Any fans of "Arrested Development" here?

[Common Sense Party]

I must be the un-hippest, most isolated, head-in-the-sand person in the world. I had never even HEARD of Arrested Development until a month ago when I heard the show's creator on NPR.

I've been watching all the episodes on hulu http://www.hulu.com/arrested-development

I think it's one of the most hilarious shows that I'd never seen. I'll be interested to see how the movie version comes together.

[Coventina]

1. Yes. It is (was) one of my most favorite shows ever.

I was so sad to see it die.

I'm looking forward to the movie, but dreading that it might be dreadful.

"I've made a huge mistake" is used often by my husband and me.

[Common Sense Party]

2. I'll have to start using that catchphrase. Also the chicken dance.

[geardaddy]

10. "Caw-cuh-caw-cuh-caw!"

:D

[Initech]

35. Has anyone in this family even seen a chicken?

:rofl:

[geardaddy]

44. lol

:rofl:

[Common Sense Party]

50. ...

[geardaddy]

59. Excellent photo!

:rofl:

[The2ndWheel]

3. It's a shame what they did to the show

The way the network would change things this way and that way in the middle of whatever was going on. But then the writers would work that reality into the show, which was funny.

Still love the show. Franklin is great. The Portugal being in South America joke still gets me every time. And you forgot to say away.

[Common Sense Party]

8. What sorts of things did the network demand?

If I knew I'd probably laugh more at some of those changes.

[The2ndWheel]

21. They would cut the amount of shows per season half way through a season

So when Michael is talking about building X amount of homes on the phone with someone, he'd say something about having the order for homes cut back. Not sure how far you've gotten, but later in season 3, George Michael brings up how long he's had feeling for Maeby, and it ties into the show's life. Or when there were rumors about the show going to cable.

Also, they always had those double meaning words/phrases. Stuff like, "and this is your cousin, Maeby."

[Common Sense Party]

I just started Season 3 last night.

Yes, the double meanings and double entendres kill me.

Lindsay's "Volvo" shots on the photocopier...

[The2ndWheel]

27. If you recognize Tony Hale from anything before AD

You'll get a chuckle in season 3.

[Common Sense Party]

28. I don't recognize him

And I looked on IMDB and don't recognize any of the roles he had before AD.

Go ahead and tell me, so I'll know it when I see it. :-)

[The2ndWheel]

53. He was in a car commercial a few years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBdLJ7Pox9Y

Sometimes you really have to pay attention with this show. It's crazy.

Plenty of good moments in season 3. Justine Bateman was good. In the last few episodes, the writers go off on a few rants, but then also look at their own show and how it didn't connect with people. Gob and Franklin, I think, have their best moments. It all ties together eventually. And again, remember to say away.

[Common Sense Party]

55. Sweet. I'll keep an eye out for Mr. Roboto.

Thanks.

[Initech]

45. Yeah interesting note about the "S.O.B.s" episode

Is that Fox had promised AD would get a full third season after the way they had treated the second, but it got cut after the sixth episode ("The Ocean Walker") to make room on the schedule for Prison Break, and the producers wrote that into the show (see episode "Prison Break In") for full comedy effect. By the time that they found out that the show was going to be cancelled they had already been made aware of the show's huge following on the internet and tried a last-ditch campaign with the networks and that was where the S.O.B.s (Save Our Bluths) episode came in and they basically wrote that episode as a way to plead with the Fox execs or the execs on another network to continue the show. But they didnt and instead burned off the remaining four episodes after that on one night.

[The2ndWheel]

54. Yeah, and that one night being directly opposite of the opening ceremony of the winter olympics

Although, at that point, if you weren't watching the show, it wouldn't have mattered what day it was on.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. "Quit licking my hand, you HORSE'S ASS!"

:rofl:

[Common Sense Party]

22. Remind me: when was this line delivered?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

23. I don't remember the episode, but it was George Sr. saying it to Tobias.

[Orrex]

5. Every second of that show was excellent

In a way, I'm glad that Showtime didn't pick it up, because eventually it would have fallen from its peak.

