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Arrested Development
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Not sure if this will get many replies because, although it is presently airing (albeit irregularly and late night, just as it did on first showing in the States) on FX it has never attracted great numbers, which is a terrible shame as I would confidently name it as the best comedy show ever.
I came upon it a few years ago by chance when I was around 17; an age impressionable enough and naive enough to consider British comedy the best around, having sampled many of our classics and seen only trash like Friends from across the pond. Stumbling upon Arrested Development completely blew out those ridiculous misconceptions I had, because here was an American comedy that was utterly brilliant and made me laugh out loud every single episode, which most comedies rarely ever do.
It launched the careers of Michael Cera (of Superbad/Juno fame. He honed his awkward nerd-teen skills here) and Jason Bateman (Horrible Bosses, The Change Up amongst others. He honed his straight-up professional businessman skills here) amongst others. The cast is indeed fantastic, every character is brilliant, and it has some of the best female characters on any comedy I've seen, they are never relegated to the sidelines for the boys to have all the fun, it's great.
To anyone who has seen it: I'd be very amazed if you weren't like me, a completely, rabidly, obsessive fan who has watched every episode at least 40 times without ever getting bored, can quote from any scene, any episode, and counts down the days until the miniseries.
To everyone else I implore you: give this a watch, it is brilliant!
I came upon it a few years ago by chance when I was around 17; an age impressionable enough and naive enough to consider British comedy the best around, having sampled many of our classics and seen only trash like Friends from across the pond. Stumbling upon Arrested Development completely blew out those ridiculous misconceptions I had, because here was an American comedy that was utterly brilliant and made me laugh out loud every single episode, which most comedies rarely ever do.
It launched the careers of Michael Cera (of Superbad/Juno fame. He honed his awkward nerd-teen skills here) and Jason Bateman (Horrible Bosses, The Change Up amongst others. He honed his straight-up professional businessman skills here) amongst others. The cast is indeed fantastic, every character is brilliant, and it has some of the best female characters on any comedy I've seen, they are never relegated to the sidelines for the boys to have all the fun, it's great.
To anyone who has seen it: I'd be very amazed if you weren't like me, a completely, rabidly, obsessive fan who has watched every episode at least 40 times without ever getting bored, can quote from any scene, any episode, and counts down the days until the miniseries.
To everyone else I implore you: give this a watch, it is brilliant!
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I'n on a re-watch at the moment. Can't wait for its comeback next year (fingers crossed),
There was talk of a film and then a spin off show. Does anyone have any info on what's happening ?
Looks like they're finally making some movement on filming the miniseries
http://www.digitalspy.ie/ustv/news/a375903/arrested-development-reunion-to-shoot-this-summer-says-will-arnett.html
Did you watch it from episode one or start watching a few episodes in? I love the show but the one criticism that I would have is that it is hard enough for people to get into it if they haven't seen it from the very start. Nearly every episode makes reference to a continuing joke or situation from a previous episode so if you haven't seen the episode then you won't have a clue what the reference is about.
Mr Show is awesome... and unlike some shows, you'll *always* find apples.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP4yX2rkpBc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5posU08HjXg
his business card had me proper buckled!
Great news ! Thanks for the link !
I watched the first four episodes. I think, for some reason I expected it to be a sitcom like How I Met Your Mother or something. I found out it wasn't when I looked it up on Wikipedia, but still watched it anyway.
everything about the first 2 seasons is perfect.
I also love Arrested Development, but you must also be a fan of
Better Call Saul!!
http://www.bettercallsaul.com/
I agree. I love how every episode is full of long running gags and storylines from previous episodes! It makes me smile when its just the silly things like how people who don't know GOB pronounce it incorrectly and he gets annoyed
Looking forward to the miniseries and film. Glad all the characters will be back as they are all perfect and their presence would be missed if anyone wasn't returning.
I got into Arrested Development by chance. I had a massive crush on Jason Bateman when I was a teenager and one day, he popped into my head and I thought "I wonder what happened to him?" so I looked around online and he'd just won a Golden Globe for this show I'd never heard of so I gave it a go. I have all the DVD's (had them for years) but I've not watched them all yet but I'm a fan.....! And Jason Bateman has just got better with age!!
It's one of my all time favourite shows!
seen first 3 episodes, buster had me in stiches with bleep-laden tirade at his mother haha
is netflix s4 a full season?
15 episodes
As far as I'm aware yeah, and not only the main cast but also many of the guest stars / recurring characters from the original run. Also, the 15 episodes will all be available at the same time.