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Always Sunny: "Famous Actor" Charlie Day Helps Hulu Hype Its Live TV

If you're Hulu and you need the best promoting Live TV service, who are you gonna call? It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Charlie Day...

With The Gang having so many projects in play, it's been making the time spent waiting for the next season of FXX's Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Kaitlin Olson & Danny DeVito– starring It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia a whole lot easier. But it's the unexpected things – the stuff that hits us by surprise from a pop culture blindspot – that bring smiles to our cold, dark hearts. For example, the following ad for Hulu+Live TV features "Famous Actor" Day, taking us into the classroom and onto the stage to show how he prepares the streaming service's spokespeople. If you're getting flashback vibes to S04E13: "The Nightman Cometh" and some other show/performance-based moments from the record-setting long-running sitcom, you're not alone…

Here's a look at Day practicing his craft while imparting his wisdom to the next generation of folks who will be stepping up out of their comfort zones to sell folks on Hulu+Live TV:

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Kaitlin Olson on Emmy Snub

At the Emmy Awards earlier this year, The Gang got the band back together to present the award for Outstanding Talk Series (Trevor Noah & The Daily Show would take top honors) – and to take a moment to address their topic of the show being ignored by Emmy voters. "Have you guys been doing this every year without us?" Day asked toward the opening of their segment. "I feel like we're getting the full Marvel treatment here."

To make matters even a little more insulting, this year also marked the first time that The Gang was invited to attend the biggest awards ceremony in television. DeVito really drove the point home when he reminded them that he had already won an Emmy for his work on Taxi – which would run for five seasons, picking up 34 nominations and 18 wins. "34 nominations in five years vs. zero nominations in 16 years? That math is bad!" Olson observed – before DeVito added, "Rhea [Perlman] won four for 'Cheers.'"

As fun as that was to watch, the point can't be ignored. How can a show that's run for 16 seasons (and counting) be as ignored as "Always Sunny" has been over the course of its run? "We talk about that a lot," Olson shared during an interview with Vanity Fair. "I think there are some shows where it's just decided, 'Oh, this is the hit show of the season,' and people will give it a shot. And then there are just some shows that are just like, 'No, this isn't an Emmy show.' And if you jumped in and saw a clip of our show and didn't quite understand it, you'd think this show is raunchy and gross—not appropriate and not classy and lowbrow. And the truth is, that's true. And if you really watch a full episode, it's so smart. We're making lots of statements. We are making fun of extremists. It's a lot more intelligent than people think."

Olson added, "It just became a thing where it was like, 'Oh, that show again.' People are looking at new shows. The truth is we are getting a lot of validation every single day. We have fans that will cry and shake if they take a picture [with us]. We're doing what we want to do, making a show that we're proud of and making people happy. I really am truly good. But will I take an Emmy? Yeah, I'll take an Emmy."

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