# Arrested Development (& 24) renewed! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291 "2005-05-17T19:45:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 17, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/1 "2005-05-17T19:45:28Z")
[Google](http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml%3Ftype%3DtelevisionNews%26storyID%3D8516161). (Not only that, but we have two more years of _24_ coming, as well!) Good job, Fox… let’s keep this up, egh? ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/2 "2005-05-17T20:02:12Z")
huh, I thought 24 was done after season 5 no matter what? I don’t know, maybe that’s just Keifer Sutherland. Good news though on both accounts. Now I just have to wait for CBS’s schedule. ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/3 "2005-05-17T20:05:58Z")
Jason Bateman on the Simpsons _was_ a good omen. Best news I’ve heard all day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/4 "2005-05-17T20:08:09Z")
24 can continue on with Mary Lynn Rajskub in the lead role! ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/5 "2005-05-18T05:17:55Z")
Oh, thank God! Life just wouldn’t be the same without Gangy and Pop-Pop. Think I’ll go celebrate by listening to “The Final Countdown” over and over and over and… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/6 "2005-05-18T07:27:13Z")
Hosanna Hosanna! (That’s for the _Arrested Development_ part- nothing against _24_, I just don’t watch it, but _AD_ is one of those things that the National Endowment for the Humanities should fund if it can’t get enough revenue because it’s an artistic triumph for the nation, and in celebration Jason Bateman needs to do a nude scene.) ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/7 "2005-05-18T11:54:07Z")
Oh what sad times are these… Arested Development :rolleyes: a double dose of _MEH_ ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/8 "2005-05-18T12:24:59Z")
Thanks for your insightful contribution to the thread, **DrMemory**. –Cliffy ---
**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:** [May 18, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/9 "2005-05-18T15:27:27Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Hosanna Hosanna! (That’s for the _Arrested Development_ part- nothing against _24_, I just don’t watch it, but _AD_ is one of those things that the National Endowment for the Humanities should fund if it can’t get enough revenue because it’s an artistic triumph for the nation, and in celebration Jason Bateman needs to do a nude scene.) Heck yes! I can’t be the only one off to write a letter to my congressperson. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 18, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/10 "2005-05-18T15:30:09Z")
> [@DrMemory](#): > > Oh what sad times are these… > Arested Development :rolleyes: a double dose of _MEH_ No, _you’re_ a doodyhead! :rolleyes: I seem to remember a name we came up with for people who come into a thread solely to shit on it. I wish I remember what it was. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/11 "2005-05-18T15:43:15Z")
I don’t have any problem with **DrMemory** posting that here. He has a right to his opinion, no matter how stupid it is. AD is a great show, but it goes over the head of a lot of people. You need to be pretty sharp to catch the humor, and I doubt anyone outside of the cast catches on to everything. But a show that requires the viewers to think is rare, and many don’t know how to react to it. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/12 "2005-05-18T16:23:06Z")
Excellent. That was easily the funniest comedy of last season. Now if only CBS officials had any brains when it came to Joan of Arcadia . . . ---
**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:** [May 18, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/13 "2005-05-18T16:43:03Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > You need to be pretty sharp to catch the humor, and I doubt anyone outside of the cast catches on to everything. I think this makes it prime for syndication. It’s something that needs to be watched a few times, to get all the jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/14 "2005-05-18T16:46:29Z")
> [@lavenderlemon](#): > > Now if only CBS officials had any brains when it came to Joan of Arcadia . . . They do. They cancelled it. (runs away) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/15 "2005-05-18T18:50:58Z")
> [@DrMemory](#): > > Oh what sad times are these… > Arested Development :rolleyes: a double dose of _MEH_ Obviously one of the unwashed masses who helped make “Full House” a hit. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/16 "2005-05-18T18:56:32Z")
> [@DrMemory](#): > > Oh what sad times are these… > Arested Development :rolleyes: a double dose of _MEH_ Obviously one of the unwashed masses who helped make “Full House” a hit. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/17 "2005-05-18T19:24:26Z")
> [@DrMemory](#): > > Oh what sad times are these… > Arested Development :rolleyes: a double dose of _MEH_ Hmm. Interesting assessment. (instructs the Security Eunuch to quietly remove Dr. Memory from the other guests and place him in a maximum security convent to reassess his opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/18 "2005-05-19T03:12:49Z")
I was cleaning up some of the scraps of paper that litter the area around my computer, and came across this one, dated January 17, 2005: “Is it too early to start the Chloe fan club? What other show would feature such a scowling, eye-rolling and thoroughly miserable heroine? I love her.” 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/19 "2005-05-19T05:34:11Z")
> [@DrMemory](#): > > Oh what sad times are these… > Arested Development :rolleyes: a double dose of _MEH_ [Ron Howard] “Now **DrMemory** had gone too far . . . and he’d better watch his mouth.” [/RH] ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-24-renewed/304291/20 "2005-05-19T07:52:36Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > I seem to remember a name we came up with for people who come into a thread solely to shit on it. I wish I remember what it was. Well, the name _I_ use is “dick”. And when they’re specifically complaining about how _Arrested Development_ sucks, the name I use is “stupid dick with no taste”. I wonder what sitcoms these SDWNTs consider _good_?