# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/41 "2005-04-11T16:07:34Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > This is why I always tape the show and watch it twice. He said “pluck” (something like “you’re like this flower, and I don’t want someone to pluck you who doesn’t care about you” and he didn’t pronounce it very clearly. Oops. No, no—_before_ that. He was talking to a college kid at the Banana Stand, and said not to “fuck with my cousin.” ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/42 "2005-04-11T16:26:40Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > No, no—_before_ that. He was talking to a college kid at the Banana Stand, and said not to “fuck with my cousin.” I thought the line was “touch my cousin.” If I remember correctly, he says “you can’t touch your cousin. I mean ‘touch _my_ cousin’.” ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/43 "2005-04-12T00:09:49Z")
Oh man, this was a fantastic episode! That’s all I have to say 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/44 "2005-04-12T01:59:29Z")
Little continuity error, I think. When Buster was drinking the wine, the narrator says, “This was his first taste of alchohol since nursing” But wasn’t he drunk at the first intervention? ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/45 "2005-04-12T02:02:54Z")
There’s a way for that to be true, but… Ew. Not gonna go there. I won’t! No! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/46 "2005-04-12T02:04:21Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > Little continuity error, I think. > > When Buster was drinking the wine, the narrator says, “This was his first taste of alchohol since nursing” > > But wasn’t he drunk at the first intervention? He wasn’t there when they started drinking, he showed up with Lucille. He probably had some juice. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/47 "2005-04-12T04:12:02Z")
Anybody catch the Golden Girls reference? Micheal sends his mother to **Shady Pines** rehab center! In nearly every GG episode Dorothy threatened to send Sophia back to Shady Pines nursing home! ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/48 "2005-04-12T12:42:10Z")
Gob: (offended) Don’t call my escorts whores! -Joe ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/49 "2005-04-12T13:10:17Z")
> [@watsonwil](#): > > Was there some inside joke about the narration? Howard seemed a little defensive. Did some critic bash the show’s narration in a review? Or a network exec say that they didn’t like the amount of narration used? Instead of conforming, did AD give a big screw you to their crtics? > > I felt there was something more to the joke. Like it was an inside joke told only for the cast and crew’s benefit. I’d like to know about this, too. I thought it was a dig at Bill What’s-his-face who narrates a few shows on A&E. I could be way off base, though. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/50 "2005-04-12T16:59:57Z")
So, I know we don’t know yet if it’s going to be renewed, but do we know yet when we’ll find out for sure one way or another? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/51 "2005-04-12T17:02:40Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Anybody catch the Golden Girls reference? Micheal sends his mother to **Shady Pines** rehab center! In nearly every GG episode Dorothy threatened to send Sophia back to Shady Pines nursing home! Yes! I looked at my husband said, “Oh my god, he sent his mom to Shady Pines. This is officially the best show _ever_.” > [@](#): > > The show itself is pretty esoteric. Silly **Slacker**. _Arrested Development_ is not a food. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/52 "2005-04-12T17:05:07Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > Silly **Slacker**. _Arrested Development_ is not a food. Swing and a miss. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/53 "2005-04-12T17:55:55Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > Yes! I looked at my husband said, “Oh my god, he sent his mom to Shady Pines. This is officially the best show _ever_.” > > Silly **Slacker**. _Arrested Development_ is not a food. I don’t understand the question, and I won’t respond to it. 😉 (I really don’t get it though) ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/54 "2005-04-12T18:08:44Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > I don’t understand the question, and I won’t respond to it. 😉 > > (I really don’t get it though) It’s from Family Guy. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/55 "2005-04-12T18:10:37Z")
Does anybody remember what the name was of the TV show that Dick Van Patten’s character loved and had Michael “sing” the theme song of? I was curious whether or not it was a real show (and if Van Patten was connected to it). ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/56 "2005-04-12T18:15:02Z")
It was [Sugarfoot](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050063/) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/57 "2005-04-12T18:15:03Z")
[Sugarfoot.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050063/) It went off the air in 1961, ‘twelve years before Michael was born.’ So I guess the Bluth kids are a little closer in age than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/58 "2005-04-12T18:19:28Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [Sugarfoot.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050063/) It went off the air in 1961, ‘twelve years before Michael was born.’ So I guess the Bluth kids are a little closer in age than I thought. Thanks. (Of course there’s no way that they Michael could be born in 73 and have a son George Michael’s age [unless he became a father at 15-16, which I suppose is possible).) Speaking of narration, one of my favorite jokes about that, delivered deadpan, was > [@](#): > > **Publicist:** [to George Michael] Daddy lost his shot at happy, and it’s all your fault, Opie. > **Narrator:** Jessie had gone too far, and she had best watch her mouth. The [memorable quotes](http://imdb.com/title/tt0367279/quotes) section for this show on imdb already have more LOL lines after 2 seasons than most _Yes Dear_ quality show that’s been on the air for many times that will ever ever have. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/59 "2005-04-12T18:19:50Z")
So Michael Bluth is only 32? So George Michael is 15. He was born when Michael was 17. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722/60 "2005-04-12T18:21:52Z")
> [@watsonwil](#): > > So Michael Bluth is only 32? So George Michael is 15. He was born when Michael was 17. Is he 15? I also figured it was a rough estimate, and it kinda has to be. We know Michael got married his sophomore year of college and I don’t think he had a kid when he was in high school. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-10-05/298722.md?page=4)