Arrested Development

Chanandler Bong

Just onto series 2 of Arrested Development boxset sent over from my bro in the US. So many pants-wettingly funny moments im surprised its not bigger over here?, i mean id heard of it before but never in the manner in which its quality merits!

Kersmash

Best comedy around IMO. It's incredibly funny and well written.

ironictoaster

I'll check it out tomorrow, sounds alright.

amacachi

Chanandler Bong wrote: »

Just onto series 2 of Arrested Development boxset sent over from my bro in the US. So many pants-wettingly funny moments im surprised its not bigger over here?, i mean id heard of it before but never in the manner in which its quality merits!

Season 2 is probably the best, though it really is hard to choose between the three.

Mr.Lizard

It was a slow burn for me. I remember having to watch about 6eps before I really 'got it' (in terms of the humour) and then after that I just ate up the entire series in a matter of weeks. Very recommended.

EastWallGirl

Just finished season 3. Brilliant I am going to go back to the first 2.

I wonder if our builders and their families going to provide us with some laughs as they fight to keep their businesses - it is the least they can do.

bringitdown

G.O.B.: The real problem is that she keeps saying that God is going to show me a sign. The... something of my ways. Wisdom?
Michael: It's probably wisdom.

Honestly one of the best comedies in recent history. Top notch stuff. Best watched in sequence!

ronnie3585

Tobias as a 'never nude' - still makes me laugh after all these years!

amacachi

My favorite ever moment on the show was Tobias saying something along the lines of

"Oh yes Michael, the big marriage expert. Oh no wait, your wife's dead!"

Really wish I could find a clip of it.

eire1

amacachi wrote: »

My favorite ever moment on the show was Tobias saying something along the lines of

"Oh yes Michael, the big marriage expert. Oh no wait, your wife's dead!"

Really wish I could find a clip of it.

Oh yeah, that was quality.
Tobias: Did you forget I was a professional twice over, an analysist and a therapist. The world's first analrapist.
Lindsay: Yeah, and you were almost arrested after those business cards.

L31mr0d

it was such a fantastic show. I only got into it because a friend in work kept harassing me to watch it. Like many, I guess, I watched my first episode on TV mid-season and just didn't think it was funny.

Upon watching the show from the start and getting to that episode again however I found it hilarious because I now understood all the self-referential jokes, which where equally it's genius and downfall.

My favourite episode still was the ratings parody episode in season 3, i.e. S.O.B.s (Save Our Bluths), when they knew they where being cancelled and did a satirical episode highlighting all the cheap tricks shows employ to boost their ratings. The "Put on your 3D glasses now" bits where hilarious

jasonb

I loved the episode where they talked about how their parents used to use a one armed man to teach them a lesson. For example, they'd stop to get some milk, but the stop wasn't planned, and the one arm man would jump in front of the car and scream 'my arm, my arm!' So they'd be scared to death and learn that you have to plan in advance etc.

The one armed man makes an appearance at the end of a pretend drugs bust to teach George Michael a lesson, it was just hilarious and a lot funnier than I'm writing it here!

J.

sillyputty

I love the 'dead pan' narration :

Narrator: Buster was finding himself right at home.
Buster: Oh, my God! I used to have a shirt just like that.
Narrator: It was Buster’s old shirt. Lucille had given it to Lupe.
Buster: And the hand chair! I had one in my room! I wonder where that went.
Narrator: It went right there.
Buster: [touching his hand chair] I'd never thought I'd miss a hand so much.

and some of my many many highlights include Loose Seal/Lucille, the 'shemale' shirt and Bob Loblaw. Fingers crossed for the movie....

qwertplaywert

Tobias Funke remains my favourite character in any medium.
Excellent show, although if I had one complaint I would say the early parts of season 3 were not up to the standard of seasons 1 and 2, but still best comedy in US in years[I'm constantly torn between it and Peep Show for best comedy show overall in recent years].

Hope the movie gets off the ground soon, although apperently Michael Cera is still holding out.

Peyton Manning

So many hilarious running jokes...

