# "Arrested Development-- \*\*2-Hour Season Finale\*\*" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2006, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506 "2006-02-08T04:29:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/21 "2006-02-10T16:39:05Z")
Set your TiVos! Eight and a half hours til showtime, er, til the show start! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/22 "2006-02-10T18:35:41Z")
> [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > Set your TiVos! Eight and a half hours til showtime, er, til the show start! Heh, it really is The Final Countdown! Showtime don’t fail me now… ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/23 "2006-02-10T21:50:47Z")
_bump_ I caught the back end of an interview with Mitch Horowitz on NPR this afternoon. It was recorded back in November and the host mentioned that the series finale is playing tonight, which means that NPR has advertised tonight more than Fox. Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/24 "2006-02-10T22:23:36Z")
So…which one is “The Final Countdown”? -Joe, musically clueless ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/25 "2006-02-10T22:28:42Z")
It’s the music that plays behind GOB’s magic tricks. (It’s also GOB’s and Lindsay’s ringtone.) ---
**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:** [February 10, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/26 "2006-02-10T23:02:00Z")
“The Final Countdown” has been my ringtone for about a month now, and I keep missing calls because I’m too busy dancing around and pretending I have a knife in my mouth and a deck of cards in my hands. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/27 "2006-02-10T23:11:54Z")
This is way more exciting than waiting for the Super bowl to start with my team in it. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/28 "2006-02-10T23:15:28Z")
Crap… they are putting it up against Olympic coverage?! ☹ Bastards! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/29 "2006-02-10T23:22:27Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > It’s the music that plays behind GOB’s magic tricks. (It’s also GOB’s and Lindsay’s ringtone.) Actually, Lindsay’s ringtone is the theme to Arrested Development. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/30 "2006-02-10T23:25:35Z")
> [@Tracy Lord](#): > > “The Final Countdown” has been my ringtone for about a month now, and I keep missing calls because I’m too busy dancing around and pretending I have a knife in my mouth and a deck of cards in my hands. Where can I get TFC for my old-school mono-toned Nokia phone? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/31 "2006-02-10T23:29:04Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > Where can I get TFC for my old-school mono-toned Nokia phone? Who’s your carrier? I got my TFC mono-toned ringtone for my old school Samsung at T-Mobile’s website for $0.99. Go to your carrier’s website and see if you can download ringtones there. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/32 "2006-02-10T23:38:47Z")
T-Mobile it is! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/33 "2006-02-11T00:00:22Z")
Ooh, this is great! We’ve got frozen banana-pop kits downstairs. So I’ve now got six banana halves on sticks in the freezer, and there will be chocolate dip ready when I take those out. This is gonna be a party, although not nearly as entertaining as a Bluth family party. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/34 "2006-02-11T01:29:34Z")
**First Ep:** Nice use of Franklin! My favorite line: Michael: Does Buster know who N. Bluth is? George: He doesn’t know who B. Bluth is right now. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/35 "2006-02-11T01:43:56Z")
You knew they’d come back with something great. Who knew it would be a multi-episode Terri Schiavo parody? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/36 "2006-02-11T01:51:07Z")
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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/37 "2006-02-11T02:01:13Z")
How in the hell can America not love this show? First hour? I was _blown_ away! ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/38 "2006-02-11T02:08:27Z")
Damn. I didn’t know tonight was the night. I missed the first half-hour. I’m so confused. Are George Michael and Maby married now? ---
**Author:** ![\_Ava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/43a26b/32.png) [@\_Ava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Ava)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/39 "2006-02-11T02:15:18Z")
> [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > Nice use of Franklin! "OMG Yes! At least a two dozen clever ideas in the first hour. My favorite was Justine Bateman. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/40 "2006-02-11T02:16:45Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Damn. I didn’t know tonight was the night. I missed the first half-hour. I’m so confused. Are George Michael and Maby married now? Yes. It was supposed to be a fake wedding, but a last-minute substitution swapped in a real priest. -Joe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506.md?page=3)