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Title: Arrested Development
Post by: MykeHavoc on May 19, 2010, 11:17:17 PM
Simply put, easily the best sitcom of the last decade and my favorite of all time. Any other fans here?
I was reading an amazing topic on it's IMDB page about coming up with AD related band names. Hours of fun ;D

So let's discuss.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Adami on May 19, 2010, 11:18:50 PM
One of the most well written/executed comedic sit comes. If not the best.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Jarlaxle on May 19, 2010, 11:28:01 PM
Simply put, easily the best sitcom of the last decade and my favorite of all time. Any other fans here?
I was reading an amazing topic on it's IMDB page about coming up with AD related band names. Hours of fun ;D

So let's discuss.

I think fans of the Office would like a word with you
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: MykeHavoc on May 19, 2010, 11:31:32 PM
Hey, I love The Office too. Don't get me wrong. But AD hits more home because of the dysfunctional family element. Although I just started my first Office job, so perhaps that will come more into play.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: juice on May 19, 2010, 11:50:09 PM
awesome show!
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: MykeHavoc on May 19, 2010, 11:58:45 PM
Next to Twin Peaks and Freaks and Geeks, I think I've watched this show in its entirety more then any other.
I just re-watched it all with a friend and was struck at how amazing it is that it actually gets funnier every time.
I really hope they can get the movie planned and on track before everyone gets too old.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: pogoowner on May 20, 2010, 12:09:54 AM
Awesome show.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Adami on May 20, 2010, 12:12:48 AM
-waits for volk to come in and say how terrible and boring it is-
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Sigz on May 20, 2010, 01:28:22 AM
Absolutely brilliant show in every way. *appreciates*
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: TheVoxyn on May 20, 2010, 04:42:41 AM
One of my favorite shows ever.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: tri.ad on May 20, 2010, 04:44:00 AM
Absolutely fantastic show. What a shame that it got pulled off.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: TheVoxyn on May 20, 2010, 04:45:11 AM
"We don't like begging, but PLEASE tell your friends about this show".
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: shadowfex on May 20, 2010, 04:48:01 AM
Absolutely brilliant show in every way. *appreciates*

This!

I'm on an Arrested development binge at the moment. It absolutely gets funnier every time you watch it.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Dr. DTVT on May 20, 2010, 05:40:23 AM
THE show of the decade, and proof that the people making decisions at Fox are infact headless chickens because they clearly lack brains of any sort.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Pirate on May 20, 2010, 05:50:32 AM
This is funny because it's my second-favourite sitcom of all time and I barely ever watch it anymore! It got pulled off Global some time ago.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: ReaperKK on May 20, 2010, 06:04:40 AM
I love this show, I should revisit it this summer.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: GuineaPig on May 20, 2010, 06:27:48 AM
THE show of the decade (that wasn't the Wire), and proof that the people making decisions at Fox are infact headless chickens because they clearly lack brains of any sort.

This.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Jamesman42 on May 20, 2010, 08:59:46 AM
George Michael: "Hey, has Aunt Lindsay ever been pregnant besides Maeby?"
Gob, nonchalantly as he passes by: "Oh yeah, plenty of times."

That and the dead bird in the freezer crack me up just thinking about it. :lol :lol
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: soundgarden on May 20, 2010, 09:36:24 AM
One of the most well written/executed comedic sit comes. If not the best.

yep.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: glaurung on May 20, 2010, 12:04:17 PM
(https://media.nowpublic.net/images//50/7/507925bc98b0d03d94a32b02b363c684.jpg)

Tobias makes this show for me. :lol
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: soundgarden on May 20, 2010, 12:15:17 PM
Tobias makes this show for me. :lol


.... an alrapist if you will....



*Tobias shows George-Michael business card*
*George-Michael gasps & shudders*

 :rollin
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: glaurung on May 20, 2010, 12:19:45 PM
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Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: TheVoxyn on May 20, 2010, 12:22:43 PM
I need something that screams 'Daddy likes leather'.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: glaurung on May 20, 2010, 12:28:20 PM
"You mean something that says... leather daddy?"
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: MykeHavoc on May 20, 2010, 12:33:41 PM
I've always been a Buster guy.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Jamesman42 on May 20, 2010, 01:39:20 PM
Gob is my favorite.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: axeman90210 on May 20, 2010, 02:16:03 PM
the single greatest TV comedy in my lifetime.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Sigz on May 20, 2010, 02:25:48 PM
IT AIN'T EASY BEIN' WHIIIIIIIITE

(https://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs378.snc3/24203_381884153158_695438158_3844901_8187029_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: axeman90210 on May 20, 2010, 02:28:49 PM
Franklin is my favorite african american recording artist.


