The Degeneration of Rickety Cricket

Withness the downfall of Matthew Mara in this video containing every scene (so far Season 1 -11) of one of the most, if not THE most important side character of the show.

[@emailnolongerinuse3157]

to get Cricket to do things for them they went from days of intense emotional manipulation to giving him a ziploc bag of lemon slices. Truly a broken man. Love him tho

[@ironocy496]

Hey the lemons are good for scurvy.

[@woddletoddle]

@@ironocy496 that's tart

[@Antibong]

Are you taking the lemons?

[@jorgelujan9942]

I love that Cricket loosens up as he gets farther and farther down into the pit of street life. He's one of my favorite characters.

[@Darkmatter105]

You start to give less fucks as life gets shittier lol.

[@firstone3289]

you give less fuck and get more :D

[@uncle1886]

Jorge Lujan it’s who he really is lol. He suppressed it while being a man of the cloth. Now he’s home.

[@SuperMrHiggins]

Agreed. Will ad that he's not a bad guy, he's a decent human being who has just been through some really awful shit.

[@SuperMrHiggins]

He's probably my favorite character, certainly the most endearing of them all. Maybe I empathize a bit with Charlie as well but Cricket? Guy is my spirit animal, sorry, spirit dog.

[@superM3NTAL]

I forgot how normal he looked lol

[@tjperette5304]

I wanna see Cricket ascend back to Glory.

[@emailnolongerinuse3157]

TJ Perette never.

[@mustafacom6378]

You mean Glory Hole?

[@firstone3289]

I'm sure he's at gloryhole every day earning for a living, LOL

[@InexorableVideos]

No

[@uncle1886]

Mustafa Çom lmao

[@ajcool240]

I always forget that Dee is just as psychopathic as the rest of the gang, lol. The way the rest of the gang bullies her always gives me the illusion that she's innocent. I'm not sure who is the least bad in the gang, maybe Charlie?

[@chesnutkc]

i feel like charlie has hurt the least amount of people, so yeah, definitely charlie.

[@Narutass43]

I'd say Dee is honestly the worst. Even Frank had the Christmas episode (tho that flipped real fast). Dee dumped a veteran because she thought he was a paraplegic. Most of Charlie's shit is due to stupidity and/or learning disability (definitely not all of it), so I'd say yeah, Charlie.

[@commandertorres]

ajcool240 everyone in sunny is a terrible person. Charlie is less terrible but thats because he’s stupid.

[@southieal]

Frank

[@basstrammel1322]

Dee has done some pure evil stuff.

[@anastasia-wj2bv]

*head's completely blown off* charlie - "check his pulse!!"

[@DivaInTheWoods]

Bahahaha! I love Charlie!

[@Tripplebeem]

This show has some of the best supporting characters in the history of TV.

[@douglasjernberg1423]

On par with Seinfeld, imho.

[@DivaInTheWoods]

I love Seinfeld, but this supporting cast/recurring characters are the BEST of any show I've ever seen. Even Zee with very few lines is flawless. When Lil Kev slam raps on Dee and all he says is "shiiiit". How can one word be delivered so brilliantly?!

[@alexc9985]

I like how the supporting characters reoccur rather than just disappearing after one episode and never mentioned of again.

[@marcopinedo9716]

Seinfeld is just not funny

[@bigfanofdong]

marco pinedo you’re probably the only idiot on Earth with that dumbass opinion

[@addy1285]

"It's one of the hardest times of my life!"...poor Cricket didn't know it was only gonna get much, MUCH worse after that!😂

[@tonybobay6276]

Soarin' on eagles wings!

[@melaniewut]

Darkest*

[@Frustrasted]

​@@tonybobay6276"it's gotta be sexy!"

[@bluedreamer6564]

Cricket is one of my favorites. I love how he was just a regular dude (kinda), who was repetitively fucked over by the gang to the point where he gradually degenerated into the person he is today, yet still associates and interacts with them despite his animosity toward them.

[@uncle1886]

tmi 420 he’s the physical manifestation of how shitty the gang is as people lol. No better evidence

[@gotcha9983]

tmi 420 I'm rickety cricket. I thought I was Charlie but I'm cricket....yuck

[@marcgroetsch2216]

They are his friends he takes up for them when his dad and brother talk shit about the bar losers in season 12

[@joelfoguth4248]

He has to be sexy, other wise he don’t eat🤷‍♂️

[@bluedreamer6564]

@@gotcha9983 It's okay, buddy, I'm a Frank. :p

[@DanielA-pq8vv]

Poor cricket. Not only does the gang ruin him in highschool, but they still continue it as they are older.

