Step inside the confession booth with Mac as he tells a befuddled priest why his fatness is the fault of the other members of The Gang.
WAR
29.1
Wins Above Replacement
“How Mac Got Fat” ranks #140 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.0 — Great. The episode packs 41 scored jokes at 1.4 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.7 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
Mac: Father, when Peter did the statue of David, he wasn't just hammering at pebbles. First, he ordered the Jews to bring him a massive slab of marble.
Mac Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Charlie: I'm going to the crevice!
Charlie Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Priest: if I smite your friends and absolve you, will you leave?
Priest Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Charlie: No matter how psychotically vain... or needy and pathetic or, I mean, just plain sad.
Charlie Observational Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 41 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Mac Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Mac: Oh, great and angry God, I command thee to smite my friends!
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist Mac: So, really, I'd like to confess on them, because they're sinners and pricks.
Mac Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Priest: Son, I don't think you understand the purpose of confession.
Priest Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Frank: What the shit is going on around here?
Frank Reaction Beat Character Comedy Dennis: It's like that book The Tipping Point.
Dennis Character Comedy Observational Dee: I'm like the cute, funny waitress who has all these one-liners and hilarious jabs I throw at the customers
Dee Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: No matter how psychotically vain... or needy and pathetic or, I mean, just plain sad.
Charlie Observational Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Charlie: What are you looking to do? Like, flash-cook a-a gyro sandwich?
Charlie Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement Charlie: I'm going to the crevice!
Charlie Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Frank: Charlie, don't go in the crevice.
Frank Absurdist Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Dee: Kids these days, they have so many more choices than we had when we were little. Am I right?
Dee Observational Cringe/Discomfort Dee: Well, they're not landing because I'm not getting to the punch line
Dee Cringe/Discomfort Irony/Sarcasm Mac: I drank three bottles of champagne and hung out with a stray dog all night under a bridge
Mac Absurdist Character Comedy Mac: your jokes never land, all right? So please don't concentrate on your comedy anymore, 'cause it's terrible
Mac Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Dennis: I saw a couple gray hairs, and I was, like, 'I'll eradicate those,' and then...
Dennis Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: You look like Superman.
Mac Visual Gag Reaction Beat Dennis: Oh, shit. Maybe that's Superman.
Dennis Character Comedy Absurdist Mac: I got some donuts and some M&Ms and some, uh, chips. I could pass them through if you want some.
Mac Absurdist Character Comedy Priest: Are you eating in there?
Priest Cringe/Discomfort Reaction Beat Frank: Hey, that's good. You want to do that to people?
Frank Dark/Subversive Absurdist Charlie: Frank, you've just created a four-way intersection. If anything, you've made this intersection safer.
Charlie Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Mac: Dee is guilty of sloth, and she's pro-abortion.
Mac Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Mac: I don't want to go to any poor places, you know. Successful guy like myself, I'll have a target on my back.
Mac Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dee: You're just going to sail around the United States is what it looks like.
Dee Observational Reaction Beat Dennis: I got a chemical peel.
Dennis Visual Gag Character Comedy Dennis: I was just trying to live up to all of your expectations of me. Physical perfection.
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac: it looks like you're wearing a mask of yourself over your face. Not a good one.
Mac Visual Gag Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Mac: When I leave the gym, and I have a full pump...
Mac Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Mac: Father, when Peter did the statue of David, he wasn't just hammering at pebbles. First, he ordered the Jews to bring him a massive slab of marble.
Mac Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: I dip it in bleach, then it's clean!
Charlie: Because I'm dipping them in bleach so that I can clean them faster. I don't have time to wash every single glass. I dip it in bleach, then it's clean!
Charlie Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Charlie: Then get out of my bar! Get out of my bar!
Dennis: I'm running at of ten of excellence, and I'm used to being at whatever number.
Dennis Character Comedy Absurdist ♪ Big, fat, big, fat Big, fat titties Big, fat ass. ♪
Dee: But you have candy coming out of your pocket.
Dee Visual Gag Character Comedy Priest: if I smite your friends and absolve you, will you leave?
Priest Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Mac: When does the spell kick in? When is God going to shed some of this weight for me?
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist Mac: glory unto you, ghost man in the sky, that created us all and pre-determines everything.
Mac Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Top Episodes — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
