Some lecturers stroll right into a bar…and meet considered one of tv’s most iconic comedic gangs. It sounds just like the setup to a foul joke, however it’s a style of what viewers will get after they return to Paddy’s Pub for It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia‘s Seventeenth-season opener.
Delivering the second a part of the epic comedy present crossover with Abbott Elementary — the ABC sitcom aired the primary again in January — the two-episode premiere additionally contains extra traditional fare from sociopathic bar house owners Mac (Rob McElhenney), Dennis (Glenn Howerton), Charlie (Charlie Day), Frank (Danny DeVito) and waitress Dee (Kaitlin Olson).
“The crossover from our perspective is so humorous,” gushes Olson, who additionally stars in ABC hit Excessive Potential. Final time it was the All the time Sunny gang roaming the halls of Abbott and inflicting chaos as state-mandated college volunteers. Now, the Abbott lecturers and workers shall be saddling as much as the Philadelphia dive bar — and probably getting fairly rowdy.
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“I’m so excited,” Olson continues. “You get to see the Abbott characters in our [FXX] world, so that they get to [use] a distinct tone and phrases — it’s only a good payoff.”
And he or she’s not kidding, followers might not imagine their ears as soon as they hear how the Abbott college talks off-hours from their educating gig, in addition to after they’re overwhelmed with sure feelings…
And it is perhaps a great factor to revisit Abbott Elementary‘s episode earlier than the All the time Sunny premiere for the proper expertise, as Abbott co-showrunner Patrick Schumacker says, “In the event you have been to look at these episodes again to again, they’ll sort of really feel of a chunk.”
Later this season, All the time Sunny shall be crossing over with one other ABC sequence — kind of — when Frank hilariously joins The Golden Bachelor (alongside visitor star and real-life host Jesse Palmer). His rose is greater than somewhat thorny.
It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia, Season Premiere, Wednesday, July 9, 9/8c, FXX