[@favrerules04]

Dan Man How do you catch a cricket? With a giant bird. . .

[@jasonbucy]

Yeah but he LET them ruin him. No one is responsible for how another one turns out.

[@RasputinReview]

yeah i'll be sure to let grieving families of rape victims who kill themselves know that...

[@nickraad77]

Rasputin Varez that’s quite a comparison

[@ironocy496]

That's terrible advice and this took a dark turn quickly.

[@pigammon7843]

Cricket asking to be put down might be the most hilarious and sad thing in the series

[@zorp7934]

pigammon 30:27

[@Jim_Lahey101]

Play the clips starting at the end to the first and it’s a wonderful story of how a homeless crackhead gets his life together and becomes a priest.

[@ericsmith116]

Genius

[@deadskrillaskrit2078]

Clever girl.

[@nolives]

Lol best comment ever.

[@RedColdRitsu]

Ryback = PG Legend

[@SirMan48]

Cricket is low key the funniest character in the show. The first time watching it through, in the new episodes, I feel like a kid on Christmas morning whenever Cricket makes an appearance

[@jnv1971]

You should watch this in reverse. It's the heartwarming story of a moldy, burnt, scabby, hopelessly down on his luck homeless person who, through the increasingly lighthearted machinations of his friends, heals spiritually, mentally and physically and finds his true love in God at the end. Excellent feel-good little movie!! 5 stars!!

[@laclaude1234]

"Make it sexy, you have to make it sexy! Or else you don't eat, m'kay?"

[@Fopay12]

That's a pop, that's a pop, that's a POPPPP

[@Idk-bs6in]

Does anyone feel a bit sad for cricket?

[@dangshnizzle6929]

nah he brought it on himself /s

[@johnsnyder3015]

Idk it's soo fuckin sad I mean he has had the shittiest of lives

[@johnsnyder3015]

Idk and he is still fuckin optimistic, other than wanting to die

[@johnsnyder3015]

Yeah ew

[@johnsnyder3015]

Sorry

[@squamsh122]

What a great actor

[@badoli1074]

Nah, he's faking it. On the street you gotta fake. Those who don't have it the worst.

[@freestyle1026]

wow all over a stupid bird

[@mrepic0656]

lol

[@MrUndersolo]

Replay 2:17.

[@BlackDiamond2718]

Bro that is disgusting

[@juanvaldez3752]

If he winds up inside of me you owe me a whole sixer, I have my standards.

[@gtn9]

Juan Valdez *dignity

[@TheRainbowHummusNation]

I find it ironic how much cricket loved those trashcans only to get a severe infection from one later

[@nightmare-nightmarenightma1147]

Then his neck cut open by one

[@daywalker966]

@@nightmare-nightmarenightma1147 that's exactly what he's talking about... His neck got the severe infection from the same trash can that cut open his neck...

[@OneStarRating]

The cut from the trashcan also resembled dog vag

[@masonkane5884]

"He's fueled by vengeance and reinforced with space age technology" Love that line.

[@Afro_samurai1]

That’s one of my favorite episodes “The gang dances they’re asses off”💀

[@marcorosales6542]

God dammed bird turned a good man into a street rat.

[@robhost4271]

Dee you bitch

[@ered203]

@@robhost4271 Goddamn bitch!!

[@carolecksit2947]

Cricket succumbed to temptation by choice

[@ered203]

@@carolecksit2947 Nope - 100% on Dee...because you know, Dee is the absolute worst.

[@kcbh24]

Underrated post

[@TonySeagle]

32:10 I see now where JJ Abrams got his idea for how Luke should look in The Force Awakens.

[@Goctagon]

It's insane how much Cricket changes over the course of the show

[@shontapl]

Goctagon he went from priest to taking it up the ass for a sixer..lol

[@moeman813]

In any other univers Cricket would have been a super vilian by now

[@geckopecko]

well here it's impossible since the gang are the designated villains and they're too good at it lol

[@LukeLeonettiYouTube]

Last night he had an extended hallucination where he got his life back together giving up PCP and he dated a woman he met at work, only for him to finally come down and realize that he actually DID smoke PCP to cause this, and realize that the "woman" he dated was really a golden retriever

[@cornbread4535]

I love how they just fuck up the lives of every person that gets involved with them... greatest show ever

[@sugreev2001]

In real life, David Hornsby aka Rickety Cricket is married to Emily Dechanel from Bones. So, there's that.

