- Blendin Moving and Storage
- The “Blendin Moving and Storage” truck rolls past Lindsay on the street. CONTEXT
- Buster Keaton
- The house falling on Buster is an homage to Buster Keaton’s film, Steamboat Bill, Jr.
- Cloud Mir
- G.O.B. has Cloud Mir Vodka in his office.
- Tobias blends into a Cloud Mir advertisement. CONTEXT
- Cornballer
- George, Sr.’s involvement in the Cornballer proves disasterous with the Mexican warden.
- episode title meaning
- The title is a play on Friends-style titles.
- EventsElegance.com
- The DJ’s sign reads: “Events Elegance.com / Let us handle your event. / D.J.’s, Live Music, Catering, Floral Arrangements, Valet Parking, Invitations, Un-Invitations, Gift Baskets, Basket Cases, Clean up Crews, Preparations Crew, Funeral Services, and what ever [sic] else will make your party a party to remember! / There is no event too small and no budget too..” CONTEXT
- George W. Bush
- G.O.B. unfurls a Mission Accomplished banner and descends onto the scene, much like Bush’s similar declaration of the end of the Iraq war. CONTEXT
- hermano
- George, Sr. doesn’t know the Spanish word for brother, instead saying “brothero.”
- hole in his heart
- Buster says he has a “hole in my heart” during the Army medical, a reference to Lucille’s comment in Storming the Castle. CONTEXT
- Les cousins dangereux
- Tom Jane’s movie poster for Junk says it’s “From the directors of Dangerous Cousins,” the movie in My Mother The Car. CONTEXT
- Maybe tonight
- A container of candy hearts appears in Lucille’s pantry.
- Mommy, What Will I Look Like?
- A photograph of George, Sr. and Kitty’s possible baby is presented courtesy Lindsay’s business. CONTEXT
- on the next Arrested Development
- “Lindsay finds out the true identity of her homeless man, and even though Lindsay didn’t know who that was, hearing that he wasn’t homeless was good enough for her, and Lindsay, crushed and alone, for the first time missed her husband Tobias.”
- Oscar is Buster’s dad
- Like Buster emancipating himself, Oscar drags his belongings in a bed sheet behind him.
- panic attacks
- Buster says he has his “panic attacks under control” during the Army medical.
- Portugal
- G.O.B. believes George, Sr. is in Portugal, when he is in fact in Mexico.
- Señor Tadpole’s
- Kitty is wearing a Señor Tadpole’s T-shirt. CONTEXT
- what’s wrong with
- Michael asks Lindsay, “What’s wrong with him?” about the homeless man she’s dating, in a conversation very similar to Altar Egos when G.O.B. asks about Michael dating a blind girl, Maggie Lizer. Julia Louis-Dreyfuss also dated a homeless man on Seinfeld.
- you’re gross
- Lindsay tells Tom Jane, “You’re gross,” a callback to Key Decisions.
- “I’ve made a huge mistake.”
- George, Sr. utters “I’ve made a huge mistake,” regretting his affair with Kitty.
- gaffe
- The narrator says the Bluth family “prepared to unveil Phase Two,” however, in Staff Infection, the Bluth Company was working on Phase Three.
- Kitty has lost her lopsided breasts from Spring Break.
- George, Sr. is photographed at the frozen banana stand opening in 1963; however, in Pilot, the banana stand opened in 1953. CONTEXT
- George, Sr. is photographed at the completion of the Orange County Prison in 1983; however, in previous episodes, shots showed the prison opened in 1903.
- miscellany
- Army, Blue Man Group, Bye Bye Birdie, Charlie Brown, egg, featured music, FOX 6, Friends, George W. Bush, hammer, Her?, Homeless Dad, hospital, Howard Dean, I bleeped..., Junk, Mexico, mispronounced G.O.B., Mission Accomplished banner, mistaken names, Oscar is Buster’s dad, rape horn, rock, paper, scissors, Seaward, set me up, Solid (As a Rock), South America, staircar, T-shirt, take something, telephone
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- Broadcast 202
- Production 202
Originally broadcast
- November 14, 2004
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Due to Michael’s continuing legal troubles, G.O.B. agrees to be the company figurehead while Michael pulls the strings, an arrangement which, of course, ends up driving Michael completely crazy when G.O.B.’s showmanship and ludicrous ideas impress the board. Meanwhile, the mistaken identities continue when George, Sr. is arrested in Mexico for a crime that Oscar committed, and Oscar takes George Sr.’s place in a way no one could have predicted.
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Narrator: G.O.B. charged at Michael with the scissors, but Michael,
Michael: Put it down.
