# "Arrested Development" - Save Our Bluths! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 3, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162 "2006-01-03T01:04:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/21 "2006-01-03T03:56:06Z")
> [@Oslo Ostragoth](#): > > Is this correct? Fox reduced the show’s order to 13 episodes this season. Tonight’s episode was number 9. So unless there’s something I’m missing here, there are four Fox episodes left. The self-references got a little heavy-handed, but most of them were funny. I thought this was one of the better episodes this season. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/22 "2006-01-03T04:28:51Z")
Was it really live? All I can say is I’m going to miss this show, and I still feel sorry for George Micheal. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/23 "2006-01-03T05:47:52Z")
Can someone recap for me? I missed this episode. ☹ Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/24 "2006-01-03T09:35:46Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Was it really live? Just the few seconds at the very end, where it said LIVE in big letters down at the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/25 "2006-01-03T09:37:26Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Just the few seconds at the very end, where it said LIVE in big letters down at the bottom. Oh, and I’m not actually sure that that really WAS live, or if they just put that caption there. Which, now that I think about it, is probably what you were asking in the first place. So…I don’t know. I’ll just shut up now. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/26 "2006-01-03T11:14:42Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Oh, and I’m not actually sure that that really WAS live, or if they just put that caption there. > > Which, now that I think about it, is probably what you were asking in the first place. > > So…I don’t know. > > I’ll just shut up now. I doubt that it was, because at the end of the “Live” segment one of the crew says something like “Keep it together, we still need to do West Coast.” Since I was watching it from the West Coast (home of local star John Beard ;)), I don’t think that would have been said if it was live. ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/27 "2006-01-03T12:19:10Z")
“So I promise that I’ll listen to you, George Michael, and hear what you are _saying_, not just what I want to hear.” “I love my cousin.” “I love you too, buddy.” To me, there was enough non-fox bashing funny in this episode for it to still be great. Of course, lines like “See? We’re more relateable now!” or being desperate enough to try to get an oscar winner (Charlize, anyone?) at the fundraiser were gems. I loved the flashing of the website “Saveourbluths” too. I tried the site at that moment and it was getting pounded. (Although it was [saveourbluths.com](http://saveourbluths.com) not .org.) Did anyone get a good list of celebrity stunt casting for the episode? I love that Ben Stiller appeared as Tony Wonder on screen for about 2 seconds. I bet the deleted scenes/gag reel for this episdoe alone would be worth the price of the dvd set. I thought Martin Short was more drooling than vomiting. The best part of that episode at the time was the revelation that Buster actually learned something at Army. Seeing his skills in action was golden. Out of context as a stand alone episode, that lost a little of it’s punch. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/28 "2006-01-03T14:41:45Z")
Paraphrasing the best line of the night" “We’ll go ahead and tell you. She’s the one that dies.” ---
**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:** [January 3, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/29 "2006-01-03T14:50:37Z")
I really think they did miss one chance: When Richard Belzer showed up, they should have called him John Munch. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/30 "2006-01-03T15:21:06Z")
> [@sleeepy2](#): > > Another excellent episode, especiall George Michael’s “I love my cousin” and his “OCD”. OC Disorder 😃 Stop it! Your hurting him! No I’m not. It just looks like I am to make a dramatic point. [Michale slips effortlessly from Andy Richter’s brother/stunt double’s hold] ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/31 "2006-01-03T15:29:00Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > OC Disorder Don’t call it that. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/32 "2006-01-03T15:41:16Z")
I really wish they actually came in and filmed the final 2 seconds live. It would have been classic. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/33 "2006-01-04T03:43:06Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I really wish they actually came in and filmed the final 2 seconds live. It would have been classic. Are we sure they didn’t? Anyway, contrary to majority board opinion, I thought it was one of the best episodes I’ve ever seen. You may have missed this, which I only picked up on the second viewing: Donny Richter: We have no grades here. You’re expected to learn. If you do, you get an L for learning. If you fluctuate, you get an F. Bond-like singers: Mister F! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/34 "2006-01-04T06:02:56Z")
Wikipedia, for whatever this is worth, says there are four new episodes left, including _two_ next Monday. ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/35 "2006-01-04T10:50:05Z")
TV [Guide.com](http://Guide.com) doesnt show any AD through Jan 17. Assuming this season was shown in order, there are at least two episodes, _Family Ties_ and _Fakin’ It_ left. Any guesses which one would have Justine Bateman? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/36 "2006-01-04T14:06:08Z")
LOL! That’s a brilliant title for the episode with Justine Bateman! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/37 "2006-01-04T14:10:10Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > That’s a brilliant title for the episode with Justine Bateman! Fakin’ It? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/38 "2006-01-04T14:48:22Z")
Yeah, that one ;). Or… perhaps the other one 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/39 "2006-01-04T17:11:39Z")
[An AP story about the show.](http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/04/tv.arrested.development.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162/40 "2006-01-05T18:21:28Z")
Explain this joke to me: Lindsay: He can cry, he just doesn’t want to rust. Tobias: Yes, he’s like the steel man from the Wizard of Oz. Michael: Tin man? Tobias: Is that what he’s…called? Lindsay: He knows. The “he knows” line is set up like a punchline, but to what? “steel man” as some sort of gay term…? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-save-our-bluths/338162.md?page=3)