Charlie Day

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 11 February 2022

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Charlie Day is the star and co-creator of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. You probably knew that already, because Always Sunny is the longest running live-action comedy in the history of television. And it's still good! But Charlie Day, the actor, is more than Charlie from Always Sunny. He helped co-create the very funny TV show Mythic Quest. He's acted in movies like Pacific Rim, Horrible Bosses, The Lego Movie – and now, the romantic comedy I Want You Back, where he co-stars with the phenomenal Jenny Slate. We'll talk with Charlie about the movie and playing zany characters – plus, he's started rewatching Always Sunny episodes he hasn't seen in over a decade! He tells us what that's like.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:14.1	From MaximumFun.org and NPR, it's Bullseye.
0:25.7	Charlie Day is the star and co-creator of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
0:44.5	Probably know that already because at this point, Always Sunny is the longest running live
0:49.7	action comedy in the history of television.
0:53.6	A person born during the show's first season can now get a driver's license.
0:59.0	And what's crazy is, Always Sunny is still good.
1:03.6	The show's main characters, Charlie, Mac, Dennis, D and Frank are still immoral, self-sabotaging
1:10.5	doofuses, and our lives are all the richer for it.
1:14.5	But Charlie Day, the actor, is more than just Charlie from Always Sunny.
1:19.2	He helped co-create the very funny TV show Mythic Quest.
1:22.7	He acted in movies like Pacific Rim, Horrible Bosses, and the Lego movie, and now he's
1:28.2	the star of I Want You Back.
1:30.6	I Want You Back is a romantic comedy.
1:32.9	Charlie plays Peter.
1:34.0	When the movie begins, Peter has been dumped by his longtime girlfriend, and he's feeling
1:39.0	pretty crummy about it.
1:40.9	Then he meets Emma played by Jenny Slate.
1:43.6	Emma was also dumped by her longtime partner, and she's also feeling crummy about it.
1:50.5	In a typical rom-com, you'd probably have guessed the next move here, Emma and Peter
1:55.4	fall in and out of love, but eventually realize they're meant to be together.
2:00.4	Possibly one of them owns a cupcake place.
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