# Arrested Development 12/12/05 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344 "2005-12-13T01:10:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/1 "2005-12-13T01:10:35Z")
Rita’s pictures from the Special Olympics. I think I may have broken something. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/2 "2005-12-13T01:21:28Z")
Best episode in a while (and it’s not even done- I’m kinda pathetic) The **Prison Break** references were GOLD! Tobias calling himself T-Bag, the tattoo, “This isn’t a Jamba Juice!” George Michael’s wooden block accompaniment to Michael’s mourning song. “That was the happiest moment George Michael would ever experience in his entire life.” ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/3 "2005-12-13T01:27:23Z")
“I’m so glad I didn’t cry.” HA!! And eeeewwwww. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/4 "2005-12-13T01:36:07Z")
Well, I guess we know what poor Tracy died of. ☹ OTOH… “Mom called and said she wanted me to bring some vag…etable juice!” I loved how a burning mattress somehow got tossed into the rich people’s riot. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/5 "2005-12-13T01:50:37Z")
“It wasn’t the first time Oscar was knocked out by a heavy lid.” “Like Donny Host.” “That’s Donny Most.” (Obligatory Happy Days reference). “I gave him chlamydia.” The kids doing the play – with parents videotaping it. Just plain gold, as usual. And the second episode was a rerun: it’s like Fox wants to stretch the new episodes out. They’re definitely still trying to drum up an audience. ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/6 "2005-12-13T02:46:53Z")
Michael Cera continues his reign as the current king of sit-com acting. We _can_ cure TBA. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/7 "2005-12-13T03:01:13Z")
I liked a few things…Tobias: “He works in a prison, he can get all the ass he wants.” And a few other things. But I actually liked the 2nd one better, the rerun. ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/8 "2005-12-13T04:23:57Z")
Good episode. I especially enjoyed in the “Next time on Arrested Development” bit that there was a prisoner in the background escaping using the jetpack. Glad to hear that the second episode was a re-run. I was about to get pissed off at my DVR for failing to provide me with the full AD experience for the week. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/9 "2005-12-13T11:59:07Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > “It wasn’t the first time Oscar was knocked out by a heavy lid.” I’m hip enough to catch that as a drug/pot reference, but not hip enough to know the specifics. Can anybody help a brother out? ---
**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 13, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/10 "2005-12-13T12:03:05Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > I’m hip enough to catch that as a drug/pot reference, but not hip enough to know the specifics. Can anybody help a brother out? “Lid” is a slang term for an ounce of pot, being a rough descriptor of volume, i.e. filling the metal lid of a jar or film can is a roughly accurate measure of one ounce. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/11 "2005-12-13T14:50:57Z")
- Lucille needing to save her moisture! - The video playing at the TBA Benefit - The family’s continued disregard for the death of Michael’s wife. - The fact that an elementary school put on that play. - Uncle-Father Oscar ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/12 "2005-12-13T14:52:24Z")
I thought it was below average, possibly just because it had to compete against last week’s brilliant “The Ocean Walker.” But I did bust out laughing at “Ovarian cancer. Bet we know who that’s from.” –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/13 "2005-12-13T15:10:35Z")
> [@Cat Fight](#): > > “That was the happiest moment George Michael would ever experience in his entire life.” This seemed like such a “now we’re going to kill him off” kind of moment. I love how they came back to it later with Tobias (my his hair looks great) in the cell. Michael’s cringe when Lucille mentioned wanting to save her moisture was brilliant. Somehow this show needs to be kept alive. James Lipton was _utterly magificent._😃 ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/14 "2005-12-13T15:55:05Z")
> [@AndyPolley](#): > > James Lipton was _utterly magificent._😃 THAT’S who that was. I was thinking it was Rip Torn, looking a little less…human. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/15 "2005-12-13T16:22:48Z")
I died a little when Buster picked up the dead turtle and its left foot fell off. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/16 "2005-12-13T17:00:32Z")
> [@AndyPolley](#): > > Michael’s cringe when Lucille mentioned wanting to save her moisture was brilliant. That one took me a second. Then I shuddered and laughed at the same time. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Amok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Amok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amok)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/17 "2005-12-13T17:43:56Z")
I liked Lindsey’s comment about “Superman’s wife” getting attention. Heh. Apparently not so much attention that Lindsey remembers her actual name though. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/18 "2005-12-13T18:22:49Z")
> [@AndyPolley](#): > > Michael’s cringe when Lucille mentioned wanting to save her moisture was brilliant. Somehow this show needs to be kept alive. Lucille should really ignore the advice of the handsome scientist from the Today Show and start taking her hormones again. Then she won’t have that problem. I don’t even watch _Prison Break_, but I know enough about that show to know they were ribbing it mercilessly last night. “Hey, if one of our characters draws a prison map on himself to help break out a family member, maybe more people will watch \*our \* show!” 😃 They sure have gotten a lot of mileage out of their recording of “Big Yellow Joint” haven’t they? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/19 "2005-12-13T19:26:09Z")
“Alice’s Restaurant” was playing in the background at one point. I guess due to the pot and jail references?? But nobody went around saying “Shrink, I want to kill.” ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344/20 "2005-12-13T19:28:17Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > “Alice’s Restaurant” was playing in the background at one point. I guess due to the pot and jail references?? But nobody went around saying “Shrink, I want to kill.” That wasn’t “Alice’s Restaurant”. As I mentioned before, it was the very similar-sounding “Big Yellow Joint”, which was introduced in the first season (possible the first episode, I can’t recall exactly) as an old song inspired by the Bluth Frozen Banana Stand. It kinda looks like a big yellow joint, see? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-12-12-05/335344.md?page=2)