This week’s Abbott Elementary episode, additionally one of the vital anticipated of the season, lastly had the It’s All the time Sunny gang test in as volunteers to assist out on the faculty. With that, Abbott’s workers and the brand new aids had been paired off in a few hilarious methods; one notable pairing concerned It is All the time Sunny in Philadelphia‘s Frank (Danny DeVito) and Abbott Elementary‘s Mr. Johnson (William Stanford Davis).

Though viewers couldn’t get sufficient of the weirdly humorous banter between the older duo, it seems that there was meant to be much more to their storyline in the crossover episode. Abbott‘s government producers, Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker, revealed to Leisure Weekly that the episode was initially imagined to characteristic an elaborate backstory between the 2 characters, however they needed to lower it for time. Schumacker shared:

“We did at one level have an entire backstory between Frank and Mr. Johnson that they did know one another. It was that they went to highschool collectively. They dated the identical lady who was a canonical character in Sunny, this character dynasty. That ended up falling away simply as a perform of, ‘Hey, we will not inform that story. Perhaps let’s reserve it for one more time.’ 21 and a half minutes will not be quite a lot of time to inform a narrative.”

Apart from Frank and Mr. Johnson, the opposite equally humorous pairings in the Abbott/Sunny episode had been Mac (Rob McElhenney) changing into an assistant to Ava (Janelle James), Dee (Kaitlin Olson) making an impression on Janine (Quinta Brunson) till she tried to seduce Gregory (Tyler James Williams), and lastly, Barbara (Sheryl Lee Ralph) making an attempt to show Charlie (Charlie Day) to learn.

‘Abbott Elementary’ EP Shares ‘It is All the time Sunny’s Crossover Replace

Wednesday’s crossover episode gained’t be the final of the Abbott/Sunny meet-up, as there will likely be one other within the upcoming season of It is All the time Sunny in Philadelphia, as beforehand teased by McElhenney. Giving an replace on the upcoming crossover, Schumacker revealed that it has already been written and filmed, including:

“I used to be current for fairly a little bit of it, and it is very cool. The best viewing expertise will ultimately be watching these two episodes again to again, regardless that I do not know in the event that they’ve even solidified their date but, however ultimately, they’ll find yourself on Hulu collectively, and it will be very simple to entry each of them again to again. They do very a lot play off of one another.”

The Abbott Elementary and It is All the time Sunny in Philadelphia crossover episode aired on Wednesday, January 8, on ABC. You’ll be able to stream it on Hulu.

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