I’m normally not a fan of streaming deals, but this is completely free and ad-free and as far as I’m aware the reboot (seasons 4-5) was only ever available on Netflix.
For those who have seen it before, what are some of your favourite quotes from the show?
Had to ask ChatGPT to explain that to me… 😀
Geez, how did I guess that Lucille Bluth was going to be the first to post a comment on this?
I don’t understand the question and I won’t respond to it.
Great show! Love Tobias character so much. The fire sale scene still cracks me up thinking about it haha
He's in my alt-time Top 10 Therapists / Analysts…
https://arresteddevelopment.fandom.com/wiki/Analrapist?file=…
Annyong?
Indeed. He was the bacon to Ann's egg…
"Her?"
Analrapist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DSW2hsmnj0 (Tobias Is The World's First Analyst And Therapist)
Oops - beat me to it.
"I have a list of men that could fill every opening you have."
ANUSTART
There's always money in the banana stand
I thought the woman was pretending as a monster, but she was just out of vodka
"I'm afraid I just blue myself"
Yes?
Space
“There’s gotta be a better way to phrase that.”
Not it’s not. It’s paid for by the taxpayer!
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It's one ABC streaming service. What can it cost? Ten dollars?
I've made a huge mistake
“I’ve never admitted to a mistake.”
There's always money in the… dead dove.
I don't know what I expected.
I'm Mister Manager
Manager, we just umm say manager
First 3 seasons are the greatest comedy of all-time imho
Yeah. Later seasons… they made a huge mistake.
Usually reboots don't work, but they were probably thinking: But it might work for us
Couldn't disagree more.
It's aged incedibly well, and I still pick up occasional jokes or running references which escaped me at the time…
Genuinely amazed on current rewatches… I don't know how many dozens of times I've watched Arrested Development, but I always pick up on some new layer of joke.
@keeperofthegood: I often wonder how much of it was planned years in advance and how much just materialized via some very creative writers.
The "loose seal" arc at the end of series two tied together so many long-running jokes, and continued to evolve in the background, not least when said seal ended up getting it's flipper bitten off many episodes later. To this day, I reckon the show produced the funniest and cleverest writing of any comedy series.
Watched it a year or so ago, still very funny.
'Best of' moments pop up on my YouTube occasionally and I still laugh at those.
Like what bits did you find cringe?
I think the last time I watched it in full was one or two years ago. I still see it as one of the greats (season 1 to 3 though).
Truly a shame it didn't get the recognition it deserved during it's run.
Breaking Bad was nearly cancelled after S3 due to low viewership but Netflix viewership saved it and helped it become one of the GOATs.
there's a good outtake of david cross having a rant about why AD wasn't getting viewership despite winning all the awards
Those are balls
We're looking at balls turn it around
For British Eyes Only!
Did you see the new poof?
The guy in the $2000 suit… come on!
They don't allow you to have bees in here.
BEADS!?
GOB's not on board.
He’s thinking about bees again…
I’m normally not a fan of streaming deals
Narrator: Zonda, in fact, was.
but this is completely free
Narrator: Unlike George Bluth Sr., who was defending charges of treason.
Bob Loblaw
Love that man's law blog!
"Why should you go to jail for a crime somebody else… noticed"
+ opening court singing by William Hung
True dat. It was the making of Judge Reinhold's glittering, but short-lived legal career…
…You want me to be explicit?
You sir, are a mouthfull
Bob Loblaw's Law Blog
my eyebrows just fell off in excitement
I think I blue myself..
I'll be your wingman. Even if it means me taking a chubby, I will suck it up.
I’m normally not a fan of streaming deals
Because, normally, they're not deals. If a show is released to a network you're subscribed to… that's what you're subscribing (paying) for.
This is completely free (if you ignore tax-payer funding l) so is a genuine deal.
Agree on the deal, if not the irony of catergorising anything the ABC provide as "free". After their $1.3bn annual taxpayer funding to provide increasingly marginalised content.
This glorious series being an obvious exception…
No network or publisher comes close to showcasing the diversity of opinions and cultures in Australia — in cities but especially in the regions — than the ABC. One thing you cannot criticise the ABC for is it's coverage being "marginalised".
No one on the left ever will, that’s undisputed.
But if you look at the kind and breadth of content they produce - and their viewership - the current crop of journos, presenters and entertainers do not compare well to the ABC nursery of previous decades.
anustart
best
The only clever gag from the last 2 seasons. The 1st 3 were gold!
I agree the storyline of s4-5 were meh but…
You know, the Hopi Indians believed that this spot here, when manipulated, can create sexual feelings.
That's my penis.
A professional twice over: an analyst and a therapist!
The literal doctor in the E.R. and how he keeps appearing over the series to deliver ambiguous news ("he looks like he's dead", "he's going to be all right") and the ways the family respond ("There's no way that could mean something else!")
Heh. Call that "appearing"? The man wasn't fit to lace Jean Parmesan's boots…
Cocka co cocka co cocka cocka cocka co!
Has anyone in this family ever even see a chicken?
Michel and women?
Which way do I try to get it in her? Maybe I'll put it in her brownie.
Lucille: He tickles my fancy.
Gob: Your what? What part of Mom is the 'fancy'? You do not wanna know what I'm picturing, and it's not what you think…
Lucille: Oh stop; we walk on the beach; we like this feel of the sand on our feet…
Gob: God, the thought of your feet.
George Sr.: Okay it's fine. I'm glad you have someone to talk to. Well maybe I better go check on Buster.
Gob: Wow. Mom really has him fancy whipped, huh?
"I'm afraid he's going to be all right."
~Doctor
Only the original first 3 seasons are worth watching. Stop there if you haven't seen this show before.
I don’t care for ABC iview.
LOL! You've offended someone already…
I love all my channels equally.
Why?
It's a play on a quote from the show
I love all my children equally
Later that day …
I don't care for Gob
https://www.tiktok.com/@arresteddevnetflix/video/75306599251…
Is it the original season 4 or the repack?
Yes I would like to know too. I haven't seen the remixed season 4.
“If I wanted something your thumb touched, I'd eat the inside of your ear!”
OH MY GOD THERE'S A FIRE … reads script SALE….
rolling around, singing Amazing Grace
OH MY GOD I CAN'T EVEN SEE WHERE THE KNOB IS
And second-of-ly, I know you’re the big marriage expect, oh I’m sorry I forgot your wife is dead.
I'm sorry, that was 100% inappropriate and I do apologize profusely. I do apologize profusely, I'm - oh
There’s still plenty of meat on that bone!
Baby, you got a stew going!
Never once touched my per diem
That was a freebie
I’m an ideas man Michael. I think I proved that with f*** mountain…
How do we filter out the teases, simple, we don't let them in.
And that's why you always leave a note
I don't feel so good
How am I going to find someone to go into that musty old clap-trap?
brief silent stares
The cabin. Yes. Well, that would be difficult too.
it ain't easyyyy bein white
It ain't easy being brown
I got kids all over town!
I have made a huge mistake.
I've never admitted to making a mistake.
Season 5 was lame, but the rest was good.
'Daddy horny, Michael'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9b0Xfc_nNU
I want to cry so bad. But I don't think I cant spare the moisture
Michael: “Get rid of the Seaward.”
Lucille: "I’ll leave when I’m good and ready.”