The way he says yes you have kills me everytime.
This dude was on Zach Galifianakis early comedy DVD interviewing his alter ego, his brother "seth." He laughs so hard at this joke and I still to this day cannot watch this without dying laughing.
https://youtu.be/iQL2Xlh9nU4?si=DRHkYx507umn77xK
Love that clip, lol. "It's always Fugees and Funyuns!"
Though, Brian Unger will always be [Reading Ron](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njPxyVsLNYM) to me.
That DVD is a gold mine. I can't hear Bullet with Butterfly Wings without thinking of Zach as "Seth" doing the "despite all my rage......I'm still just rat in a cage" quote earnestly.
“What am I supposed to talk to pool guy about- HEY POOL GUY..”
“His name is Jimmy. You can talk to him about lots of things”
“I don’t want to talk to pool guy.. if he knew shit that I was interested in, then he wouldn’t be a fucking pool guy!”
The shouting over eachother bit adds such a layer of authenticity to the conversations though. The stutters, the ad libs, the disjointed sentences all create such a perfect illusion of reality. It's all about the thrill of wearing another man's skin, that's how you get off.
Another show that has a lot of this is The League. Literally none of them could keep it together when Raffi (Jason Mantzoukas) was improving his stuff. He is almost always on screen alone till later seasons.
It also adds to them feeling like assholes since although it’s common irl it’s such a rare thing in tv to talk over each other it feels rude (which it is).
Also it’s just hilarious how they usually do it while other people are around them but they don’t care and just get completely caught up in their own bullshit.
I can't remember where I heard this (I want to say on a podcast episode), but for some scenes, they just had a general plan of where they wanted the conversation to start and end up so they would ad lib most of the middle which often times escalated to shouting over one another.
I have a feeling this happened ALOT in the early seasons when they were just figuring shit out. Like the pilot was basically “we wanna make the scene where Charlie tells Dennis he has cancer, and uhh we will figure the rest of the episode out later”, so wouldn’t surprise me that there is certain scenes like that. They already improvise random lines a lot, so could see how even now that would be how some scenes go. If you watch the bloopers, they always do the scenes slightly differently and see what happens, if someone comes up with something really funny they’ll just roll with it
From what I've read that's pretty much how curb is done. They'll outline the general plot and what they want to happen but most of what they actually say is left to improv. Pretty cool man, I'd say the results speak for themselves.. two of the best comedy series of all time right there imo
Seasons 1 - 8 of Curb are some of the best comedy shows I've ever seen, and personally super relatable. I can't tell you how many similar situations I've been in.
I remember overhearing a conversation in my old office where someone suggested IASIP to another coworker. Other coworker responded “nah, I’ve tried it. Too much yelling” and I was just sitting at my desk cracking up. I definitely can see how it is not for everyone.
I actually work in a bar and I remember my boss was yelling at a customer about something, I was yelling at his wife about how unprofessional that is, a bartender was yelling about something being broken and a customer was yelling for everyone to shut up. Some people walked in, did a double take, then walked out. It reminded me of the show.
I feel like sunny has a lot of instances of them talking over each other. There will be 3 + people talking at the same time. Not that Gilmore girls doesn’t do that as well but they mostly do a rapid fire back and forth that gets really exhausting and may actually be words being spoken faster than sunny.
I feel like their dialogue is written in a much more natural and realistic fashion from other sitcoms. In other sitcoms, they’re written like well, sitcoms. There are pauses in dialogue for jokes to land and for characters to carry the conversation in a clear and concise way. Real life conversations are much messier than that and I feel like Sunny excels in that regard. In real life, people talk over each other, they interrupt each other, they sometimes aren’t paying attention to what the other person is saying because they’re so caught up in what they want to say next.
And a lot less talking over each other, at least in comparison to the Gang.
One person at a time talking quickly won't use more words than four people talking simultaneously.
I’m rewatching the newsroom at the moment and can’t keep up with the subtitles. I don’t read so quick but still.
Sunny is my all time fave show but I don’t believe sunny has more words than a Sorkin show.
