Gang Gets Held Hostage was my first ever episode of Sunny. Was channel surfing and my first image of the show ever was Liam licking the side of Dee’s face 😂

Freakin' Charlie bringing back that thing about Rob rubbing vinegar all over himself as a kid at the beach. "Get his vinegar smellin' ass".

As a person with anxiety disorder, I do relate to Charlie saying “I’m easily startled, I’m ready to scramble”

the three of them fighting over being the hostage negotiator could so easily be its own episode that it writes itself. all vying to be the one to save the day, so much so that they wind up in the hostage situation itself still fighting while the hostage taker just rolls his eyes. their chemistry is so good is palpable.

Charlie choosing to get a jump on his commute over negotiating for Megan’s life is the most on brand “anti-friends” Sunny behavior ever😂

Rob flinching when Glenn tried to touch him was subtle comedic gold.

Glenn’s face when he eyes Rob up and down after the question about the sex dolls whereabouts lmfao 🤣 had me rolling!

Based on Glenn's reaction alone, I'm gonna need an episode of Dennis trapped under unwanted sun exposure.

Can we please have Glenn list out everything he hates prior to a podcast and then speak to each one of them on the podcast. Maybe do a "Top 5 (or 10) Things You Hate" episode where each one of the guys goes through their list by rank.

The gang gets held hostage is my favorite episode because it's the first time y'all really let loose and got weird. Jimmy and the rest of the mcpoyles are perfect.

Probably already referenced here, but 37:35 - Meg springing into action like a boss and ultimately catching the gang off guard. Priceless. Full props.

I really want a ghost hunting episode of IASIP. I just see Cricket with a questionably stained sheet trying to be a ghost because Frank paid him. Charlie keeps trying to voodoo it away, Mac keeps trying to date it thinking it's male, Dennis is surprisingly scared of ghosts because they remind him of his own inevitable demise, and Dee wants the most proof to get all the clout so people will like her.

I love the Always Sunny style cold open - immediately we are thrust into a scene where Mac is yelling about something absurd

I’m so glad Glenn is sitting in that chair so I can see that weird thing he’s doing with his legs… perfect symmetry

I love these old podcasts where they talk about the episodes. The new ones are entertaining, but I really love hearing their perspectives on their work, how it was created and how they felt about it then vs now.

I love how unsure is Rob is about that segway in the beginning. LOL

"Damn, you Poseidon" - Dennis Reynolds shouting at the sea lol i was dying imagining this

Love the podcast. You guys seem to get hung up on whether or not the podcast is interesting/entertaining enough quite a bit, which is common for people not used to the format. You have to relax and give less of a shit about it, because you guys are always interesting and entertaining.

The fact you guys are suggesting visiting some of these things like the attic/vents has me so excited for the coming seasons. Nostalgia is such a drug

Sound Guy here. The reason you need quiet grocery bags is because if your vocal take gets bag sound in it (which it will if your actor is using or touching the bag at all) us sound guys can't play and manipulate the audio from a clean starting point so it means we're ultimately stuck working with a layer of bag sound behind your vocal which overall will reduce the options and flexibility of the vocal. Getting clean vocal takes is especially troublesome with plastic bags because they crinkle right in the same eq range as most vocals so they mess up the take pretty badly. It also raises issues of phase alignment because if there are several actors microphones recording all at once, you would need to consider phase alignment because the bags would be recording into all microphones and if they were even a few hundredths of a second out of line due to latency, input or editing issues you'd have bad phasing issues all over the place (making the audio overall sound like shit). Hope this helps. PS: Big big BIIIG fan. Love your work

The gang gets held hostage is one of the best sunny episodes ever made… “STAB SOMEONE!”

The Gang Gets Held Hostage is one of my favorite episodes lol. The end scene still has me rolling with laughter.

it blows my mind how they can continuously be so funny on every podcast. I laugh as hard at this as I do at the show

I absolutely LOVE the guys faces when Meg pulls the Die Hard dub up, for some reason that gave me so much joy. Love you all, hope this keeps going even after you finish watching the episodes.

Lol @ the gun story robs all concerned and Charlie is telling a scary story and Glenn is all like "that's a great line" as if he plans on using it in the future.

Dennis is absolutely right about the sun, give me gray and foggy all day unless I'm actively planning on hitting the beach or something

I love how much Glenn likes this line from Charlie’s storey at 16:22 .

I love the video version of the podcast because every time it pans out you can see how Glenn sits with his toes pointed

I love how Charlie looks at Rob then Glenn then is like, "Yeah, I'm the best choice for deescalating."

