BANNED EPISODE!! It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - 4x3 - Group Reaction

[@Thenormies]

Well that was a crazy episode. What were your thoughts on this contest? Watch episode 4x7 along with uncut for this episode on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thenormies

[@bensneb360]

Big props to Kaitlin Olson for getting pelted in the face multiple times and NOT dropping the beer, that is a real skill

[@jsmithers.]

It took a lot of takes for her to not drop them...

[@Lucy-uv4hv]

The thing about this (and the Community episode too) is that in both examples we have characters explicitly calling out the racism. We're supposed to think Dee's costumes are awful, but if we can't watch the episode, we don't get to make that judgement. So, ironically, the message that they send by banning it becomes that it's not ok to find Dee's costumes awful.

[@TheJerbol]

EXACTLY! I don't get why this is banned when the whole entire point of the show is that these are horrible, horrible people doing horrible, horrible things

[@shortdrink873]

Ehhh…l’ve been in more than enough Always Sunny reaction comment sections to know theres a hefty chunk of the fanbase who maybe don’t see the issue at all. Plus, this is one of only two banned episodes that bothers to point out or highlight its awful, the rest just do it.

[@TheJerbol]

@@shortdrink873 if people can't tell this is satire, that's really on them. Only a fool would take these serious

[@JenLight]

Seriously. Netflix and Hulu think they solved racism by pretending it doesn't exist. 🙄

[@ChromaticEagle]

@@TheJerbolwe have a lot of fools

[@bigpictureguys8415]

8:55 I would think the fact that Charlie points out Dee is being racist should be enough for even the thickest person to acknowledge it’s clearly satire and therefore being banned is uncalled for.

[@chrischika7026]

its clearly satire doesnt mean its ok . would you say the nword or do blackface becasue of satire

[@macdaddy1376]

If you agree with any character in a satirical show. Your the problem.

[@roadrollerdio565]

​​@@chrischika7026 you can have YOUR opinions on the satire... but the solution is not for netflix/disney to ban it starting in 2020 in case of potential Twitter outrage. If they really cared, streaming platforms would put a content warning on the episode and still leave it up. There are so many more insidiously offensive shows/movies on these services that don't get clocked because they don't hit the checkbox of brown/yellowface that some hr person can put on a spreadsheet.

[@bigpictureguys8415]

@@chrischika7026 I’m not an actor but of course it’s okay for an actor. You’ve gone so (what you think is) “left” you’ve circled back around to the right. Censoring art. Congratulations, you played yourself.

[@gregory3499]

People offended by "racist" jokes are the actual racists.

[@pieperbe]

It’s not outdated, it’s satire. The whole point of this show is how horrible the main characters are, and they are the butt of the joke *BECAUSE OF* their racism, narcissism, and ignorance. The humor isn’t that the stereotype is funny. The humor is that the characters are idiots for not realizing (or not caring) that their behavior is horrific. Remember: Portraying something is not necessarily the same as promoting it, especially when the whole point is to mock the people doing it.

[@Rucnas]

Unfortunately, these people pretend to be morally superior. They need to travel more often and get out of their bubble.

[@Oneryeone]

@@Rucnas Yes... You are truly more enlightened than The Normies (who everyone watches for their nuance and philosophical deep cuts). I'm glad we have @Rucnas to call out these false prophets. Careful not to break your arm patting yourself on the back that hard.

[@JojoTheRed]

Exactly. Just like Tropic Thunder, the idiot doing it is the joke.

[@lotusinn3]

Are ya’ll going to repeat this shit every episode?

[@Nornfang]

@@lotusinn3 they should. Ridiculous for Hulu to remove these episodes because of the Twitter morons that won’t stfu about everything they find “offensive”

[@DumbIdeaPresentedStupidly]

"Man why was this episode banned? I do not remember anything in this episode that was worse than a usual Sunny episode" Dee: I am gonna record some of my crazy characters. "OHHHHhhh yeah"

[@williamhardee8863]

This is one of the few examples where blackface should be acceptable imo. Might as well ban Tropic Thunder if you’re gonna ban this.

[@LazzyVamples]

@@williamhardee8863 Most episodes of shows that get banned for blackface used it in a completely self-aware fashion. Banning them was a little much in my opinion, but I'm also not black and can't decide what black people can and can't be offended by.

[@alanscott6005]

@@LazzyVamples but it's making fun against racists it's literally has nothing to do with black people

[@winstonmarlowe5254]

@@alanscott6005 It was just corporate ass covering due to BLM, which is stupid because BLM was about police brutality, not offensive comedy. But whatever.