[Initech]

88. Excuse me, do these effectively hide my thunder?

Yeah I kind of agree - they wrapped everything up quite nicely.

[Ohio Dem]

6. Greatest comedy ever!

The beauty of the show is that they don't over-explain the jokes. You have to pay attention and use your brain to get the more subtle jokes. That's why it wasn't very popular - you have to pay attention.

[applegrove]

7. Yes I had only barely heard of the show when I started renting it from the video store. Is

hillarious.

[Common Sense Party]

20. It is. I don't know who I like more: Buster or Gob.

They both crack me up to no end.

[applegrove]

58. I liked all the characters.

[applegrove]

56. Oh I liked all the characters. Including Lindsay.

[geardaddy]

9. Me!

I lurve that show!

[Common Sense Party]

25. I wish I had known about it years ago!

Was it on Fox or NBC when it originally aired?

[geardaddy]

43. Yes, Fox

I didn't watch it on Fox, but my lovey and I rented all the seasons on Netflix.

Hi-larious!

[JVS]

11. IIRC nbc.com has them for free viewing too

[Initech]

36. Also hulu and imdb have the whole show as well.

[geardaddy]

12. quote

Gob: Steve Holt's not my son.
George Michael Bluth: Steve Holt? What, the moron jock?
Gob: That's my son, you pothead.

[Initech]

13. I was seriously considering using "Mr. F" as my new user name.

I was trying to think of a good AD related name and that was the best I could come up with.

[geardaddy]

14. *singing "Mistuh F!"*

lol

[Common Sense Party]

15. That must be in the third season.

I haven't gotten there yet.

[beac]

74. I guess "Wee Brain" wouldn't have conveyed the right sense of gravitas.

;)

ONE of my favorite sight gags ever on AD.



Other potential AD names that almost make me sad I missed the amnesty, but could send the wrong message:

Loose Seal
Mr. Bananagrabber
Mrs. Featherbottom

[Initech]

78. Watch out for loose seal!!!

I dont care about Lucille!!

:rofl:

[rcrush]

16. Last I heard Michael Sera was holding out on the movie

And he was the only one left.

[Common Sense Party]

18. Really? I hope he agrees to do it. He was a hoot in Juno.

I didn't even know about AD when I saw that movie.

[NJmaverick]

17. If they weren't fans of arrested development they wouldn't be posting in the lounge

badda bing!:crazy:

[Common Sense Party]

19. Well, I was posting in the Lounge long before I'd heard of AD!

But, then, I'm a social misfit.

[NJmaverick]

24. It was a joke, notice I used lower case letters.... I wasn't referring to the TV show

never mind...:yoiks:

[Common Sense Party]

26. Oh, that's true. We ARE all rather, um...challenged in our development.

[Nickster]

29. It's an illusion Michael, tricks are what prostitutes do for money.

[Common Sense Party]

30. Gob rocks.

I wonder if there's some site that has all the best one-liners from Arrested Development.

[Common Sense Party]

32. It turns out there IS a site with some of the best lines:

Gob: I Kitty!
Michael: Oh, Gob! I just wanted you to get the information.
Gob: Oh, I got the information!
Michael: You did, huh? About the international accounts?
Gob: Oh, I see what you're getting at. No, I didn't get any information.


http://www.classictvquotes.com/quotes/shows/arrested-development/

[geardaddy]

here's another

Tobias: (showing Maeby's birth pictures) And here you are coming out of your mother's third base!

[Initech]

37. I'm afraid I just blue myself.

There really has got to be a better way to say that.

[Common Sense Party]

38. You need to walk around with a tape recorder...

[Common Sense Party]

64. More Tobias moments:

Tobias Fünke: O-kay, who'd like a banger in the mouth?


Tobias Fünke: Right, I forgot, here in the States, you call it a *sausage* in the mouth.