[@ByddinRhyddidCymru]

you mean a Zooey Deschanel look-alike cocaine addict

[@BIGWH1FF]

@@ByddinRhyddidCymru I like you

[@ByddinRhyddidCymru]

xd Joel thanks Joel, I like you too, but remember, check the breathing, get 999 on the blower, lock your knuckles together, then push down about 5-6cm (2 inches in old money) to the beat of staying alive by the beegees, it might save a life

[@kparsa1]

Nice...

[@gm346553]

You know how many times I fake on the streets? You have to fake, the guys who don't fake they're the ones who get it the worst.

[@DAVIZZY69]

gm346553 sometimes you dont fake

[@golfwang5330]

H

[@deadpool981]

By the end, cricket looks exactly like Dwight from TWD

[@jayfisher3359]

Julian Bonfiglio Yeah, he is even burned the same.

[@princelevi3733]

He look like the comic book version

[@formerctgovernordannelmall1452]

I find it so weird that Frank is actually concerned for Cricket’s safety after he got shot

[@mellochello921]

Hes the only one that cares for him and wish he wasn't in demise

[@turtleanton6539]

​@@mellochello921yes

[@larsrobeerst4659]

I can't wait untill Cricket starts losing limbs.

[@ironocy496]

A cat ate his toe and a Chinaman stole his kidney. We're well on our way lol.

[@MaxOakland]

Nooooooo

[@420jarsofthiccrawsauce5]

only his left side is harmed so it would be a left hand or leg

[@shmookins]

This character and the McPoyles alone are worth watching the show for. Love the show, never want to meet the gang. lol

[@gotcha9983]

Shadow Heart I know people like this...and I'm intrigued...but they destroy anyone not in the gang...hell they destroy each other

[@ohlookitsbryan]

I really want cricket to have an episode where he gets rich and gets reconstructive surgery and then the gang just ruins him again.

[@nightmare-nightmarenightma1147]

Morpheus drinking a 40 in a death basket

[@goonsquad8258]

@@nightmare-nightmarenightma1147Hard agree

[@dandosapershing6103]

Its really scary that people in real life do the same thing that Dee does to cricket. So many people have been screwed over by someone that faked their feelings towards them.

[@tonye2400]

I've watched every episode of this show. character development or lack thereof. never seen it done better. the way every character on the show has changed is just hilarious!

[@bethanyoneal5789]

For a street rat, Cricket's pretty good at parkour and running away

[@ObaREX]

This is one of the saddest stories on television.

[@PrateekJain-pi9jc]

The gang is so EVIL!!

[@ComaAlpha]

I think evil is a bit far fetched. Maybe unintentionally evil. VERY, VERY, VERY self absorbed is more like it.

[@PrateekJain-pi9jc]

im sure Father Cricket would beg to differ :D

[@ComaAlpha]

Prateek Jain SHUT UP, STREET RAT!

[@EmptyMan000]

The line between being harmfully self-absorbed and just plain evil is as thin as a razor's edge and just as deadly. I would say the gang is most definitely evil and certainly deserve to be locked up or killed for their actions.

[@PrateekJain-pi9jc]

***** SHUT UP, BIRD!

[@argel830]

21:15 He's fully aroused, mind you.

[@madlarkin8]

The gang is poison to everyone around them. So great to watch. Also really interesting to see frank and cricket cook brownies on an open flame... wonder how that would work.

[@ItatiaiaBR]

> Seduced to leave the faith > Forced to get addicted coke > Framed and got legs broken by the mafia > Hunted

[@DragonTamer31K]

> got bag of lemons

[@jarodjohnson7713]

lmao.... fryin' up some brownies on a trashcan lid.

[@captcareb5009]

Jarod Johnson shut up street rat

[@Erectoralporicy]

Jarod Johnson It's cause he's the TRASHMAN

[@emerickbelasco1545]

Erectoralporicy u

[@StinkyGreenBud]

Thanks for this man! Rickety is my favorite minor character.

