- 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
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- 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 Newer posts »#75 Operation Hot Mother wrote on October 17, 2005:
pooter03 wrote:I was somehow oblivious to this show until a week ago when I bought the first season DVD due to hearing everyont talking about it (I was completely turned off from TV from too much sticoms.) Loved it so much got the 2nd season DVD the day it came out and have been watching all the episodes in order. Hope to get caught up including finding the season 3 dvds by the time the season resumes after baseball.
That being said, I got to this episode last night. For me, the funniest gag was how they took 5 minutes to eek out a curse word (I’m guessing you can’t swear on these boards.) I fell over laughing when I GOB said "...king (whatever dollar) suit." Then later saw the beginning of the sentence. I love this show.
welcome to the boards and show! keep watching (disc 2 might get boring...some people think it does...some dont)
i noticed that joke this morning for the first time (i felt so dumb...ive seen this episode dozens of times...DOZENS!!!) and i couldnt stop laughing
gob: —king $6300 dollar suit!!!!
later...
guy: hey you want me to take this?
gob: sure.. the worst thing that could happen is that i get it on this fu——
there are no season 3 dvds yet. unless you mean through torrents or something
#76 pooter03 wrote on October 17, 2005:
Operation Hot Mother wrote:pooter03 wrote:I was somehow oblivious to this show until a week ago when I bought the first season DVD due to hearing everyont talking about it (I was completely turned off from TV from too much sticoms.) Loved it so much got the 2nd season DVD the day it came out and have been watching all the episodes in order. Hope to get caught up including finding the season 3 dvds by the time the season resumes after baseball.
That being said, I got to this episode last night. For me, the funniest gag was how they took 5 minutes to eek out a curse word (I’m guessing you can’t swear on these boards.) I fell over laughing when I GOB said "...king (whatever dollar) suit." Then later saw the beginning of the sentence. I love this show.
welcome to the boards and show! keep watching (disc 2 might get boring...some people think it does...some dont)
i noticed that joke this morning for the first time (i felt so dumb...ive seen this episode dozens of times...DOZENS!!!) and i couldnt stop laughing
gob: —king $6300 dollar suit!!!!
later...
guy: hey you want me to take this?
gob: sure.. the worst thing that could happen is that i get it on this fu——
there are no season 3 dvds yet. unless you mean through torrents or something
I’d say that gag made the series for me, but I’d be lieing. Every episode seems to have something in it that has me fall out of my chair.
I’m plowing through the season 2 DVDs at something like 3 or 4 a night. I’d watch more but I’m trying to draw it out since I’m almost at the 3rd disc. There is no letdown for me so far. I love continuity and running gags, so every time I see something like blue paint on the wall, I giggle like an idiot.
As far as season 3, ya, I was thinking of trying to get them through torrents or newsgroups.
#77 littlesquish89 wrote on December 29, 2005:
I just re-watched this episode, and I like how GOB let’s his co-worker take the wine, even though he’s "King $6,000 suit". Good stuff.
#78 fbsthreads wrote on March 21, 2006:
When Tom is on stage talking about GOB, Gob says ’F*ck you Tom’ and Tom replies ’Please don’t’
is this in response to GOB’s sexual harrasment speech in which GOB promised to personally F anyone, or is it Tom begging not to be fired again?
As far as i can tell Tom wasn’t present at the sexual harrasment speech.
#79 Beamer wrote on March 21, 2006:
Although it would be hilarious if he thought Gob was going to repeat his speech, I’m pretty sure Tom knew he was going to be fired. After all, George Sr. had fired him before for the same reason.
#80 WhoamI wrote on June 01, 2006:
I was watching it on TV today and when Tobias falls asleep after saying that he would die if he did so; Lindsay talks very quietly like she doesn’t want him to wake up.
#81 Josiwe wrote on July 25, 2006:
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").
#82 Josiwe wrote on July 25, 2006:
Also, Tobias has a slow-motion "oh no" shot in the mirror which mimics a similar shot in an earlier reference - the Solution gets a gig but Lindsay and Maeby walk, leaving Tobias solo. The manager tells him if he doesn’t perform, they don’t validate. Both shots use identical slow-mo shots of David making the same face, and both have the same music under them. They are also both 2 seconds long.
#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?
