I would have him land the role of a gay character and on AD he is caught "researching" or playing out the role sublty and the other characters can't tell when he is or isn't

I wonder if there was any truth to this rumor like maybe people around the board room throwing out ideas and such. At least ABC knows they have a great show on their hands and maybe they can do a Woody Allen and get big names but for them to take big paycuts or what not. I think if Tom Hanks did a guest appearence in one of the arcs, ratings would sky rocket. It seems like him and Ron howard are good friends, let's make this true.

Oh dear god, are we going to go through this same song and dance again?

Alia may have said that but the proof is in the pudding and as stated, Jason Bateman was on American Idol to promote the show. That is really the top method for fox to promote their other stuff.

They also re-aired the first season in order in attempts to get viewers to it. They were on sunday night after the simpsons. You can't any better of a lead in than that.

Now lets take a look at someone who wasn't 14/15 when the show started and what they have to say about Fox


http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_re..._id=1001772557

Maybe even some theatrical ads?? You do realize that it would cost a great deal to promote this over theater chains. It would even be worse off if they did because then Fox would have dropped a lot more in ads and would have had more reason to cancel it when it wasn't promoting. Rome is much different than any network television show and would be advertised differently.

Could they promote this show more? Yeah, a company can do just about everything they want. But it wouldn't have made sense considering how marketing pushes in the past showed that it wasn't getting any boost in every new ad. So they went through the word of mouth/varial marketing. Sells of DVDs, websites pushing for you to sign your name and promise to watch the show and so forth. They did put in an effort.

They also alluded to this a little in S.O.B's

Michael: Well, um, I was going to say that you don’t know who my father really is and that what has happened to us is a great injustice, that we were never really given a fair chance. But that’s not the truth. We’ve been given plenty of chances. And maybe the Bluths just aren’t worth saving, maybe we’re not that likable, you know.

Look, let's cut to the chase and say what needs to be said.

Most of America is not sophisticated enough to enjoy and understand Arrested Development. I mean look at the sophistication level of most of the comedies out there and how much better their ratings are compared to AD.

AD is an acquired taste and I even said after the first episode that I didn't like the show, that it wasn't funny to me. Now, I think it is one of the most brilliantly written and acted shows of all time!

Chris

True that.

I think we as fans of Arrested Development can take the Browncoats. What should Arrested Development people should be called.

The Charlie Browncoats?

Analrapists?

The Ann-Hogs?

I got nothing...

I almost think calling AD fans "analrapists" would be perfect. It fits with the show, it certainly has a double meaning, and just like the show itself: non-fans will be both shocked and confused by it.

The analrapists we shall become now in the line of Trekkies, Browncoats and whatever Star Wars geeks are called, we are now the first cult following of something that isn't science fiction related. Let's start sending baskets of bananas with messages like, "we know where you live, ha ha!" to ABC and Showtime.

While I like the Analrapists, I'm more of a Cornballer myself.

FROM FOX.COM KIDS

Heh, I like Cornballers better myself. :P

How about Hermanos?

The Anyongs

Les Cousins Dangerous?

AD fans should be called "Never Nudes".

cfg

(Proud Never Nude!)

There are dozens of us! DOZENS!!

AD did have theatrical ads. Before the show came out, Fox ran them along with ads for the Simpson's.

I saw them a few times when I used to do movie reviews. I remember one time where it ran and everyone was really loving it and laughing thier ass off. Then when it was revealed it was a TV show and not a movie 1/2 the audience "awww"ed. A guy in front of me said, "Ah, it's a TV show." I couldn't understand it. Why did these people care if wasn't a movie? They were loving it 10seconds ago?

Maybe Ron Howard can get a movie studio to do an Arrested Development movie.

HUH!??! HUH!??! HUH!??!

I was thinking Nevernudes too, or Motherboys.

DING! DING! DING! We have a winner.

Amen! Parts of that may be sig worthy....

Maybe they should have done something off the beaten path regarding the marketing then. One would think that this show would have a bigger cult following. Or maybe everyone else is right. Audiences are not sophisticated enough to like a smart show like this. I give up, America, I'm just gonna throw in the towel watch According to Jim and Family Guy

Motherboys sounds good, along with Cornballers. An Arrested Development movie could work and imagining the budget being less than Serenity, I think that an audience will go see a funny comedy with hits like the 40 year old Virgin and Wedding Crashers doing really well. It would have to more accessible to people who haven't seen AD, though.