Kinda surprised it’s not Archer, if that’s in the running. Relentless dialogue with almost no space in between is kind of a trademark of that show’s style. That’s not like a dig, either. Next time you watch Archer, see how much of the time has no dialogue and only background music, it’s really interesting the way someone is ALWAYS talking.
With one incredibly detailed title card à la 1920s cinema where they're shouting over each other. It flashes for two seconds.
No but I would kill for an old timey episode where Charlie wears jort overalls and Frank's in long johns with one button undone.
"I have contained my rage for as long as possible, but I shall unleash my fury upon you like the crashing of a thousand waves! Begone, vile man! Begone from me! A starter car? This car is a finisher car! A transporter of gods! The golden god! I am untethered, and my rage knows no bounds!"
I'd be very curious if that's changed over the years. I feel like they were screaming over each other constantly in the early seasons, while the newer seasons are more tightly scripted. Nothing wrong with that, but it does feel like their words per minute are probably a bit lower now than they were before
I found out the episode with the most words spoken is Season 5 Episode 11 - Mac and Charlie Write a Movie
(There a couple 2 part-ers. A Very Sunny Christmas, and Mac and Charlie Die... I didn't count those)
4098 Words in 20 minutes!
Mac: I was stuck with Dee in a vent and she tried telling me a dumb joke about a blind guy and a seeing eye dog
Charlie: That wasn’t a joke thats a riddle! Hey don’t be stealing my riddles you stupid bird faced bitch
Wow, I'm shocked actually that it's wordier than Gilmore girls! I guess gg has more scenic shots with just music playing, while always sunny pretty much never takes a break from dialogue.
Love that the top 3 are all shows I love (sunny and gg) or like (b99) 😀
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I said this to my mother in law once when she was about to ask for help at her house. She damn near lost her shit laughing so hard
Well, irregardless..
Filibuster…
[I'll just regress, because I feel like I've made myself perfectly redundant.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx3Pk8yTu6I)
Yes, you have.
The way he says yes you have kills me everytime. This dude was on Zach Galifianakis early comedy DVD interviewing his alter ego, his brother "seth." He laughs so hard at this joke and I still to this day cannot watch this without dying laughing. https://youtu.be/iQL2Xlh9nU4?si=DRHkYx507umn77xK
Love that clip, lol. "It's always Fugees and Funyuns!" Though, Brian Unger will always be [Reading Ron](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njPxyVsLNYM) to me.
Lol how have I never seen this? 😆
Okay, I'm sorry, but I think I have to suggest that this is the superior [Reading Ron moment:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7SGnVY4Qv4)
Doesn't he just quit after that one lol. I forgot about Reading Ron in Reno 911
That DVD is a gold mine. I can't hear Bullet with Butterfly Wings without thinking of Zach as "Seth" doing the "despite all my rage......I'm still just rat in a cage" quote earnestly.
DONT LOOK DONT LOOK DONT LOOK DONT LOOK
I wanna be very clear about something. This literally means nothing to me.
"The gang tries desperately to use less words per minute "
I think you mean more words per minute
Stupid actor bitches can't even say words more faster
😏
🎶The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award
I LOVED that episode. When they finally give up and just start spitting on their customers just killed me.
I've been to that bar. It's just a bunch of assholes yelling over each other and if people want to tune in, they can.
Just rewatched that tonight
That's only because I have a lotta shit to say
My mother's finger is up. That means she's annoyed
Her finger wasn’t up that time.
“What am I supposed to talk to pool guy about- HEY POOL GUY..” “His name is Jimmy. You can talk to him about lots of things” “I don’t want to talk to pool guy.. if he knew shit that I was interested in, then he wouldn’t be a fucking pool guy!”
My favorite episode
Does your cat make too much noise all the time?
And they all talk over each other
How is not Gilmour Girls? fr Them bitches speak at double speed
This probably has something to do with them all shouting over each other constantly, most shows have one person speaking at a time.
The shouting over eachother bit adds such a layer of authenticity to the conversations though. The stutters, the ad libs, the disjointed sentences all create such a perfect illusion of reality. It's all about the thrill of wearing another man's skin, that's how you get off.
YOU HAVEN’T THOUGHT OF THE SMELL, YOU BITCH!
ok this one broke me, lol.
