# "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:** 5
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/81 "2006-02-11T14:17:06Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > [Here you go](http://tinypic.com/nle7u8.jpg) This show must be so much fun to film. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/82 "2006-02-11T15:30:52Z")
> [@edwino](#): > > _Veronica Mars_ is a UPN show about a high school girl whose father is a PI. Huh. Was that the show that GM mentioned and they bleeped out? ---
**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, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/83 "2006-02-11T16:36:37Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Huh. Was that the show that GM mentioned and they bleeped out? The natural following question being: Did Fox actually make them bleep it out? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/84 "2006-02-11T17:00:15Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > The natural following question being: Did Fox actually make them bleep it out? > > -Joe I doubt it. We did have Buster saying he liked _Dancing With The Stars_. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/85 "2006-02-11T17:27:33Z")
Nah, he liked _Skating with Celebrities_, which is a Fox show. That was brilliant. I also got a bit choked up at “It was Arrested Development.” Sniffle. I hope the DVDs are available soon. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/86 "2006-02-11T18:44:56Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > [Here you go](http://tinypic.com/nle7u8.jpg) Sweet. Emails sent. 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, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/87 "2006-02-11T19:52:31Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > The Nellie thing was at least partly inspired by an idea they had from the beginning but never managed to work in. They were thinking of having another Bluth child who refused to give permission to appear on the “documentary”. So they’d have a face blurred out of photographs…all that sort of thing. It’d be a running gag. It was also, at long last, the culmination of rumors that Justine Bateman was going to guest star as a gal who got involved with Michael. > [@Shalmanese](#): > > [Here you go](http://tinypic.com/nle7u8.jpg) The other thing that’s great there is that they’re just to couple to try an ‘alternative birth.’ Doesn’t seem to be working too well! ---
**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/88 "2006-02-11T21:13:03Z")
> [@Electronic Chaos](#): > > Man, I’m holding back tears. I hope Showtime picks this up. > > One subtle joke that had me cracking up: > > Tobias: “You know how those Hollywood-type shows are always on the details.” (Opens a cupboard that’s empty except for a Starbucks coffee cup) > > (a few seconds later, George-Micheal comes in and opens another cupboard, empty except for a granola bar) Oh! Thanks! I missed that one. I remember thinking it was odd that the cupboard was empty. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/89 "2006-02-11T21:15:29Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It was also, at long last, the culmination of rumors that Justine Bateman was going to guest star as a gal who got involved with Michael. And how great was she? Seems a shame that we may only get to see her for only one epsiode if Showtime doesn’t pick it up! A far better guest star that Martin Short and Charleze Theron (speaking of Theron… I loved the cut away to her being the top exec somewhere). ---
**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, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/90 "2006-02-11T21:16:49Z")
Did anyone else hear this exchange: Michael: Well, they’ve put an N. Bluth on the witness list. GOB (as Franklin): That better not stand for what I think it does! I don’t remember that, but my friend did. Maybe I was laughing over it or something and missed it. That could be one of the funniest lines of that episode. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/91 "2006-02-11T21:19:07Z")
> [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > Did anyone else hear this exchange: > > Michael: Well, they’ve put an N. Bluth on the witness list. > > GOB (as Franklin): That better not stand for what I think it does! > > I don’t remember that, but my friend did. Maybe I was laughing over it or something and missed it. > > That could be one of the funniest lines of that episode. Hmmm… is that supposed to refer to Frankling thinking the “N” stands for the most common slur for black people? If not, then I don’t get it. ---
**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, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/92 "2006-02-11T21:20:54Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > (speaking of Theron… I loved the cut away to her being the top exec somewhere). I didn’t get to read the whole thing (and it looks like my VCR didn’t work) but there was some comment about her working at Universal, and then a cutaway to a Variety headline about a “Uni-Tard.” I was gasping at that one. I liked Lucille’s lies about Vodka going bad. It got even funnier when she apparently didn’t know that fruit juice _does_ go bad - and becomes alcohol. ---
**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, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/93 "2006-02-11T21:34:19Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > And how great was she? Seems a shame that we may only get to see her for only one epsiode if Showtime doesn’t pick it up! A far better guest star that Martin Short and Charleze Theron (speaking of Theron… I loved the cut away to her being the top exec somewhere). And what’s up with Justine Bateman? She’s sexy, funny, a decent actress…why doesn’t she have a series or appear in more movies? ---
**Author:** ![Amok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Amok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amok)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/94 "2006-02-11T21:41:50Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Huh. Was that the show that GM mentioned and they bleeped out? Yeah. You can hear GM start with the V sound before the bleep kicks in. I doubt Fox actually made them bleep it though. I’m pretty sure The Simpsons have mentioned shows on other networks before, though I can’t think of one off-hand. But anyway, they probably thought it was just more funny to bleep the title and add the reference to the “high school private eye drama” in a subtitle. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/95 "2006-02-11T22:31:36Z")
> [@Amok](#): > > I’m pretty sure The Simpsons have mentioned shows on other networks before, though I can’t think of one off-hand. “Everybody Loves Raymond” (shudder) was mentioned on the Simpsons, I think. I know they kept saying “Monday nights on CBS” alot at the end of the episode where Ray guest stars. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/96 "2006-02-12T00:10:50Z")
It’s kind of a shame that they didn’t get Steve Holt into any of these episodes. I did see “S. Holt” in Maeby’s date planner. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/97 "2006-02-12T00:41:48Z")
The kids who play George Michael and Maeby are guest starring on \*Veronica Mars \* a few episodes from now. ---
**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 12, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/98 "2006-02-12T01:07:19Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’s kind of a shame that they didn’t get Steve Holt into any of these episodes. I did see “S. Holt” in Maeby’s date planner. Yeah, I’d have liked to see a Barry Zuckercorn and Bob Loblaw sit-down too. Maybe working as entertainment lawyers at the end, during the meeting between Ron Howard, Maebe and the exec. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/99 "2006-02-12T01:09:44Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’s kind of a shame that they didn’t get Steve Holt into any of these episodes. I did see “S. Holt” in Maeby’s date planner. GM was going through the phonebook looking for people to invite to Maeby’s sweet sixteen. He actually said something like “no reason to invite Steve Holt”. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/100 "2006-02-12T02:44:46Z")
No, I think my favorite joke was the partially-hung “Risky Business” banner, the limping guy, the knocked-over ladder, and the man without pants lamenting his actions that caused the accident. Referential. Subtle. Brilliant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506.md?page=6)