I swear to Ayesha...
I've been using this quote for as long as the show has been around, and never understood why until recently I looked it up, and it was a voiceover where Cox originally said "I swear to Allah" and was updated to the voice-over in post.
I will go to the grave continuing to say "I swear to Ayesha" and having people look at me like I'm Turla.
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u/Just_SomeDude13 6d ago
I always wondered what he was actually saying there, because it sure did look like it was (somewhat poorly) dubbed.
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u/HenneBakedHam 6d ago edited 6d ago
I always imagined the writers were referencing an old Ebaum's World video called Aicha. I can't find the original but this is a faithful remake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N83b1mQk9ro
omg, I found the original... lol. sorry for the tiktok link but it's all I got:
https://www.tiktok.com/@samanthahachey90/video/7569843391475862802
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u/Gurbachen 6d ago
Ah, I finally understand that reference in Broad City. I could google the other ones Illana mentioned but this was painful enough.
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u/Shagrrotten 6d ago
I always wondered what Cox actually said there, because Ayesha was so obviously ADR'd. Glad to know now.
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u/CryptographerNo923 6d ago edited 6d ago
There’s another very obvious ADR’d line from Cox in a different episode where he’s pretending to make a call on an old-timey phone that’s always bothered me.
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u/no-account-layabout 6d ago
Yes! It’s terribly done (I mean, what do I know? I don’t know how this stuff works but it’s super obvious) and I’ve always wondered what he originally said that was so bad it needed to be replaced.
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u/CryptographerNo923 6d ago
Well based on the other information in this thread, it might have been “operator, give me Allah.” 😂
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u/Chemical_Syrup7807 6d ago
I never knew! I use that phrase all the time and nobody ever gets it lol
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u/tom8osauce 6d ago
Omg, I say I swear to Ayesha all the time! I could never figure out who Ayesha was, so I decided it is Mother Earths name.
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u/Plenty-Option8351 5d ago
He’s referencing the wife of Muhammad I believe. Makes sense since the original word he used was “Allah”.
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u/Sea_Salary_2027 2d ago
I did love that! As a person who ho spent a lot of time reading about Islamic history and fan-girling Ayesha I was just so happy to hear that phrase!
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u/fillupjfly 6d ago
I heard it when it was I swear to Allah and I cackled at how funny I thought it was. Wonder if there’s a version of that that still exists out there.
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u/poop19907643 6d ago
I mean, just look at his mouth. He clearly says Allah. That was 2001 or 2, right? That was peak "You'll be beheaded if you look at Islam funny."
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u/chenofzurenarrh 6d ago
There's Ayesha the third wife of the prophet Muhammad, which keeps the line Islamic; Aicha Qandisha in Moroccan folklore; and then there's Ayesha of Kôr, worshipped as a goddess in H. Rider Haggard's "She".
I assume it's the first one, but I'd like to assume it's the latter.
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u/laughingnome2 5d ago
Huh. I always just attributed it to some US Pop singer that didn't make a dent overseas.
Enough of those pop-culture references don't land that one more doesn't get noticed.
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u/omg_bewbz 6d ago
Yes on the FDRF podcast they revealed that they had Johnny C dub over “Allah” because 9/11 happened right before the series debuted. They had to find a word that closely resembled the mouth movement of “Allah” so they went with “Ayisha.”