- Acting Like A Man
- Tobias is reading the same book from Whistler’s Mother. CONTEXT
- Big Yellow Joint
- The song from Pier Pressure is heard repeatedly, and in new arrangements.
- blow myself
- Tobias says, “Oh, I got blown,” referring to Lucille’s rape horn. CONTEXT
- Blue Man Group
- There is a Blue Man Group advertisement at the gas station that probably reads “Coming to Orange County.” CONTEXT
- Cloud Mir
- G.O.B. takes boxes of alcohol, including Cloud Mir, from Lucille’s for the office party.
- When a box of Cloud Mir rolls past her, Lucille says “Thank God they’ve got my brands here.” CONTEXT
- creative license
- lull89 writes: “Buster would never be able to get change for a hundred in that change machine.” In fact, the text on the machines specifically indicates it can return one or two $10 rolls of quarters.
- The Narrator says the banana stand is dumped into the bay as a holiday tradition; if this is the case, some wonder, why would George, Sr. hide money in the banana stand in Top Banana?
- family first
- Michael says it’s family first at the holidays. CONTEXT
- Go Lean
- Tobias is drinking a can of “Go Lean.”
- marijuana
- Oscar mistakes Afternoon Delight for “Afternoon Deelite.” CONTEXT
- According to the Narrator, Oscar attemps a 420-mile walk. 4:20 is slang for marijuana. Incidentally, the walk really is about 420 miles. (Thanks favian.) CONTEXT
- Oceanside Wharf
- Unlike the gaffe in Top Banana, the signs at Fisherman’s Village (where the banana stand scenes are shot) have been replaced with “Oceanside Wharf” signs.
- on the next Arrested Development
- “the Blue Man Group finally calls for Tobias with a life-changing opportunity.”
- Poof
- Lindsay is thumbing through the pages of Poof magazine.
- Simpsons
- Buster fails to pick up a Bart Simpson doll. CONTEXT
- teaching lessons
- G.O.B. says he fired everyone to teach a lesson “to the others.” CONTEXT
- Lucille says she adopted Annyong to teach Buster a lesson; and sent Annyong to Milford Academy to teach him a lesson. CONTEXT
- Zanotab
- There is a can of Zanotab, the drug the Fünkes pushed, on the company refrigerator. CONTEXT
- miscellany
- Afternoon Delight, Army, cell phone, Come on!, featured music, hammer, hospital, missed telephone call, mistaken names, party, picking scabs, prayer, rape horn, run over by a car, seal, skill crane, U.C. Irvine, wink, Yam
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- Broadcast 206
- Production 206
Originally broadcast
- December 19, 2004
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G.O.B. and Michael prepare for the company Christmas party, making G.O.B. power-mad in the process. After an employee inadvertently roasts G.O.B. at the party, he gets furious and fires everyone, ruining the annual shindig and putting the company in jeopardy. To woo the employees back, Michael decides they must throw another party. Meanwhile, a prankster throws the banana stand into the bay, forcing the Bluths to rebuild. The unveiling of the new stand at the marina is the perfect setting for the employee party, until G.O.B., dressed in a banana costume, gets stuck in the stand and a high Lucille then crashes her car into it.
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G.O.B.: Please refrain from discussing or engaging in any sort of interoffice bleeping or bleeping or finger bleep or bleepsting or bleeping or even bleep. Even though so many people in this office are begging for it. And if anybody does anything with my sister Lindsay, I’ll take off my pants, I’ll shave bleep. And I’ll personally bleep...
Michael: My mom is very stressed out, and, uh, she needs something that I can’t give her. Um... maybe a little “Afternoon Delight”?
Narrator: Oscar thought that Michael was referring to a particular brand of cannabis named “Afternoon Deelite,” a strain famous for slowing behavior.
Oscar: Well, sure. The question is, which way do I try to get it in her?
Michael: I don’t need any details.
Oscar: Maybe I’ll put it in her brownie.
Michael: Hey!
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« Older posts#83 Josiwe wrote on July 25, 2006:
Of course the Maeby / Buster thing could just be the big yellow joint I just smoked... real sticky weed, right Ron? 
#84 Josiwe wrote on July 25, 2006:
Of course the Maeby / Buster thing could just be the big yellow joint I just smoked... real sticky weed, right Ron?
#85 ACR wrote on July 30, 2006:
Josiwe wrote:I think Maeby breaking the door to the Banana Stand with a hammer is a flashback to Buster breaking the skull at the archeological dig (when he says "that was like, 90% gravity").
Yeah, I think its kinda got to do with the way nobody in the family seems to be any good with a hammer or even over zealous with a hammer
#86 neognosis wrote on August 31, 2006:
I just noticed this in the image gallery:
Happy Days? Intentional? Is this the first arm off/wee brain joke?
#87 TheHeyTeam wrote on August 31, 2006:
That is a GREAT find! Kudos to you. I’m always down for another reason to watch "Afternoon Delight."
#88 Beatrice wrote on September 01, 2006:
holy crap that is a great observation. AD you’ve done it again!
#89 ACR wrote on September 01, 2006:
Another good catch, excellent
#90 Chelpo wrote on September 01, 2006:
And that’s why you always give the Emmy to AD.
Perhaps we could teach the Emmy judges a lesson of some sort...? Anyone here have a missing limb (or a clever banner)?
#91 yellow bowtie wrote on August 09, 2007:
neognosis wrote:I just noticed this in the image gallery:
Happy Days? Intentional? Is this the first arm off/wee brain joke?
not to discredit our favorite show but this was just a publicity photo. the last few pics from the series of screencaps in the afternoon delight image gallery all are. in the actual episode there are no shots that come close to the photo in question. definitely coincidental.
#92 gobias30 wrote on September 04, 2007:
I think this is one of the best episodes of the entire series. I love the scene at the end where Lucille runs over Tobias and crashes into the banana stand. It’s also very funny at the Veals Christmas party when we see Ann sining so low. I also love when Tobias comes out of the shower (in cutoffs) and goes through like 96 messages on the phone thinking it’s the Blue Man Group but it turns out to be the Bluth company and I love how Tobias glares into the mirror. It looks like he’s going to kill someone. Another funny part is when Gob makes the employes dance you can see one woman moving both of her arms left and right in a terrible dance. Classic!
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