# Arrested Development 9/26 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585 "2005-09-27T00:20:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/41 "2005-09-27T16:11:02Z")
I didn’t think it was one of their better shows, but it wasn’t awful. The chicken dances never fail to make me crack up - and mr e. always just looks at me and says “Have they ever SEEN a chicken?”. The Wee Britain thing was a little…dare I say it?..twee…but I still laughed. The Saddam/Rumsfeld picture - classic. That was HYSTERICAL. E. ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/42 "2005-09-27T16:44:07Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > If past shows are any indication, not one frame of the previews will show up in next week’s episode. It’s the kind of meta-TV I’ve come to expect from this show. The previews weren’t the “On the next Arrested Development…” type that we’re used to. They appeared to me to be real Fox promos. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/43 "2005-09-27T17:15:52Z")
> [@Ass For A Hat](#): > > The previews weren’t the “On the next Arrested Development…” type that we’re used to. They appeared to me to be real Fox promos. We’ll see next week. If those scenes are actually in the episode, I’ll be sorely disappointed. If not, then kudos to them for taking a good thing and making it even better. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/44 "2005-09-27T17:59:49Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > We’ll see next week. If those scenes are actually in the episode, I’ll be sorely disappointed. If not, then kudos to them for taking a good thing and making it even better. I think they’ve moved the “fake scenes” to the ‘last time on _Arrested Development_’ segment and the previews are real. Incidentally, in that out-of-nowhere James Bond finish (I don’t like it in general when they admit they’re a TV show, and doing an iris lke that was blatant), they said “Michael Bluth will return in “Forget-Me-Not.”” According to IMDb, that IS the name of the next episode, so good for them. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/45 "2005-09-27T19:43:05Z")
OK I didn’t see the end and need clarification on the “Bob Loblaw” thing. Is it just because it sounds like “blah blah blah”? ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/46 "2005-09-27T20:11:13Z")
> [@«Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™](#): > > OK I didn’t see the end and need clarification on the “Bob Loblaw” thing. > Is it just because it sounds like “blah blah blah”? That’s pretty much the joke. Bob Loblaw is apparently the Bluth’s new attorney. He’ll be played by Scott Baio. The gag in the preview was Michael telling Lindsay, “Don’t talk gibberish to Bob Loblaw”. I suppose you had to see it, but I’m still laughing about it today. ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/47 "2005-09-27T20:17:57Z")
> [@Ass For A Hat](#): > > That’s pretty much the joke. Bob Loblaw is apparently the Bluth’s new attorney. He’ll be played by Scott Baio. The gag in the preview was Michael telling Lindsay, “Don’t talk gibberish to Bob Loblaw”. I suppose you had to see it, but I’m still laughing about it today. HA! Got it. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/48 "2005-09-27T21:47:59Z")
> [@CBCD](#): > > Do I have to keep my teenage daughter out of the room if I’m watching Arrested Development? Come on, Arrested Development, you’re in show business! It’s all about timing and pacing! One suprising, how-did-_that_-get-by-the-censors joke an episode is funny. Two of them, almost back-to-back in an episode, is not. Oh come on! Just about every dialogue Tobias has involves homosexual innuendo. It’s more than once an episode as well. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/49 "2005-09-27T21:55:10Z")
I thought it was kinda weak, especially after one of the funniest ones last week. Give it another shot **EllisDee**. I taped it this time, so I’ll go back and watch it again, but any episode with Portia’s Chicken dance is a riot. I just die when I see that. Gob’s is a close 2nd. I have the feeling Andy Griffith is going to be making a brief appearance??..(Assuming he’s still alive) ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/50 "2005-09-27T22:16:13Z")
The only “bad” Arrested Development I’ve seen so far are any season 2 scenes with Martin Short. They were _awful_. So far season 3 has been excellent. I can’t fathom the complaints of “broadness” and the theories of network execs tampering with the narration. The show is only 22 minutes and they had a lot of story to get through. Relax, there will be plenty of Maebe, Buster, and George Michael to come! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/51 "2005-09-28T00:25:59Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I think they’ve moved the “fake scenes” to the ‘last time on _Arrested Development_’ segment and the previews are real. Perhaps that was just keeping in spirit with the whole British theme. As for Charlize Theron’s odd demeanour- come on, people! You don’t have to be a genius to realize she’s mentally challenged ---
**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/52 "2005-09-28T00:27:46Z")
One of their weaker episodes. Wee Britain was just a little too surreal. However, “Bob Loblaw” just may be the funniest thing I’ve ever heard. BobLoblawBlobloblahblahblahblahblah ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/53 "2005-09-28T16:09:50Z")
Ratings this week? ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/54 "2005-09-28T16:17:52Z")
> [@Huerta88](#): > > Ratings this week? It got beat by 7th Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/55 "2005-09-28T16:37:18Z")
_7th Heaven_ is WB’s highest-rated show, if I’m not mistaken. And I doubt there’s much of a potential crossover audience between that show and AD. So this isn’t really surprising, and neither is the idea that most people like really awful TV shows. Too bad for us mutants who can somehow enjoy TV that’s actually good. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/56 "2005-09-28T17:12:12Z")
Yeah, that’s probably not a good comparison. And we don’t really know what Fox expects the show to do, in any case. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/57 "2005-09-28T19:12:55Z")
> [@Kaspar Hauser](#): > > However, “Bob Loblaw” just may be the funniest thing I’ve ever heard. > > BobLoblawBlobloblahblahblahblahblah Three days later and I’m still giggling. That’s my all time favorite AD line so far! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/58 "2005-09-29T00:44:52Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > And we don’t really know what Fox expects the show to do, in any case. True. Hopefully they have the same attitude that NBC had to Seinfeld, which was even though it had poor ratings, it was good enough that it was eventually going to take off. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/59 "2005-09-29T01:52:18Z")
I was mainly amused by the idea that closing your eyes and taking it was easier than closing your eyes and _giving_ it. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585/60 "2005-09-29T13:24:40Z")
I watched this episode again last night, and this time I caught the “stupid” hints. In the recap at the beginning, Michael and George Michael are talking about George Michael’s “stupid girl problem.” George Michael clarifies that it’s a stupid problem, not a stupid girl, and Michael points out that he doesn’t have a woman at all, not even a stupid one. Later Dave Thomas asks Michael how he would feel if someone stupid in his family got hurt. It wasn’t a threat, it was a rhetorical question. I really must start watching all of these twice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-9-26/323585.md?page=4)