# arrested Development 12/05 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336 "2004-12-06T07:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/1 "2004-12-06T07:50:14Z")
Is it me or did tonight’s episode seem a little… off? I mean, I enjoyed it but there didn’t seem to be as many rapid-fire visual gags and bon mots as usual. Still, there were a few keepers. POOF magazine. George Michaels accidental discovery of Bluth, Sr.'s Hussein-style spider-hole, complete with Hussein’s hairstyle and dental exam. Lindsey wearing a red ‘SLUT’ t-shirt to her father’s wake to impress the bounty hunter, Ice. (“An outfit her daughter picked out for her to wear.”) My favorite joke of the show: a depressed George Michael, head hanging down and walking slowly, walked by a giant red doghouse with a beagle sleeping atop it with the ‘sad interlude’ Charlie Brown theme playing in the background. That recurring joke amused me greatly. I don’t know that I’ll ever hear that snippet again without cracking a smile. Where was Anyong? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/2 "2004-12-06T08:07:14Z")
G.O.B.'s incident with the gay co-worker was funny, but the SLUT shirt was the winner for me. (Knowing that people would get mad George Michael is with Ann again instead of Maeby. ;)) I can’t wait for when they finally do something with the mock-soap opera ‘Oscar is Buster’s father’ thing. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/3 "2004-12-06T08:34:18Z")
My favorite gags were the ones about Rosa, when Buster found her responsible for the death of his beloved parakeet: “He completely demolished the kitchen, where he thought Rosa lived…Michael remembered what Buster had done to what he thought was Rosa’s car [cut to a bus] with her favorite toy [Mini-Buster flings a Dustbuster at the window].” ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/4 "2004-12-06T08:39:38Z")
Can somebody point out the joke when “Michael remembered when Buster had heard Captain Kangaroo had died”? There’s a shot of what looks to be the living room in a complete shambles. I kept expecting to see a prominently displayed smashed TV (since Buster would think CK lived in the television), but I didn’t see anything beyond the room in disarray. What did I miss? ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/5 "2004-12-06T12:19:30Z")
I loved this one. Any show thayt can use “Happiness” (that’s the “Sad Interlude Charlie Brown Song”) to such great effect (see also The Royal Tennenbaums) gets a thumbs up from me. I was wondering how they were going to bring George back, and they did a great job. “The fact that you call making love ‘Pop-Pop’ proves that you aren’t ready.” ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/6 "2004-12-06T12:44:52Z")
> [@BraheSilver](#): > > Can somebody point out the joke when “Michael remembered when Buster had heard Captain Kangaroo had died”? > > There’s a shot of what looks to be the living room in a complete shambles. I kept expecting to see a prominently displayed smashed TV (since Buster would think CK lived in the television), but I didn’t see anything beyond the room in disarray. What did I miss? Maybe it’s because the Captain died [this year?](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444828/) The joke is that Buster got that upset when the Captain died as an adult. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/7 "2004-12-06T13:48:05Z")
I have to admit chuckling at Buster’s “regulation” uniform and the idea that the army had a half-day. Plus the loophole in the Mexican legal system. And “I could have you out of here and living on the street inside of a month.” / “Cool.” I found it a little odd, though, that when Michael announces that Pop-pop is in that attic, everyone (including the bounty hunter) instantly believes him. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/8 "2004-12-06T14:30:43Z")
I liked it, This whole season has been good but it isn’t popping like last season. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/9 "2004-12-06T14:31:51Z")
This was my favorite episode of the season, so far. We (el hubbo and I) laughed and laughed. The Charlie Brown nods were hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/10 "2004-12-06T14:37:08Z")
This episode was one of the best/classics of this series. I howled with laughter everytime they had the Charlie Brown music. The hysteria at the news of George Sr.'s death - “I don’t know what I’m saying!” GOB demonstrating how you can wear stripper clothes anytime. GOB’s dance before his casket illusion. Basically anything GOB did. Michael calling Ann egg again. Buster’s WWI German army uniform. Buster throwing a dust buster at a bus. Absolute classic. Nothing “off” to me! ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/11 "2004-12-06T14:51:29Z")
