Season 3 - Arrested Development

Any other AD fans here?

I just got turned on to this show a few weeks ago and i watched the entire first season DVD set. I have seen none of the second season, although i see that the DVD set is due for release on 11 October.

I was assured that i could watch the season 3 premiere and not feel lost. I did and i wasn't! Even though i have an entire season to get caught up on, the show doesn't seem to have lost its energy or edge.

Buster is sporting a claw in place of his hand. I'm sure when i see Season 2 i will learn the story behind that.

 

One of my favorite shows! I was not disappointed with the premiere, just elated to have it back.

Favorite lines:
"You are Uncle Oscar." "Dot com."
"Your cousin could help you pitch a tent. Maybe you could rub off on her."
"Taste the happy Michael." "It tastes like the sad."



*******SPOILER ALERT*******


I heard a rumor Henry Winkler's character will be leaving the show shortly and be replaced by his lawyer cousin played by Scott Baio.

 

Well, he was fired in the season premiere so you may be right.

 

Scott Baio's character is named "Bob Loblaw." Say it fast.

 

I thought it was hysterical. best season premiere so far.

the blue handprint on the back of Kitty's head.
"I slept in the car because I know my snoring bothered you." ...and I left a tape recorder so you wouldn't know I was gone (hey, I'm paraphrasing from memory here. dont sue.)
Tom Cruise advising that postpartum depression medication leads to heroin.
the Volvo is too boxy. well, frankly, the whole copy machine scene.
they got the wrong identical quintuplets.
"I've made a HUGE tiny mistake."
"die, you little black bastards! then I got stabbed. a lot." http://www.imoscar.com
the excitement over the stock being upgraded to "don't buy"
the "Tobias Swallows" nametag
and I can't quite remember the line, but Portia de Rossi pointing to her chest and yelling something like "he's not giving up all this!" had me laughing enough to frighten the cats.

and I'm SURE there was at least one voiceover line that had me laughing, but now I can't remember what it was.

 

OMG! I missed that one.

There's something about Tobias that makes me very uneasy...

 

Arrested Development is one of the two best reasons to own a TV these days. The other reason (IMO)...The Office. Yes, I love the British version but the U.S. version is not to be missed. The season premiere on Tuesday was laugh out loud hilarious, just like Arrested Development!

 

Was it "I wan't just saying that. He really does have a son" ?

 

Was it this one:
G.O.B.: Well, I will tell you this, Michael... I don’t have a son...
Narrator: He does.

 

No, wait! It was this one, right?

Narrator: If Steve had had a father, he would’ve warned him not to go into the woods with strange men...but he didn’t.

 

no....

 

THAT's the one!

 

Hilarious show. I just started watching this a few weeks ago in re-runs of the second season after seeing Jason Bateman on Letterman promoting the new season. I can't understand what took me so long to find this show. It is the funniest comedy on television, IMO. The season premiere was wonderful.

 

sometimes I just LOVE to be proven wrong. I was SO sure that this show was gonna be dreadful when I first heard about it. Jason Bateman? Teen Wolf? Portia De Rossi? she didn't even make an impression on 'Ally McBeal.' I'm NOT a fan of Ron Howard and the very idea of voiceover narration just screams "bad writing" (which was particularly funny when they made fun of that very thing last season with Ron bitching about how lame the voiceover was on the Bluth TV special) the only thing that caught my interest was David Cross. but even he's not afraid to be involved with bad comedy if the paycheck is needed (anyone else see 'Scary Movie 2'?)

I'm not sure why I tuned in to the pilot episode because I really wasn't expecting anything half-decent. sometimes you just never know where quality is gonna rear its ugly head.

 

I saw on another board that his supervisor's name tag said "Mike Spitz".

That's what I love about "Arrested Development", it rewards repeat viewings. Despite what anyone says, there are still some good TV shows out there, but IMO this is the best sitcom! Life's better when there are new "Arrested Development" episodes.

 

how sad is it that I was actually thinking of funny lines from AD whilst watching 'Lost'?

Tobias's poem
voiceover responding to Tobias's poem: "gee, I wonder why she didn't want him back"?
"flip the cushions" - "aw, now I'm gonna smell like tuna melt"
Lucille's "musty old claptrap"
Lucille's "good for her" at the car rolling into the lake with the kids inside, and then the same thing happening later with Buster.
Tobias, not just telling about Kitty raising her shirt (for the bajillionth time), but feeling the need to actually demonstrate it.
the "he came" statue

 

Arrested Development - TV wasteland, not a chance, with this, and The Office I'm laughing my freaking head off!

 

I am so happy to have this show back on, especially this early in the year. I laughed my frickin' *** off. Better than ever.

Jeff

 

STEVE HOLT!

 

Did you notice that under the yearbook picture of his mom, Eve Holt, it said something like Favorite Saying "EVE HOLT!" Priceless stuff.

Jeff

 

I went to high school with Buster (Tony Hale), so I've followed the show closely from the beginning. He was so small back then, couldn't have weighed more than 120 pounds even by his senior year. Tony was in a zillion commercials before catching on with AD, most famously lip-synching "Mr. Roboto" in that VW ad a few years ago. Very nice guy...

 

I love Arrested Development but I think the Office debut was funnier.

It's nice to have two such funny shows to compare and contrast.

This week Curb Your Enthusiasm comes back and we'll have 3 funny shows on TV.

And with Tivo there are no commercials.

 

Very cool...nice connection! He is hilarious on Arrested Development. He is so good that I sometimes forget that Buster is a character.