[@Devotchka161]

"I found him turning tricks in the scrap metal yard" So far, my favorite line in the whole series.

[@RAE10182504]

Cricket is a tough person. But he's willing to negotiate. I like that.

[@williamguildenstern7577]

This is epic! I was thinking the other day about how someone should do this montage. You don't often see such a dramatic character shift. Great work.

[@richard5X5]

Omg the line of "that dog is very paralyzed now" cracks me up everytime.

[@cdraico]

Hips and nips. Gotta keep it sexy or we're not eatin.

[@xoxgracexox1006]

Cricket is probably my fav supporting character. David Hornsby absolutely killed it with this role

[@AmericasComic]

Cricket is like a reverse Bubbles.

[@47shadows76]

*is a reverse Bubbles.

[@FrankReynolds69]

Finally I am done with this monster project, however it did not work out as planned: youtube would not let me upload all scenes, for some reasons it had a problem with 3 scenes which led to vid being autoblocked. The missing scenes are: Cricket tells Dee that he has left the church to be with her (the gang exploits a miracle), cricket as a general confesses his love to dee (the gang cracks the liberty bell) and the scene where Cricket absolves Psycho Pete from his sins in the toilet stall at Paddys (Psycho Pete Returns). Sorry about that guys!

[@D-Strooik]

Frank Reynolds (Best of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia) great work man!

[@sirsabstudios3953]

Frank Reynolds (Best of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia) great job!

[@tinybed]

im glad u got it up! love it. thanks for ur hard work :)

[@CGRednaz]

Thank you for this masterpiece!

[@JaBarge303]

Frank Reynolds (Best of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia) good job this video was awrsome

[@lornmoulinie7103]

and now he has his own episode

[@shawno448]

I love how Mac calls him “ cricks!” Lol this whole show is beyond hilarious there will never be a more funnier show on tv as this show! Blows any other show out of the water including the office and even workaholics and that show was soooo funny back in the day I was so sad when they ended it! And sadly to say always sunny In Philadelphia is on its way out u can tell by how the last season ends it is coming to and end! Once Dennis was notified he has a kid and is going to move where the kid is that’s when u knew it was sadly coming to an end within the next season or so! I heard they were signed up for 14 seasons but now everyone is doing their own little thing!

[@thereligion4169]

You couldn’t have been more wrong and it couldn’t be any more right

[@mamobass]

The podcast bloopers when he sucks on the lemons are hysterical. Cricks and the McPoyles are the best recurring characters.

[@bullridermusic2054]

holy shit I haven't laughed this hard in a while. When he turned around with that fake eye and scar I lost it.

[@Littleathquakes]

Cricket was so cute.

[@hannibalburgers477]

Littleathquakes was, sadly

[@IBIGWORDSI]

Why did you not include the most important part in Cricket's downfall? when he attends to the bar to tell Dee he has quit the priesthood for her and she rejects him? that's why his degeneration starts?

[@ironocy496]

Copyright issues for whatever reason.

[@twentiethcenturyamericanma4518]

He said that it's one of three scenes he was unable to get them to let him use. They pulled the code he had to remove them.

[@twentiethcenturyamericanma4518]

No

[@minners71]

Read the first comment.

[@tomoyopop]

David Hornsby seriously needs an award.

[@riverscuomo8764]

definitely. he's such an amazing actor and he really deserves more recognition.

[@DivaInTheWoods]

And he writes and produces on several several other shows, doesn't he? He truly does deserve it. He's brilliant at his craft!

[@charliec7853]

I'm sorry he looks really good as a priest

[@shontapl]

Charlie C yea he does..lol

[@twentiethcenturyamericanma4518]

That was Brent's advice- Never Trust A Woman Who wears her pants too tight!

[@jugo1944]

I'm a priest

[@nayyabmughal1123]

These people have no regards of human life and I love it :D

[@girlspooptoo8567]

Nayyab Mughal These people have no regards for fake televised human life

[@suzyq4982]

You jumped the part where he confesses his undying love for the Bird .. and she drops him . What a heartless Bird 😂

[@Jondor1an]

"Terrorist rule ALALALALAAAAA"

[@21Cayque12]

"The taste of that thing alone.."

[@matheussberant]

This makes me sad :(

[@PleasestopcallingmeDoctorImath]

matheuss berant which part makes you saddest? _rubs nipples_

[@Narutass43]

Dee definitely ruined his life, but now he's made it clear he doesn't care to climb out of the gutters anymore. What was the point of no return, I wonder?

