-16 yet.
The more depraved, the better it got. And you’re right, the self reflection episodes are so good. ‘Gang misses the Boat’ is obviously the GOAT for that, but the ‘Gang Tends Bar’ is also amazing. In ‘The Gang Plays Quarantine’ they admirably accept their alcoholism, but then decide to drink away that thought and stuff it down deep inside😂
And Frank is an essential catalyst for such consistency at such high quality.
@@evangelionl0vr857ah shut up
There has never been an actor that has made me smile as much as he has by just being in a scene.
Seeing Danny’s Physical spiral into degeneracy just adds to the magic
The quirkier glasses
The longer unkempt hair
Just perfect
I just love because of his older age and really chill attitude, hes willing to just go along with the most batshit insane jokes and thats probably why the show is so great
great video!! their podcast offers so much insight into the show i’m glad you guys used some clips!!
"So anyway, I started blasting BANG BANG BANG but I don't see so good so I missed"
DeVito is unironically such a national treasure 👍🏾
Frank to Mac & Charlie:
"You guys need a father figure and I'm trying to be that father figure and someday you're gonna thank me for it"
(2nd season 3rd episode 'Dennis and Dee Go On Welfare' 3:25)
Frank to Mac:
"No, no, forget the float. That's just doing it for the wrong reasons. You got to do something else"
(13th season 10th episode 'Mac Finds His Pride' 14:05)
Frank to Charlie:
"But don't you worry, I'll always be there for you. I'll always have your back"
(15th season 8th episode 'The Gang Carries a Corpse Up a Mountain' 15:07)
Mac's dance scene blew me away when it aired years ago. I still can't watch it without bursting into tears when his father stands up and walks out... I'm a grown man.. a straight man..
It seems to me like Danny in a way is doing exactly what Frank is. "I don't know how long I got left, I'm going to get real weird with it". He seems genuinely happy all the time in the show, because he is. He IS Frank.
...but don't be mistaken that Danny DeVito was one of the best Penguins
The best, absolutely fantastic performance
Stop calling me oswald! I am NOT a human being, I am an animal, cold blooded!
Frank's real evolution is the change in hairstyle and using slightly bigger glasses
Danny DeVito is just like... wow. Really took the show to a crazy new level.
He did originate pocket sausages, so he does have some good ideas
“He’s a smart man, that’s not what we’re here about.”
@@MonoKrohm_2020 🤣🤣🤣
And an egg for these trying times
Its so funny to me the fact that the first meeting he had with rob glenn and charlie they didnt know when he was or wasnt in character, bc he kept saying things like "my father had a box of teeth"
Rum Ham, Trash Man, throwing himself out of a window... no matter what he does we always love Danny/Frank.
Great video! Danny is absolutely a national treasure, and one of my favorite actors in the world. I hope he knows how much his work means to us all.
As someone who's loved Danny DeVito since I was a kid, I saw reruns of Taxi, Throw Mama from the Train, Twins, Hoffa, One Flew..., Death to Smoochy, etc., Frank Reynolds is my favorite character now. Season 2 aired when I was 16, so that character has been with me my entire adult life.
Another thing that I feel needs to be pointed out is that by having such a quality actor giving it his all, it definitely gave the rest of the cast the guts and confidence to perform at their finest. Everyone in that cast has earned accolades for their portrayals.
I don't think I ever even seen a full episode of It's Always sunny, yet I still can't help but see him as Frank Reynolds.
His name is frac
It is too bad Chevy Chase wasn't more like Danny DeVito when he was on Community.
Frank understood the message of Fight Club and was the only one really trying to hit bottom
I love Frank's gradual descent into insanity. I wonder if he would still be normal if he never joined the gang.
franks flag reveal is a top 10 moment in the show
He didn't know it was gonna come off like that!
The face he makes always has me laughing.
Frank works cause of the ability of danny devito to get lost in a character that u can see Danny in the character u just feel it’s the character like he did with the penguin on taxi and he has done on sunny for 14 years that makes him have an appeal that transcends generations
I have my magnum condom, my wad of hundreds, and I’m ready to plow!
5:27
Off topic but I just noticed Charlie wearing a shirt resembling "The Devil" card of the Arcanus Tarot deck. Very fitting hidden symbolism as The Devil card is often regarded as "one's self-made Hell." as it could also reflect on the show's recurring theme of the gang often suffering from a disaster or torment, which is usually in their own making.
Danny is an inspiration. Idk how many years he has left, but on Always Sunny, he definitely got real weird with it. ❤
THAT. WAS HUMAN MEAT!
I feel since the passing of Betty White that Danny is our next national treasure!
Wrap him in bubble wrap when he's finished getting "REAL WEIRD WITH IT"!
My favorite Frank moment was at the very end of the night man comith. Charlie just got rejected by the waitress and he tells Charlie. Forget about her. She isn’t worth it He was so honest and supportive.
Danny is NOTHING like Frank and that is just more testament to his acting prowess. He rocks and seems like such a cool dude in real life. Like what a freaking legend. And this show, even while the main archetypes remain the same, shows a lot of diversion in the characterizations of each character. It's fun to see how they all evolve or DE-Volve. It's all brilliant.
