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I know, I know: Why would Cinematical be writing a story about It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia? NO, there are no plans to turn this blisteringly funny little series into a movie -- at least none that I know of. I think I'll just extend the suspense a little longer...

Is it because yours truly was born and raised (and is currently seated in front of a computer) in Philadelphia? Despite the fact that this wonderful city gave us Rocky, The Sixth Sense, and Mannequin 2: On the Move -- the answer is no: We're not posting about It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia because it takes place in an awesome city. (Go Phils!)

OK, maybe I'm just blathering about the comedy series because, let's face it, Sunny is much funnier than most Hollywood comedies. It just is. But that's not the reason either. Here's why you're reading a TV story on a movie blog:

Anyone remember Patrick Walsh? For a while there, and not very long ago, he was one of the Cinematical team, and guess what he's doing now. (No, really. Guess.) That's right: Writing episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. As a matter of fact, Pat's first episode will have its world premiere TONIGHT on FX at 10:30 eastern. But you should just tune in at 10 because that's the season premiere, which is also brand-new. (And probably hilarious.) Mr. Walsh is also co-producing a lot of the show's web content, which is handily available at this blog right here.

So THAT's why I wasted all your valuable blog-browsing time: To congratulate a friend on landing a very cool gig. If you had my job you'd probably do the same thing. (Now who do I have to talk to if I want to write for The Office...?) For the rest of your TV blogging, I kindly refer you to the TV Squad, who are probably going giddy over all the new shows.

He has absolutely no idea I'm doing this (and I'm sure he'll be slightly embarrassed once he finds out), but it's fairly slow today and I felt why not share something that will (hopefully) make you laugh. Cinematical's Patrick Walsh, who's best known around here for his very awesome weekly screenwriting column, wrote, co-directed and starred in this hysterical online short now playing over at Funny or Die. It's called Alan Freakin' Alda, and before you run over there to watch it, you might want to continue reading to see if it's your cup of tea. Anyway, our pal Patty stars as one of two office workers who, during a little downtime, are discussing what they did the previous weekend. That's when Patty's character goes into this whole thing about how he hooked up with actor Alan Alda while out at a bar.

I'm not sure why they picked Alan Alda (of all people), but it works. Ian Friedman plays the other office worker; the friend who non-chalantly reacts to all of this as if Alan Alda were some random one-night-stand. And the two go back and forth, slowly getting more into it as the rest of the details spill out. And that's when the warning comes in. Patty, God bless him, shovels out some pretty sexually-explicit details about his (or should I say, his character's) night with Alan Alda. Put it this way: Imagine two guys talking, in great detail, about how they hooked up with a girl and brought her home for the evening. Now take all that foul language, and insert Alan Alda's name into the equation. I pretty much lost it once they introduced the M*A*S*H* theme song, and it just gets filthier and filthier from there. So if you like the raunchy comedy, and you're in the mood for a little laughter before leaving work for the day, do head on over to Funny or Die and check out the short. (I think you can vote if you like it, or something like that -- I don't know, I never get involved at that level; I just watch everything for the fun of it.) Anyway, enjoy -- and let Patrick know what you think in the comments section below.

Note: My apologies to Patrick (for not telling him I was writing this) and Alan Alda (just because).