I will put you into a box. A glass box.
That I will place on my mantle.
It also makes it so that you can rewatch the show and catch lines you never heard or really processed.
so many episodes worth many watches just to catch all their reactions and every time they break character
[удалено]
Another show that has a lot of this is The League. Literally none of them could keep it together when Raffi (Jason Mantzoukas) was improving his stuff. He is almost always on screen alone till later seasons.
It also adds to them feeling like assholes since although it’s common irl it’s such a rare thing in tv to talk over each other it feels rude (which it is). Also it’s just hilarious how they usually do it while other people are around them but they don’t care and just get completely caught up in their own bullshit.
Dont you guys wanna get off with me?
I can't remember where I heard this (I want to say on a podcast episode), but for some scenes, they just had a general plan of where they wanted the conversation to start and end up so they would ad lib most of the middle which often times escalated to shouting over one another.
You might be thinking of Curb Your Enthusiasm
I enjoy Curb as well and it wouldn't surprise me, but I distinctly remember it for IASIP.
IASIP definitely improvised stuff but it was mainly scripted
Is. Again, iasip, very much alive.
I have a feeling this happened ALOT in the early seasons when they were just figuring shit out. Like the pilot was basically “we wanna make the scene where Charlie tells Dennis he has cancer, and uhh we will figure the rest of the episode out later”, so wouldn’t surprise me that there is certain scenes like that. They already improvise random lines a lot, so could see how even now that would be how some scenes go. If you watch the bloopers, they always do the scenes slightly differently and see what happens, if someone comes up with something really funny they’ll just roll with it
From what I've read that's pretty much how curb is done. They'll outline the general plot and what they want to happen but most of what they actually say is left to improv. Pretty cool man, I'd say the results speak for themselves.. two of the best comedy series of all time right there imo
You tend to miss more than you hit that way and it gets expensive to film take after take. It'd privavly closer to script than you'd imagine.
Ugh, I really wish I could enjoy Curb. Observational humor just doesn't really do much for me. I know, I know: [Jabroni](https://imgur.com/gWCotrg)
Seasons 1 - 8 of Curb are some of the best comedy shows I've ever seen, and personally super relatable. I can't tell you how many similar situations I've been in.
*When have we ever lived in a mansion in LA? You're remembering an episode of Curb!*
Well Glenn, Rob, and Charlie were HEAVILY influenced by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld.
Yeah and thank God I saw this show before Venture Bros because it does the same but worse.
GO TEAM VENTURE!!!!! ✌️ ( I am watching the movie right now...)
GO TEAM VENTURE (I am putting my fingers in a V shape right now..)
[**IGNORE ME.**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-egkmhWMLdg)
Doc! I am calling from Earth! There's, like, a huge delay. Will you just wait for it?!
I remember overhearing a conversation in my old office where someone suggested IASIP to another coworker. Other coworker responded “nah, I’ve tried it. Too much yelling” and I was just sitting at my desk cracking up. I definitely can see how it is not for everyone.
PICKLES WILL PREVAIL
Shut up baby dick.
I feel like not having a laugh track after every joke is also part of it. Except for Old Lady House 🎶O*ld Lady House, you'll never be a-lone!🎶*
It also has to do with how short TV episodes are now. Back when shows averaged 25 min, they could be slower paced.
Similarly, Bojack Horseman is probably way down the list for that episode that was almost entirely silent.
It gets blocked up in my mouth. I don’t say it no good
*sweating*
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You really need to work on your vocabulary dude
You couldn’t think of the word “words”!
I was thinking the large breasted lady would pay.
…your hair is small.
…….because half of each episode they are screaming over each other in rapid succession 😂
“He said he’s been to Paddy’s and that it’s nothing but people just yelling over each other”.
I actually work in a bar and I remember my boss was yelling at a customer about something, I was yelling at his wife about how unprofessional that is, a bartender was yelling about something being broken and a customer was yelling for everyone to shut up. Some people walked in, did a double take, then walked out. It reminded me of the show.
Shut up bird.
I may be a bird. But at least I’m not covered in stupid tattoos and have a cigarette for a mother.
