tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post7472333847933578869..comments2024-03-24T16:45:52.260-07:00Comments on Back of the Cereal Box: Naming Conventions in "Arrested Development"kidicarus222http://www.blogger.com/profile/18363078559398106005noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-74609427487941736562009-01-28T19:49:00.000-08:002009-01-28T19:49:00.000-08:00And in the first season, when the narrator begins ...And in the first season, when the narrator begins to refer to Lucille Austero as "Lucille Two" it implies that Lucille Bluth is "Lucille One," or "Lucille won."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-68003177879730252842009-01-04T20:36:00.000-08:002009-01-04T20:36:00.000-08:00Anonymous: A good point. I remember hearing the sa...Anonymous: A good point. I remember hearing the same story for the bit on Maeby's name coming from the two daughters' names. And I have no memory of that particular muppet, so thanks for bringing it to my attention.<br><br>Mark: Wow. Never noticed that before. "Rita" sounds especially like "retard" if you say it in a British accent, too.kidicarus222https://www.blogger.com/profile/18363078559398106005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-88008303321733937312009-01-04T20:32:00.000-08:002009-01-04T20:32:00.000-08:00Excellent work! I never realised there were so ma...Excellent work! I never realised there were so many 'Wee Britain' jokes. <br><br>I know I'm coming to the party a bit late, but I thought I'd point out that Rita's name is also part of the word 'retard.' In addition to the possible Britain & Beatles references.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-20269818970284138242009-01-04T11:05:00.000-08:002009-01-04T11:05:00.000-08:00On the commentary track, Mitch Hurwitz says Maeby ...On the commentary track, Mitch Hurwitz says <b>Maeby</b> was named after his two daughters, Phoebe and Mae-something. Don't know if he was serious or not. There's an additional play on words for the character Maeby impersonates--her disabled twin sister Surely (pronounced "Shirley") Funke.<br><br>Another character whose name is presumably a play on words is Phillip Litt, the Joe Francis-like guy who makes the "Girls with Low Self-Esteem" videos. I don't get the reference, though. "Fill-it"?<br><br>Warden Gentles' name is "Stefan Gentles," which kind of sounds like "stiffen genitals." <br><br>As for the puppet Franklin: there was a muppet named "Roosevelt Franklin" on Sesame Street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-89802231691592610462008-12-15T20:02:00.000-08:002008-12-15T20:02:00.000-08:00hey, i'm watching arrested development for the...hey, i'm watching arrested development for the first time around, and i'm up to the middle of the second season right now, and i was particularly interested in ann's name, and this came up first on google. my response:<br>1. i think the jeb-gob connection is definetly intentional, because the show was aired on fox. there's other stuff in the episodes i've seen that i think are directly related to the network, but so far nothing else with names.<br>2. ann paul veal's name, i think, doesn't have any direct references within the name, but is probably related to the running joke where michael bluth can't remember her name, and the writers came up with "ann," "paul" and "veal" as a string of completely unrelated names as a joke about the tension between george michael and his father about ann.<br>3. kitty was probably given the last name "sanchez" due to the unfortunate physical qualities that are supposedly accepted by all of the other characters as grotesque. the word sanchez, in recent years, sometimes refers to a really nasty moustache that should be taken care of, whether on a man or a woman.<br>...also, i didn't read the very end of that until just now, and i have to admit, i guess i have some extra time on my hands.<br>- emily walker pushbottomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-65549297900553681792008-10-21T14:55:00.000-07:002008-10-21T14:55:00.000-07:00"Hi Anonymous. You managed to kind of be help..."Hi Anonymous. You managed to kind of be helpful while also kind of being a dick. That's not easy to do, so congrats to you."<br><br>Huh. That certainly wasn't my intention, but going back over what I posted, I see that I was rather dickish. I apologize.<br><br>"I don't read Mickey Spillane, and, thus, the Mike Hammer reference was lost on me."