The idea that he has been turning the 'closed' sign on every morning for years which is a contributory factor as to why they never get any customers is both tragic and hilarious.
"Then I'll just regress because I feel like I've made myself perfectly redundant" is a statement I could make at any point in time and it would make sense
@thebrideofghostface he was going for: I digress because I've made myself abundantly clear. Which is also a nonsensical statement even if he had managed to get the words right.
I love how when Dennis is reading off the garbled political speech, Charlie is enthusiasticly mouthing the words along with him as if they make total sense.
6:50 this woman’s acting in this scene actually kills me. the fact that she sounded so terrified yet confused at the thought that someone just openly admitted to being a rapist is genuinely hilarious
I love how she's like "aah, ok" in relief after she helps Charlie pronounce "philanthropist" 😂 It's almost exactly the same impression Mac made when Dennis was explaining the implication and clarified that he wasn't going to hurt women.
His mouthing of, "Thank you...thank you!" Is comedy perfection. It's probably my favorite scene in one of my favorite shows. Just a grand slam of hilarity. The implication that he wrote it exactly as he had it in his head and was still filled with pride is just 🤌
Dyslexia actually gets worse over age. There is actually a huge connection between substance abuse and Dyslexia. Although it is also labeled the genius gene; Because people like Albert Einstein and most billionaires suffer from some form of dyslexia. Meanwhile most people think you are stupid. 1 & 10 people suffer from dyslexia, although most who have it don't realize it. I didn't find out until I was 28 because I excelled in sports so everyone thought I was lazy in school, but I was on the deans list with a 4.0 in software development in college because it dyslexic people Excell in computer science... but I'm also a Poly Drug abuser and functioning alcoholic & Nootropic Researcher now. *Catch 22*
@@SynchronicitySequence as someone who is dyslexic and doesn’t do any drugs other than very occasional alcohol consumption and nightly weed consumption, this was a very interesting read. I’m also poly. Thanks for sharing!
Dude, Mac's subtle "wtf" look at Charie because he can't read "sanitation" is such great example of simple, yet subtle comedic acting. It left me in tears.
I like how Charlie went from most likely reading at like a fifth grade level with some dyslexia to basically not understanding any written words at all.
I get what you're saying and agree with the observation, but uhhh words like "interstate" and "sanitation" are--in my mind--significantly below 5th grade level. Or maybe I just went to a fancy-pants pirate school.
In the waiting area of my local coffee shop, they have a door marked Private and every time I'm sitting there, I think of Charlie. I've never seen anyone enter or exit so....
Danny Devito in the air duct reading Charlie's scribbles with a Zippo like he's in a tomb trying to decipher hieroglyphics whilst holding a torch to it so he can see. 😂
@@fhamdani99 Yeah even down to each episode! Unless you're correcting the original poster by telling him he should swap out "labeling each show" for "labeling each episode"
The best part of that is that the first line sounds like a setup to some old timey riddle "if here by now...then bad place be!" And you're expecting a rhyme but he's just illiterate
12:15 I love the idea that Charlie can understand notes like that just as well as the rest of them can understand normal words. Like I’d love for him to just look at it and read it out loud without pausing, and making total sense, the same as the others would be reading a normal letter
I'm dyslexic and Autistic and because of this I can decipher things most people can't but also can't decipher paperwork most people CAN. I have yet to encounter a madman's ramblings where I couldn't make out what they were trying to convey. When I type I'm fine, but when I handwrite things I may as well be illiterate.
@@alexjrk1675 that’s very interesting. I have adhd myself and while I’m probably not as good at it as you, I like to think I can understand gibberish and stuff pretty well, at least when it comes to children. I also really like symbology and using pictures and symbols to convey messages.
You should watch the behind the scenes for this bit. Dennis basically made up the entire "speech" on the spot, and Charlie was trying hard not to crack up the entire time.
I like the idea that Charlie just doesn't fully understand English but is completely literate in Irish. 🇮🇪 It explains a lot, maybe he learned Irish when he was little and started learning English later and with him constantly sniffing glue and spray paint his learning was affected, even leaving him a little dyslexic. P.S. 11:34 I love that Charlie reads my country's name as Braziel, that's close and charming. 🇧🇷💚💛💙
lol right and how she goes from looking comfy in her chair to sitting upright and on alert and then delivers the " did you just say youre a full on rapist" perfectly.... idk how they casted that part they did it phenomenally
Probably a part of the reason he had trouble learning to begin with, he might need real glasses but never got them because his mom was a drunken whore that didnt take care of her kid. Unnecessary depth in these characters lol
Love how gentle Mac was with Charlie in that scene. He didn't even roast him, just a quick "pretty good!", and then corrected him with zero condescension.
It looks like a drawing of a pair of jeans, a plus sign and a chicken. I still recall the imagery in my head as Dee was saying it the first time I watched it. Then they showed the picture, and I was on the floor! It is equally as funny now, even though I have watched it dozens of time. I've even paused it just to look at the various doodlings. I would love to see everything Charlie has doodled for the show, the Nightman Cometh lyrics, the Gang Runs for Office speech, the art in Dennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life, I mean everything. Just imagining him actually drawing all of that for the show is funny for some reason!
I love 1:40 cuz the music and delivery make it sound like some kind of ancient undecipherable riddle and the joke is just gonna be that that's what frank thinks it is, but he sees right through it cuz he knows Charlie wrote it lmao
It's so simple but the way Frank says "UP?" when Charlie says he thought north was up makes me laugh. His disbelief yet kindness in not ridiculing Charlie's nonsensical comment is great.
In case anyone is interested, he appears on The Young Turks from time to time. Just search "Brian Unger TYT". I didn't know this but apparently he's been a commentator for NPR, host for the Discovery Channel, and a correspondent on The Daily Show. He's a great guy and very funny.
*Hello fellow American.* *This you should vote me.* *I leave power.* *Good.* *Thank you, thank you.* *If you vote me, I'm hot.* *What?* *Taxes, they'll be lower...* *son.* *The Democratic vote is the right thing to do Philadelphia, so do.*
6:07 - "Illiteracy, like what's that word even mean?" Charlie's lines are some of my favorite in the show, my absolute favorite being "I too am from a large, moneyful family"
They all have a gimmick that sends me over the edge, and you're right, Charlie's inconsistent vocabulary is what always gives me the unexpected laugh! Now, I'll take that advice into cooperation.
My favorite Charlie quote is in "when the gang solves the gas crisis". And they were trying to blackmail the gas station attendant. And Mac says they're gonna "hit him where it hurts" and Charlie blurts out "your Dick", to it Which mac says "no dude his wallet"
@@stevedrouillard1585 I don't know why but another of my favorite Charlie lines is "so you're living on the streets now.. cricket." Not so much because of the line itself but because of the delivery. Gets me every time
@@GOATMENTATORidk but I definitely know they must’ve gotten the kids from the baby store (but that’s obvious, everyone knows that babies come from the baby store)
the funniest (unintended fan theory) illiteracy joke in the entire show is the mailroom, where Charlie presumably thought that Pennsylvania or Philadelphia was a name, Pepe Silvia
@@rottenfiggy I find it hilarious that despite how amazing that scene is, the pepe Silvia-Pennsylvania connection wasnt indented by the writers and it's just an amazing coincidence. Like what are the chances it would unintentionally fit so well. Its awesome
Why do people insist on this being the case? It’s an amusing fan theory, but Mac literally confirms (seconds after Charlie’s rant) that “not only do *all* these people exist (Pepe Silvia, Carole, etc), but they have been asking for their mail on a daily basis”.