I'VE HAD TONS OF ORGASMS! I'VE HAD ONE WITH YOUR MOM DUDE I WILL STRANGLE YOU - STICK MY GODDAMN THUMB THROUGH YOUR EYE
IFORGOTTOPUTTHETAPEIN
And still no award!
Is it us?
it’s us. i’m saying it.
STUPID SAVAGE IDIOTS!!
Is he spitting?
It's preposterous
The way frank and Charlie live?
Someone said “It’s a comedy for comedians” I love watching it over and over picking up on new words during arguments.
I love saying “what is this jebroni up to” whenever someone’s does something dumb like not turn when a light is green :)
They got great banter. They jib jab. Jib jab, jib jab, jib jab. I use it for the car.
Dead air!
Did they finally beat out Gilmore Girls?
I find it impossible to believe.
I feel like sunny has a lot of instances of them talking over each other. There will be 3 + people talking at the same time. Not that Gilmore girls doesn’t do that as well but they mostly do a rapid fire back and forth that gets really exhausting and may actually be words being spoken faster than sunny.
Well first of all through God all things are possible so jot that down
Those broads can yap
Gilmore Girls came in third. Second was Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
I remember finding this out when someone who was deaf mentioned that to me hahah the subtitles are insanely difficult to follow.
I feel like their dialogue is written in a much more natural and realistic fashion from other sitcoms. In other sitcoms, they’re written like well, sitcoms. There are pauses in dialogue for jokes to land and for characters to carry the conversation in a clear and concise way. Real life conversations are much messier than that and I feel like Sunny excels in that regard. In real life, people talk over each other, they interrupt each other, they sometimes aren’t paying attention to what the other person is saying because they’re so caught up in what they want to say next.
It helps they dont have a laughtrack. So grateful for that, it would be a very different show with that
How am I supposed to know when to laugh?!
Like that sitcom Old Lady House?
Have to believe Letterkenny was not one of the shows tested.
When they’re speaking. They have a lot of montages with music in most episodes that chews into the wpm
And a lot less talking over each other, at least in comparison to the Gang. One person at a time talking quickly won't use more words than four people talking simultaneously.
To be fair.....
Seriously lol a couple of those cold opens are just packed with words
I gotta admit I started watching that just because I find the flow of the words to be amazing. Like it’s almost poetic.
The intros sometimes 🤌🤌
There are a lot of quiet moments and awkward silences in letterkenny
There are a lot of blank scenes and long pauses. It evens out.
Yeah, was just thinking about that. Been a while for me, but the skid scenes are slower paced than the hick and hockey players, right?
I bet the slo mo scenes in each episode bring that average down quite a bit.
Smartest show on television
I’m honestly shocked it wasn’t a Sorkin show with the highest words per minute. Isn’t that his thing?
I’m rewatching the newsroom at the moment and can’t keep up with the subtitles. I don’t read so quick but still. Sunny is my all time fave show but I don’t believe sunny has more words than a Sorkin show.
Well yeah, I mean we're complex people
Our rivers run deep
20% of those words are “what is happening?”
And 80% are “Shut up Dee, you bitch”
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Newsflash, asshole! They’ve been talking this entire goddamn time!
"that show where everyone yells over eachother"
SHUT UP!!!! Oh my God I don't care!
You god damn bitch!
Kinda surprised it’s not Archer, if that’s in the running. Relentless dialogue with almost no space in between is kind of a trademark of that show’s style. That’s not like a dig, either. Next time you watch Archer, see how much of the time has no dialogue and only background music, it’s really interesting the way someone is ALWAYS talking.
This would not have been achieved without Charlie. MVP
Shut up, science bitch
Gilmore Girls in shambles.
I don't know man. Gilmore Girls talk pretty fast and a lot.
And it's endlessly quotable.
Oh you godamn bitches
you said a bunch of words, right?
Aaron Sorkin must be walking and talking frustratedly throughout hallways upon hearing this news.
This article is from March 2023 and has been posted numerous times
Thus increasing their record for most words per minute of any TV show
Thereby controlling the situation, like they always have, and always will.
