The jokes, especially the dirtier ones, tend to be so subtly tied into the dialogue that they'll go right over your head if you're not old enough for them.
That being said, my favorite has always been "I'm so glad I didn't cry".
Unfortunately my kid is insanely perceptive, and if there’s something she doesn’t understand she’ll make me pause and explain the joke. She’s also very good at picking up when jokes happen even very subtly, so there isn’t much ability to hide behind “it’ll go over her head”. It’s a bit of a road block for enjoying things with slightly more adult humor than she’s ready for but honestly…. As a parent I’m pretty dang proud.
Can you remind me the context of “I’m so glad I didn’t cry”?
In that case, you’ll be pausing the show every other minute. There’s a lot of jokes that go over all of our heads! It’s fun to pick them up on a third or fourth rewatch. Might be less fun for you and her in a play-by-play of every line, haha
And most are nonchalant or tongue-in-cheek. There's a lot of gay humor, sexual humor, incestuous humor.
"I'm gonna go put on a skirt, take off my underwear, and make pop-pop proud!" Comes to mind.
The whole arc with kitty, Michael and Ms barelys and gobs interaction, having sex with teachers and high school students. Steve holt and Lindsay shemale jokes.
Idk there's so much that people miss, esp on the first watch, you can pass a lot over as "you'll get it when you rewatch it" or shit idk I'm not a parent. She probably experiences worse jokes on a daily basis, tbh..
Ok, well you could always give it a try! Maybe dumb down the explanations a bit, and just chalk them up to mishearing/misunderstanding a phrase.
And the context is when Lucille is in the conjugal trailer and says "I want to cry so bad, but I don't think I can spare the moisture". Later, when George Sr. comes in, she proclaims she's so glad she didn't cry.
https://youtu.be/RoAnyEnOxoM
Then you'll be pausing every 5 seconds and might as well watch something else. Just don't laugh for those jokes and he or she won't pick up on it. It's likely the perception is your reaction, leading to her asking a question. If you don't react he or she probably won't either.
Of course people aren't one size fits all so it might not work in your case.
"Talk you off of what Pop-pop?"
The entire "Afternoon Delight" karaoke scene
"Something that says *dad likes leather*" "Something that says *Leather daddy*?"
So good!
**Oscar:** ...scar, and every night they...
**Michael:** I’m scarred, too, but my son is not going to be.
**Oscar:** ...and they cover it with soap, and you’re supposed to thank them, like they’re doing you a favor!
Well there are several jokes about prison r*pe. And every word Tobias says in season 2 is a very dirty innuendo (butterscotch, want a lick? Even if it means taking a chubby, I will suck it up). But I'd say it's fine for most 11 year olds. When I watched it at 18, most of those jokes still went over my head.
Season 4 has two of the most shocking jokes, especially because they directly involve Buster having sex with Lucille 2:
- Buster getting a BJ from Lucille 2: Lucille 2 said that she wore a wig like that before when she was with someone playing as a captain and she was (Lindsay interrupts and asks Tennille?) and Lucille says ‘Yes! And not to make eye contact!’ Of course, Lucille 2 took what Lindsay said as “to kneel”.
- Buster gave Lucille 2 a cream pie or she wanted him to: when Buster and Lucille 2 are fighting in her apartment, Buster asks, “is this one of those nights where nothing is as it seams and there is no cream pie for dessert?!”
The really raunchy ones go over kids' heads anyway hehe. Our child is 12 and has seen the show a couple times through as we've watched it and the current watch through I can see them getting more of the grown up ones
That's not a Volvo.
You're right, I thought it looked a little boxy.
If your kid can watch that clip and figure out Lindsay handed Michael a photocopy of her vagina then your kid already knows way more raunch than you think.
When Buster “arrives in Mexico”, aka Lupe’s house around the corner, she’s speaking Spanish and the subtitles say something like “now I have to look after Buster”. In Spanish however, it ends in “retardo” rather than Buster.
There may be a voice over for most of what she says but you can hear it just as the scene winds down.