Hearing Rob talking about getting mugged by kids makes the gang gets new wheels even better

Honestly I want to give Glenn a big bear hug, he seems like a great hugger

Literally start the podcast mid rant, as if we were watching an episode of Sunny. God I love these guys Edit: Glenn explaining a different soundtrack for corona is the most Dennis thing ever. When he was talking about something that makes no sense at all as if it were really reasonable, I was like, "Dennis? Is that you?"

The Gang Solves the 'Day Light Savings' Crisis

It’s hilarious how in Sunny Mac is always touching Dennis. But in reality, it’s Glenn always touching Rob 😂

40:30 Glenn: (Talking about the sun). Me: "SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN. . . shut up about the SUN!"

Love that Mac comes to Charlie's defense over the animal he thinks he is, "muskrat" and goes positive with the animals traits.....so goddamn close to their characters......actors, show, writers, producers....all gold. Thank you everyone!!

Glenn saying to cancel the sun is me every summer basically

THIS EPISODE… whenever I think of sunny I think of this one. Seriously, that scene when dee completely deserts them and cocks the shotgun, literally genius.

The absolute charm and positive energy these dudes can bring just though conversation together is immaculate.

I think I found the ADR for Mac. The line is " I love you." Speaking to Denis at 14: 42 of the episode. Lmao!! And it's hilarious!!! 😆 🤣 😂

"I could make you fade..." That's chilling, but also kinda badass...

Firm handshake for the on time uploads every week.

As a window tinter, it’s my life’s work to fight the sun 🤪

I do think the line "DAMN YOU, POSEIDON" becomes infinitely funnier when set in a wave pool

Bro this podcast is genuinely helping me get over my father's death. I don't know how or why, but it's helping. THANK YOU. I've been distracting myself with media ever since it happened and this for some reason is the thing I was looking for. I know it sounds cheesy, but for real. Thank you

The gang gets held hostage is the best episode that season. It's great that it goes so weird and the McPoyles are amazing.

Anything with the mcpoyles / rickety cricks will always be hilarious

the way Meg takes charge @37:35 and added in the audio is good grounds for a raise in itself!

Enjoying these podcasts. Love the dives into stories that are tangentially related, but shed a lot of light into their real life personalities. Can’t wait til they get to the Mac and Charlie die episodes

Oh my god, Glenn kept me in stitches almost the whole time! So funny!!

One of my FAVORITE moments of the podcast so far is not seeing how right Charlie was about Mister Falcon (though that was great), but seeing the gang's attention suddenly shift as Megan begins to abruptly play the clip @37:49

37:33 - I love how Meg excitedly springs into action in the background.

I love Glenn's face the instant he contemplates someone having the Dennis doll! He did not sleep well that night.

Gang Gets Held Hostage is easily my favourite episode of the season. Just doesn’t let up in how funny and chaotic it is, with mile a minute betrayals and deep weirdness.

Hands down my favorite episode of Sunny and the one I quote the most. "Start breaking bricks, wet nips" is my favorite line from Sunny as a whole.

When Rob mentioned Wildwood (even though he was talking abt being jumped there) I literally smiled so wide because I am currently working there as a summer job. 😁

It’s kinda crazy how often Rob jumps in with “I wasn’t sure about doing X”, because this era of the show really feels like the gang was just going for it, with no regard for playing it safe. Hard to believe that any of the choices had to stand up to scrutiny, cuz they’re just so wild.

I like how Glenn's mom never calls him because holding the phone next to her ears hurts her hand 🤣. She's probably the inspiration for a lot of Dennis's mild irritations about mundane things 😄

Rob punching the ocean has "Old Man Yells At Cloud" Simpsons energy.

Every single episode of this podcast has just been barely organized chaos, and it's just ... it's beautiful.

So the driving with cereal, love of cold brew pour-overs, Dennis starving himself to an unhealthy level, and a gang circling Mac on a bike are all based on real stories.

The Gang Gets Held Hostage is one of the legendary level episodes.

You guys should do a D&D episode where Charlie is the DM. Frank will obviously take the Troll Barbarian role

This was the first episode I ever saw! I had no idea who the McPoyles were or anything. I absolutely loved the end when Liam just says "Later, bitches!".

One of the voice-over lines is when Dennis says to Margret (about her eyebrow) just the word "connected"

In Australia in the 1980’s we had daylight savings arguments on the news whenever it was trialled in the west. Farmers were saying it would sour cow’s milk and house-keeper’s would complain that it would fade their curtains. It was an awesome time to move to Antarctica which I did because I am a penguin.

“Ryan Stab somebody!” Is one of my favorite sequences

Super props to Megan lately for expanding the themed content of each episode and keeping things on track in a way. Not that I dont enjoy the chaos sometimes, but you can tell she cares about them and this podcast so much and it shows through the entertainment. Its appreciated!!

