But just like the source material “I blue myself” doesn’t make any sense when speaking in past tense, unless you’re stretching language to make a joke. I love arrested development but I always thought that was one of their worst jokes.
JFC…it was a phonetic joke to sound like he said he blew himself. It’s a running gag with the character throughout the series.
4 hours and you still don’t get it.
Dude, I get the joke. I blue myself/I painted myself blue = I blew myself/I sucked my own dick. I’m saying it’s a badly written joke and it’s not funny, a rare miss for the AD writers.
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But just like the source material “I blue myself” doesn’t make any sense when speaking in past tense, unless you’re stretching language to make a joke. I love arrested development but I always thought that was one of their worst jokes.
The past tense of blow is blew. You really didn’t get it.
If you had painted yourself blue you would say “I blued myself” not “I blue myself.”
JFC…it was a phonetic joke to sound like he said he blew himself. It’s a running gag with the character throughout the series. 4 hours and you still don’t get it.
Dude, I get the joke. I blue myself/I painted myself blue = I blew myself/I sucked my own dick. I’m saying it’s a badly written joke and it’s not funny, a rare miss for the AD writers.
Which is why it survives and is quoted almost 20 years later.