The Hot Cops, Franklin, J. Walter Weatherman....

My favourite quote will always be when Michael and Gob hire the Hot Cops to teach George Michael a lesson.

Gob: "Oh no its the cops........and a construction worker..."

Also the background jokes you really have to pay attention to notice. Such as the blue handprints on the walls and on cups, and the notes stuck to the refridgerator "Running low on Milk"...

deisedude

Best American sitcom of all time. One of my favourite quotes is in the pilot:

Michael: You are not going to do one of your stupid magic tricks?

GOB: They are called illusions Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money (Turns and notices children).... or candy

satcie101

Have all 3 seasons on DVD. Love it. Has anyone heard they are bringing out a movie, if so anyone know when?

User45701

no word on when apparently there is a thing about not being able to get one of the cast - george michael i think

but yes an amazing show and i was only introduced to it after it was finished never got to see

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amyloo

thanks ill try that

Chanandler Bong

Yeah i also think the early part of Season 3 is pretty poor in comparison. I still think Gob's election video for George Michael is genius!

ronnie3585

Gotta love Gob's Chicken Dance;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o4_ABk1l1Y

Buster: Chickens don't clap!

eire1

Lindsay: We're not the only ones killing trees, what about beavers? You call yourself an environmentalist, why don't you go out and club some beavers?!
Johnny Bark: You don't really get nature do you?

AnonoBoy

deisedude wrote: »

GOB: They are called illusions Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money (Turns and notices children).... or cocaine

Funnier on the unedited version!

Kinetic^

An absolutely brilliant program. Like a few others, it took me a few shows to get into but once I did I couldn't stop watching. Such a shame it got cancelled, way better then some of the shows on today.

User45701

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Gotta love Gob's Chicken Dance;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o4_ABk1l1Y

Buster: Chickens don't clap!

i love the one when all of them are doing it and then they stop and leave the room and gob comes running in with the chicken hat on doing the clap and he looks so incredibly disappointed that everyone had left the room

Ronan|Raven

Come on, you old blow hard. When life serves you a chubby, you sometimes need to just suck it up.

Jeapy

I can't believe nobody's mentioned GOBs magic and The Final Countdown! Best ever!

amacachi

Jeapy wrote: »

I can't believe nobody's mentioned GOBs magic and The Final Countdown! Best ever!

It's absolutely everywhere through the series too, great how it's his ringtone. :P

Ronan|Raven

User45701 wrote: »

i love the one when all of them are doing it and then they stop and leave the room and gob comes running in with the chicken hat on doing the clap and he looks so incredibly disappointed that everyone had left the room

Except where you can see Tobias looking out of the kitchen doing one of his trademark grins.

L31mr0d

one of the best setups ever was in the episode Mr. F

Throughout the whole episode a load of odd stuff is thrown in (the miniature town being built to fool the Japanese investors, the rocket backpack that George Micheal steals, Tobias thinking that being a mole means to actually dress up like a mole. All leading up to this moment of pure TV excellence.

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/arrested-development-godzilla-scene/2471865026

Note: It will only be funny if you have actually watched the episode. The build up to it was just priceless.

Fighting Irish

Chanandler Bong wrote: »

Just onto series 2 of Arrested Development boxset sent over from my bro in the US. So many pants-wettingly funny moments im surprised its not bigger over here?, i mean id heard of it before but never in the manner in which its quality merits!

its dumbed down comedy at its best

User45701

L31mr0d wrote: »

one of the best setups ever was in the episode Mr. F

Throughout the whole episode a load of odd stuff is thrown in (the miniature town being built to fool the Japanese investors, the rocket backpack that George Micheal steals, Tobias thinking that being a mole means to actually dress up like a mole. All leading up to this moment of pure TV excellence.

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/arrested-development-godzilla-scene/2471865026

Note: It will only be funny if you have actually watched the episode. The build up to it was just priceless.

+ 1 on that - great episode but it was building up for 2 or 3 eps i thought? - the Mr F bit anyway

im...LOST

Yeah, I love this show.