Narrator: as he always did, picked rock...
G.O.B.: Make it collapse. Make me look foolish.
Michael: G.O.B., don’t do this. G.O.B., the scissors!
Narrator: ...which beat scissors.
| CONTEXT |
George Michael: Oh, wow. Hey, can I bring Ann?
Michael: Who?
George Michael: Ann. You know, she’s... She’s the girl I’m kind of hanging out with.
Michael: I haven’t met Ann.
George Michael: Yes, you have.
Narrator: Michael had met Ann.
George Michael: You let her in. See, that’s ... That’s her right over there.
Michael: Oh, Ann. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. I know Ann. Hey, you! She’s got a little hard-boiled egg going there?
George Michael: Oh, it’s so cute. She sometimes takes a little pack of mayonnaise, and she’ll squirt it in her mouth all over, and then she’ll take an egg and kind of... Mmmm! She calls it a “mayonegg.” Are you okay?
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« Older posts#76 Banana Family wrote on October 18, 2005:
Yea he was in Sweetest Thing with Bateman
#77 beefjello wrote on October 18, 2005:
| Ciara wrote: |
| And I had thought about that Quincy Jones, thing, too... I know nothing about him- does he have a reputation for abuse?? |
I don’t think it’s been established that she is indeed in (or was indeed in) a relationship with the big QJ. My own personal opinion is that Starla is a Stalker (a stalkerla if you will). Perhaps the bruises on her arm are from QJ’s security detail since (from my opinion) she’s probably insane and trying to get close to him. Security probably has to restrain her by holding her arms.
I would hope that AD writers wouldn’t insinuate that QJ is a batterer without any evidence as such since he would probably sue them for some type of defamation or whatnot. But hey, I’m no lawyer, and if I was I would not be very good. Home run!
#78 Ciara wrote on October 18, 2005:
Thank you beefjello! That is a brilliant suggestion! That would definitely make the most sense!
Also, I do apologize for not recognizing the great Carl Weathers as an actual actor (at first)... I just thought he was an extra in Predator (I’ve never seen it) or something and that’s what was so ridiculous about it... that Tobias was trying to study acting from an extra. I should just learn to imdb.com everything! 
Thanks, guys, you make me smarter!
#79 yourbassist wrote on February 15, 2006:
I’m pretty sure what Tobias was holding in his hands was a tub of blue paint, which then turns into a glass of wine.
#80 UniTard wrote on March 08, 2006:
Yup. Blue paint and then a wine glass in Tobias’ hand.
Still not satisfied with any explanation of the bruses on Starla’s arms. Gotta be something significant, and I don’t think the writers were insinuating that Quincy was abusive.
#81 LickMyLovePump wrote on March 08, 2006:
| UniTard wrote: |
| Yup. Blue paint and then a wine glass in Tobias’ hand.
Still not satisfied with any explanation of the bruses on Starla’s arms. Gotta be something significant, and I don’t think the writers were insinuating that Quincy was abusive. |
She probably had to be physically restrained by his bodyguards.
#82 Musty Old Claptrap wrote on March 08, 2006:
| UniTard wrote: |
| Yup. Blue paint and then a wine glass in Tobias’ hand.
Still not satisfied with any explanation of the bruses on Starla’s arms. Gotta be something significant, and I don’t think the writers were insinuating that Quincy was abusive. |
I definitely think it’s from trying to get past Quincy’s security.
#83 mediumbluemetalic2 wrote on August 14, 2006:
| balboafunzone wrote: |
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This must be the one where the house frame almost falls on Buster. |
Did anyone else get this background joke? Buster Keaton, one of the most famous comedians of early silent film did a stunt where the side of a house fell on top of him but he was standing where a 2nd floor window landed—EXACTLY like Buster Bluth in "The One Where They Build a House." I studied Keaton in my film class, there’s no way this was a coinsidence.
That’s probably my favorite background joke. I’ll try to find a picture of it.
http://www.filmfest-braunschweig.de/img/programme/2005/MusicAndFilm/SteamboatBillJr.gif
#84 airbrushed into oblivion wrote on August 30, 2006:
Just noticed this the other day. A "Hot Mother" reference. When Lucille & Oscar are in bed together, Oscar ends his dialogue with - "That’s what makes it so hot."
Right after he ends his sentence Buster comes in with a "Mother"?
The timing is perfect . It flows together nicely, but you don’t even notice it. Brilliant.
#85 ACR wrote on September 01, 2006:
Good catch - I hadn’t noticed that and welcome to the boards
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