Tina Fey's Netflix sitcom is crammed with weird references that might have gone over your head
4. “Let me explain how the internet works. It’s not a big truck – it’s a series of tubes”
From: S2E6 – ‘Kimmy Drives a Car!’
Who says it: Titus
What it means: The phrase ‘series of tubes‘ is famous enough in the US that it has its own Wikipedia page. It was an analysis of the internet made in 2006 by Alaska’s then-Senator Ted Stevens. His simple approach to the subject was widely ridiculed and is now something of a marker for technical improficiency.
…like scientists!! #KimmySchmidt
5. Dong as Ghostbusters‘ Rick Moranis
From: S1E8 – ‘Kimmy Is Bad At Math!’
Who does it: Dong
What it means: The final scene of this season 1 episode is almost a shot-for-shot recreation of the below scene from Ghostbusters, in which Rick Moranis is being chased and is desperately trying to get inside a restaurant. Dong, one of Kimmy’s love interests, does the same, only he’s trying to get inside because Kimmy is on a date with another man.
6. “She has returned in full like Alcibiades to Athens, and I have become her Eupolis”
From: S2E2 – ‘Kimmy Goes On a Playdate!’
Who says it: Deirdre Robespierre
What it means: Jacqueline’s highbrow nemesis goes full-on Classics scholar in this analogy comparing their relationship to the famous rivalry between two fifth-century BC Athenians, (which Alcibiades won by having Eupolis drowned).
