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I used to like Charlie the most. Now not so much, as I wonder occasionally if his character has been watered down somewhat as he is the most likeable, which influences the script somewhat. This episode ties in somewhat with last series 'The Gang Gets Analyzed', where I felt like he lost his edge a bit. But this episode redeemed him for me. He gives less a poo poo about the people around him than Frank. Everything is a cartoon. If the end justifies the means, his whole relationship with The Waitress is just a way to outlive her and live out a Pixar adventure. In some ways it's a lot more colder than Dennis' fantasy.
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Charlie's version just being a mishmash of pixar movies was amazing.
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Oct 11, 2013 19:42
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The most fantastical part of this episode? You can't buy beer at gas stations in Pennsylvania, especially not at a little independent place like in the show.
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Oct 11, 2013 19:52
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Wow, thanks for ruining my immersion you JERK
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Oct 11, 2013 19:53
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PA is all kinds of weird. You can only buy cases and kegs of beer at beer distributors. You can only buy wine and liquor at state owned stores. There are other odd places that you have to find if you want to buy 6-packs and 40's. I suppose a gas station could sell beers if it was specifically licensed to do so.
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Oct 11, 2013 20:18
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Charlie's fantasy reminds me of the Meet the Pyro video. He's just that detached from reality. I have no doubts that if we could see through his eyes all the time, it'd be animated and that's just how he sees the world. And it is glorious.
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Oct 11, 2013 20:20
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Dennis' reaction to the end of his own fantasy made me choke on my drink. "Huh? That's where I went with it? Well, OK, could be worse I guess."
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Oct 11, 2013 21:07
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Cool off bozo. New episode is great, I'm loving some of the character throwbacks this season. Oh Jackie Denardo, it's true they are so much more spectacular in person. I'm still waiting to see how our boy cricks is doing 
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Oct 11, 2013 21:22
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FogHelmut posted:PA is all kinds of weird. You can only buy cases and kegs of beer at beer distributors. You can only buy wine and liquor at state owned stores. There are other odd places that you have to find if you want to buy 6-packs and 40's. I suppose a gas station could sell beers if it was specifically licensed to do so. PA liquor laws: really weird.
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Just wanted to point out that Dee dies in Mac's dream because Dennis shoves her into the ninja's path. FogHelmut posted:PA is all kinds of weird. You can only buy cases and kegs of beer at beer distributors. You can only buy wine and liquor at state owned stores. There are other odd places that you have to find if you want to buy 6-packs and 40's. I suppose a gas station could sell beers if it was specifically licensed to do so. Technically, only restaurants can be licensed to sell six-packs in PA. Some gas stations, like Sheetz, can get away with it because they have large dining areas and deep pockets.
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Oct 11, 2013 22:09
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FXX is still a really ridiculously awkward sounding name and I can't help but shake my head when I hear the narrator say it during promos for the shows. Really don't understand why they didn't just go the FX2 route. This one sounds really stupid.
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Oct 11, 2013 22:10
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Irish Joe posted:Just wanted to point out that Dee dies in Mac's dream because Dennis shoves her into the ninja's path. None of the Sheetz around me have the licenses yet.
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Mr. Carlisle posted:FXX is still a really ridiculously awkward sounding name and I can't help but shake my head when I hear the narrator say it during promos for the shows. Really don't understand why they didn't just go the FX2 route. This one sounds really stupid. Probably because there's a movie series by those names (FX & FX2).
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Oct 11, 2013 22:34
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Aatrek posted:see you in hell, boners
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Aatrek posted:The most fantastical part of this episode? You can't buy beer at gas stations in Pennsylvania, especially not at a little independent place like in the show. Hahaha, and I thought our liquor laws here in Utah were draconian. Eat poo poo, people from other places!
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Aatrek posted:The most fantastical part of this episode? You can't buy beer at gas stations in Pennsylvania, especially not at a little independent place like in the show. There's also that episode where Charlie is siphoning box wine into spaghetti jars in the grocery store. Some grocery stores did sell wine for about 5 minutes here in Pittsburgh but that was nixed pretty quickly, and you could only buy from this weird automated kiosk that had a little thing you had to breathe into to prove you weren't intoxicated. Totally unrealistic  Although technically since that place sold hot dogs they could have had a liquor license. There's a six-pack shop near me that is ostensibly a "restaurant" because they have a little roller thing of hot dogs and a couple plastic lawn chairs for seating. Pennsylvania! squeegee fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Oct 12, 2013 |
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squeegee posted:you could only buy from this weird automated kiosk that had a little thing you had to breathe into to prove you weren't intoxicated. Totally unrealistic Those "automated" kiosks were actually manned by good union folk down in Harrisburg.  I always scoff at the top shelf liquors they have behind the bar. A real bar of Paddy's type would be serving poo poo like Windsor Canadian, Tortilla Silver and Dekuyper Schnapps, not the $50-100/bottle stuff they have on their shelves.
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What the gently caress. Here in SoCal, some places ONLY have a beer and wine license, so they don't stick hard liquor, and I thought this inconvenience was the height of cruelty. Now I have to go down to 7-11 to grab a bottle of Ketel and a 24 pack of Shock Top? This is how you know there's no god.
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Double posting? This is how you know there's no god.
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Irish Joe posted:Those "automated" kiosks were actually manned by good union folk down in Harrisburg. I'm sure that's mostly stuff they drink themselves and not anything they actually sell.