:heart Job not missing a beat and giving Franklin a british accent. "You've ruined the act Job" :lol
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Adami on May 20, 2010, 05:05:26 PM
My name is judge.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: MykeHavoc on May 20, 2010, 05:15:03 PM
Just to clarify it is G.O.B. (George Oscar Bluth) which is a running gag when people pronounce it phontetically as Gob ;D

My most recent favorite joke is Gob's delivery of the line "Then maybe I should be getting a family discount, too" followed by the most awesome "oh my God" self-disgust face in all of history (this is in reference to a prostitute who he just found out may be his sister) :lol

So I decided my AR band name would be "Lucille 2".
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: jimbosile on July 08, 2011, 05:16:29 AM
"Hey Michael, look who's riding the hog in the rear view mirror!"
"GEORGE MICHAEL!"
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: GuineaPig on July 08, 2011, 06:24:18 AM
Just to clarify it is G.O.B. (George Oscar Bluth) which is a running gag when people pronounce it phontetically as Gob ;D


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeb_Bush
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Scrub206 on July 08, 2011, 08:51:30 AM
c'mon guys, theres 100 grand in the banana stand...
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Ultimetalhead on July 08, 2011, 09:35:03 AM
I'm a few episodes into the third season (Netflix FTW), and I don't want it to end.  :(
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: El Barto on July 08, 2011, 09:51:46 AM
I'm a few episodes into the third season (Netflix FTW), and I don't want it to end.  :(
The first half of the third season was a mixed bag for me.  Tobias with the hair plugs was fantastic, but the subplot with Rita didn't work for me at all.  The second half of the third season was world class.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: MykeHavoc on July 08, 2011, 10:21:47 AM
Agreed...even though I find myself singing the "Mr. F" jingle quite often :P
Title: Re: Hello
Post by: LeeHarveyKennedy on July 08, 2011, 10:30:16 AM
Annyong.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: axeman90210 on July 08, 2011, 10:33:45 AM
oh I think the Rita bit is absolutely brilliant. Damn do I miss that show.
Title: Re: Hello
Post by: El Barto on July 08, 2011, 12:23:03 PM
Annyong.
That was absolutely my favorite bit of the entire show.  I still do that to people.  And when combined with other characters tendencies to state their own name (STEVE HOLT!), even more brilliant. 

I'm not sure which is funnier.  The look of surprise when he actually told them his name, or the fact that he never seemed to care that they never bothered to ask. 
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Bonham on July 08, 2011, 01:57:40 PM
I've only just finished the first season. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite shows (it's already toppled It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as my favorite comedy).

Speaking of which, I'm seeing "Horrible Bosses" just for Charlie Day and Jason Bateman.
Title: Re: We're talking Angel season 4 good here!
Post by: LeeHarveyKennedy on July 08, 2011, 02:02:17 PM
I've only just finished the first season. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite shows (it's already toppled It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as my favorite comedy).

Speaking of which, I'm seeing "Horrible Bosses" just for Charlie Day and Jason Bateman.

Oh, my god, prepare yourself. Season 2 of Arrested Development may be one of my favorite seasons of any TV show, ever.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: axeman90210 on July 08, 2011, 02:19:29 PM
I've only just finished the first season. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite shows (it's already toppled It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as my favorite comedy).

Speaking of which, I'm seeing "Horrible Bosses" just for Charlie Day and Jason Bateman.

Oh, my god, prepare yourself. Season 2 of Arrested Development may be one of my favorite seasons of any TV show, ever.

As far as I'm concerned it's as close to a perfect season any show (or at least any comedy) gets.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: El Barto on July 08, 2011, 04:24:33 PM
Wow, I preferred the first season to the second.  Pier Pressure.  Take your daughter to work day.  The Maggy Lizer episodes.  "SAY GOODBYE TO THESE, MICHAEL!"
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: juice on July 08, 2011, 05:09:15 PM
 :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy @ this show.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Bonham on July 08, 2011, 08:13:01 PM
BEADS!
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Jamesman42 on July 08, 2011, 08:16:22 PM
Fuck it, gonna make this my nightly downtime through all the seasons.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: TheVoxyn on July 12, 2011, 07:13:22 AM
Watching it for the fourth time now and it's still brilliant.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Ultimetalhead on July 13, 2011, 05:40:08 PM
Just finished the series, holy mother of god the ending with Annyong was fucking priceless.  :lol
Title: Re: Annyong!
Post by: LeeHarveyKennedy on July 13, 2011, 05:57:54 PM
What's crazy is how they forecasted that a season and a half in advance. Seriously, watch Afternoon Delight again.
Title: Re: Annyong!
Post by: Ultimetalhead on July 13, 2011, 06:25:40 PM
What's crazy is how they forecasted that a season and a half in advance. Seriously, watch Afternoon Delight again.
I need to check that one out. I liked the foreshadow from a few episodes earlier about the banana stand.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Riceball on July 13, 2011, 06:27:39 PM
I picked up all three seasons from a JB Hi-Fi (Australia's Best Buy, but better from what I've read) for 20 bucks each and I'm working my way through them now. I'd always been apprehensive to watch them on TV because of ads etc, and I'm not 2/3 the way through the first season. Holy mother of god, I can't count the number of times I've laughed my ass off...everything about the show is brilliant; the characters, the plotlines, the deadpan-ness; brilliant.

