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Always Sunny Season 16: "Rickety Cricket" Music Video Goes Miley Cyrus

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia writer, EP & star David Hornsby's "Rickety Cricket" went the Miley Cyrus/"Flowers" route for a music video.

Even with Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Kaitlin Olson & Danny DeVito currently filming the 16th episode of FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, that doesn't mean we're going to be lacking in original "Always Sunny" content. And that's where series writer, executive producer & co-star David Hornsby (ex-Father Matthew Mara, now "Rickety Cricket") comes in. Now, you may remember that Hornsby was kind enough to share with us the process by which Hornsby disappears & Cricket appears last week. But this time, Hornsby has elevated his game to obscene levels, sharing a music video of "Rickety Cricket" performing to Miley Cyrus' "Flowers." And, yes… it's as great as you would want & hope it to be.

So for a look at his "special Valentine" to everyone out there from earlier today (filmed by @patmackster and edited by @chrismacken.director), here's a look at Hornsby's Instagram post:

And here's a look at the actual official music video for Cyrus' "Flowers":

Set to the tune of Metallica's "Lux Æterna," here's a look back at Hornsby's epic transformation (courtesy of @jcollinsmakeup, @autonimousfx2005, @siouxsinclair, @hair_by_abbyroll, and @theadorable1) into "Rickety Cricket":

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 16 Updates

During last week's episode of The Always Sunny Podcast, Day, Howerton & Megan Ganz (McElhenney is out for this one) kicked things off by letting us know that they had been filming for the past two days. And while details were being kept under wraps, they did share that Day had spent most of his filming day with "his Americas on" (with Ganz explaining that "Americas" was a term Day came up with for Charlie's pro-USA clothes and it's now it the IASIP dictionary).

We then learned that Ganz will be directing two episodes this season and is currently spearheading the wrap-up of the last two scripts. Ganz updated that one of the scripts was sent to them, and she thought they were really going to like it (especially with it clocking in at 25 pages, which Howerton liked because it meant they had space for some improv). In addition, it sounds like we can expect some familiar faces from the IASIP ensemble to return this season, with Andrew Friedman (Charlie's Uncle Jack) name-dropped. One more before we leave you to enjoy the episode? For one episode this season, a "specific gag" will happen to Mac (McElhenney) that will result in how he looks physically and how he sounds (which was followed by laughter). Okay, that's good enough for now. The rest is for you to discover and enjoy. So here's a look at what Day, Howerton & Ganz had to share about how production is going on the 16th season and have a "bigger picture" conversation about acting:

The week prior, McElhenney, Day, Howerton & Ganz took a look at S05E02 "The Gang Hits the Road," which sounded like it was recorded before The Gang started filming Season 16. The episode kicked off with a brief update on how things were going from a writing standpoint, sharing that some things have been finished while others are still being worked up (referencing how sometimes scripts are being worked on in trailers during season filming) while also adding that it's running pretty much how it always does at this stage of the game. And then, towards the end of the podcast episode (at around the 49:00 mark), Day shares some personal perspectives on how it feels walking back onto the set again and how it impacts his getting back into character, with McElhenney, Howerton & Ganz joining in to discuss how they get back into the swing of things. Here's a look back – and if you haven't subscribed to The Always Sunny Podcast's YouTube Channel, head on over here to make that dream a reality:

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