The gang fudge history by claiming that Paddy's Pub was responsible for cracking the Liberty Bell in an attempt to turn their dive into a Philadelphia landmark.
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Wins Above Replacement
“The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell” ranks #175 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 66.6 — Mixed. The episode packs 45 scored jokes at 1.6 per minute, averaging 6.3 on craft and 6.5 on impact, with Mac landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Cricket: This appears to be a rendering of... the two of you sodomizing the king whilst the queen is forced to witness.
Cricket Cringe/Discomfort Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Mac: Shit! Bro, we just broke the liberty bell.
Dee: I'll get you, my pretty!
Mac Dee Escalation Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: I saved you from being burned at the stake for being a witch.
Dee: You're the one who accused me of being a witch in the first place, Dennis.
Dennis Dee Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Dee: We're gonna have to work up to that, though, 'cause you are crazy ugly.
Dee Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac: Maybe she didn't understand the story.
Charlie: Maybe skim too much.
Mac: Yeah, let's tell the false story this time.
Mac Charlie Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 45 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ He really has an ugly face. He is certainly ugly. But, you know what, that's not really what bothers me about this. What bothers me is that he looks like an old woman.
Charlie: I mean, look at Ronald Reagan, right?
Charlie: we got to suffer just because some old dude who looks like Meryl Streep chopped down a cherry tree, like, ten million years ago?
Charlie Absurdist Observational ★ Rewatch Mac: Well, that proves our point, man. We're not the first people to try and take that thing down.
Mac Character Comedy Observational Mac: they can come by, suck up some history, do some shots, get blasted.
Mac Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Charlie: Well, the year was 1412... No. Really?
Mac: Let Dennis, let Dennis...
Dennis: I do not give a shit, Deandra. Now, get me a flagon of ale.
Dee: Get your own ale, dick.
Dennis: You are my slave.
Dennis: I saved you from being burned at the stake for being a witch.
Dee: You're the one who accused me of being a witch in the first place, Dennis.
Dennis Dee Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Mac: You know that chick I've been banging down at Independence Hall?
Dennis: Mm, the fat one.
Mac: She's not that fat.
Charlie: Yeah, she's pretty fat, dude.
Dennis: We have to make our own declaration.
Mac: Yes.
Dennis: Yes, we need to make a declaration of dependence.
Charlie: Merrily I be able to guide you toward some interest in some purchase.
Charlie Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Mac: We're not traders, Charlie. We're thieves. You want his pumpkins, we kill him and take his pumpkins. This is 1776. We'll get away with it!
Customer Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Charlie: What?
Mac: He stole our furs!
Charlie: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mac: You shit head.
Dennis: I'm dressed like a nobleman, okay? These people respond to royalty.
Dennis Character Comedy Visual Gag Cricket: This appears to be a rendering of... the two of you sodomizing the king whilst the queen is forced to witness.
Cricket Cringe/Discomfort Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Mac: No, look. I'm holding homeboy's arms back. Dennis is ready to jam him in the face, and the queen is impressed.
Mac Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: We're going to tar and feather the shit out of her when she gets back.
Mac Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Cricket: you are both slanderous perverts lacking any semblance of moral fortitude. However, I do desire to seek further counsel with the lady.
Cricket Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Mac: Bro, it's 1776. They don't have any rights. You can just take them and force them to do whatever you want.
Mac Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Charlie: Do not shoot that pumpkin! What are you doing?
Mac: I stole a bunch of guns! I'm testing them out, Charles!
Charlie: The pumpkin's innocent!
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dee: You know what, okay, you guys. I tell you what, you win. I'm a witch, okay? I'm a witch! And I curse both of you and all of your stupid guns.
Dee Escalation Character Comedy Charlie: She cursed the gun! She put a curse on the gun! Let's try this one. Nothing!
Dennis: Oh, I got some wooden teeth put in. Yeah. Well, all the patriots are doing it, including Washington, which is why it makes sense, okay, if we're going undercover!
Dennis Character Comedy Observational Dennis: I mean, taxation with representation, right?
Dennis Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Mac: Hey, fellas, who's taking the minutes here? 'Cause I feel like I could be an asset to you as a secretary, and-- Let's start by taking down all of their names. First and last, please.
Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Charlie: you'd think people who came here so many years before the English, that they'd build bigger houses!
Mac: Yeah. You'd think they'd have huge homes.
Native American: I speak English.
Charlie: Oh, shit! For real?
Native American: You want me to scalp them?
Mac: Give me that skunk pelt. I'll use it for hair.
Mac Visual Gag Character Comedy Dee: Oh! Yep. Yep. There it is.
Dee Reaction Beat Character Comedy Cricket: A simple "no" would have sufficed.
Cricket Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Cricket: you got a revolution coming. And pretty soon, all of the slaves are gonna be free, and I will be owned by no man.
Dee Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Dee: We're gonna have to work up to that, though, 'cause you are crazy ugly.
Dee Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Dee: We're gonna have to work up to that, though, 'cause you are crazy ugly.
Dee Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dennis: You want the slave, you gotta pay for the slave. We're not gonna give it to you for free.
Dennis Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Dennis: Would you like a spot of tea?
Mac: Yeeees...!
Dennis: Would you like a spot of tea?
Mac: Ye-es.
Dennis: Draw it out more.
Mac: Draw it out more than that?
Dennis: Yees...!
A pair of poofs about town. Sodomites in frilly lace.
Patriot Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Dee: I'm not your slave anymore, Franklin. I'm about to go live like the goddamn Queen of England and never see you two bitches again.
Dee Character Comedy Escalation Mac: so we got tarred and feathered for being Sodomites!
Dennis: It is not a she-male thing...
Cricket: No, I'm unscathed, my darling. This is the blood of my men. We've suffered too many casualties. All our guns jammed.
Cricket Dark/Subversive Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: Shit! Goddamn it, Frank. You just ruined my all life. Wait, wait, wait, check his pulse. He doesn't have a head.
Dee Charlie Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Mac: Shit! Bro, we just broke the liberty bell.
Dee: I'll get you, my pretty!
Mac Dee Escalation Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Mac: Maybe she didn't understand the story.
Charlie: Maybe skim too much.
Mac: Yeah, let's tell the false story this time.
Mac Charlie Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Top Episodes — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
