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Arrested Development- Surprisingly Not Overhyped
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VistraNorrez
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My old lady's on the floor, man. I am not "S"-ing around.
Neuromancer
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Just that it's disgusting.TheSeks said:
friskykillface
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i didn't like season 3 that much, the beginning of it, but the finish was fantastic
i still remember Fox aired the last 4 episodes on a friday night, haha smh they never deserved arrested development
"no touching, no touching!"
i still remember Fox aired the last 4 episodes on a friday night, haha smh they never deserved arrested development
"no touching, no touching!"
TheSeks said:
The joke is that George Michael is bragging about it the way you might normally say a girlfriend is so cute when she scrunches up her nose or something. His "oh my girlfriend is the cutest" story is an absolutely disgusting one that he thinks makes her sound endearing and clever, and he's so proud of it. Michael's disgust is at the story itself but also the realization dawning that his son is dating her.
It's a new horror every time he has the realization. (And has it and has it.)
BertramCooper
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I've introduced AD to countless people and not a single one has disliked it.
It's the best television comedy ever. No question in my mind.
It's the best television comedy ever. No question in my mind.
RobotNinjaHornets
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Oh, COME ON!Roto13 said:
VistraNorrez
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I think most of the jokes do work out of context if only because so much of the show is about ridiculousness. The lines are funny if just for how silly they sound, they're almost non-sequiturs. Of course they are often incredibly well layered.
RobotNinjaHornets said:
Telling us we can't take Arrested Development quotes out of context for f--
--king 6000 posts! COME ON!
Also watched a re-run on IFC today:
George Sr.: Soak the puppet's mouth with ether, and have Franklin give Lucille a kiss to knock her out.
Gob: [as Franklin] I ain't kissin' that ol' bitch!
George Sr.: [starts to choke Franklin] That's my wife, you bastard!
Gob: Dad, that's my wrist!
George Sr.: [chokes Gob]
Gob: [as Franklin] Hey, that's his neck!
Started to crack up because of the puppet.
akachan ningen
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The last season was kind of shitty but otherwise great show.
NullPointer
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Ain't that the truth. The show is dense with foreshadowing (or fortuitous setups) and hidden puns.IamMattFox said:
apocalidiot
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TheSeks said:
That made me LOL just reading it. God, after schools out this summer I'm going to watch it through again. I cannot freaking wait
NullPointer
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I think the joke was that she was such a fundamentalist she'd swallow anything.stupei said:
"Why am I not going underwater? WHY AM I NOT GOING UNDERWATER?"
Wayne Jarvis:
We have reason to believe your father was builings houses in Iraq.
Michael:
Are you serious?
Wayne Jarvis:
Almost always. I was once called the worst audience participant Cirque du Soleil ever had.
Michael:
This is a big accusation.
Wayne Jarvis:
Well, Michael, I did not find their buffoonery amusing.
Michael:
I meant about my father.
Wayne Jarvis:
We have reason to believe your father was builings houses in Iraq.
Michael:
Are you serious?
Wayne Jarvis:
Almost always. I was once called the worst audience participant Cirque du Soleil ever had.
Michael:
This is a big accusation.
Wayne Jarvis:
Well, Michael, I did not find their buffoonery amusing.
Michael:
I meant about my father.
How About No
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Beowulf28 said:
I was sold by the second episode ("Oh my god! WE'RE HAVING A FIRE!! ...sale")
But yeah, first episode isn't as great as the rest of the series. I haven't seen much of S3 yet though.
My favourite scene. The way she stares at Annyong makes me laugh every time. Jessica Walter was brilliant in this show and Lucille was definitely my favourite character.
CriginsMcJuggs
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Probably my favorite scene in the history of television is when Gob is delivering pot to George Michael and when Michael comes down from interrogating GM Gob has a mouth full of smoke, coughs, looks around and says "cold out tonight"
Mystery-white-boy
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I can sort of see why some people are down on the third season, but for me it has a lot of the funniest moments from the whole series. I love how utterly disconnected from reality it sometimes got. Oh, and one of my favourite lines that I never see quoted:
"Who ever said vegetables were good for your heart!"
"Who ever said vegetables were good for your heart!"
I watched through most of season one and never really cracked a smile..
The banana stand scenes n shit kept me watching but for a comady it didn't really float my boat, then again its wity lines from shows like the wire, sopranos that really get me going.
The banana stand scenes n shit kept me watching but for a comady it didn't really float my boat, then again its wity lines from shows like the wire, sopranos that really get me going.
Mystery-white-boy said:
It's definitely just as funny but the structure of the later episodes and the season as a whole really went down the toilet because of the cancellation. Things were shoehorned in and resolved rapidly because they were about to go off the air, once the Rita story ended it all got very scatter-shot and episodes like the Iraq one were a bit of a mess. That episode does have one of my favourite lines though, when the Saddam impersonator says 'I am behaving like an Uday lookalike!'.
ThanksVision
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Something I picked up recently:
in the pilot, when Michael is gone and the family needs him, Lindsay says something like, "we need Michael," and Gob responds: "We need ice..." He is looking at his drink, but this also means the bounty hunter that is hired many many episodes later. Insane.
in the pilot, when Michael is gone and the family needs him, Lindsay says something like, "we need Michael," and Gob responds: "We need ice..." He is looking at his drink, but this also means the bounty hunter that is hired many many episodes later. Insane.
Superimposer
This is getting weirder all the time
Kentpaul said:
There's something wrong with your brain.
As people might be able to tell with my avatar, I love this show. But don't we have a LTTP Arrested Development thread like every 2 weeks?
Superimposer said:
Nothing wrong with my brain man, it just wans't my thing , but hey man the good thing is i did give it a try, and did watch a good 6 episodes..
I was border line enjoyment for me, watching little micheal cera trying to get fired into his cousin.. good tv, but i'm more of a Drama tv show guy
Same with movies.
Irish said:It's been about a year since the last one.
The last post in the last AD thread is less than three weeks old.
dinazimmerman
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Recently watched all of it. Best comedy ever. Oh and in my defense, I didn't watch much television at all in 2003 -- I was only twelve.
Sir Garbageman
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Watched the entire show last summer and loved every minute of it. Instant Top 5 shows of all time for me.
Shotgun Kiss
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sharkmuncher said:"It's as Ann as the nose on Plain's face."
‎"Oh, its so cute. She sometimes takes a little pack of mayonnaise, and shell squirt it in her mouth all over, and then shell take an egg and kind of... Mmmm! She calls it a mayonegg. Are you okay?"
I always have to force myself to look away whenever I see that gif, because with every loop, I find Michael's face funnier and funnier.
NullPointer
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*hi five*Superimposer said:
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