A few days ago I was cruising the new listings on Netflix Instant (via Feedflicks) and noticed a movie called Girls With Low Self Esteem. It looked like Girls Gone Wild, but surely that wouldn’t be on Instant, but then I said “Hey, that sounds familiar…waitaminute, that’s from Arrested Development” I wondered for a second if they had put out some sort of ‘full length’ parody show so I clicked on it. It was an episode of AD, but it started right in the middle the the show when they were discussing Girls With Low Self Esteem.
Okay, so that was odd. Go back to the list of new movies. Then I saw Worlds Worst Drivers. Same thing. Started smack dab in the middle of an episode. The next day I mentioned it to my sister and she had seen a third one (that I can think off).
Today, a few more popped up. Caged Wisdom:Musings From Prison, Mock Trial w/ J. Reinhold, Scandalmakers, Boyfights, Families With Low Self Esteem, Ready Aim Marry Me and Les Cousins Dangereux
So, is it just AD goofing around or is it (and this is my guess) Netflix starting it’s advertising for the upcoming season? I assume doing this is essentially free (or close to it). Put out a few of these and it gets you to start rewatching old episodes and then people write posts like this and talk to their friends about it and it creates a little bit of buzz.