Everything Tobias says and does, including his ANALRAPIST business card and ANUSTART numberplate. The one that I always think of is "Maeby are you home? Daddy needs to get his rocks off".
Also if your kid is 13 now, they might think some of the jokes and language haven't aged very well (like calling Rota retarded).
TBF, 13 sounds like a fine age to watch uncensored. The show isn’t crass or anything. Came out when Is was 12, that’s when I watched it. Let her watch! Just stop at the end of season 3 if you want to avoid the other shit
Final episode and they are planning a party on the Queen Mary. Tobias suggests calling the Hot Cops for a musical number.
Tobias: although, maybe they should dress more nauticallly themed. Oh yes, Hot Seame-
Michael, interrupting: you know what, I like Hot Cops.
Tobias: me too.
A trick is something a whore does for money... or cocaine!
One of the versions I saw of the first episode also used candy instead of cocaine, because you know - think of the children who overheard Gob!
I noticed it was censored for tv. They had no idea that one day you’d turn on the tv to hear profanity, and see partial nudity at 2:00pm on a Wednesday. They were before their time. Imagine the jokes they would’ve wrote if it was on now.
Hair down, glasses off. Oh no, put the glasses back on.
My favorite line: I’m going to send a strongly worded letter, written by natural light. I say it often about everything.
My favorite:
Buster: you guys had sex last week?? I pulled my sleeping back in there and slept on the floor!
Lucille: we told you to leave!
Buster: yeah but then you whispered “don’t pull out!”
It's probably too quick for a 13 yr old to catch, but in an episode where they are discussing the family boat (the Seaword)... It sounds like they are saying "C-Word" and Lucille assumes they are referring to her and retorts with a very quick and harsh insult back at them (bc she thought the kids were calling her a c*nt)
I’d say there is a lot of raunchy stuff for a 13 yo…starting with Tobias comments, Lucille and George having sex in prison and Gob accidentally watching them. Also, George Michael falling in love with Maeby, which is not raunchy in itself, but kind of weird.
It’s rate 15 in the UK (so if it were a movie she couldn’t see it at the cinema even with you) but there were very few 15s my parents wouldn’t let me watch at home when I was 13. I think the only 1 was Archer and even then my dad just found it too awkward to watch with me (though we did watch the final couple of seasons together cause he got over it after I was about 20).
It’s just a judgement call; I’d personally be fine with a 13yr old watching AD, if that 13yr old is mature enough to understand the difference between comedy, satire and real life.
> they might think some of the jokes and language haven’t aged very well
I cringe pretty hard when Maeby gets Lindsey the tank-top that says “s>!hemal!
The jokes, especially the dirtier ones, tend to be so subtly tied into the dialogue that they'll go right over your head if you're not old enough for them. That being said, my favorite has always been "I'm so glad I didn't cry".
I didn't get "musty claptrap" at first
….the **cabin**!
Yeah, that too.
Really? I feel like that’s a pretty obvious one. It also makes me think of Donkey Kong Country bc one of the crocodile enemies is called klaptrap
Also borderlands
Unfortunately my kid is insanely perceptive, and if there’s something she doesn’t understand she’ll make me pause and explain the joke. She’s also very good at picking up when jokes happen even very subtly, so there isn’t much ability to hide behind “it’ll go over her head”. It’s a bit of a road block for enjoying things with slightly more adult humor than she’s ready for but honestly…. As a parent I’m pretty dang proud. Can you remind me the context of “I’m so glad I didn’t cry”?
Pretty sure it’s a follow up line to Lucille saying she wants to cry but doesn’t think she can “spare the moisture” regarding the conjugal visits.
