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‘Here’s This School, and We’ve Just Introduced 5 Sociopaths’
Court-ordered community service, urine-soaked animal pelts, and a Billy Madison homage: How It’s Always Sunny infiltrated Abbott Elementary.
But McElhenney’s excitement helped convince Day, whose primary concern became ensuring that the accompanying Sunny episode felt “authentically like” their vulgar, surrealist, wonderfully absurd show. The task was easier than expected, Werner says, given the Sunny Gang’s propensity to show up in places they’re not wanted, including a rich family’s pool, a trendy rival bar across town, and the asylum where Frank grew up. But he got to set, he immediately laid down on the ground, and he’s like, ‘Let’s start doing it!’” That positivity and preparation spread through the rest of filming, resulting in the series’ biggest practical effect to date, the school’s scoreboard falling down (“Our equivalent to Tom Cruise riding a motorcycle off of a cliff,” Halpern says), and a number of improvised moments Schumacker hopes make it into an outtake compilation.
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