[@LazzyVamples]

@@alanscott6005 Yeah, that's what I mean about it being "self-aware." Blackface originally came about in theater when white people would play black people and often acted in very demeaning ways. but 9 times out of 10 when a comedy whips out blackface these days, it's to take the piss out of racists. That's why I don't think it's bad, but I also understand that it's just not for me to decide.

[@layedbackthomas]

Rana's face when they showed Rex lol. His body is pretty wild though.

[@necroxisz]

Never understood why this episode or the Lethal Weapon ones were banned. The whole goddamn point is that Dee (Or the others in the LW ones) is/are being a horrible racist and she's bad for doing so and gets instantly punished for it every time. The whole crux of the bit is that racism is bad.

[@JojoTheRed]

They were banned by Hulu and whoever else because they wanted to avoid any accusations of racism during the height of the BLM movement. Corporations will make small meaningless gestures such as that despite nobody making complaints while refusing to pay POC creators more, making their workplaces more welcoming to us, or ceasing to fund anything that opposes real change.

[@TheGallantDrake]

One of the few times I’ll unironically say that political correctness has lost the plot.

[@captainblacksand8484]

They got banned when Disney bought Fox. Not much nuance where Disney's concerned

[@Gatewave]

I've read that it was not even the studio/streaming services that made the decision to axe these episodes, but rather Rob/Mac's decision himself. if true, it made me pretty bummed out at him. cuz like dude, as everyone is pointing out, your original content was blatantly pointing out how these actions were bad/racist in universe as the point of the joke. no one was ever laughing at the racism itself, but rather the whole point of the joke is how awful the characters were being

[@roadrollerdio565]

​​@@Gatewave This is misinformation. Rob Charlie Glenn have said so themselves on their podcast that they're unhappy these 5 episodes have been taken down and disagree with the decision, but they have no control over what the distribution platforms do. It's a discussion that's come up several times on the podcast such as in the s3 dayman episode discussion, if I'm not mistaken.

[@treyokelly9662]

Glad to see we'll get the banned episodes as well. Beautiful.

[@TheBananaThug]

The character who is doing racist caricatures is being pelted in the face, mocked for being unfunny, and mocked for her leaked pathetic diaries and gets named "patheticgirl". Sure, shes doing offensive things, but they spent the entire episode showing how pathetic she is lol

[@anthonyhaun1990]

"You got a great shot" lol I still use this line straight from Mac's mouth to this day hehehe

[@wardenm]

Rex is the MVP of cameos. 😂

[@musicf3b]

I was sitting here wondering why this was canceled, then Dee started talking about her characters…ohhhhhhhh

[@MarkMcCook]

Can't wait till the Lethal Weapon episodes.

[@wavehellhole]

Making fun of racists being stupid racists will never be outdated. You know it’s funny. It’s obvious who is the butt of the joke.

[@ClandestineGoose]

As soon as they got to this episode I knew how Rana would react to Rex. What a Stallion!

[@plaguedoctor5657]

Spidey holding it down and keeping it real when they spoke about offensiveness. This show has done way worse than Dee doing characters lmao Which are one of her greatest strengths btw. It’s classic

[@bushraptor]

Patheticgirl43 is a parody of lonelygirl15, a popular KZbinr from way back in the day

[@samtorres9949]

Just remember, they don't make fun of these groups...they're really making fun of the type of people who actually are racist, bigoted and sexist.

[@wolfman100hits]

I dont think i ever saw anyone legit complain about this episode and the other banned ones. If anything this was a corporate decision out of fear thinking they get outrage cause of what was happening 3 years ago. Just a bunch of peope in suits that are out of touch with their products and cosumers and how they work making this decision

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

The best way to show streaming services you oppose banning episodes: If they do that for a given series, don't use them even for the episodes they do show. Get the whole show from where you're getting the banned episodes. Also drop them a line letting them and their parent companies know you're strongly opposed to what they've done, and the way they've gone about it (e.g., giving false episode numbers to hide the censorship).

[@bigpictureguys8415]

Rana likes what she sees 😆. She’d fall for the DENNIS system

[@theoneandonlyoni]

...because explaining why something is funny always just makes it funnier...

[@RyneMurray23]

Im sorry if it is offensive, but Taiwan Tammy makes me laugh my ass off 😂😂😂

[@Acid_Assassin]

I was a day one viewer, and have been a fan for literally a MAJORITY of my life. These early seasons remind me of my adolescence. It's going to break my heart to see the show end, but all good things must. I just hope they go out with a bang.

[@PSDRProductions]

I am currently watching through the whole show, and I had to watch this episode like this since it is not on Hulu.

