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Mac Talks Utley and Howard in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
It looks like that episode of It's Always Sunny with Chase Utley and Ryan Howard will air in a few weeks, around the World Series.
Todd Zolecki sat down with Rob McElhenney (creator, Mac, Phillies fan) to talk about the episode and his Phillies fandom. Here's an excerpt as it relates to the Chase Utley love letter.
Question: I know Chase told me that he thought the "Chase Utley love letter" was pretty funny.
Answer: It spawned from a conversation we were having in the writer's room about what an interesting phenomena it is as you grow older to continue to think about professional athletes as being older than you. I think it's just something that happens when you're a kid, and then when you look up the ages of some of these guys … I'm like two years older than Chase, and I thought what a funny idea it would be if a character looked up to Chase Utley as his older brother-type figure. Then he comes to find out that he's older than him and how sad that is.
Answer: It spawned from a conversation we were having in the writer's room about what an interesting phenomena it is as you grow older to continue to think about professional athletes as being older than you. I think it's just something that happens when you're a kid, and then when you look up the ages of some of these guys … I'm like two years older than Chase, and I thought what a funny idea it would be if a character looked up to Chase Utley as his older brother-type figure. Then he comes to find out that he's older than him and how sad that is.
Rob even takes a nice shot at Braves fans:
I want to try and come back (for the playoffs). It's hard for me to get out for anything. And I feel like – it's so ridiculous – I feel like a Braves fan in the '90s. I can't really get excited until the World Series anymore.
Read the rest (a lot more) at The Zo Zone. He touches on the D.E.N.N.I.S system, Red Man, and Chooch. Brilliant.
