A newspaper critic is kidnapped by the gang after he calls Paddy's pub the worst bar in Philadelphia.
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“Paddy’s Pub: The Worst Bar in Philadelphia” ranks #69 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.0 — Elite. The episode packs 52 scored jokes at 1.6 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.0 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
Charlie · Mac: [Charlie eats from urinal] Bro, I really... I just pissed in there, like five minutes before you came in.
Charlie Mac Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Frank: "leaving 'em to live in the hell on earth that they've created for themselves for the rest of their pathetic and miserable lives."
Frank Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Charlie: Here's the plan. I've been thinking about this. Okay, we give them amnesia. It's so easy, here how you do it. You smash them both over the head with a bottle.
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: We're capable of being civils, right ? Let's just, you know... Communication is the key, it make sens. Uh, my hammer again.
Charlie Irony/Sarcasm Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Mac: We'll both do it. That way it's equally weird for both of us.
Mac Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 52 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dennis: Charlie, the thinner the TV, the better the TV. That's just a straight-up fact.
Dennis Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Mac · Dee: "The first thing I noticed about Paddy's Pub is its charm" - "It has none"
Mac Dee Misdirection Setup/Punchline Mac: "There was an ominous feeling that you could get stabbed at any moment". That's good, right?
Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Mac: That's the exact type of atmosphere I've been trying to cultivate. But, while danger may linger, I'm the levelheaded bouncer that keeps violence in check, like Swayze in Roadhouse. I'm the cooler.
Mac Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dee · Charlie: In check? There have been many stabbings in here. I feel unsafe here every single day.
Mac: Well, stabbings have been down, though.
Mac Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dee: Yeah, I absolutely called him a faggot, but he ordered chardonnay. What was I supposed to do?
Dee Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Corman: can you ask your friend to put down that hammer, please?
Corman Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: Uh, yeah, don't let the hammer throw you, Corman. We are classy, interesting people.
Mac Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: we will jam your asshole up with so many lawyers
Mac Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Dee: You're all out of time, bitch. Boom. You just got fazed. This just in, Poo-Poo Pants.
Dee Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dee: That looks better. We're not dangling anything. That's very white trash.
Dee Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac · Dee: What? You kidnapped Corman?
Mac Dee Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Charlie: First, I was angry. Then, I was drinking. Next thing I know, I'm following this guy home and forcing him into the trunk of his own car.
Charlie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie · Mac: Relax, I drove him around in a circle for a while, okay, so he wouldn't know where he was or how far away he'd gone. But then you brought him back to a place where he's already been
Charlie · Mac: Easy, we roll him up in a rug. Where are we gonna get a rug? We buy a big Oriental rug, and we roll him up in it.
Mac · Dee: This is not a kidnapping. No! But we do need to keep him here for a couple of hours so he doesn't do anything irrational. Just borrowing him.
Mac Dee Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: Okay, but can we establish that I'm the cooler?
Mac Character Comedy Running Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: Well, I'll tell you, Mr. Fancy Pants Writer Man. I was thinking maybe you could write a new review, you know, and this time, maybe add a few less lies.
Charlie Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Charlie: Come on, man. See, he's twisting everything I say around. He's making me look like an asshole.
Charlie Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: I used the last of the tape. If you untie him, that tape's not gonna stick back up.
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: I saw that! I saw that! You're out of here, bro.
Mac Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Dee: is he going to Cancun or Canada? You gotta pay attention to the details. This is how people get caught.
Dee Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dee: Hi, this is Mehar. Sorry I missed your call. Please leave a message after the beep. Peace.
Dee Character Comedy Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Mac: Like this pool cue. Here we go. [pool cue breaks] Okay, normally, that wouldn't happen unless I wanted it to.
Mac Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: In fact it's so clean I would say you could eat out of these urinals.
Charlie Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Charlie · Mac: [Charlie eats from urinal] Bro, I really... I just pissed in there, like five minutes before you came in.
Charlie Mac Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Charlie: I have to prove a point!
Charlie Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Mac · Charlie: Well, I think one of us is gonna have to help his... Whoa, dude! I'm not touching his dick.
Mac: We'll both do it. That way it's equally weird for both of us.
Mac Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Mac: Did he get a little bit hard on us? I just felt like you got a little bit...
Mac Cringe/Discomfort Awkward Silence ★ Rewatch Dee: Well, there was this a slight mix-up with the apartments. This is Corman's neighbor Mehar.
Dee Escalation Character Comedy Dee: I'm sorry... I didn't know there was a handbook on kidnapping.
Dee Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Dee: which is that I locked the keys in the trunk just now.
Dee Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac · Dee: There he goes again. I didn't know he was so funny.
Mac Dee Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dee: Um, also, do you want me to bring you some lipstick with that? Boom! You got fazed again, Corman.
Dee Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: I just want to make sure you got the total picture on me 'cause I do drive a Range Rover.
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dennis: I don't know, "Dennis Reynolds, your car is awesome. Your flat screen TV... I took a look at it. It's very, very thin. It speaks volumes about you as a person".
Dennis Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Dee: The headline might be: "Most negative man in the world calls other people white trash to make himself not feel so faggy".
Dee Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: It's, uh, pretty heavy on the kidnapping aspect.
Dennis Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Mac: Charlie, I've never been more serious about anything in my entire life.
Mac Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: Sir, we all have cats that we'd like to be playing with right now, okay?
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: There is a slope in the ground, and I didn't... I wasn't calibrating that great.
Mac Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: Here's the plan. I've been thinking about this. Okay, we give them amnesia. It's so easy, here how you do it. You smash them both over the head with a bottle.
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: They wake up thinking it was all a dream.
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: I touch his dick. Mac, we touched his dick.
Charlie Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: Well, we'll see who's the idiot when he wakes up tomorrow and doesn't remember a thing.
Charlie Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Mac · Dennis: I don't think that's how it works, Charlie. It's definitely not how it works, man.
Mac Dennis Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Callback Frank: "I woke up in my neighbor's bed with a head wound, yesterday's paper, and an empty bottle of sleeping pills"
Frank Escalation Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: "leaving 'em to live in the hell on earth that they've created for themselves for the rest of their pathetic and miserable lives."
Frank Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Mac · Dennis: I'm a little irritated that he didn't mention our names. I feel like we go talk to him, again.
Charlie: We're capable of being civils, right ? Let's just, you know... Communication is the key, it make sens. Uh, my hammer again.
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