Of all the ways to describe "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," the phrase "'Seinfeld' on crack" is perhaps the most popular. Both shows follow around a few eccentric, petty, self-absorbed friends who are each incapable of maintaining any kind of meaningful relationship outside of their own closed-off group. The difference is that the characters on "Seinfeld" weren't sniffing glue or beating up the local children.
For the creators of "Always Sunny," however, the main inspirations were not exactly "Seinfeld," but two newer, more experimental shows. On Conan O'Brien's podcast, Charlie Day explained how, when they were making the decision to film their own sitcom, they based it on the success of the British version of "The Office," and Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
"We were looking at the British 'Office,' and how sort of cheap it looked. It just seemed very handheld and very easy to shoot,...
For the creators of "Always Sunny," however, the main inspirations were not exactly "Seinfeld," but two newer, more experimental shows. On Conan O'Brien's podcast, Charlie Day explained how, when they were making the decision to film their own sitcom, they based it on the success of the British version of "The Office," and Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
"We were looking at the British 'Office,' and how sort of cheap it looked. It just seemed very handheld and very easy to shoot,...
- 8/13/2023
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
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