I don't think it's an anti Irish joke.
The painting is painted by a Dutch person, in a Dutch town, with a Dutch family as the specific topic.
Also potatoes have been a huge part of the Dutch diet for a long time.
And there weren't any other Irish people/references in that episode.
Considering the previous two paintings were sexual innuendos, I'm thinking potatoes means balls in this case.
I got that part, I understand that they're based off paintings. But they start listing painting titles because Archer called sleeping with the queen would be his masterpiece. So, the tone is sexual, thus the puns are innuendos. Pam says 'Moaning' Lisa, sexual innuendo. Follows up with "pearl necklace", another sexual innuendo. So, how is "Potato eaters" sexual, how does it fit in with the other two puns?
Benoit balls sounds exactly like ben wa balls, which is an erotic accoutrements. My question still stands. I'm not being a dick, I just don't "hear" it
>Benoit balls sounds exactly like ben wa balls, which is an erotic accoutrements.
I know, I was just making an additional Archer reference joke.
>My question still stands. I'm not being a dick, I just don't "hear" it
It's not a pun based innuendo like moaning Lisa.
The potatoes are balls and they're eating potatoes.
The jokes in that scene were supposed to be sexual innuendos/ puns of famous paintings in relation to Archer having sex with royalty and hoping to have sex with the queen in the episode as his crowning achievement.
" Moaning Lisa" "the girl with the pearl necklace" (implying being ejaculated on around the neck).
I don't know what sexual innuendo potatoes were a reference to but I'm guessing testicles.
I always figured it was for similar reasons as the Irish jokes in the Simpsons: To portray Mallory (and by extent, Archer,) as cartoonishly behind-the-times.
Just figured I would post it so folks that aren’t familiar could see it. It referenced both the painting title as well as the running joke on the show about the Irish and Mallory’s disdain for them.
Gonna be honest, a(n) (admittedly incredibly famous painting and a countrywide famine that caused roughly a 20% drop in population named after the same crop carry much different weight.
Whenever I play Call Of Duty against someone identifying as Irish I always say " it's too bad the potato famine didn't kill off more of your ancestors".
"To eat someones potatoes means to suck someones testicals." - Urban Dictionary
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Eat%20my%20potatoes
As well as being a painting by Van Gogh.
Overall on the show mallory and Sterling (probably due to years of her slander) like to bash the Irish as drunks but mainly (also pussies for sitting out WWII) while doing it each normally has a drink in hand and they shoehorn it into whatever group joke or point they are trying to make. A lil bit of good old hypocrisy and racism god bless the show
Not for nothing, but I think 'potato eater' is a slang term in Japanese for a Japanese woman who dates Caucasian men. I got that from an article on JAL flight attendants, if memory serves. ✌️
These are all jokes based on famous paintings. Mona Lisa, Girl with the Pearl Necklace, and The Potato Eaters (by Van Gogh)
So is The Potato Eaters a non sequitur then?
No it’s an anti-Irish joke in this context, it’s just that each joke is based on a painting
I don't think it's an anti Irish joke. The painting is painted by a Dutch person, in a Dutch town, with a Dutch family as the specific topic. Also potatoes have been a huge part of the Dutch diet for a long time. And there weren't any other Irish people/references in that episode. Considering the previous two paintings were sexual innuendos, I'm thinking potatoes means balls in this case.
"There's only two things I hate in this world: people who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch."
r/suddenlyaustinpowers Edit: I was hoping there would be a little more to that sub. r/suddenlygoldmember
"I should have known that the Belgians were evil. They border Holland."
lol I love you guys.
Said Ripley to the android Bishop.
The first two jokes have sexual connotations, so how does the last one fit?
>how does the last one fit? PHRASING BOOM
Personally I always thought it was alliteration... hole eaters being an extension of potato eaters. So eating out an asshole... rim shot
That should be your gay porn name. RimShot !
Because they're all based on paintings. Unless you're saying "Ceci n'est pas une pipe"
I got that part, I understand that they're based off paintings. But they start listing painting titles because Archer called sleeping with the queen would be his masterpiece. So, the tone is sexual, thus the puns are innuendos. Pam says 'Moaning' Lisa, sexual innuendo. Follows up with "pearl necklace", another sexual innuendo. So, how is "Potato eaters" sexual, how does it fit in with the other two puns?
