Frank's behavior is more bizarre than usual---so bizarre that even the gang notice---so they decide to stage an intervention.
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58.8
Wins Above Replacement
“The Gang Gives Frank an Intervention” ranks #26 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 85.2 — Elite. The episode packs 48 scored jokes at 1.8 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.2 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
Frank: meanwhile, block the wind. i'm gonna roast this bone.
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Visual Gag the only way to get rid of her was to torch her, and that's what we did. yeah, we'd throw her in the dryer; we'd throw salt on her.
Frank: a roast? i've always wanted to be roasted. oh, wait, let me just switch gears here. fire up this spliff.
Frank Misdirection Character Comedy Charlie: when was the last time we played 'nightcrawlers' together, frank?
Charlie Cringe/Discomfort Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Frank: we did a bunch of those monster energy drinks and dry-humped. it was awful. i think she gave me poison ivy.
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Escalation All Jokes — 48 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dennis: i don't understand why you don't just use a cup.
Frank: i'm trying to be inconspicuous.
Dennis: inconspicuous? your entire mouth is stained red, frank.
you're wearing a shirt that's on inside out, and it's covered in grease.
Frank: it's not grease; it's sap.
sap? how did you get covered in sap?
Frank: i got really wasted. i must have climbed a tree.
i feel like you've been standing on the edge of a cliff for a while now. i say hop off. let's see where you land.
Unknown Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Dennis: i thought we were going to a barbecue, frank.
Frank: it's more of a party in the park.
Dennis: we're at a cemetery.
Frank: the party is in the cemetery.
who has a party in a cemetery?
Frank: your uncle max. he just croaked. flush that turd down the drain!
what are we doing here, frank? what's your angle?
Frank: i want to bang your aunt donna.
Frank: i don't know how many years on this earth i got left. i'm gonna get real weird with it.
Frank Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Frank: meanwhile, block the wind. i'm gonna roast this bone.
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Visual Gag Dennis: gail the snail is the garbage pail cousin.
Dennis: oh, charlie, she is the worst.
the only way to get rid of her was to torch her, and that's what we did. yeah, we'd throw her in the dryer; we'd throw salt on her.
you throw salt on a snail and... it's supposed to shrivel up.
Unknown Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive what kind of person salts another human being? it's terrible. there's no joy in salting someone; everyone loses.
Unknown Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Gail: i'm not a virgin anymore.
Unknown: cool. thank you.
we're at your dad's funeral, gail.
Gail: whatevs. i'm over it.
see? that's what happens when you don't have salt. my god, there's not enough salt in the world for her.
Frank: i have a proposition for you. i think you and me ought to bang.
Frank: max never liked me; i hated him. barbara didn't like you. you despised her! now what better way to get back at them in the grave-- really stick it to 'em-- if you and me plowed?
Frank Absurdist Character Comedy Mac: hey, i'm mac. barbara's ex-lover? she may have mentioned. you were gonna say something?
Unknown: no.
Mac: you said...
Unknown: no?
Unknown: no, i was just breathing.
Charlie: but if i'm being honest, my problem's less with the fact that he's drinking more that he's doing it without me. and then i start thinking, 'what's wrong with me? am i not fun to drink with?'
Charlie Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Mac: well, frank's usually carrying, like, a little gun around with him and he doesn't really hesitate to use it.
Mac Escalation Character Comedy Charlie: if we maybe ambush frank with a net or some kind of, like, rope device, the gun will maybe drop out of his waist belt.
Therapist: you're drinking wine out of a soda can.
Charlie: yeah.
Therapist: oh, you put wine in the soda can you didn't know, did you?
Charlie:
Mac: stole frank's idea. yeah, yeah, yeah. it actually is a pretty good one. i mean, the guy's got great ideas. he's a smart man.
but i do feel like she just tried an intervention on us. did you intervene on us? is that what that was?
Dennis Mac Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Dennis: i feel like you've lost control of the room here and really we're the ones that are running things now.
Dennis Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Frank: where did you come from?
Mac: i've been walking next to you the entire time.
Mac: i think you should bang gail the snail.
Frank: my niece?
Mac: yeah.
Frank: gail the snail?
Mac: yeah, dude. what's more depraved than that, huh?
Frank: what's in it for you? jesus. what's in it for you?
Mac: don't worry about what's in it for me, dude.
Frank: my god, you are disgusting. a disgusting animal.
Frank Mac Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Charlie: when was the last time we played 'nightcrawlers' together, frank?
Charlie Cringe/Discomfort Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Charlie: what is that?
Mac: well... it's not about you.
Charlie: why don't you just write it down?
Mac: yeah, but you said it. you said 'nightcrawlers,' and now i feel like i can't move past it.
Mac: what it sounds like is that you two crawl around like worms in the night. that's what it sounds like.
Mac Visual Gag Cringe/Discomfort Dennis: i am loving this canned wine thing. i think it's brilliant. right? i mean, i'm active, i'm gesturing with my hands, and i don't feel restricted.
Dennis Callback Absurdist Callback Mac: i'm starting to think we need to intervene on you for your goddamn illiteracy.
Mac Escalation Meta/Self-Referential Frank: we did a bunch of those monster energy drinks and dry-humped. it was awful. i think she gave me poison ivy.
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Gail: kick, yes. kick in, no. that door is solid, which is the good news. the bad news is the window is not.
Gail Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Gail: i'm giving frank a handy under the table. that is true.
Frank: look, snail, back off because you're just mashing it now.
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Callback Callback Donna: you're 33 years old. you're supposed to be sexually active. you're not supposed to be fondling your uncle under a table.
Donna Escalation Character Comedy Mac: we told him there was a giant grease fire and he had to come down immediately.
Mac Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Frank: where's the goddamn fire?
Dennis: intervention! you're surrounded, frank. there's nowhere for you to go. you're trapped.
Frank: a roast? i've always wanted to be roasted. oh, wait, let me just switch gears here. fire up this spliff.
Frank Misdirection Character Comedy Frank: she ain't funny. next.
Frank Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Mac: it's a game where they crawl around in the night like worms.
Charlie: i never said that.
Uncle Max's Friend: you banged my dead wife?
Frank: well, she was alive at the time. did you not know that?
Gail: salt the snail. you salt her. wait, wait. you guys want to go? no, no! wait. i have glow sticks. go, go!
Mac: nobody likes salting a snail, but she gives you no choice. she doesn't leave you with any options.
Mac Callback Character Comedy Callback Dennis: well, we did all the work, didn't we?
Mac: we did.
Dennis: so we can't really pay you 'cause of that.
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