"Arrested Deveopment": The Zaniest, Cleverest 'Pseudo-Docu-Drama' Comedy Ever
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I was drawn to the show through the commercials, but wisely waited until the DVD came out and had a feast of belly laughs.
The Bluth family is our worst nightmare and our salvation. When we are feeling sorry for ourselves we are sure that we are Michael surrounded by selfish, horrible people. Or worse yet, we are afraid that deep down we aren't Michael at all, but rather, inept GOB or narcissistic Lindsay or the hopelessly out of touch with ourselves Tobias. But then we see this outrageous family and know that no one is really like that at all. We relax and forgive others and ourselves and just laugh and role on the floor and laugh. And when we watch it the second time we see more layers and things we missed the first time. And this the third time there is even more.
And if Norman Cousins was right, that laughing can cure even the most dire illness, we are also adding many healthy years to our lives.
Now how can this not be the best EVER?
The Bluth Family Line-Up
Michael: [after George Sr. has been handed a jail sentence] They're going to keep Dad in jail until this whole thing gets sorted out.
[silence amongst the family]
Michael: Also, I've been told that the company's expense accounts have been frozen...
[everyone gasps]
Michael: ...Interesting. I would have expected that after "They're keeping Dad in jail."
The Zaniness
GOB and Michael
Why Is "Arrested Development" the Zaniest Cleverest, 'Pseudo-Docu-Drama' Comedy Ever?
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Michael Bluth is one the only straight man who is as funny as the funny people.
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The Bluth Family 'Limo'
Barry Zuckerkorn: So basically you're about 2,000 shares short of being the majority stock holders. Now unfortunately it's a private stock so you can not just buy up the shares unless someone is willing to sell
Michael: Are you sure?
Barry Zuckerkorn: That's what it said on 'Ask Jeeves'
Hey! Have I Convinced You, Or Do You Want to Fight?
Is Arrested Deveopment the Zaniest, Cleverest 'Pseudo-Docu-Drama' Comedy Ever?
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gmarlett says:
This sounds awesome and somehow I've missed it, but not for long! Thanks for submitting your lens to the Parody and Satire Group. Sorry, it's taken me so long to get back to you, but I took a day job for a couple of months ( it's given some material for a couple of new lenses). Now I'm back.
Posted January 20, 2009
Margo_Arrowsmith says:
Of course, it is! But if you don't agree, can you name one that is as good?
Posted November 21, 2008
No way!
Michael: My mother is opposed to the idea of hiring a new attorney. She'll probably refuse to enter the room if she sees you.
Wayne Jarvis: I shall hide behind the couch.
[and he does just that]
Michael: Guy's a pro.
Keith Olberman Wants a Movie, Too!
Michael Bluth: Look, you can't risk leaving the attic any more.
George Sr.: When have you seen me outside?
Michael Bluth: Yesterday at the Ford Dealer.
George Sr.: Yeah, well, have you seen those new Mustangs? I'm telling you - you could hump the hood.
"Threaten Fox" To Get the Movie Made, Just Don't Hold Him To It
The Bluth Fanasy Family
Narrator: Michael had asked Lindsay to do the housework, and to his surprise, she was sort of doing it.
Lindsay Funke: Hey, I found that canned ham that we've had forever, and I put it in a pot of boiling hot water, and guess what we're having?
Michael: Soup?
Lindsay Funke: Hot ham water.
The Actuality of the Bluth Family
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- I have never seen this but you sure did a good job of describing it.
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I was born into a small business, I believe that small business and entrepreneurs are the backbone of America and what has made us great. They are what made us great and will save us in these unsure times. I have never wanted to have a great job. Well, better a great one, than a boring dead end one, and I have had both. But I have never really wanted a job at all.
Don't get me wrong, I am a hard worker. I have worked a full-time job, a part time job and a private practice all at the same time for a lot of years in my past. It isn't the work, its the working for someone else. Never wanted to do that, and I don't understand those who want to do that.
When I was six months old my parents bought their first small town weekly newspaper in Iowa. This was back in the day, back when small town newspapers were not just advertising sheets. Perhaps there are still some of them that are real, I hope so.
So I came by this perverse nature naturally. My path to self employment has been different than theirs, but it has always been my path, my direction.
Growing up in Iowa, in the fifties, I also grew up politically conservative. By the time I was 30 I was radically left. Today? I am proudly liberal and what that means will be clearer as we progress.
However, I have had conflicts about 'taking advantage of people'. I now know that employing people is not automatically taking advantage of them, but it took a while for me to learn that nothing is intrinsically good or bad. Well, almost nothing.
I have educated myself in business, I have a small business and I have used EFT and other energy clearing methods to help me clarify the old conflicts and move forward.
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