With nothing to do while their phones update to the latest software, the gang decides to reminisce on old times. As everyone misremembers events from their past, the gang's current reality becomes altered.
WAR
38.8
Wins Above Replacement
“The Gang Does a Clip Show” ranks #58 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 81.0 — Elite. The episode packs 35 scored jokes at 1.3 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 7.2 on impact, with Charlie landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Charlie: Because I cut the brakes. Wild card, bitches!
Charlie Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Dennis: The implication that things might go wrong for her if she refuses to sleep with me.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: Hello, fellow American. This you should vote me. I leave power. Good.
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Frank bursting out of couch naked, sweating, gasping for air
Frank Physical/Slapstick Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Charlie: Do you remember the time that I sewed myself into the couch naked?
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 35 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Mac: What are we gonna do without our phones for 30 minutes?
Mac Observational Cringe/Discomfort Dennis: That's what you do when you start getting old. You know, you start reliving the glory days 'cause you can't think of anything new to do.
Dennis Observational Irony/Sarcasm Charlie: Do you remember the time that I sewed myself into the couch naked?
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Oh, Jesus Christ! Oh, God! Oh, God!
Frank bursting out of couch naked, sweating, gasping for air
Frank Physical/Slapstick Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dennis: You're remembering the time you burned a Mexican's house down?
Dennis Dark/Subversive Escalation Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac: Why don't we remember all the times that Dee's gotten hurt.
Mac Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Dee falling through ceiling finding kittens
Dee Physical/Slapstick Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Dee: You guys are exaggerating. You weren't even there for half of that.
Mac: It's just how we remember it, Dee.
Dee Mac Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Repeated 'Did you fuck my mom' escalation
Child Escalation Running Gag Charlie: Because I cut the brakes. Wild card, bitches!
Charlie Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Frank: I have a touch of consumption.
Frank Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement Dennis: The implication that things might go wrong for her if she refuses to sleep with me.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: I don't feel we're reading as eagles.
Mac: No, bro. We look like assholes.
Charlie: Hello, fellow American. This you should vote me. I leave power. Good.
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: Well, I'm gonna... I'm gonna watch you do it.
Charlie Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Charlie: Why didn't you jump out?
Dee Running Gag Character Comedy Callback Dennis: I quit the bar, I moved to North Dakota
Dennis Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: It's like fake news, you know? And then, all of a sudden, nobody knows what the truth is, and facts don't matter.
Dennis Observational Irony/Sarcasm Charlie: They gave me a magic pill, and I learned it, and I speak it fluently.
Various Running Gag Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Gang: Remembering Seinfeld episode as their own memory
Gang Meta/Self-Referential Misdirection ★ Rewatch Gang: Seinfeld 'The Contest' scene recreation
Gang Meta/Self-Referential Callback ★ Rewatch Mac: We had our own contest, except ours was to see who could masturbate the most in a 24-hour period.
Mac Dark/Subversive Escalation Doctor: The skin has been all but removed from the organs.
Doctor Dark/Subversive Absurdist Charlie: The night we had sex. That was... that was a great night.
Waitress: And I'm pregnant.
Charlie: Charlie's false memory of being with the waitress and having a baby
Charlie · Charlie 2: Two Charlies with different voice pitches arguing
Mac: Frank, why do you have hair?
Frank: My legs have always been long. It's a burden being tall.
Frank: It's a burden being tall
Frank Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dennis: He spends three hours a day on a dildo bike.
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Gang: Inception top spinning indefinitely
Gang Meta/Self-Referential Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Top Episodes — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