Michael: We just call it a sausage.

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Tobias Fünke: Michael, you are quite the cupid. You can stick an arrow in my buttocks any time.

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Tobias Fünke: Okay, Lindsay, are you forgetting that I was a professional twice over - an analyst and a therapist. The world's first analrapist

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Tobias Fünke: So what are your plans for this evening?
Bob Loblaw: I thought that maybe I would stay in and work on my law blog.
Tobias Fünke: Ah, yes. The "Bob Loblaw Law Blog". You, sir, are a mouthful.

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Tobias Fünke: Boy, I sure feel like a Mary without a Peter and a Paul.

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Publicist: There are very few intelligent, attractive and straight men in this town.
Tobias Fünke: Well, that leaves me out.

Tobias Fünke: She did say single, right? I-I-I thought she said single.

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Tobias Fünke: I can picture the look on Lindsay's face right now. "Where's Tobias?". Oh, he's just on a weekend getaway with Michael Bluth and they're dipping each other in... hey, you didn't get any body chocolate.
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Transvestite Store Clerk: Are you going to actually buy something this time, or are you just curious?
Tobias Fünke: Well, let's just say that I'm buy-curious.

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Narrator: Tobias listens to a day's worth of his own words, to see what Michael was referring to...
Tobias Fünke: ... even if it means me taking a chubby, I will suck it up.
Tobias Fünke: Nothing wrong with that.
Tobias Fünke: Oh, I've been in the film business for a while, but I just can't seem to get one in the can.
Tobias Fünke: It's out of context.
Tobias Fünke: I wouldn't mind kissing that man between the cheeks.
Narrator: ...and he realized there is something distinct about the way he speaks.
Tobias Fünke: Tobias, you blowhard.


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[Initech]

67. I love when Tobias shows Buster the analrapist card...

And Buster freaks out and says "It wasnt the pronunciation that bothered me."

[Common Sense Party]

84. I watched that part last night.

What a hoot.

[martymar64]

85. Good ones, here's another . . .

Tobias: I'd like to get something that says "Daddy likes leather".

[Initech]

87. Tobias IS Queen Mary

[Common Sense Party]

92. Leather Daddy?

[grace0418]

41. I really want to meet the child of Will Arnett and Amy Poehler. Either that kid is

going to be the most hilarious kid ever or painfully shy because his parents are too funny.

[Common Sense Party]

76. I predict high therapy bills in about twenty years.

But only if Will is anything like Gob.

I agree; they're both hysterical. Was that Baby Mama movie any good?

[Initech]

33. I'm a failure, I cant even fake the death of a stripper.

[The2ndWheel]

57. Gilligan killed the skipper

I mean stripper.

[geardaddy]

61. Gob: Attention, everyone. Why go to a banana stand, when we can make YOUR banana stand!?

;)

[Initech]

66. Like I'm gonna spill coffee all over my $3,000 pants! COME ON!!!

[beac]

72. "Did you know that more frozen bananas are sold right here than anywhere else in the O.C.?"

"Don't call it that."

[martymar64]

86. Big Yellow Joint, Big Yellow Joint, meet me down at the Big Yellow Joint . .

There's always money in the banana stand.

[grace0418]

31. Best show ever. I own them on dvd and love every single character on the show.l

I can't even choose a favorite, that's how much I love that show.

[Initech]

34. There's always money in the banana stand! *wink wink*

[grace0418]

39. And I'm guessing by your user name that you are also a fan of Office Space?

You have excellent taste, my friend.

[Initech]

40. You guessed correctly.

:toast:

[Common Sense Party]

42. Buster cracks me up

Buster: And I'm going to continue dating, Mom.
Michael: It sounds a little bit like 'dating Mom'.
Buster: It's starting to feel a little like it.

[Initech]

46. Motherboy

[Common Sense Party]

47. The heavy metal band?

[Initech]

70. That is a mighty long zipper on mother's Cher jumpsuit... you have to get on your knees to start it!

:rofl:

[beac]

73. "Saddest! And that was a competitive category!"

