What's the subtlest joke in AD?

[BirdOnAPillow]

may not be the most subtle, but the way the Luciles maid wears the wrong holiday sweater every time a holiday is in an episode. love that.

[BlueMyself]

Not the most, but good ones:

"Steve Holt is a bastard. He doesn't even know who his real father is."

And I love in The Cabin Show when Steve Holt says "You look familiar" when Gob poses like his picture in Sword of Destiny.

[Amazing Grant]

I don't know that this is subtle, but it's the one remaining joke in Arrested Development that I will never understand completely. I've discussed it over and over, and it simply never fully makes sense.

Well, we can't have that! I will try to explain the joke.

Mort Meyers: No, but you’re gonna fix it. It’s a spring break movie. Get down there and find out what they sound like.

Maeby: Oh, yeah, right. Do you really think I look college-aged?

So, Maeby is trying to hide the fact that she's too young to have this job by incredulously asking if she looks college aged.

Mort Meyers: I’m not drunk. But I’m willing to be. Hint.

His saying "I'm not drunk" is a mild jab at Maeby, meaning she'd only look college aged if he had a few in him. But then when he says "But I'm willing to be. Hint." he's kind of conveying that he would still have sex with her if she wanted.

Maeby: Oh, Mort. You’re going to be so easy to blackmail. Hint.

And Maeby brushes him off.

It's not the greatest joke in AD, but hopefully it's no longer the joke that haunts you!

[Wiredruid]

The whole Lindsay and her plastic surgery. There were quite a few bits where they hinted it, and in The Cabin Show, Michael claimed she didn't have a real nose.

Lindsay: "Check out the beak on her" (referring to Nellie who is infact herself.)

[Blueberry Head]

one that i finally caught yesterday, after watching staff infection for probably the 15th time, is at the beginning when michael and george michael are having trouble with their bike ride. while michael is talking to george michael, he pops a cornball in his mouth.

[Zegota]

We JUST realized this yesterday, but the episode after they figure out the whole Hermano thing, there's a picture of a dictionary... next to the picture of hermano is a picture of Michael and GOB, which I had always noticed. Next the the picture of Hermaphrodite? A picture of what looks sorta like Tobias. I had noticed this too, and laughed. But just last night, I noticed something you can barely see under the question mark...

...the figure is wearing cutoffs.

[ahugemistake]

When Buster is dancing to Mr. Roboto in the stair car, by far. It's a reference to an old car commercial Tony Hale acted in, from a few years ago.

THAT WAS HIM!!?? I used to love that commercial. I wish I could see it again now.

[Musty Old Claptrap]

pretty sure you can find it on youtube.com

[Beamer]

The whole Lindsay and her plastic surgery. There were quite a few bits where they hinted it, and in The Cabin Show, Michael claimed she didn't have a real nose.

That was in The One Where Michael Leaves, actually.

Oh, and this is one of the most subtle and hilarious visual jokes in the show ever:

[ahugemistake]

When Michael rips down George Michael’s “fun and failure” poster, a poster for Les cousins dangereux is revealed. That part isn't subtle but the look they give each other is the loudest I ever laughed on the show from non-dialouge. In fact I missed some of the next part because of it.

[each]

Beamer, I cant belive I missed that! even the shirts match.
Arrested Development, You've done it again!

[Funke=Overrated]

one that i finally caught yesterday, after watching staff infection for probably the 15th time, is at the beginning when michael and george michael are having trouble with their bike ride. while michael is talking to george michael, he pops a cornball in his mouth.

I also like the one on Staff Infection, when Lucille keeps talking about buster playing with himself. And then at the company, Lindsay shows up and they break the meeting. And when the meeting resumes, none of the employees got to use the restroom because of Buster.

[Musty Old Claptrap]

I never got that until it was explained on here. Very subtle.

[White Franklin]

I don't know that this is subtle, but it's the one remaining joke in Arrested Development that I will never understand completely. I've discussed it over and over, and it simply never fully makes sense.

Well, we can't have that! I will try to explain the joke.

Mort Meyers: No, but you’re gonna fix it. It’s a spring break movie. Get down there and find out what they sound like.

Maeby: Oh, yeah, right. Do you really think I look college-aged?

So, Maeby is trying to hide the fact that she's too young to have this job by incredulously asking if she looks college aged.

Mort Meyers: I’m not drunk. But I’m willing to be. Hint.

His saying "I'm not drunk" is a mild jab at Maeby, meaning she'd only look college aged if he had a few in him. But then when he says "But I'm willing to be. Hint." he's kind of conveying that he would still have sex with her if she wanted.

Maeby: Oh, Mort. You’re going to be so easy to blackmail. Hint.

And Maeby brushes him off.

It's not the greatest joke in AD, but hopefully it's no longer the joke that haunts you!

Amazing Explanation!

[leez34]

I don't know that this is subtle, but it's the one remaining joke in Arrested Development that I will never understand completely. I've discussed it over and over, and it simply never fully makes sense.

Well, we can't have that! I will try to explain the joke.

Mort Meyers: No, but you’re gonna fix it. It’s a spring break movie. Get down there and find out what they sound like.

Maeby: Oh, yeah, right. Do you really think I look college-aged?

So, Maeby is trying to hide the fact that she's too young to have this job by incredulously asking if she looks college aged.

Mort Meyers: I’m not drunk. But I’m willing to be. Hint.

His saying "I'm not drunk" is a mild jab at Maeby, meaning she'd only look college aged if he had a few in him. But then when he says "But I'm willing to be. Hint." he's kind of conveying that he would still have sex with her if she wanted.

Maeby: Oh, Mort. You’re going to be so easy to blackmail. Hint.

And Maeby brushes him off.

It's not the greatest joke in AD, but hopefully it's no longer the joke that haunts you!

Thanks a lot! Reading that description, I think all it would take for me to understand it is if Mort had paused more significantly between "I'm not drunk" and "But I'm willing to be."