<br><br>They're great books, but not for everyone. I'm only a recent reader of Spillane myself, my previous knowledge of the character coming from the 90's Mike Hammer tv series starring Stacy Keach, which is very different from the books in that it eschews with graphic violence that make them so controversial in the 1940's, resulting in a more blandly and sanitized (and only memorable in the vaguest sense) take on detective noir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-58596075078258579022008-10-20T21:06:00.000-07:002008-10-20T21:06:00.000-07:00Hi Anonymous. You managed to kind of be helpful wh...Hi Anonymous. You managed to kind of be helpful while also kind of being a dick. That's not easy to do, so congrats to you.<br><br>I don't read Mickey Spillane, and, thus, the Mike Hammer reference was lost on me. In reference to your note on Moses Taylor, I noted at the end of the post that it was pointed out to me that the first name is a reference to The Ten Commandments, which would make sense with the gun association. The second part being a reference to Heston's character from Planet of the Apes, however, was lost on me until fairly recently. I don't think it's especially obvious, since a great many people who have seen Planet of the Apes wouldn't be able to recall Heston's character's name. All the same, yes, there it is.<br><br>So, thanks, I guess.kidicarus222https://www.blogger.com/profile/18363078559398106005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-78973788855570879702008-10-20T20:23:00.000-07:002008-10-20T20:23:00.000-07:00Yeah, I know, this entry is over a year old, but I...Yeah, I know, this entry is over a year old, but I came across this via a Google search and I wanted to make a couple of comments.<br><br>"Lindsay has a brief infatuation with Moses Taylor (Rob Corddry), a firearms enthusiast and actor known for playing a detective named “Frank Wrench,” the name of whom would seem to be a play on Dick Spanner, the name of a robot detective featured in a “Thunderbirds”-esque puppet show in Britain. The Brits, for the uninitiated, call wrenches “spanners.” I can’t figure out anything with “Moses Taylor, though."<br><br>That whole quoted paragraph is you having a laugh, right?<br><br>On the off chance the answer is no, let me point out that both the names Frank Wrench and Dick Spanner and obvious references to Mickey Spillane's famous and influential detective character Mike Hammer.<br><br>The joke behind name Moses Taylor is so obvious I assume you must be joking there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-64812666791030441422008-08-06T14:13:00.000-07:002008-08-06T14:13:00.000-07:00On the Loblaws: Yes, you're probably right. Se...On the Loblaws: Yes, you're probably right. Seems obvious now. Thanks for pointing that out.kidicarus222https://www.blogger.com/profile/18363078559398106005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-83028623753368079342008-08-06T13:40:00.000-07:002008-08-06T13:40:00.000-07:00Bob Loblaw -- Hope Loblaw -- Bob Hope.Bob Loblaw -- Hope Loblaw -- Bob Hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-8256442770541961752008-02-14T21:00:00.000-08:002008-02-14T21:00:00.000-08:00Before Kitty is introduced, Lucille disparages Geo...Before Kitty is introduced, Lucille disparages George for "dipping into the company kitty." Nice double-entendre.<br><br>In some episode, Michael thinks his son is hiding Ann Veal in the attic: "He's hiding Ann in the attic?"--an Ann Frank reference.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353985272051062065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-42837350835699509422008-02-13T16:12:00.000-08:002008-02-13T16:12:00.000-08:00Wow. "Wart on genitals." How the hell di...Wow. "Wart on genitals." How the hell did I never think of that? Especially since my brain tends to gravitate toward the privates given even the slightest provocation.kidicarus222https://www.blogger.com/profile/18363078559398106005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-86882523958009602782008-02-13T16:03:00.000-08:002008-02-13T16:03:00.000-08:00warden gentles = wart-on genitals?warden gentles = wart-on genitals?picassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077612178721964316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-24304991699879588482007-02-25T16:45:00.000-08:002007-02-25T16:45:00.000-08:00Just one thing on the name game....J. Walter Weath...Just one thing on the name game....J. Walter Weatherman I thought was an obvious one. J. Walter = Jessica Walter(Lucille Bluth), not sure what Weatherman has to do with it though.<br><br>Oh yeah, on the Wee Britain thing, when just Rita is sitting on the bench you see Wee Br__ain. Obviously stating Rita's mental disability's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-22865740236835684282007-02-22T22:15:00.000-08:002007-02-22T22:15:00.000-08:00My god, it's one big love fest over here.AD is...My god, it's one big love fest over here.