Here’s a question: Is Oliver Buster’s real father? It seems that in the past few episodes, Oliver has been hinting at telling Buster “the truth” about something. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/12 "2004-12-06T15:15:24Z")
It was on last night? Frigging hell, I checked the listings and everything indicated it was repeat season… ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/13 "2004-12-06T15:17:29Z")
It it just me or did Maeby just bloom into womanhood in the space of a week? ---
**Author:** ![jeevmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@jeevmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeevmon)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/14 "2004-12-06T15:33:20Z")
> [@Agrippina](#): > > Here’s a question: > > Is Oliver Buster’s real father? It seems that in the past few episodes, Oliver has been hinting at telling Buster “the truth” about something. It’s not hinting, he’s been doing everything short of hissing “No, Buster, I am your father!” We’re certainly supposed to believe it’s true. And it’s Oscar, not Oliver. ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/15 "2004-12-06T17:15:33Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > It it just me or did Maeby just bloom into womanhood in the space of a week? Phew, so I wasn’t the only one who noticed! I dunno what the OP was talking about. I thought this was a great episode. I’ll say second best of the second season, after the Rock-Paper-Scissors one. My only complaint was that they didn’t have GOB throw the pennies at the Board members. That _always_ kills me. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/16 "2004-12-06T17:46:55Z")
The Charlie Brown song and G.O.B. and Buster’s dance by the coffin were the greatest. “He’s dead? Oh my god! The card!” ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/17 "2004-12-06T18:40:40Z")
> [@jeevmon](#): > > It’s not hinting, he’s been doing everything short of hissing “No, Buster, I am your father!” We’re certainly supposed to believe it’s true. > > And it’s Oscar, not Oliver. One of the previous knowing hints was that Lucille really wasn’t pregnant with Buster for 11 months. Presumably she hadn’t had sex with George for two months before Oscar knocked her up, thus she had to _really_ postdate the pregnancy. 🙂 I really liked the final payoff joke that they hadn’t quite gotten around to unburying GOB… ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/18 "2004-12-06T18:53:21Z")
What I love about this show is that it combines so many types of humor within its 22 minutes a week, and last night’s episode was typical: –Absurd pop-culture references: “Did I really just see a beagle asleep on top of a red doghouse?” –Physical comedy: The coffin falling on GOB as the trick goes awry. And Buster’s dance/ –Verbal zingers: Maeby offering her mom to Ice–“She cleans up nice”. Buster’s “The army had a half-day today.” –Echoes of reality: George looking like Saddam Hussein in his cubbyhole. Is Iraq a theme in any other sitcom on the air right now? While I agree that the second season hasn’t yet taken flight, this was the best epsiode so far. How is it doing in the ratings? Any danger of it being suddenly canceled? I don’t know where to find complete Nielsens, all I can find are Top Ten shows each night. ---
**Author:** ![ShockingAlberto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@ShockingAlberto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShockingAlberto)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/19 "2004-12-06T19:24:15Z")
Did anyone else notice the allusion to the first seasn at the end? George Sr. hid in the very same sarcophagus that failed to hide him from the police in the first episode. I guess he was lucky Ice didn’t have a dog. Also, this episode would have been 100x better if it had Parmesan. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336/20 "2004-12-06T19:49:00Z")
This episode was side splitting funny! Buster destroying the kitchen because he thought that is where Rosa lived and throwing the dustbuster at the bus because he thought he was throwin her favorite toy at her car was just hilarious! Keeping the wake from Buster was great as well. Especially his ‘army uniform’ and his reaction to the news dad was dead. “The fact that you call making love pop-pop shows that you aren’t ready” was just a perfect line. Though I also love the line at the end, when they believe Oscar has escaped and you hear the lawyer saying “And I just found the will!”! Very good episode. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-05/278336.md?page=2)