The gang agrees to sell Paddys when they get an offer that is too good to refuse, but it forces the bar's non-partners, Dee and Charlie to find new jobs.
WAR
24.2
Wins Above Replacement
“The Gang Sells Out” ranks #163 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 70.9 — Solid. The episode packs 37 scored jokes at 1.3 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.6 on impact, with Dennis landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Charlie: Oh, get a job? Just get a job? Why don't I strap on my job helmet and squeeze down into a job cannon and fire off into job land where jobs grow on jobbies?
Charlie Absurdist Escalation Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Corporate Guy: Your friends and their doowop group... they showed up at my house and attacked me. One of them died on my doorstep, and it sort of put me in a funk.
Corporate Guy Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Frank · Yellow Jackets: Those darn Yellow Jacket boys, Buzz, buzz, bumble, They don't pay for soda pop 'cause they really rumble
Yellow Jackets: Hawky never spoke much, But he had his doo-doo-doowop, Now you're buzzing around that hive in the sky
Mac · Frank: Paddy's Pub can't be bought... Sold!
Mac Frank Irony/Sarcasm Misdirection ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 37 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Charlie: There is definitely a helicopter pad on the roof of this building... Every single one of these corporate buildings has a helipad on the roof.
Mac · Charlie: What is he escaping from? Secret tunnels then.
Charlie: Secret tunnels, a monorail system and a helipad.
Mac: There's always some big boss man fat cat... that needs to be able to escape by helicopter.
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist Mac: We're out and about a lot, bro. Get to the point.
Mac Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Mac · Frank: Paddy's Pub can't be bought... Sold!
Mac Frank Irony/Sarcasm Misdirection ★ Rewatch Dennis: I would think of Paddy's as an Enron-type situation. We're gonna cut and run, and we're gonna leave you out there broke and jobless.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: Let's sell this piece-of-shit bar... See ya later, piece of shit!
Charlie: I'd love to be wooed. I could go for some wood... We'll get some wood. We'll build something cool.
Charlie Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Dennis: Don't give a shit.
Dennis Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Dee: Right across the street? Well, that is good to know. I love Starbucks.
Dee Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dee: I don't mind. I'm gonna grab a beer while you're doing that. Come get me and give me all my stuff, and I'll start.
Dee Character Comedy Absurdist Dennis · Mac · Charlie: Something like where those American soldiers are raising that flag up in that one war. The war where we saved Japan. Oh, correct. Hiroshima.
Mac · Dennis: They make all our cars. They're our friends. Not my car. I buy American... American cars are pieces of shit. Everybody knows it.
Charlie: Oh, get a job? Just get a job? Why don't I strap on my job helmet and squeeze down into a job cannon and fire off into job land where jobs grow on jobbies?
Charlie Absurdist Escalation Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Corporate Guy · Mac · Dennis: Gay man, for one... You're so big and tough. You do not come across as gay. You don't look like a gay guy. That's 'cause he's a bear.
Dennis · Mac: A twink is small and slender... like Mac... No. I'm too muscular. I would be a bear... Don't think so. Not hairy enough. Smooth.
Dennis Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Mac · Dennis: A power bottom is a bottom that is capable of receiving an enormous amount of power... Actually, you got it backwards. A power bottom's generating all the power by doing most of the work.
Dennis: Speed has everything to do with it. The speed of the bottom informs the top how much pressure he's supposed to apply. Speed's the name of the game.
Dennis Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dee · Charlie: if they start to get empty, I'll just grab some from other tables... Yeah, which makes my job easier... You actually have to follow the rules.
Dee · Charlie: You're pretty weird, you make me feel uncomfortable, and you smell really bad... You say that, but I don't... I don't see it.
Dee · Charlie: I use the same bill for two tables, and I pocket the cash for the other one. That's stealing. I know.
Frank: These are the Yellow Jacket boys... my old street gang from the '50s.
Frank Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Frank: Not for you, bitch.
Frank Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Dee: I will have you know I am taking this place up the butt with a little scheme I like to call Dee's Double Drop.
Dee Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Callback Charlie: Things move very quickly here at the Oldies Rock Café.
Charlie Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Dennis: First of all, let me just apologize to you for never calling you back, ever.
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac · Frank: Gangsters don't sing! Ever hear of gangster rap?
Frank · Yellow Jackets: Those darn Yellow Jacket boys, Buzz, buzz, bumble, They don't pay for soda pop 'cause they really rumble
Dee: While you've been picking up bar whores... I have been doubledropping like a bastard out there.
Dee Character Comedy Escalation Callback Dennis: Don't you wanna be attractive to me? Come on.
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Frank: Look, pal, you'd better not mess with us. You see Hawky over here? He's crazy. I'm not sure what he's capable of.
Frank Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dennis · Manager: What's my name? What is it? Beautiful... Oh, my God. You're a dick. I called you Beautiful all the time.
Corporate Guy: Your friends and their doowop group... they showed up at my house and attacked me. One of them died on my doorstep, and it sort of put me in a funk.
Corporate Guy Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Corporate Guy: But, no, you're not fired. I'm just kidding. You are.
Dennis: She is strung up supertight.
Dennis Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Yellow Jackets: Hawky never spoke much, But he had his doo-doo-doowop, Now you're buzzing around that hive in the sky
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