I hear there are romours for a film. Well, I read that recently on imdb. Don't know how correct that would be....

warrenstown

I'm laughing out loud reading this thread, thinking of the show. What a class program.

By the way, I watched the new cartoon from Arrested's creator Mitch Hurwitz called Sit Down, Shut Up. It's voiced by Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Henry Winkler but I barely laughed. Since it's animation you miss out on Arnett's and Bateman's very funny facial expressions.

Here's a behind the scenes clip between Arnett and Batemen that's funnier than the whole first episode...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbcN5xcegU8

KnifeWRENCH

I watched 12 episodes of this last night. Every episode seems even better the more you watch it!
I love all the episodes with Maggie Lizer - they were brilliantly written. However, I think my all time favourite episode is "Afternoon Delight" from Series 2. My favourite quote from that episode is when Lucille

crashes into Gob while driving stoned

and says to Michael "Hey Mikey, relax. It's just a giant banana!" :D

Lucille and Tobias are probably my two favourite sitcom characters ever.

FX Meister

Love this show. Gave the box set to a friend to check out, he watched two episodes and said it was pretty much the same as Mighty Ducks. Usually he has good taste in TV. I cried.

Perrin

sillyputty wrote: »

I love the 'dead pan' narration :

Narrator: Buster was finding himself right at home.
Buster: Oh, my God! I used to have a shirt just like that.
Narrator: It was Buster’s old shirt. Lucille had given it to Lupe.
Buster: And the hand chair! I had one in my room! I wonder where that went.
Narrator: It went right there.
Buster: [touching his hand chair] I'd never thought I'd miss a hand so much.

and some of my many many highlights include Loose Seal/Lucille, the 'shemale' shirt and Bob Loblaw. Fingers crossed for the movie....

Ya thats class with buster, knowing in a couple of episodes time he has his accident in the sea

aequinoctium

great show!!
can't wait for them to make the movie

keithkk16

Anyone know if there's been an unrated version of the box set released ? I would love to watch all the episodes again without the bleeps

aequinoctium

keithkk16 wrote: »

Anyone know if there's been an unrated version of the box set released ? I would love to watch all the episodes again without the bleeps

in some circumstances the bleeping adds to the humour, such as when they say "pussy" and many other circumstances.
i'd stick with it.

The bleeping is done on purpose. Especially funny when they're talking about Lucille and Buster is saying stuff that gets bleeped, and people's reactions to what he just (supposedly) said.


I think Gob/Michael in the meeting at the start of episode 308 is absolutely hilarious, and I've watched it over and over and still find it hilarious.

laoisforliam

watched the whole three seasons in one weekend and oh my what a show it is!! Is there any character out there on tv funnier than GOB?? CUCAW CUCAW CUCAW

I found every single character on the show hilarious.. even some minor ones STEVE HOLT!!

Final word for tobias the gay inneundo throughout the show was brilliant especially the part: I am an analyst and a therapist therefore i am the worlds first Anal-rapist... haha:D

deisedude

For fans of Arrested development i'd recommend Modern Family. I've only seen the pilot so far but its very good

protos

Yep - funniest show ever ! Flight of the conchords and Sunny in Philadelphia are excellent as well. Hope the film works out.

Johnny Weasel

Gob & Tobias are two of the greatest comedy characters of recent time.

Agent Smith

Fantastic show. Just finished Season 2. Every time i see portia de rossi i think of what a waste...

laoisforliam

deisedude wrote: »

For fans of Arrested development i'd recommend Modern Family. I've only seen the pilot so far but its very good

flicked through the pilot didnt find it that great maybe its worh a second look tho?

Aidric

I've just got through the first season, superbly written and acted.

Stench Blossoms

"I just blue myself" - Tobias Funke

Namlub

Tobias Funke: Analrapist

eire1

Namlub wrote: »

Tobia Funke: Analrapist

Are you forgetting that I'm a professional twice over, an analysist and a therapist.
The world's 1st Analrapist.

Dr. Tobias Funke rules!