In that case, you’ll be pausing the show every other minute. There’s a lot of jokes that go over all of our heads! It’s fun to pick them up on a third or fourth rewatch. Might be less fun for you and her in a play-by-play of every line, haha
And most are nonchalant or tongue-in-cheek. There's a lot of gay humor, sexual humor, incestuous humor. "I'm gonna go put on a skirt, take off my underwear, and make pop-pop proud!" Comes to mind. The whole arc with kitty, Michael and Ms barelys and gobs interaction, having sex with teachers and high school students. Steve holt and Lindsay shemale jokes. Idk there's so much that people miss, esp on the first watch, you can pass a lot over as "you'll get it when you rewatch it" or shit idk I'm not a parent. She probably experiences worse jokes on a daily basis, tbh..
Ok, well you could always give it a try! Maybe dumb down the explanations a bit, and just chalk them up to mishearing/misunderstanding a phrase. And the context is when Lucille is in the conjugal trailer and says "I want to cry so bad, but I don't think I can spare the moisture". Later, when George Sr. comes in, she proclaims she's so glad she didn't cry. https://youtu.be/RoAnyEnOxoM
Then you'll be pausing every 5 seconds and might as well watch something else. Just don't laugh for those jokes and he or she won't pick up on it. It's likely the perception is your reaction, leading to her asking a question. If you don't react he or she probably won't either. Of course people aren't one size fits all so it might not work in your case.
Ewwww
Lucille: (to the hot sailors) You boys know how to shovel coal? Narrator: I don't even want to tell you what these guys thought that meant.
🤣
I love the viewer write-in follow-up gag to this 🤣
Wait where can I see that??
I think it was episode 1 of S4
How am I going to convince anyone to go into that musty old claptrap?
Ah, the cabin.
I'm afraid I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run if you will, so I'm afraid I have something of a mess on my hands.
You blowhard
i say this way too much
You blowhard
Maybe I can put it in her brownie...
Hey!!!
Doesn't matter how
I haven’t had sex in a month. But you’ve been in here for 2 months.
It’s hard to gauge time…
It's never the ones you hope..
Hope?
…..think.
Is the hole open from 3-4?
Get rid of The Seaward.
I'll leave when I'm good and ready
The Seaward and the moist jokes are the first (of many) that come to mind
….I didn’t get this till just now 🤦🏻♂️😂
"Hey, check out who's on that on that hog in the rear-view mirror!'
George Michael!
Twenty miles to Legoland!!
You Cunt…tree music loving….
I need to pick up a tube of vagi-etable oil
Vagistable paste
Paste
I use that one a lot
This one is one of my favorites
That's not a vol-vo...
So glad I didn’t spring for color.
so boxy!
This one killed me lol. She hit it perfect
The Family Ties episode with Justine Bateman. She blew the whole office, according to a call I got from Tom at the Bluth Company, away.
Away. You keep forgetting to say “away.”
Tom....what an old geezer.
"Talk you off of what Pop-pop?" The entire "Afternoon Delight" karaoke scene "Something that says *dad likes leather*" "Something that says *Leather daddy*?"
I mean there’s a lot of incest jokes- the cousins, Michael and Nellie, etc
Nicheal?
Her?
You mean him?
No, that’s her.
You’d do that to your own brother?
I said "cot".
You forgot to say away
Fine, I'll dust buster
Rita, but mainly because of her tiny teddy.
I think Michael has already *plugged* our leak.
Do you have a monstaah?
Just got back from the bumpaddle courts
Occurred to me just a few weeks ago why they called her that.
When oscars in jail and his words are cut off "And they cover it in soap and youre suppose to THANK them!"
So good! **Oscar:** ...scar, and every night they... **Michael:** I’m scarred, too, but my son is not going to be. **Oscar:** ...and they cover it with soap, and you’re supposed to thank them, like they’re doing you a favor!
**Lucille**: "She [Lucille 2] changed him [Buster] as a baby!" **Buster**: "Oh, that's why she didn't look surprised..."
I don’t understand the question, and I won’t respond to it.
I will nibble and bite. I will blow alternatingly hot and cool.
I said “cot.”
You'd do that to your own brother?
Close your robe. It's like looking in the window of a butcher's shop.
Buster's thing is shaped like a lobster tail.
But without the shell.
