Arrested Development 12/12/05

[AndyPolley]

@Amok

I liked Lindsey’s comment about “Superman’s wife” getting attention. Heh. Apparently not so much attention that Lindsey remembers her actual name though.

Or his for that matter.

Big Yellow Joint…Big Yellow Joint…I’ll meet you down by the Big Yellow Joint…

[Marley23]

Not the best episode, and I sure didn’t like looking at Tobias. (And David Cross thought he had it bad when he needed to wear that mustache!) But there were some very funny lines. Michael’s pause during his line after Lucille made her moisture comment was terrific. Ditto for GOB screwing up the jetpack and the Prison Break joke. My brother made me replay the scene where Michael tries to play guitar, and there’s this throwaway exchange:

G-M: Maybe you should see someone.
M: Like Mom?
G-M: Does she play guitar?

[tdn]

“He can’t get involved with Mom. He’s old enough to be her contemporary.”

[Stillborn]

Question: About 2 weeks ago I read at the bottom of one of those entertainment news shows that there was talks for another station to pick up Arrested Development sometime in the future. So I was curious if anyone else had heard anything?

[Cat_Fight]

@Stillborn

Question: About 2 weeks ago I read at the bottom of one of those entertainment news shows that there was talks for another station to pick up Arrested Development sometime in the future. So I was curious if anyone else had heard anything?

That’ll always be the dream, that it’ll be picked up by HBO or Showtime. In fact, Mitch is going to address just that in an
upcoming episode.

Per Variety, series creator Mitch Hurwitz is planning an episode that will poke fun at Fox’s decision to reduce the show’s episode order from 22 to 13, effectively canceling it. In the episode, titled “S.O.B.” for “Save Our Bluths,” the Bluth clan considers throwing a fund-raiser to save their construction company from shutting down. In one scene, Jason Bateman’s Michael notes, “Our backs are against the wall… It’s just hard for me to accept that it’s really come to begging.” There’s even a conversation about whether the Home Builders Organization - HBO - might be willing to come to their rescue. That idea is quickly nixed though, leading George Sr. to say, “I guess it’s Showtime. We’ll put on some kind of show at the [fund-raiser].”

Could you love those writers any more?

[Merijeek]

@Cat Fight

Could you love those writers any more?

Yeah…but is there actually any hope in there, or is it just one last poke at Fox?

-Joe

[Hail_Ants]

James Lipton was utterly magificent.

The sure have a knack for great guest star casting. Him, Super Dave, Charlize Theron, Martin Short, Chachi etc.

I hope Lipton’s appearance means that we’re going to get an Arrested Development episode of Inside The Actor’s Studio.

[Happy_Lendervedder]

@Merijeek

Yeah…but is there actually any hope in there, or is it just one last poke at Fox?

-Joe

From here:

Producer Brian Grazer told CNN last week that he is working feverishly to move the sitcom to another home.

“I think we’ll get picked up by some other network, possibly,” he said. "You never know.

“I can’t tell you anything other than I’m hoping it works out in the way that we want it to. But I’m optimistic.”

[The_Big_Cheese]

I’ve never heard of James Lipton. Which show is he on that I’m missing?

[singular1]

@The Big Cheese

I’ve never heard of James Lipton. Which show is he on that I’m missing?

Heinously pompous and obsequious host of Bravo’s Inside the Actors Studio, where they bring on a celebrity and kiss thier ass for an hour. It used to be real actors, but now al it takes it notoriety.

But I’m glad to see he has such a great sense of humor about himself!

[ftg]

@singular1

Heinously pompous and obsequious host of Bravo’s Inside the Actors Studio, where they bring on a celebrity and kiss thier ass for an hour. It used to be real actors, but now al it takes it notoriety.

E.g., they recently had Famous Actor Elton John on the show. His acting resume being so large they had to make it a 2 hour show! I guess they needed all that time to analyze his cameo in “Tommy”.

[cbawlmer]

Possible good news: this story says both ABC and Showtime are in talks to pick up Arrested Development, with Showtime showing the greatest interest. If they do pick it up, I’ll definitely subscribe to Showtime. Maybe I can contact Showtime to let them know…

[Troy_McClure_SF]

So uh, could someone who watches Prison Break share the references with us? Some seem self-explanatory, but Jamba Juices are hard to break in to?

Mmm… Jamba Juice…

[Cat_Fight]

@cbawlmer

If they do pick it up, I’ll definitely subscribe to Showtime. Maybe I can contact Showtime to let them know…

That sounds like a very good idea. I’m sure the people over at The OP and TWoP are making up a form letter right now (which will probably just be a te=weaked version of the angry form letter to Fox execs)

[fiddlesticks]

@Troy McClure SF

So uh, could someone who watches Prison Break share the references with us? Some seem self-explanatory, but Jamba Juices are hard to break in to?

Mmm… Jamba Juice…

“We’re not breaking out of a Jamba Juice, gentlemen.” – Michael Scofield - Prison Break (Episode 1.5)

So Prison Break features a genius structural engineer and prison designer (Michael Scofield) who gets himself thrown into prison by robbing a bank in order to save the life of his brother who is on death row because of a government conspiracy. As part of his elaborate plan, he encodes the plans of the prison into a full body tattoo.

One of the inmates is Theodore “T-Bag” Bagwell, who is a white supremacist and a sadistic sexual predator. An all-around evil fellow. Not sure if George Michael was uncomfortable with the nickname “T-Bag” for Tobias because he watches Prison Break (doesn’t everyone?) or if he is thinking of the act of “tea bagging”.

Can’t think of any others beyond those three…

[vibrotronica]

I was looking at the vibro-base monthly budget and thinking “Why do we still take Showtime? We never watch anything on it except Penn and Teller.” If they pick up AD, I’ll keep 'em on the channel guide!

[Cliffy]

@fiddlesticks

One of the inmates is Theodore “T-Bag” Bagwell, who is a white supremacist and a sadistic sexual predator.

In particular, one of T-Bag’s characteristics is that he always has a pretty young cellmate for nefrious purposes.

–Cliffy

[gigi]

@singular1

Heinously pompous and obsequious host of Bravo’s Inside the Actors Studio, where they bring on a celebrity and kiss thier ass for an hour. It used to be real actors, but now al it takes it notoriety.

But I’m glad to see he has such a great sense of humor about himself!

Yeah; I missed the ep but I’m glad to see from this thread that I don’t have to go on hating that guy!

[Marley23]

@fiddlesticks

Not sure if George Michael was uncomfortable with the nickname “T-Bag” for Tobias because he watches Prison Break (doesn’t everyone?) or if he is thinking of the act of “tea bagging”.

A kid that scared of jail probably couldn’t watch Prison Break. “Tea bagging” fits into Tobias’s pattern of accidental innuendo, so I think that’s probably what George-Michael reacted to.

[Cat_Fight]

@Marley23

A kid that scared of jail probably couldn’t watch Prison Break. “Tea bagging” fits into Tobias’s pattern of accidental innuendo, so I think that’s probably what George-Michael reacted to.

Yeah, George Michael is terrified of Oz, and he’s all too familiar with Tobias’s Charlie Browns when he insisted on climbing onto the top bunk while wearing jean shorts.