:rofl:

[Common Sense Party]

48. And who can forget White Power Bill?

White Power Bill: I have worse plans for you if you keep trying to convert my team!

George Sr.: Okay, hold it, hold ... hold it now ... Now I'm doing no such thing; both of our religions have a lot to offer. There's the Jewish notion of heaven, and that it can be attained here on Earth. And there is your belief ... in the cleansing power of the lead pipe.

[Initech]

69. Oh yeah!!

White Power Bill: {stabbing GOB} WHITE POWER!!!!!

GOB: I'm white!!!

:rofl:

[Mojambo]

81. WPB: "White Power!" (Stabbing Gob in the back)

Gob: "But... I'm... White!?"

[rucky]

49. Big Time!

[Common Sense Party]

51. Gob Bluth singlehandedly revived Europe's music career!

I can't even look at Will Arnett without hearing "The Final Countdown" playing in my head.

[Common Sense Party]

52. It's not about the money

Michael: Is this about the money?

Gob: No.

Michael: What do you want?

Gob: I mean, it's not about money in the sense that I'm coming here saying, "Here, Michael. Take some money." It's just more of a "may I have some" kind of visit.

[Common Sense Party]

60. And Dr. Fishman's bedside manner:

Dr. Fishman: It ... it looks like he's dead.

Gob: Oh little guy! The tears aren't comin'! the tears just aren't commin'!

Michael:Just to be clear. Looks like he’s dead, or he IS dead?

Dr. Fishman: It just looks like he’s dead. He’s got, like, blue paint on him or something. But he’s going to be fine.


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Dr. Fishman: Yes, he’s lost his left hand. So he’s going to be “all right.”

Lucille: You son of a bitch. I hate this doctor!

Lindsay: How do we keep getting this guy?

Michael: Mom, he’s a very literal man.

Dr. Fishman: Yes, that’s more the way I would take the news.

[geardaddy]

63. And who can forget...

Bob Loblaw?

[Common Sense Party]

65. I haven't gotten to Bob yet.

But according to Tobias, he's a mouthful.

[Initech]

68. Bob Loblaw's law blog

[Common Sense Party]

83. I just got to Bob Loblaw.

:rofl:

I love that Scott Baio is replacing Henry Winkler as the lawyer.

[geardaddy]

62. Gob:

"I've got this Christian girlfriend now and she's trying to get me to be a better man and reconnect with my son and I'm trying to get her to renounce God and me and I just want to prove to her that I'm worth it."

[Initech]

79. ...

Michael: Well you certainly havent been shopping. The only thing I found in the freezer was a dead dove in a bag.

GOB: You didnt eat that dove did you? I've only got a couple of days left to return it. Died right in the middle of a show.

*shows GOB at the pet store*

Clerk: Are you sure you dont need a cage?

GOB: No, I'm a magician.

*sticks bird in pocket, runs into door, bird stops crowing*

GOB: What is your return policy by the way?

[beac]

71. Best. Show. Ever.

I can, and do, watch the episodes over and over (hurrah for Hulu). It makes me SICK that an excellent show like AD got cancelled and bad sitcoms like that Charlie Sheen POS go on and on and on....


ETA another great site gag from AD:

[Common Sense Party]

75. Arm Off!

I'm sure I would have missed that the first time.

[Initech]

77. OMG!!!! I never noticed that before!

That's one of the great things about AD - there's enough sight gags and subtleties in the jokes that it keeps you watching over and over.

[Initech]

80. Annyong!!!

[Common Sense Party]

82. Ahn-young!!!

I just got to the part where George Sr. finds Ahn-young in the wall. I was wondering where he was for all of Season 2.

[Meshuga]

89. Great show

Too bad it didn't last.

[susanna]

90. It was a great show!

I was pretty bummed when it ended. Nothing else even came close. :-)

[mdmc]

91. yes

!