Frank tries to recruit Mac for the gang’s kickass float for the Gay Pride Parade. It dawns on Frank that Mac will never be secure with his sexual identity unless he comes out to his father.
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40.9
Wins Above Replacement
“Mac Finds His Pride” ranks #51 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 81.5 — Elite. The episode packs 37 scored jokes at 2.0 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 6.9 on impact, with Frank landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Mac: My name is Ronald McDonald, and...
Mac's Dad: I named him that.
Luther: My son... finally knocked someone up. I'm gonna be a grandfather.
Luther Misdirection Irony/Sarcasm Frank: This is a much better spread than they have at the straight orgies.
Frank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: You're gay and you're dancing with a hot chick who is God?
Mac: Yes.
Frank: The Catholics really fucked you up.
Frank Mac Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Mac's Dad: My son... finally knocked someone up. I'm gonna be a grandfather.
Mac's Dad Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 37 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Frank: Shit. I just opened up the old cut.
Frank Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: Why didn't you open the door?
Frank: It wasn't locked.
Mac Frank Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Frank using Mac's sock and newspaper to stuff his wound
Frank Visual Gag Cringe/Discomfort Frank: I drew the short straw, so here I am.
Frank Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Frank: And, to be honest, now that you're gay, I get you even less.
Frank Character Comedy Observational Mac: Frank, you're a 75-year-old man with a face that looks like hamburger meat. I'm sure you're safe.
Mac Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Frank: This is a much better spread than they have at the straight orgies.
Frank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Frank: Ooh, there must be some hot sauce on them wings. They're buffalo wings.
Frank Absurdist Character Comedy Frank: Mac, unzip this thing, so we can find out what it wants.
Frank Character Comedy Observational Frank: Why? Because I'm straight? No. Because you put your nose rags in the chicken.
Frank: Hey, how much I got to pay you to let my boy Mac here take you for a spin?
Leather Man: I'm not a prostitute.
Frank: You do this for fun?
Frank: I mean, one false move and these fairies could poke me full of holes.
Mac: 'Fairies'? What year is it in your head?
Frank: When you came out to your father, did you come out as a top or a bottom? A boy or a girl?
Frank Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac: You're gay and you're dancing with a hot chick who is God?
Mac: Yes.
Frank: The Catholics really fucked you up.
Frank Mac Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Frank's nose swelling and him trying to fix it with insulation
Frank Visual Gag Physical/Slapstick Luther: My cellmate ratted on me for having an extra pillow. I cut out his tongue with a rusty pair of pliers and fed it to the maggots.
Luther Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Mac Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Luther: My son... finally knocked someone up. I'm gonna be a grandfather.
Luther Misdirection Irony/Sarcasm Mac's Dad: My son... finally knocked someone up. I'm gonna be a grandfather.
Mac's Dad Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Luther: I never really got you, you know? But now, I see that there's hope for you yet. Well, I-I mean, not with your life, but with the life of your son.
Luther Character Comedy Escalation Luther: Hey, if it's not a boy, you flush that shit out and try again.
Luther Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Mac: Yeah. Yeah, definitely. I'll flush that shit out, and you... I'm gonna give you a boy, Dad.
Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Frank: What the hell are you doing?
Frank Reaction Beat Visual Gag Dennis: What are you gonna have you, me, dancing on top of the gay float? No. No, no, the press'll murder us.
Frank: Allow me to introduce Paddy's top gay, a man everybody in the neighborhood knows, everybody loves. The gay that will rope in all the gays. Cricket.
Frank Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: He looks like a monster, and you look like a monster. We're not trying to invite a bar full of monster men.
Charlie: Frank, it's 2018, and you're the only person who doesn't seem to understand gay culture.
Charlie Character Comedy Observational Cricket: Lady, I'm not going anywhere until I see an Abraham Lincoln.
Dennis: Here you go.
Cricket: What is this? Like, 73 cents. No. I-I said Abraham Lincoln.
Dennis: Those are pennies.
Cricket: No, no, no, no. Lady, I'm not going anywhere until I see an Abraham Lincoln.
Cricket: Like, 73 cents. No. I-I said Abraham Lincoln.
Dennis: There's a bunch of Lincolns in there. Those are pennies.
Dennis: Frank, it's 2018, and you're the only person who doesn't seem to understand gay culture.
Dennis Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Frank: Sometimes you got to let the blood flow in order to start the healing. Some cuts you just can't plug up.
Frank Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Frank: They think they're seeing a Blake Shelton concert, and I put your dad in the front row.
Frank Character Comedy Absurdist Mac: Unfortunately... Blake Shelton will not be making it today. But, he did send me in his stead, and I've got something special to show you.
Mac Setup/Punchline Misdirection Frank Character Comedy Reaction Beat Mac: My name is Ronald McDonald, and...
Mac's Dad: I named him that.
Luther Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Top Episodes — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