[@regalpinguino]

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

[@btnhstillfire]

Usually its a 6 month lease on a billboard. At least in the midwest it is. I did land surveying and had a few clients that had billboards on the property and 1 had to be moved bc it was on 2 different properties due to the way it was placed. Costs up to $100k depending on where the locations at.

[@thebigcheese8042]

To all the PC whiners in the comments. Youre such good people, everyone can see how good of a person you are so be proud. Sure you absolutely do nothing to help anyone in the world who needs it and youre totally full of shit but keep telling everyone how good you are and keep posting those black squares on your instagram cause you sure are making a difference in the world.

[@magicalmiller]

"Some things deserve to be changed" EXCUSE ME STALIN!

[@bigpictureguys8415]

16:13 Suraj just described satire 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@wavehellhole]

Satire is dead and gone unfortunately.

[@stingersplash]

That KZbin channel is real. Has a bunch of those videos and one with Kaitlin and Artemis at an audition I think and maybe another behind the scenes thing.

[@DevonRucker]

1:00 micky likes black and brown face confirmed 😂

[@alexm2528]

Broke: Man, Dee is crazy Woke: Man, Kaitlin Olsen is crazy

[@HK7Roiz]

5:43 rana got thirsty

[@gemini.gem1985]

Just chillin on a friday in 2024,remebered IASIP and wanted to watch 1 of my favorite episodes just 2 find out its a banned episode🤦🏽‍♀️thanks normies 4 this. After this Im gonna search the dvd's I burned back the...Im sure I have this season somewhere😂😂

[@Hoenhime344]

horrid take on censorship. it ALL should be uncensored and available to watch, no matter the content. its up to people to be mature and intelligent enough to be good people. personal responsibility.

[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

The best part about the billboard is that it doesnt even say anything about Paddy's. It's only two ladies and Frank doing thumbs up.

[@habswingsfan8702]

One thing I really like about the Normies is that they can find the humour in how awful the characters in the show are. Ik ppl in comments are complaining how they’re saying it’s outdated, but it’s pretty clear they found it hilarious from how awful it was during their reaction. Contrast this with the Blind Wave crew, and it’s telling that these guys truly get the point of the show and is why they’re enjoying it more.

[@briantidwell651]

Rana, for the love of god, KZbin didn’t have Live capabilities back then👀🤷‍♂️

[@captainblacksand8484]

lol thank you! I was yelling that too! Smartphones were only a year old in 2008!

[@paroxysm6867]

There was a character on Mad TV called Miss Swan that was a pretty ridiculous Asian stereotype. I kinda wonder if Sunny was making fun of that character with Dee's antics.

[@doomtho42]

Oh I tell you, I tell you evathing. He looka like a man.

[@doomtho42]

PS - As a fun fact, Ms Swan was played by Alex Borstein a.k.a. Lois from Family Guy

[@chaost4544]

Rex is the MVP.

[@ricoblaze2]

Michael Scott's "Ping" would've fit here

[@gavinsheridan4680]

Martina Martinez comes on screen, THAT’S why it got banned. Moments earlier, an orange-haired ethnic stereotype gets no reaction.

[@iskywalking420]

An Irish stereotype by an Irish person who owns an Irish bar isnt exactly a cause for concern you dishonest dimwitted weirdo.... who ties you shoes for you?

[@wavehellhole]

rEvErSe RaCiSm 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐

[@gavinsheridan4680]

@@wavehellhole no that’s not even a thing. It’s just selective outrage.

[@TheBlarggle]

5:40 to 5:50 Rana was going through some stuff in her own mind.

[@TommyBenjamin217]

Seeing Dee pretend to be Black and Asian! No wonder they banned the episode.

[@tskuyomii]

Man I watched this episode on tv when I was a kid lmaoo 😂

[@rexlevitak1]

Guys Tik Tok is not going to be created for 8 more years :)

[@danimalplanimal]

Making skin darker gets things banned... anything else is fine and will not get a ban.

[@magnum567134]

I'm Puerto Rican and Vietnamese, and I have 0 problem with this episode. The humor is only "outdated" because people don't care about context. Anybody who's watched this show knows that the butt of the joke is always its main characters. The show's not making fun of Latinos and Asians, it's making fun of Dee and how out of touch she is. She's not shown in a positive light AT ALL, and literally gets pelted for her bad taste

[@wayneedgaralphonso6675]

Dennis is Andrew tate without an internet connection plus a megaphone 😂😂😂

[@bensamuelson1176]

Had the DVD set for season 4, spent a summer on the Rez with no wifi and all i had to watch was my older brothers stoner DVDs. this episode is mild af, compared to the Home makeover episode and the man hunt episode in the same season.... Today is the first day I'm realizing its banned, i thought yall said "band" episode lol.... Edit: ohhhhhhh yeaaaaa, the black face.... forgot about that lol

[@logicalanswer3529]

What I find even more hilarious than Dee's characters. Is that when it first came out, people were talking about how all three were stereotypically offensive. Now people only ever mention two of them as understanding why it was banned. That is another way to show how ridiculous society has gotten with the reasoning behind what should be censored.