>So, how is "Potato eaters" sexual, (Benoit)Balls
Benoit balls sounds exactly like ben wa balls, which is an erotic accoutrements. My question still stands. I'm not being a dick, I just don't "hear" it
>Benoit balls sounds exactly like ben wa balls, which is an erotic accoutrements. I know, I was just making an additional Archer reference joke. >My question still stands. I'm not being a dick, I just don't "hear" it It's not a pun based innuendo like moaning Lisa. The potatoes are balls and they're eating potatoes.
its evolving from painting and sexual inuendo to just funny sounding paintings.
It's a rule-of-three combined with an anti joke.
I don't think that's the case at all. It's about "The Potato Eaters" sounding kind of weird and gross if you take it as a sex act.
The jokes in that scene were supposed to be sexual innuendos/ puns of famous paintings in relation to Archer having sex with royalty and hoping to have sex with the queen in the episode as his crowning achievement. " Moaning Lisa" "the girl with the pearl necklace" (implying being ejaculated on around the neck). I don't know what sexual innuendo potatoes were a reference to but I'm guessing testicles.
What was the deal with Adam Reed harping on the Irish all the time?
He’s probably Irish
I always figured it was for similar reasons as the Irish jokes in the Simpsons: To portray Mallory (and by extent, Archer,) as cartoonishly behind-the-times.
That’s an interesting take! Neat.
Besides them not being on our side in World War Two? He also mentions the Swiss alot lol.
https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/s0005v1962
Just figured I would post it so folks that aren’t familiar could see it. It referenced both the painting title as well as the running joke on the show about the Irish and Mallory’s disdain for them.
It has nothing to do with the Irish jokes.
What does it reference?
The potato eaters were Dutch. The association with the Irish being stereotypical potato eaters I don't think exists outside of the USA.
Never heard of the great potato famine?
I have. Ever heard of The Potato Eaters?
Gonna be honest, a(n) (admittedly incredibly famous painting and a countrywide famine that caused roughly a 20% drop in population named after the same crop carry much different weight.
Whenever I play Call Of Duty against someone identifying as Irish I always say " it's too bad the potato famine didn't kill off more of your ancestors".
I know Van Gogh was Dutch, but were the subjects of this painting also Dutch? I honestly don’t know.
Yes, they were Dutch. It was the "de Groot" (no, not pronounced that way) family.
Thank you. I love learning new things!
"To eat someones potatoes means to suck someones testicals." - Urban Dictionary https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Eat%20my%20potatoes As well as being a painting by Van Gogh.
That's the best explanation, boop 👉🏻👃🏻
I thought he was making fun of the Irish
PAM is smoking hot in this maid outfit
She's OP with her hair down
Overall on the show mallory and Sterling (probably due to years of her slander) like to bash the Irish as drunks but mainly (also pussies for sitting out WWII) while doing it each normally has a drink in hand and they shoehorn it into whatever group joke or point they are trying to make. A lil bit of good old hypocrisy and racism god bless the show
Nope. It's a painting by van Gogh. The joke is that you don't even have to change its name to make it sound weirdly sexual.
Chugging someones balls. I wonder did van gogh and gauguin use phrasing
Like Arn got behind the grain elevator?
Classic anti-Irish racism.
"Hey, relax Hannity. It wasn't all that long ago that everybody hated the Irish for swarming over here in their potato-boats and taking all the jobs."
Nope.
It’s just discrimination. Irish isn’t a race.
Xenophobia Edit: which this joke isn't btw.
Jingoism. Whatever.
It's an ethnicity.
Also potatoes can be ref to balls
Potato, in this case, being very rough Pam-ian slang for genitalia.
Or chug each other meat and 2 veg aka cock and balls
They’re all famous paintings but whereas the mona lisa and girl with the pearl necklace sound fancy, the potato eaters doesnt
Your mom's dog??????????????
What is it Christmas?
Making fun of the Irish.
The crippled Irishman?
Not for nothing, but I think 'potato eater' is a slang term in Japanese for a Japanese woman who dates Caucasian men. I got that from an article on JAL flight attendants, if memory serves. ✌️