Recycling

In the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode, The Gang Recycles Their Trash, the group attempts to solve the garbage crisis while the Philadelphia garbage men are on strike. The episode effectively uses irony, sarcasm, and humor to effect a change to the "crisis" at hand. As the bar fills with garbage, the gang creates a plan to gather the garbage and profit off of the situation, and eventually undercut the garbage union for a contract. Alike most satirical comedies, this episode mentions a social and/or political issue, but solves this issue by finding a form of profit and self gain. The episode pokes at the traditional model which is meant to promote positive change and combat an institution. Though the situation present in the episode does not exist in real life, a strike by the garbage union would not be unfathomable. The gang sports suits and drives a limousine to collect garbage, to appear like high class garbage men, while attempting to undercut the garbage union for the contract to collect garbage. The characters in the show being narcissists, leads them to be consumed with their own lives over all else. This group dynamic is effective in combating the traditional model of satire, and creating an original product. The unique model the show uses to show satire provides the most humor and attention, while proving their ability to use satire effectively with real life situations.