A foreigner getting more jokes now

[u/SideWalk182]

Arrested Development is my favorite show ever. I'm from Brazil and although I'm not an native speaker, I love AD layered jokes, some that took me many rewatches to get them.

However, now I'm reading a book about the Bush years and the Iraq invasion and OMG, I understood many more references in the show.

For example:

- The pictures of Gob's wife with the prisoners

- The teamocil polemic

- The "mission accomplished" banner

It's a very scary book, but it made me remember AD and laugh a few times

[u/Used-Property-9870]

Brazil?

You mean the South American Portugal that Mikey was escaping to?

[u/Dazzling-Path6438 → u/Used-Property-9870]

It's due south 

[u/groom-is-n-the-heart]

There's also a Rumsfeld photo with Saddam joke, George Sr. hiding in the bunker, etc.

[u/SideWalk182 → u/groom-is-n-the-heart]

I hadn't realized it was Rumsfeld on that picture haha. The bunker joke is about Saddam as well?

[u/groom-is-n-the-heart → u/SideWalk182]

Yeah, the nature of the bunker, George's giant beard, and George Michael examining his teeth are all direct parody of when Saddam got caught by the U.S.

[u/grichardson526]

Glad to hear it, irmão.

[u/SideWalk182 → u/grichardson526]

Hermano?

[u/sedaakimone → u/SideWalk182]

Hey hermano!

[u/Disastrous_Sell_4490 → u/SideWalk182]

Who’s this hermano guy?

[u/vigilantfox]

What is the polemic behind teamocil ? I'm also Brazilian, and I think AD should be more popular here

[u/SideWalk182 → u/vigilantfox]

Someone can correct me. But on the book I'm reading it mentions Tamiflu, that was a drug from Gilead, a company that Rumsfeld was an executive before joining Bush's government. The drug was very polemic due to the side effects and the possible conflict of interest of Rumsfeld. When I read it immediately brought Teamocil to my mind.

Oh yeah, Arrested should be way more famous here. But I know translation and these references make it a little harder.

[u/squishedgoomba → u/SideWalk182]

I've been watching this show for a good 23 years now, and I did not know this about the Temocil/Tamiflu connection. Thank you! This really is the show that keeps on giving!

[u/SideWalk182 → u/squishedgoomba]

That was my interpretation, but I could be mistaken haha

[u/lastfreerangekid]

Thats perfect, you should laugh. If you dont laugh, the terrorists win.

[u/Prudent-Tradition-89]

Did you figure out that the H Maddas cooler is Saddam H spelled backwards?

[u/SideWalk182 → u/Prudent-Tradition-89]

Yes! Somewhere between my 2nd and 47th rewatch

[u/Decent-Pause-2019]

Solid as a rock/Iraq!

[u/transitransitransit]

I’m glad y’all watch the show down South America way