"And thats why you don't teach your son a lesson" :rollin
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: El Barto on July 13, 2011, 07:00:09 PM
Just finished the series, holy mother of god the ending with Annyong was fucking priceless.  :lol

Yeah, like I said earlier,  I think the whole Annyong thing was their greatest gag of the gazillions they threw out.  The fact that he was aware the whole time that they never even knew his name kills me.

I'm watching the very end now.  Will probably finish tomorrow night. 

One thing I do like is reading the wikiP entry for the episodes afterward to catch some of the gags I missed.  I just wrapped up Family Ties,  and the irony of GOB, while working as a pimp, referring to Nellie's turning illusions went right by me both times. 
Title: Re: Hello!
Post by: LeeHarveyKennedy on July 13, 2011, 07:48:36 PM
What's crazy is how they forecasted that a season and a half in advance. Seriously, watch Afternoon Delight again.
I need to check that one out. I liked the foreshadow from a few episodes earlier about the banana stand.

It's one of their more hidden gags, but when you see it... Bricks. You will shit them.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: HarlequinForest on July 13, 2011, 08:52:59 PM
Anyone watch Modern Family?  It has an Arrested Development vibe big time (similar humor, quasi-documentary), and, imo, is the most funny sitcom since then.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: GuineaPig on July 13, 2011, 08:55:43 PM
Anyone watch Modern Family?  It has an Arrested Development vibe big time (similar humor, quasi-documentary), and, imo, is the most funny sitcom since then.

No, not really.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: HarlequinForest on July 14, 2011, 02:30:34 AM
Anyone watch Modern Family?  It has an Arrested Development vibe big time (similar humor, quasi-documentary), and, imo, is the most funny sitcom since then.

No, not really.

No, you don't really watch it, huh.  That's too bad.
Title: Re: We're talking Angel season 4 good here!
Post by: ReaPsTA on July 14, 2011, 04:56:39 AM
Oh, my god, prepare yourself. Season 2 of Arrested Development may be one of my favorite seasons of any TV show, ever.

"You know, first of all, we are doing this for her, okay?  Because neither one of us wants to get divorced.  And secondably, I know you're the big marriage expert - oh, I'm sorry, I forgot - your wife is dead!"

Tell me a funnier thing has ever happened.  I dare you.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Dr. DTVT on July 14, 2011, 02:27:26 PM
As awesome as Will Arnett is, I feel bad for him because GOB is both the defining character and the pinnacle of his career.  Easily my favorite character on the show.
Title: Re: Why are you looking up here? There's Arrested Development down there!
Post by: LeeHarveyKennedy on July 14, 2011, 02:29:07 PM
Oh, my god, prepare yourself. Season 2 of Arrested Development may be one of my favorite seasons of any TV show, ever.

"You know, first of all, we are doing this for her, okay?  Because neither one of us wants to get divorced.  And secondably, I know you're the big marriage expert - oh, I'm sorry, I forgot - your wife is dead!"

Tell me a funnier thing has ever happened.  I dare you.

See, ReaP, there you go again, speaking absolute undeniable truths. Does it ever get old?
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: El Barto on July 14, 2011, 02:29:47 PM
So I just noticed that some of the episodes have commentary tracks that appear to be the entire cast.  Anybody ever checked those out?
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: MykeHavoc on July 14, 2011, 03:16:56 PM
Yeah, the commentaries are fun stuff. Nothing earth-shattering as far as insight, but are a good listen.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Pirate on July 23, 2011, 08:23:34 PM
I just watched season 2 episode 4 and it was absolutely hilarious. The Charlie Brown bits with the music were hysterical.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: axeman90210 on July 23, 2011, 08:34:51 PM
when bad things happen I sometimes slouch my shoulders and walk away with my head down while humming the Charlie Brown music :lol
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Jamesman42 on July 23, 2011, 08:55:29 PM
One thing I do like is reading the wikiP entry for the episodes afterward to catch some of the gags I missed.  I just wrapped up Family Ties,  and the irony of GOB, while working as a pimp, referring to Nellie's turning illusions went right by me both times. 

I've been doing this before every episode. It's truly amazing how many hidden nuggets and huge foreshadowing this show does.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: TL on July 23, 2011, 09:13:13 PM
Such a good show.

The only problem with it is that, whenever I pop in a DVD to watch one episode, it leads to 'just one more', and then 'well, just one more', and before I know it, I've re-watched the entire series again.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: Silver Tears on July 24, 2011, 11:08:26 AM
Absolutely love this show  :heart Tobias and Gob are amazing
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: DarkEternalNight on July 24, 2011, 01:23:19 PM
I just blue myself.
Title: Re: Arrested Development
Post by: jimbosile on July 25, 2011, 04:03:37 AM
"What is this feeling I'm having?"
"It's called love, Gob."
"Please Michael, I know what an erection feels like. This is like my heart is hard."