# Arrested Development 4-10-05 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722 "2005-04-11T00:52:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/1 "2005-04-11T00:52:28Z")
My first LOL line of the night: “It was the first experience Buster had had with alcohol since he was nursing.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/2 "2005-04-11T00:56:22Z")
Kitty’s hot. She’s no surfboard. But then, you don’t promise crazy a baby. Ron Howard’s finest performance. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/3 "2005-04-11T00:57:22Z")
> [@sleeepy2](#): > > Ron Howard’s finest performance. Indeed. And _that’s_ how you narrate a story. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/4 "2005-04-11T01:11:24Z")
That scene of the first intervention where the kids all got drunk and Tobias was dancing in “the nude” and Michael was wearing Franklin’s wig? Wow. My other favorite part was when Buster was dancing around with the wine box with the straw sticking out of it like a giant juice box. Oh man. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/5 "2005-04-11T01:12:22Z")
This one made me laugh out loud, repeatedly, even though I was sitting and watching by myself. That doesn’t happen very much. Somehow the funniest jokes to me were “surfboard” and the way Lindsay punched GOB. The jokes about the Scandalmakers narration made me think, “you know, they really do narrate a lot more than they need to on this show…” ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/6 "2005-04-11T01:13:26Z")
Did you attend the seminar on chafing? Zach Braff was the perfect guest star. Buster drunk was pretty funny but the entire Bluth clan drunk? Perfection. Anyone else besides me happy that they’re ending the season with such great episodes? That’ll show Fox that you never promise crazy 22 episodes! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/7 "2005-04-11T01:16:46Z")
Okay, my mistake. I forgot how great that scene with the whole family drunk was. The face and noises Buster was making when he was hitting the piano? Oh man… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/8 "2005-04-11T02:49:19Z")
“That’s easy for you to say, you’ve already got a hat.” I don’t know why but I thought that line was hilarious. I never knew that the half-closed eye on my meds was a winking suggestion to drink. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dr.Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Love)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/9 "2005-04-11T03:05:56Z")
Lucille has a chicken dance too! How many more of these are we going to see? “It’s just Mom and whores.” ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/10 "2005-04-11T03:17:34Z")
I, for one, wish Maebe a successful career as a movie exec. She seems to be showing a level of dedication towards authenticity previously unseen in the movie biz. Go Maebe! (Steve Holt!) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/11 "2005-04-11T04:01:27Z")
> [@sleeepy2](#): > > I, for one, wish Maebe a successful career as a movie exec. She seems to be showing a level of dedication towards authenticity previously unseen in the movie biz. Go Maebe! > > (Steve Holt!) I love the “tweaking” of _Old Man & the Sea_ to a teen beach romantic comedy starring Topher Grace. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/12 "2005-04-11T04:28:24Z")
I think it’s just great how George Michael is ready to dump Ann to try to get Maeby. I’d love to see Ann’s reaction to being the woman scorned. Though the best was when Zack Braff’s pants were ripped down… what a shock :D. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/13 "2005-04-11T05:15:08Z")
Loved the coconut on Buster’s hook. 🙂 **Did you notice…** Buster drunkenly celebrates his freedom to the song “Rose’s Turn” from _Gypsy_. Last year, Lucille did the same thing after George Sr. encouraged her to learn to enjoy solitude. The parallel between “There was $250,000 lining the walls of the banana stand!” and George Sr. choking Michael, and “There was 250 cc.s of your father in that banana stand!” as Lucille chokes Michael. “No touching…” ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/14 "2005-04-11T05:24:22Z")
“He just wants to see men’s Linuses.” _waves coconut on a hook around drunkenly_ They’re really ending on a high note. I loved that they finally brought Kitty back… for another Spring Break episode. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2005, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/15 "2005-04-11T05:25:40Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > “He just wants to see men’s Linuses.” _waves coconut on a hook around drunkenly_ Even funnier because Buster refers to testicles as “Charlie Browns.” ---
**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:** [April 11, 2005, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/16 "2005-04-11T05:29:44Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > I think it’s just great how George Michael is ready to dump Ann to try to get Maeby. I’d love to see Ann’s reaction to being the woman scorned. I thought it was funnier that he said it was George Michael Bluth when leaving her the message, not just George Michael. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/17 "2005-04-11T06:06:19Z")
All good comedy moments, but I can’t believe no one’s mentioned how funny Lucille vs. Kitty in a drinking contest was. When Lucille downs the first drink and says, “This doesn’t count,” I knew it wasn’t going to be pretty. When she drank red wine between shots I was howling! “I have to get back to rehab.” Bar patron: “She’s in REHAB!!” :: Whole bar cheers. :: ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/18 "2005-04-11T06:50:35Z")
Our country has all these militia cults and not one has even so much as taken a hostage to keep this show on the air. Hell, I’d be willing to be a mule for some drugs for Ron Howard’s next movie cast if they’d just commit to 6 more episodes (though at least one must have Liza Minnelli). This is a travesty. I think that a “the story so far” one hour episode might help tremendously as it could bring new viewers up to speed on who the characters are, what’s happened, etc… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/19 "2005-04-11T06:53:48Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > All good comedy moments, but I can’t believe no one’s mentioned how funny Lucille vs. Kitty in a drinking contest was. When Lucille downs the first drink and says, “This doesn’t count,” I knew it wasn’t going to be pretty. I liked the scared look on Kitty’s face after that shot. Suddenly she realized what she was up against. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/20 "2005-04-11T07:24:32Z")
'Scuse me, I’m going to need a few minutes to catch my breath. Now THAT’S comedy, people!! The whole narration thing came out of left field and caught me completely by surprise. This…gah…this whole show is just sheer genius. Who’s writing this stuff, and why haven’t they received a Nobel Prize for literature yet?! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722.md?page=2)