It's so rare to see an actor hit their prime early and sustain it for their entire career, even more so when that career spans decades.
I always love your It’s Always Sunny videos! 😂 Keep up the good work! 💖
I love how he just trusted them and saw that what they were making was actually great and now he cant tear himself way from it.
Very well put :)
Anyway - If anybody wanna watch a "Frank Reynolds-movie" with Danny DeVito, then I'd highly recommend "Ruthless People" from 1986 👍
Yes! One of the best-crafted and acted of all time.
Love that movie, no one ever talks about it!
I had it on VHS as a kid and would steal watches of it when the adults weren't around. Kid me came for the animated intro sequence, grew into adult me who loved Danny Devito for everything he was in.
Who the fuck doesn't love Danny DeVito? The man is a living legend
He just wants to be pure
Dennis and Charlie ...and Dee a lot of the times crack me up. It's a great show...but there's no way I would have gotten so involved with the program without Frank.
There is a character that is very similar to Frank Reynolds, in Shameless the character of Frank Gallagher is very similar in spirit, less buffoon but just as depraved.
There are very beautiful arcs in Shameless where Frank tries to turn it around and learn from it only to come out a more pure version of his depraved self.
At least the way I see it.
Frank being incredibly rich in contrast to the pour gang makes him so great.
Frank is always excited about whatever awful thing he’s about to do with great joy & no regret.
I adore seeing pure passion, even terrible goblin man passion.
I just realized hes Roger from American Dad. New persona every week, zero consequences for anything, always somehow connected to the A story.
Love his character and what it brings to the series
We're truly in the age of video essays with smooth jazz in the background.
Devito was born to be frank...
The first time I saw Danny Devito and heard his voice the personality I imagined him to have IRL is basically just Frank Reynolds lol
The Russian roulette thing with the Vietnamese is so random and hilarious when taken out of context 😂😂😂😂😂
The Frank’s POV episode is so fucking funny and legendary 😂❤
Well done! Danny Devito is an absolute legend.
There's the famous quote "money is the root of all evil" which is false and more accurately said as "money makes you more of what you already are."
Since the gang were already assholes, throwing Frank into the mix makes Sunny a much better viewing experience
Take it from me a doctor mantis toboggan it was weird when they added Danny but he has cemented his place with comedic gold lines the one I just mentioned the only actor who pull off the art critic ongo goblagon and his back story as Rambo and the trashman killing terroist with Garbage
I grew up watching Denny in movies with Arnold like Twins, and yet nowadays I can't see him without thinking "Hey, that's Frank"
I never got into Always Sunny, but that won't ever stop me from loving Danny DeVito 😄
When I die, just throw me in the trash.
450 grand per EPISODE?! not for the season? That sounds insane.
Yeah no, i think he meant for the entire first season.
I see frank and all I can think is " so anyways, I started blasting"
What other characters have changed so drastically? Rickety Cricket. Want me to go outside Sunny? Okay how about Pam Poovey from Archer. In the first episode Archer has her pinned down and is beating her with a puppet. A few seasons later you can't look back at that scene and believe it anymore, especially after she's mistaken for Cheryl and kidnapped.
My favorite show and favorite character
Seinfeld and It's Always sunny both have horrible despicable people as the main characters, but the reason I love the Sunny gang and hate the Seinfeld characters is that, in Seinfeld, everyone else pays the price for the horrible behavior of the main characters every episode and the main characters keep getting away with it everytime, but in Sunny, the gang constantly pays the worst price for their own behavior. they are always miserable and it's their own fault. That's why we still love them.
If for no other reason, Danny DeVito is world treasure for how he pronounces "hoor."
I absolutely love your insightful videos, and have for a long time.
That being said, please tell me I'm not the only one that heard "PennyWin"
I flub lines all the time too my dude, keep being awesome!
"Can i offer you an egg in this tryin time" 😂
Frank Reynolds is the man. A national treasure.
Snail, back off. Now ya just mashin it
I met Danny once on the rooftop of an open house he was looking at for his daughter. Unfortunately this was before I discovered Sunny-- He was extremely sweet.
The entire gang has had great character development.
still waiting for the first good It’s Always Sunny “video essay”
Great video, he’s my favorite part of the show❤
A world treasure.
May he live in bliss many more years to come.
its not selfish for frank to not understand, especially when mac doesn't fully understand himself,he also doesnt have to understand either
CharDee MacDennis 2: Electric Bugaloo
Welcome to level 4! Hahahahahaha…..
4:23 god level edit
I get it! One of the best lines of any TV show ever.
Danny Devito made the show iconic
Frank only works with Danny DeVito and I love it
He is the mastermind in the coil
i know no one asked but ... in the scene where the gang is at the high-school reunion and they imagine themselves killing it with the dance number, but then it cuts to how they actually look to everyone ... it's maybe one of the top hardest times ive laughed in my life. like i peed my pants.
I always forget that Danny Devito is the legendary Danny Devito
danny devito was the best penguin and I wouldn't mind seeing a keaton devito batman again.
Love when they paint him
Black and have him in the basement with the recorder.
Great video.
Danny DeVito is a treasure.
Danny is the heart of the show