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Aatrek posted:The most fantastical part of this episode? You can't buy beer at gas stations in Pennsylvania, especially not at a little independent place like in the show. Which lends further support to the claim that The Gang is actually all dead and the show is really just a modern spin on No Exit with more cursing and drunkenness. Too bad they're all too self-absorbed to realize that they are in Hell. Theorycrafting!
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Advice posted:What the gently caress. Here in SoCal, some places ONLY have a beer and wine license, so they don't stick hard liquor, and I thought this inconvenience was the height of cruelty. Now I have to go down to 7-11 to grab a bottle of Ketel and a 24 pack of Shock Top? This is how you know there's no god. Pfft, that's what you get for wanting to drink hard liquor and Shock Top of all things.  But seriously, you guys should count yourself lucky you can by alcohol in gas stations/convenience stores at all. Up here in Western Canada that's not even an option. I know it is in Quebec, and probably Ontario, but no such luck once you hit the prairies. Once while taking a trip to Seattle, a couple friends and I spent an hour walking around trying to find a liquor store; google was no help since liquor stores don't seem to be all that common down there, and it took us a long time to remember we could just buy beer at the gas station across the street from our hotel.
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ShadyNasty posted:The best part is, we still have four episodes including "Flowers for Charlie" Please, please tell me this is like Flowers for Algernon but with Charlie. If it's anything else I really don't even want to see it. I don't even see how it could be anything else. I didn't even know I needed such a thing in my life until I read the title.
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:I loving love that they all just steal and run out the front door at the end It looked like the only thing Frank took were two bags of marshmallows though. He didn't even run back to get a couple of those tasty dogs.
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justcola posted:I used to like Charlie the most. Now not so much, as I wonder occasionally if his character has been watered down somewhat as he is the most likeable, which influences the script somewhat. This episode ties in somewhat with last series 'The Gang Gets Analyzed', where I felt like he lost his edge a bit. But this episode redeemed him for me. He gives less a poo poo about the people around him than Frank. Everything is a cartoon. If the end justifies the means, his whole relationship with The Waitress is just a way to outlive her and live out a Pixar adventure. In some ways it's a lot more colder than Dennis' fantasy. Charlie is still the most lovable, he's always been. Rewatch Charlie Kelly - King of Rats if you are in doubt. His poo poo is heavy.
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FoglyOgly posted:Please, please tell me this is like Flowers for Algernon but with Charlie. If it's anything else I really don't even want to see it. I don't even see how it could be anything else. I didn't even know I needed such a thing in my life until I read the title. Rob McElhenney revealed on May 14, 2013 that Game of Thrones series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss wrote an episode of the ninth season of Sunny: according to Charlie Day, it's a "Flowers for Algernon" type of story about "Charlie getting smarter" in a "Limitless" style, and is called "Flowers for Charlie".
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ShadyNasty posted:Rob McElhenney revealed on May 14, 2013 that Game of Thrones series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss wrote an episode of the ninth season of Sunny: according to Charlie Day, it's a "Flowers for Algernon" type of story about "Charlie getting smarter" in a "Limitless" style, and is called "Flowers for Charlie". There is a God, and he watches Always Sunny.
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gucci mangosteen posted:Hahaha, and I thought our liquor laws here in Utah were draconian. Eat poo poo, people from other places! Yeah, I was gonna mention Utah as a point of comparison, but then people just kept throwing out crazier PA stuff. I mean in Utah you can at least buy piss beer (<3.2%) in a grocery store/gas station, and that was even before they started loosening up.
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ShadyNasty posted:Rob McElhenney revealed on May 14, 2013 that Game of Thrones series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss wrote an episode of the ninth season of Sunny: according to Charlie Day, it's a "Flowers for Algernon" type of story about "Charlie getting smarter" in a "Limitless" style, and is called "Flowers for Charlie". I really, really hope that the Waitress is in more than one episode this season, because there's no reason for her to not be in this one.
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Mortanis posted:Charlie's fantasy reminds me of the Meet the Pyro video. He's just that detached from reality. I have no doubts that if we could see through his eyes all the time, it'd be animated and that's just how he sees the world. I think that was my favorite part of this episode. I really like seeing Charlie's worldview
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PittTheElder posted:I really, really hope that the Waitress is in more than one episode this season, because there's no reason for her to not be in this one. Can only see that going as Charlie gets super smart, woos the waitress, then realises he is going to get dumb again so pushes her away as to not ruin the little time they had. I'm really looking forward to seeing what they do with the episode though, since I don't think they'll actually make him smart but instead it will be some sort of The Gang Breaks Dee twist.
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Like, maybe there are gas fumes from the basement and everybody else is getting dumber - but Charlie has always been dumb so he's just really good at it and looks super-smart in comparison.
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Oct 12, 2013 18:04
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Irish Joe posted:I always scoff at the top shelf liquors they have behind the bar. A real bar of Paddy's type would be serving poo poo like Windsor Canadian, Tortilla Silver and Dekuyper Schnapps, not the $50-100/bottle stuff they have on their shelves. They probably just fill them with the cheap stuff for a bigger profit margin.
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Oct 12, 2013 18:13
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Are you guys talking about previews without spoilertags or what <
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No, we're discussing possible storylines based on the future episode titles. Which are not spoilers, as much as you may want them to be.
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I didn't notice it until I rewatched it, but the scary story the waitress is reading Charlie and the kids during Charlies fantasy is "The Nightman Cometh".
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Oct 12, 2013 19:00
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Does anyone understand the roolz to Nyte Krollerz?
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That's like the third reference to it in the series and I still don't know exactly what it is.
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