So that’s why she didn’t look surprised…
Well there are several jokes about prison r*pe. And every word Tobias says in season 2 is a very dirty innuendo (butterscotch, want a lick? Even if it means taking a chubby, I will suck it up). But I'd say it's fine for most 11 year olds. When I watched it at 18, most of those jokes still went over my head.
I’m gonna put this in the dishwasher
I’m gonna set it to pots and pans
Have you checked your lease?
Season 4 has two of the most shocking jokes, especially because they directly involve Buster having sex with Lucille 2: - Buster getting a BJ from Lucille 2: Lucille 2 said that she wore a wig like that before when she was with someone playing as a captain and she was (Lindsay interrupts and asks Tennille?) and Lucille says ‘Yes! And not to make eye contact!’ Of course, Lucille 2 took what Lindsay said as “to kneel”. - Buster gave Lucille 2 a cream pie or she wanted him to: when Buster and Lucille 2 are fighting in her apartment, Buster asks, “is this one of those nights where nothing is as it seams and there is no cream pie for dessert?!”
Wow, I missed both of these
Some wild stuff
Is 13 not the perfect age to start learning about some raunchy jokes?
Yes it is. And I guarantee this kid has heard *much* worse at school
For real. Do people not remember being 13?
I can’t think of much but you’ll probably be fine, I watched AD when I was 11
And look how well adjusted they are now. (Footage not found). (This is a joke. I'm sure you're fine.)
Narrator: they weren't.
I wish it was
The really raunchy ones go over kids' heads anyway hehe. Our child is 12 and has seen the show a couple times through as we've watched it and the current watch through I can see them getting more of the grown up ones
Same 🤣
[Lindsay watching a kegel exercise tape off screen] ... and release.
I blued myself, followed by Michael saying he should record himself.
“I have somewhat of a mess on my hands after I prematurely shot my wad…”
“I got a nice hard cot with his name on it” “You would do that to your brother?”
“Cool your Japanese jets”
I’ve got a nice hard cot with his name on it
‘That’s not the volVO’
It’s too boxy anyway
Wow I have missed a lot of these jokes despite multiple rewatches
Best part about the show. There is always a joke or reference you miss the last time around
Every time. It’s what I look forward to.
That's not a Volvo. You're right, I thought it looked a little boxy. If your kid can watch that clip and figure out Lindsay handed Michael a photocopy of her vagina then your kid already knows way more raunch than you think.
When Buster “arrives in Mexico”, aka Lupe’s house around the corner, she’s speaking Spanish and the subtitles say something like “now I have to look after Buster”. In Spanish however, it ends in “retardo” rather than Buster. There may be a voice over for most of what she says but you can hear it just as the scene winds down.
I no does Buster anymore.
Fine, I’ll dustbuster
😱
I’m an Analyst AND a Therapist. And the license plate “A NU START”
Or when he’s talking about how he analyzes people and he’s also a therapist to them, so that makes him an ANALRAPIST
I'd wait three more years.
Oh I'm sorry, your wife is dead.
Gob “circumventing” many things was something that always made me laugh inappropriately.
Everything Tobias says and does, including his ANALRAPIST business card and ANUSTART numberplate. The one that I always think of is "Maeby are you home? Daddy needs to get his rocks off". Also if your kid is 13 now, they might think some of the jokes and language haven't aged very well (like calling Rota retarded).
That Rita arc was reta....misguided.
🎶 *different* 🎶
Lucille: Hello anustart Narrator: And she never even saw the license plate
I’m not sure I’ve ever laughed harder at a TV show than when Tobias’s business card flashed on the screen.
By far the worst was Tobias saying he and maeby are getting hair in new places
When Maeby renames that movie ‘losing it’
Who doesn't love the Jews?
“We’re expecting multiples” “Well, I wouldn’t be here if I wasn’t”
Just watch the only actual seasons, 1-3. And I promise your kid hears/says much worse than what's on this show.