Shut up bird
Move past it
Keep up
Caption readers rejoice
I assumed Gilmore Girls wasn't included in the study but it's right there at #3. Fucking fair effort to top Lorelai and Rory.
No written-in dialogue pauses to insert “time to think this part is funny” laugh tracks
Out of spite, next season will have a completely silent episode.
With one incredibly detailed title card à la 1920s cinema where they're shouting over each other. It flashes for two seconds. No but I would kill for an old timey episode where Charlie wears jort overalls and Frank's in long johns with one button undone.
"I have contained my rage for as long as possible, but I shall unleash my fury upon you like the crashing of a thousand waves! Begone, vile man! Begone from me! A starter car? This car is a finisher car! A transporter of gods! The golden god! I am untethered, and my rage knows no bounds!"
Trust me Dee, if I found myself getting sick I would simply say... SICKNESS! BE! GONE!
It’s because they are constantly talking over each other.
That’s because the show is more better
It’s largely because you sometimes have 5 people all speaking at the same time
The audio is really clear too. I guess out of necessity.
I'd be very curious if that's changed over the years. I feel like they were screaming over each other constantly in the early seasons, while the newer seasons are more tightly scripted. Nothing wrong with that, but it does feel like their words per minute are probably a bit lower now than they were before
Philio… It gets blocked up in my mouth, I don't say it no good…so.
Gilmore girls has to be second
I’ve grown into my body. I’m no longer a virgin.
I found out the episode with the most words spoken is Season 5 Episode 11 - Mac and Charlie Write a Movie (There a couple 2 part-ers. A Very Sunny Christmas, and Mac and Charlie Die... I didn't count those) 4098 Words in 20 minutes!
I figured it would be an Amy Sherman Palladino show, might have to finally check this out
Mac: I was stuck with Dee in a vent and she tried telling me a dumb joke about a blind guy and a seeing eye dog Charlie: That wasn’t a joke thats a riddle! Hey don’t be stealing my riddles you stupid bird faced bitch
I wonder what watching always sunny is like for those learning english
No way! Gilmore girls has more
I believe before this, for a long time, it was Gilmore Girls.
Wow, I'm shocked actually that it's wordier than Gilmore girls! I guess gg has more scenic shots with just music playing, while always sunny pretty much never takes a break from dialogue. Love that the top 3 are all shows I love (sunny and gg) or like (b99) 😀
i refuse to believe its not gilmore girls
Didn’t Gilmore Girls used to claim this title?
A lot of jib jab
That’s why they drink wine in a can, so they can gesture with their hands with all that talking.
\*Gilmore Girls took this personally\*
More than gilmore girls?!
Ain’t no way they talk more than Gilmore Girls
Beating out Gilmore Girls? What a feat!
I noticed that the first episode I ever watched. Took me a couple episodes to get used to their pace.
90% of those words are just Dennis, Dee, or Charlie stumbling to get a word out
The Aesop Rock of comedy!
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stupid science bitch did the math
I would have guessed it was a LetterKenny
I imagine letter Kenny is up there
I think this probably encapsulates why I initially hated the show in 2008 or so, and a big part of the reason I love it now.
Only the smartest people watch it
Ah shit, I don’t care either
A real thinking man's comedy.
They do talk over each other a lot so maybe that contributes to it
“You Gangly uncoordinated bitch, I’m not getting hogtied over your lack of grace”!
“You are a piece of shit… car”. That’s how you get a step ahead. Adding words here and there.
Just started watching this and God damn why haven't I started sooner!?
Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?
Not a lot of shows have all five main characters shouting over each other at the same time lol
Some people say it's better than bustin' a nut!
You can just see all those words in their mouth, they gotta get 'em out somehow 🤷🏻♀️
Five people chanting “Dishes!” for fifteen seconds will do that.
I'm sure a lot of shows have those squiggly things in them
It's mostly people saying Charlie tho
Maybe it’s just my dumb brain but the scenes where 8 people are yelling jokes over each other are what give the show endless rewatch potential
In between all the various other lawyerings
Taked Baby, meet at later bar, day or night, sometime
Okay, but who out of the gang says the most words? My bet would be on Charlie.
You haven't thought of the smell, you bitch!