[@kcbellringer4693]

When he let a dog use his neck wound as a vagina in a dog orgy? That was pretty early in his downward spiral

[@carterdoyle7]

Who forgot his real name also

[@ronanhavern1980]

Me

[@tonymonntana7818]

"No one is getting me from behind, Unless they have crack"

[@bianca952000]

Subscribed👍👍😂😂 Cricket, along with the McPoyles, are definitely the best side characters. Always a blast when they show up.😂😂

[@SuperMrHiggins]

I like how Frank is the nicest to Cricket out of all of them.

[@geckopecko]

well he's also the only who hasn't bullied him since high school so that might help lol

[@missesyourjokes]

STREET RAT!

[@I_luv_french_fries]

David Hornsby is a tremenous actor. Cricket is as iconic as Tyrone Biggums

[@sidetriangle]

This is my favourite video of all time. Cricket is the best character on the show

[@brendanmcgovern988]

That's what I'm sayin lol

[@theswingingdoor2157]

The gaNg fucks up the lives of everyone they know 😂

[@sithmindtrick1888]

Homeless Ivory Tower

[@bmegangsta]

This video was long overdue! I've been looking for it since forever

[@docker4671]

whenever i have a difficult task that i need to muscle through, i just repeat the phrase "gotta make it sexy, or i can't eat!" and do a little shrug everytime

[@jacques-z4p]

I'd love to also see "The Degeneration of The Waitress" too

[@lfcwilli]

The lemon sucking bit still cracks me up

[@SuspiciousFace]

you missed the one where cricket drives through the store that Dennis & Charlie were at

[@47shadows76]

2:15 Dee was the Eve to his Adam. Moved him away from God, Destroyed his paradise with ease and left him living down the consequences.

[@ruzzodac]

Him with the golden Retriever GF was the best!

[@Equint77]

When it was revealed it was a dog all along i literally howled with laughter. 😂😂😂

[@HorrorOfDrugula]

lol "I gotta take your cup now cricket, we're working together"

[@HRW653]

Jordan Flores close and also kinda funny, but he's taking a cut from cricket. Not the cup

[@Mother3pla3r]

its funny that the moment cricket strayed from "god's plan" his entire life literally fell to shit

[@mellochello921]

"Head my warning those people are dangerous and will ruin your life"

[@kotov909]

Honestly a 7+ act musical about a former priest leaving his faith and ending up on the streets would be fucking tight

[@frds_skce]

All cuz he still have crush on a bird

[@craigoneill8277]

Absolving psycho Petes the best one man great vid though was wAiting for one of these

[@phantastica]

I just hope one day they'll put out his misery and let him die peacefully . Poor guy. SO FUNNY THO.

[@emailnolongerinuse3157]

sadly

[@TiTaan86]

Thanks so much for the video!

[@contraconnor]

His name is Matthew Mara. Oh my god.

[@mikeRoweSoftLee]

soul crushing with no redeeming qualities

[@marcgroetsch2216]

Season 12 a day in the life of a cricket was amazing

[@dylandean690]

"so youre living on the street now, cricket! thats great!"

[@ianstephenson9721]

I can't believe this guy is an executive producer on the show. Also, how long must it take him to get into makeup?

[@karlabrandao4799]

Charlie saying "did you?? did you really?" kills me every time LMAO 4:20

[@cadenmorris3680]

Wait wait wait... Check his pulse

[@bartek1980ful]

Cricket wins in the end. He married Bones.....you know, the chick from Bones.

[@supernum1234]

bartek1980ful dam lucky street urchin

[@suriyadeepanramamoorthy7658]

oh wait! check his pulse..

[@xabieszamudio3481]

"let's get weird buddy, let's get weeeeeirrrd." XD oh god hahaha

[@eyedeasneverdie3348]

Watch it backwards for a powerful and feel good story about a man who turned his life around.

[@truthiseverything9511]

Does my scar look like a dog's vagina? Ya know. Maybe. I don't know. I'm not gonna sit here and try to get inside the mind of a dog. I mean, that's god's work.

[@James-mi5qt]

*first 12 seconds* "Oh he's not doing that bad, he's a preacher, he's dressed nice... *skips forward randomly to **23:16*