[@taags]

Its just sad that episodes are ”banned”. Its like China or something.

[@AverageDonger]

i mean it's not like you're gonna get in trouble if you watch these episodes. they're just not available on streaming services lol

[@VBane]

If it was the government, yes. If it's a company choosing not to air something they don't want associated with their company?

[@Strider91]

. . .it was literally the decision of the shows creators to remove these episodes from the streaming play lists. Calm down MAGA

[@Stygiophobic]

​@@Strider91no they didn't? It was people who worked at the streaming services the show was on that had them removed such as Hulu. Why would the creators of the show have their episodes removed from only a few specific services and leave them on others lol

[@leesmith9299]

22:30 why are CD's not mentioned here?

[@crtmojo2705]

Crazy how the Gang creates these activities each day. Gotta do something to stay busy. Paddy’s doesn’t make much money. That’s why they have Frank.

[@trivialtrav]

Always Sunny doesn't make racist jokes. They make jokes about racists. A major difference that unfortunately goes over the head of far too many people.

[@grubinthe1st549]

Think it got banned somewhere around Taiwan Tammy

[@Universemasterj]

The billboard I always see when I enter Indiana is by an RV guy called Tom with a super unfortunate last name lol

[@bryongalindo]

It's not really outdated.

[@Tweek08]

It is arguably objectively outdated, because you simply will not see stuff like this anymore. That is pretty much a fact.

[@bryongalindo]

@Tweek08 in irl or in media? Irl didn't change, bud. Sorry to tell you that

[@peedfarded]

@@Tweek08Calling something both arguably and objectively is the stupidest shit I’ve heard in a while. Arguably pertains to people disagreeing due to personal beliefs/opinions. Objectively is not influenced by personal beliefs/opinions. Please, I beg you, look up the definitions of words before using them.

[@Robalogot]

These are horrible characters doing horrible things all the time. Banning this episode is like saying we're fine with everything else, but we draw the line at facepaint. The fact that it's banned is just showing how crazy reality has gotten over these last couple of years where people no longer understand that this show is obvious satire against the worst of humanity

[@Gatewave]

so I hope this means that we are in fact getting reactions to all the banned episodes? because PLEASE you all NEED to do the Lethal Weapon episodes. They are some of the best episodes of the whole show IMO and I'm still salty about their removal. Not to mention that the first one of them also happens to be the conclusion of a two-parter episode that now remains a noticeable gap in the timeline if youre doing a streaming binge

[@ConstantineFurman]

THIS episode is banned? But I saw it on television numerous times! Including reruns on Comedy Central.

[@Thenormies]

It's banned now. We had to purchase it on KZbin. Hulu and Amazon don't have it available.

[@wavehellhole]

Editing racism, bigotry, and other shit out of history only guarantees that these mistakes will be repeated, or worse.

[@Cobbido]

this episode wasn't even a mistake buddy

[@MasterXelcas]

Maaaan. I miss this episode. banned for the stupidest fuckin reason. Also even more of a shame because its the introduction of Rex, and so many new viewers missing that

[@Jalynfein]

Rana trying to hide her face at Rex. Nice try.

[@Egonzo89]

The Texas hammer is the goat

[@jaymcnaul4201]

Good reaction guys! This is NOT a product of its time though. Newer Sunny gets just as offensive. The stereotype is offensive now and it was back then too, thats the entire point Dee should not be doing that skit. It isn't Kaitlynn Olson doing a racist skit its Dee, becauses she's a racist idiot. Its ok to laugh AT Dee just not with her.

[@orenthalsimpson]

Dee's not laughing, she thinks she's a great actor

[@teksnotdead902]

@@orenthalsimpson Dee IS a great actor tho. Didn't you hear those accents?

[@Zp0423]

the fact this is banned and some later ones using racist language arent is so strange

[@wavehellhole]

There’s no consistency when virtue signalling companies signal their virtues

[@kaylzshter6153]

I hate billboards, I wonder how much nicer America would look without them

[@Nathan-w5b2h]

A blanket ban on every instance is such surface level thinking. This in itself is a criticism of the behavior. Typical of this country to respond to a protest for racial justice by banning episodes of a sitcom.