<br><br>AD is one of the best shows ever, and its network failings is a testament to the complete lack of imagination the viewing public is stricken with.<br><br>"For British Eyes Only ..."<br><br>It just makes you want to cry it's so good.Mr Bellingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123625282387338529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-39261197921217399942007-02-21T09:40:00.000-08:002007-02-21T09:40:00.000-08:00one more thing... for a good laugh, check out Judy...one more thing... for a good laugh, check out Judy "Kitty Sanchez" Greer's IMDB biography, which was clearly and unabashedly written by her publicist.<br><br><a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0339460/bio" rel="nofollow">http://imdb.com/name/nm0339460/bio</a>Tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13095055132824971679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-63365205961585667692007-02-21T08:49:00.000-08:002007-02-21T08:49:00.000-08:00Get ready for disappointment, Chocolate Honey is a...Get ready for disappointment, Chocolate Honey is actually your former roommate Tristan... when i post a comment it defaults to a joke handle i made a long time ago, "chocolate honey" and i usually just forget to change it to reflect myself. But those three sentences might reflect the nicest and most sincere things you've ever said about me, regardless of intent. Very flattering.Tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13095055132824971679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-11218030156568899582007-02-20T15:14:00.000-08:002007-02-20T15:14:00.000-08:00Yeah, I remember that joke, but I never realized t...Yeah, I remember that joke, but I never realized that Rita’s name is entirely encased in the word “Britain.” Good catch. Another part of the joke involves the letters in WEE BRITAIN being blocked so that only “WEE BR__A__” are showing, and then immediately after a woman walks by wearing a bra that is clearly too small for her.kidicarus222https://www.blogger.com/profile/18363078559398106005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-36766752288045446832007-02-20T14:50:00.000-08:002007-02-20T14:50:00.000-08:00I saw this yesterday on Digg, but today I was thin...I saw this yesterday on Digg, but today I was thinking about it some more. I don't know if this is entirely applicable, but in the episode where the family drugs Rita and leaves her on a bench, the bench has an ad on it for Wee Britain. They play off of the large word BRITAIN (much as they did with the bench buster sat on right before he lost his hand) a couple of times. I forget which is first, but at one point, some letters are blocked so that you can only see the word "RITA", and another time they're blocked so all you see is "BRAIN". I thought this was a nice visual pun, so I thought I'd share.Jon Wilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14758123839364159915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-35347151228220036802007-02-19T15:04:00.000-08:002007-02-19T15:04:00.000-08:00is annabelle a cows name? i know from reading this...is annabelle a cows name? i know from reading this very blog that clarabelle is a cow (http://kidicarus222.blogspot.com/2006/06/love-you-like-i-love-myself.html). i could swear i have heard paul veal as a man's name somewhere else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-89732520215448575602007-02-19T15:00:00.000-08:002007-02-19T15:00:00.000-08:00Good ones, all around, Chocolate Honey. Do you hav...Good ones, all around, Chocolate Honey. Do you have a blog? I've noticed you commenting now and then but Blogger tells me your profile page is private. You seem smart and if you're writing I'd like to read it.kidicarus222https://www.blogger.com/profile/18363078559398106005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337365607234181028.post-43771355933300207372007-02-19T14:31:00.000-08:002007-02-19T14:31:00.000-08:00Here's my take on 2 on the list. The first is...Here's my take on 2 on the list. The first is the most obvious... and I'm assumign you didn't mention it because it was to obvious. Ann Paul Veal - the running joke is that Michael remembers her by thinking of "Annabelle" a cow's name because she is bovine in appearance... thus Veal is baby cow. The other, Rita Leeds, well Leeds is a city in England, and Rita could come from the Beatles song about "Lovely Rita, Meter Maid...", a British Band. Or you could infer that Rita "Leads" Michael and the family down several incorrect judgement paths (a. she's not retarded, b. she's a secret agent).Tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13095055132824971679noreply@blogger.com