Last night It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia did their take on the 1990 cult classic Ski School, and it was just beyond epic. I mean this episode won big time. They absolutely nailed it. Add extra points for the seamless morph with Better Off Dead.
If you’ve never seen it, nor any late 80’s/early 90’s John Cusack films, your first reaction might have been, WFT??? You can be forgiven if you weren’t a skier in the 80’s/90’s and never saw Ski School (though you should have anyways), but let’s be honest here…your life is severely lacking if you don’t know John Cusack in Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer, Say Anything, etc.
Every great sport has their absolutely amazing yet horrendously awful movie we latch onto. For the surfers who I work with nearly every day compare it to The North Shore. We love it, but it’s hokey beyond belief. Well, Ski School is the ski equivalent (keep in mind snowboarding was just in it’s infancy here), just 1000x raunchier, because what’s a weekend ski trip without après ski? Still not on board? Think Hot Tub Time Machine. That’s right! -ski rivalries, parties, and sex have been a long tradition, and who better to bring it to the general public in two centuries than John Cusack.
Throughout the episode we’re confronted with the reality of Mountian Life and Mountain Rules, which everyone instinctually understands but poor ole Charlie, who acts as our weathervane throughout the episode. By the end he gets it, but Frank slaps us back to reality in a gloriously f’d up Sunny way.
The gang didn’t just transplant themselves into the mountains and recreate a cult classic–throguhout the episode everyone’s attire slowly morphs from modern day to outrageous early 90’s neon. They brought in Dean Cameron from the original Ski School, but a washed up version who they restore to his glory days, only to have him suffer the consequences of his party-guy actions in today’s world–getting arrested for various lewd sexual acts on the mountain. Amazingly it’s not just Dean, but they also bring in Courtney Gains from Can’t Buy Me Love and Back to the Future–amazing!
One thing’s for certain, the reach of It’s Always Sunny knows no bounds, and will gladly shock, offend, and push our limits to entertain.
It’s Always Sunny: The Gang Hits The Slopes
(Dean Cameron reprises his role from Ski School)
(1990 morph)
What’s more late 80’s/early 90’s then apres ski, sex, and a saxophone?
(Back to reality)
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