Rob McElhenney Piles on the Cats and Dogs Discussion With ‘Mac and Dennis Go to Springfield’
No, Haitian immigrants are not hunting house pets for their meat in Springfield, Ohio. Suburban Philadelphians, however, should keep a close eye on their dogs – especially when their roommates are cooking their “special” mac and cheese.
Right now, the right-wing disinformation machine is in damage control mode after former President Donald Trump repeated a racist and disproven rumor that immigrant communities in Springfield, Ohio have been catching and eating the dogs and cats of their native neighbors during last night’s presidential debate. City and state officials have roundly denied claims first made by J.D. Vance about the diets of Springfield’s 15,000-to-20,000-strong Haitian community before his running mate picked up the story, with Springfield Mayor Rob Rue stating just hours before the start of the debate, "We wish to clarify that we have not been able to verify any credible reports or specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community."
But the facts didn’t stop Trump from repeating the most ridiculous falsehood of the current election cycle on national television, nor are they slowing down the massive meme campaign centered around the outrageous claims as Twitter fandoms of comedy shows from The Simpsons to It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia continue to add their in-jokes about dog-eating to the pile-on.
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Even It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star and creator Rob McElhenney joined in on the fun, commenting that the non-controversy sounds strangely familiar:
As It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia die-hards remember well, in the Season 11 episode "Mac & Dennis Move to the Suburbs," the titular roommates attempt to adjust to a domestic suburban lifestyle by adopting a dog named Dennis Jr. and having nightly dinners of Mac's famous mac and cheese. Late in the episode, after the unique stressors of the suburbs drive both men to insanity, McElhenney's character combines the two in a very special pasta dish crafted from Kraft and Dennis Jr, a meal that Trump and Vance would likely call “creole cuisine.”
Of course, no dogs were harmed in the making of “Mac & Dennis Move to the Suburbs,” nor were any Springfield spaniels consumed in the crafting of the latest anti-immigrant conservative hoax. But, with McElhenney and his writers hard at work planning It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 17, this newest nonsense may be the perfect inspiration for their next topically minded episode plotline. Hot one today, huh?