[@AT-rr2xw]

I think that the person behind the sample for "My Name Is" blocked Eminem from releasing the song with homophobic lyrics, so he changed it. I am not sure exactly how it got blocked. In any case, I believe that the original version was on the single CD back then, just not on the album. Just Don't Give a F*ck* also had a line cut, as well as Kim from the Marshal Mathers LP.

[@DaRealDZ]

13:48

[@unciuncia420]

Banned? I think that's a bit too much of an exaggeration. Literally all these episodes are still run on FX on occasion, and are still found on some streaming. If you want actually banned episodes, South Park 200, and 201 are actually banned by Paramount (As they don't allow them to be legally streamed or run on air) because Tom Cruise said he'd quit Mission Impossible if they were ever run again.

[@shesuchi]

where is the kfiyeh Rana?!?

[@orenthalsimpson]

I just watched a movie with a bunch of brutal murders and a rape but this is banned?

[@rring44]

Normies clothes off pose off when???

[@bernardsoul5186]

19:20 actually, the word is getting reclaimed as a positive thing. Among drag queens and ballroom culture, it is used as "fierce," as in "That was so cVn+!" and "Serving cVn+" means giving beauty.

[@st0n3p0ny]

Gross...

[@Stygiophobic]

In Australia it's part of our everyday vocabulary 😂😂 a sick c_n+ means what a great guy, in a non sarcastic way 😂

[@Griebss]

Banning satire is as evil as it gets

[@gobvuu]

I like Spidey 16:45

[@briancleveland6115]

Why is it OK for two black men to play white chics in a movie but a white person can't play any other race ?

[@AbeVicious]

I love this episode

[@verynice5574]

They're so bent out of shape that people notice their politics lol.

[@mrworldwide5933]

Outdated humor??? Dorks 😂

[@AbeVicious]

It's funny how everyone gets cringed and puckered a**holes with stuff like this.

[@andy1181-l3m]

GREENMAN!!

[@bradkirchhoff5703]

Taiwan Tammy 🤣😂

[@Duffman69able]

Censorship is always bad. People used to understand this simple fact

[@haraldisdead]

A cups are good

[@alanscott6005]

this being banned is stupid, it's literally making fun of racism

[@Veiled_Aiel]

IASIP is not a sketch comedy, sorry Rana lol

[@iskywalking420]

No Navi? You guys shouldve waited for her. She makes these reactions...

[@andy1181-l3m]

Martina Martinez!!

[@DeShawnMcDonald]

I love yall but let's be real the Portland looking white chick who isnt there for this would have lost her shit just based off how she reacts to dark comedy (and there's nothing wrong with that).

[@SpeedyCat19]

lmfao what does "Portland looking" even mean bro

[@DeShawnMcDonald]

@SpeedyCat19 lol you know. It's all love but I'm being real about it lol

[@user-x7dc2pq7n]

⁠​⁠@@SpeedyCat19there’s an entire show making fun of people from Portland, you know what it means💀

[@darnellwilliams8783]

​@@user-x7dc2pq7nblackface was never funny

[@SpeedyCat19]

@@user-x7dc2pq7n No one's given me an answer of what that means yet

[@arkcorps9138]

Yall are so soft lol just enjoy the episode 🤦🏻‍♂️ this channel is becoming unwatchable

[@Violetsareblue092]

“You’re just too dumb to understand this is satire/afraid of appearing politically incorrect” is such a cringe take in a lot of these comments. Like the way people get overly defensive and attack the normies or anyone else that has any criticism at all over the “banned” episodes is honestly just coming across as embarrassing edgelord stuff at this point. I get that you think anything goes as long as it’s satire, but maybe some people actually feel differently and aren’t just virtue signaling fake woke crybaby liberals or too stupid to understand dark comedy. Maybe some people just don’t want to see harmful racial stereotypes/blackface anymore regardless of the context and simply find it outdated? Like it’s possible to understand the joke and just not find it funny or still find it offensive. Both opinions can be valid IMO. Also complaining about political correctness or censorship or stuff like this as getting “cancelled” is laughable. All that happened is Hulu decided to remove it from their platform. You can still find the episodes online just fine whenever you want and are literally watching it right now. It’s just not that big of a deal lol.

[@brianstever2146]

I wonder why they cannot just cut those couple of scenes rather than ban the entire episode.

[@Hoenhime344]

support piracy

[@_AshByte]

React on srk jawan movie please

[@kolapse320]

Omg they don't even watch the episode they just wanna make their jokes and say their references its so annoying do you guys evershut up and watch and enjoy the show jesus lol

[@Tweek08]

Better to transform the content somehow than just let the episode play. Borderline illegal to do that.