Do you think they realize how much they are like their characters? It's honestly jaw dropping...

This episode is coming together. I could totally see Dennis showing up to a wave pull in full serf gear, annoyed at the swimmers.

Every single episode is amazing on always sunny. Whenever my family is trying to get out of an argument together we scream "im going in the crevice" and it stops lmfao

“Im not home now but call me later” lmao

So many of the things that bother this trio of creators... like a change of flooring, a wall seen through a door, the alarm/rooster controversey, Dee cocking a rubber gun.... I never noticed any of those details, and I must have watched each episode a dozen times at least. I guess the lesson is - don't sweat the small stuff. Funny is funny.

It’s funny that Charlie said he didn’t think this episode was the best of that season. To me, it’s one of the top episodes of the series

OK but the image of Mac's mom spraying him with vinegar to keep him away, and him thinking it's for horseflies, is fucking HILARIOUS

Glenn explaining the super power of slurping up his food in acid instead of eating it made me realize where 33% of the jokes on Sunny come from.

I love the idea of Mrs. Mac having always sprayed Mac in the face with vinegar to hurt him but he thinks it's to tan. Also I noticed early in the last podcast Glenn was telling a joke and Charlie did the hand circle thing he does in The Gang Gets Held Hostage to move it along faster. I guess he really does that sometimes.🤣

So many great moments from this episode that weren't talked about. The McPoyles are always amazing! This was one of my favourites.

i feel the EXACT same way as Glenn does about the sun 😂

I haven't seen the episode in so long, I totally forgot about Charlie not wanting to die never having farted in Mac's face. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love this podcast so much.

one thing I'd love to see happen on the pod at some point is having the actors that play the characters' parents come in for a bit to hear their thoughts on the show and whatnot. even if it was just for a portion of it or they called in for a few minutes. always loved charlie and mac's moms popping in throughout the seasons and I think it'd be really funny to have them on to talk about an episode they were in - mac's dad as well. maybe even dennis and dee's mom before you get too far from her character's death

The Sam Witwer name drop? Hell yes! Love his VA work. Between playing as him in Force Unleashed and watching his quiet ferocity in Clone Wars & Rebels. My god, Sam Witwer is just a prolific Star Wars VA.

I feel like since last episode Glenn was in a much better mood and I really enjoy seeing him that way :) Thank you all for the Podcast

I love when they talk specifically about what they were thinking making specific decisions. That’s what I come for.

Charlie and Rob immediately sounded like they were gonna mug Glenn. Never been jumped, eh? Strokes beard..

I love when it gets dark at 5pm.

I’ve always thought that the gang going to the jersey shore definitely needs more then 1 episode and the vinegar + punching the wave + getting jumped by kids on the board walk all fit perfectly together for one

Glenn has that Aussie accent down pat "Just having some fun mate" 😂

The conversation at the end about “never leaving the safe zone” of sharing with family was very relatable and unexpectedly impactful. Don’t cut that

Oh man 😂 the gang attempting to negotiate a mugger and arguing over the best technique to do sounds like a friggin hillarious episode

That Wildwood accent was IMPECCABLE

Glenn needs to do something more with his Australian accent. It's the greatest thing I've ever heard. I need to see him play an Aussie in something!

"Maybe there's an apology that goes before the stabbing" had me 🤣 - delivered so sincerely! Lol. I also enjoyed this episode. I love Jimmi in your show, he is hilarious! The fork stabbed / milk always makes me lol.

We keep talking about Glenn coming in hot, but Rob jumped in from the start like a bat out of hell and he kept that heat for a while.

I would absolutely love to see an episode where Dennis gets angry, punches a wave, and curses Posiden, and Mac's mom sprays him with vinegar, even if they have already done an episode with a beach, pool, and water park.

Guys, youre nailing it. My Google feed is filled with articles about this podcast. Just take a deep breath and keep at it. Love you guys. also want to toss out some guests > Guests should be few and far between but some actors are just...needed: - David Hornsby - Jimmy - Dee (in studio) - Danny ** Cant wait for the "Charlie Work" breakdown (omg its season 10/11 so it may be a while) but its a damn gem and IMO the most WELL SHOT episode. My boy Charlie shines and the direction is fudgin amazing!!

We 100% need to see Mac’s Mom with a spray bottle full of vinegar! Like it needs to happen

I look forward to Monday mornings because of this podcast. A coffee, booze, and Spaghetti for breakfast. And the gang is at the table. I don't pay enough attention to my watch to care about Daylight Savings.

Or the classic Snakes On A Plane TV edit "I'm tired of these Monkey Fighting Snakes on this Monday Friday plane!"

I'm australian and listening to you all do an aussie accent is hilarious. love it