Arrested Development - 11/07 (Please please watch it this year!)
 

I know I'm preaching to the choir, but tell your friends and neighbors. FOX is only smart for little bursts at a time.

TV Tome's article: Why You Have No Excuse to Miss Season 2

Sunday Nov 7 8:30/7:30c
"The One Where Michael Leaves" (pt 2 of 2)

I'm not watching this stupid crap!

Wait, you say it's hilarious? You say it's the funniest thing on TV? Better than <i>Scrubs</i>, even? Hmm ...

das

P.S. It's 11/07 (in the title)

when i saw this i was like wtf 11/06?

i know i didn't just miss AD on a special night or something...but then i remembered it comes on on sundays....

This is the premire?

I just finished watching season 1 on DVD and I'm a convert. For some reason I thought the second season had already started, but it looks like I lucked out.

Give thanks to the World Series.

das

I guess some padding is in order on Tivos and ReplayTVs in case the Fox NFL games run over?

east coast maybe, but this is in the 8:30 slot after a new simpsons.

Central time as well most likely, since it's a 7:30 slot here. Better to pad and not need than to not pad and need! :p

Can't wait, I'm glad the season premiere date *finally* arrived!

Steph

Why would you need padding with the Tivo. Isn't one of the most basic functions that it will record when it comes on, delayed or not?

Not when games or things go over their usual time. Tivo doesn't check for schedule updates every 5 minutes or anything like that.

Sam

Yeah - I already have Big Fat Obnoxious Whatever recordings set up to catch overruns.

I think the time slot move is good for the show. The Simpsons audience will lead in better then the Malcolm in the Middle audience. Also, although it's not a concern this season, I hated having to choose between this and the Sopranos.

Won't they just bump King of the Hill like they used to do with Futurama?

Because people don't like King of the Hill as much as Futurama.

FOX doesn't kill terrible shows. Only good shows they kill. ;)

Can't wait!

I admit I didn't watch Arrested Development last season. I watched the series premiere and wasn't overly impressed, so I didn't make the effort to tune in during later weeks.

I happened to catch a rerun of a later episode, though, and liked it a lot better. When the first season DVD set came out, I rented it and loved nearly every second of it. So, I'll certainly be watching this season.

Not interested. If it's got Jason Bateman in it, it's sure to be a "cookie cutter" crap sitcom. Plus, the ratings were poor last season so it can't be that good.

I can't wait! :thumbsup: One of the funniest shows on tv!

Wow, that was one of your weaker "Grouchoisms".

Carl Weathers is gonna get us a stew going. :)

This show is funny. Got hooked by the sixth episode of the first season.

good episode... they do a great job of carrying over stuff from last year

"I just blue myself."

"There's gotta be a better way to say that."

good stuff.. the air horn, the kiegel (sp) exercise, the fat filmmaker

"It turns out, it was George who took wig."

:lol:

Nice nod to us longtime fans with the Henry Winkler scene in the "next time" segment. "Hey Dr. Hate"

also, in that scene, the hand slap and the "no touching"

Watched it tonight. Probably the 2nd or 3rd time I've seen an episode of this show. I still don't get what all the fuss is about, sorry. :(

if you don't get it, you don't get it... no biggie.. we don't think any less of you

i'm sure its been said before but i see a lot of similar humor in Arrested Development as found in The Royal Tennenbaums. subtle moves by characters in the background...absurd, dry, dark humor. when people ask me what the show is like i ask them if they liked Tennenbaums. even if they say no i recommend it but i think they have a better chance of appreciating the show if they like that sort of humor.

the thing that blows me away about this show is the things they can get away with saying...two lines come to mind:

"i just blue myself" - Tobias from tonight's episode and "talk you off? talk you off what Pop-Pop?" - George Michael from last season.

i still don't know how those slid through the censors.

Did they completely drop the whole George Michael has a crush on Maebe subplot after the first 13 episodes or is it just me?

Well they ended the season off with a recycle of that subplot. It's only a certain amount of distance you can go with that joke.

Sorry about the date mix up...
 

What a nice surprise for Daily Show watchers to get a little Ed Helms on a Sunday.

He had a moment of hope tonight when he was told Lindsay didn't share the family nose, thinking it might mean she wasn't really related (and thus Maeby too).

the only hint i saw was while Michael and George Michael were in the car Michael said something about Lindsey's nose and GM immediately says something to the effect of "we're not related?!?" Michael replies, "no its just not her real nose."

i assume GM said that because he thought if Lindsey isn't his aunt then Maeby wouldn't be his cousin.

i think it will be a reoccuring thing throughout the season but i don't think it will be focused on quite so much.

Is the last episode of the previous season, George Michael met a girl and started paying attention to her and none to Maeby. This led to Maeby becoming to jealous and wanting to get the attention of George Michael. The dynamic between the two was effectively switched.

The funniest part IMO was the replay of that line, right after someone asks "What was the last thing he said?" The first time I giggled, but after that reiteration I was laughing my ass off. :)

It seemed like they made a reference to it all the time throughout the initial 13 episodes, then didn't bring it up again in the rest of the 1st season. Well, other then Maebe kissing Annyong for the same reason she kissed GM in the pilot.

Although it did seem like Lindsay was getting jealous of GM during the last 2 episodes of the season. Maybe this season she will have a crush on him?

I did catch the line about not being related to Lindsay tonight though.

Speaking of Annyong, now that he speaks English why doesn't he correct people on his name?

D'oh! That's what I get for typing a responce and forgetting to hit enter.

I missed the entire first season... :( Would it still make sense if I picked up at season two?