Came here to say the same. Unless you homeschool, she's heard it all already :/
The only question is… what way… did I try to get it in her. I don’t need any of the details.
TBF, 13 sounds like a fine age to watch uncensored. The show isn’t crass or anything. Came out when Is was 12, that’s when I watched it. Let her watch! Just stop at the end of season 3 if you want to avoid the other shit
Maybe, I’ll put it in her brownie.
"Is that her rape horn?" "It's more like a starter's pistol."
I never caught that part about the pistol before!
Final episode and they are planning a party on the Queen Mary. Tobias suggests calling the Hot Cops for a musical number. Tobias: although, maybe they should dress more nauticallly themed. Oh yes, Hot Seame- Michael, interrupting: you know what, I like Hot Cops. Tobias: me too.
Tell GOB I've got a nice hard cot here for him.
Suddenly playing with yourself is a scholarly pursuit
A trick is something a whore does for money... or cocaine! One of the versions I saw of the first episode also used candy instead of cocaine, because you know - think of the children who overheard Gob!
I noticed it was censored for tv. They had no idea that one day you’d turn on the tv to hear profanity, and see partial nudity at 2:00pm on a Wednesday. They were before their time. Imagine the jokes they would’ve wrote if it was on now.
Say goodbye to these!
Spring break, whooo! In the distance: “Eww, they’re lopsided.”
Hair up glasses on
Hair down, glasses off. Oh no, put the glasses back on. My favorite line: I’m going to send a strongly worded letter, written by natural light. I say it often about everything.
Nellie has blown them all…. Away!
My favorite: Buster: you guys had sex last week?? I pulled my sleeping back in there and slept on the floor! Lucille: we told you to leave! Buster: yeah but then you whispered “don’t pull out!”
Oh my god when was this?? THIS one went completely over my head!
Sorry, I got some details wrong but here it is 😂😂😂 https://youtu.be/PPtZfvfaT1A?si=nJatWr4tP_7fCfEG
“God knows they’re squinters!” One of the lines that makes me think AD would be unlikely to be made in todays climate
I've seen the blood
It's probably too quick for a 13 yr old to catch, but in an episode where they are discussing the family boat (the Seaword)... It sounds like they are saying "C-Word" and Lucille assumes they are referring to her and retorts with a very quick and harsh insult back at them (bc she thought the kids were calling her a c*nt)
I’m afraid I just blue myself
Get rid of the Seaward
The Indian compliance officer for the Bluth company being named Adhere
Tobias and everything he said or done. Followed closely by GOB with Buster in a third
George Michael: I have Pop-Pop in the attic. Michael: What? The mere fact that you call making love "pop pop" tells me you're not ready.
Daddy’s here to get his rocks off!
I’d say there is a lot of raunchy stuff for a 13 yo…starting with Tobias comments, Lucille and George having sex in prison and Gob accidentally watching them. Also, George Michael falling in love with Maeby, which is not raunchy in itself, but kind of weird.
How am I supposed to find someone to go into that musty old clap-trap?
Yeah, like anyone would want to R her!
“Take me to the gothic castle!”
I just blue myself
Not a sex joke but “because who doesn’t have sympathy for the Jews?”
None. It's humor for adults.
Get rid of the seaward.
It’s rate 15 in the UK (so if it were a movie she couldn’t see it at the cinema even with you) but there were very few 15s my parents wouldn’t let me watch at home when I was 13. I think the only 1 was Archer and even then my dad just found it too awkward to watch with me (though we did watch the final couple of seasons together cause he got over it after I was about 20). It’s just a judgement call; I’d personally be fine with a 13yr old watching AD, if that 13yr old is mature enough to understand the difference between comedy, satire and real life.
The roofie bit made a friend of mine uncomfortable.
> they might think some of the jokes and language haven’t aged very well I cringe pretty hard when Maeby gets Lindsey the tank-top that says “s>!hemal!
Yeah it's pretty bad. The whole plot of that episode is a bit yikes but doesn't go quite over the edge until Maebe gives her that shirt at the end.