Arrested Development was just on Fox

[Jobber of the Week 0]

I rented the first two DVDs of this show and while it starts off strong ("OH MY GOD, WE'RE HAVING A FIIIIIRRRREE..sale.") it very quickly loses it's momentum and just becomes Yet Another Sitcom.

 

Bleh, not worthy of all the praise. It has all the production values of an HBO original series, though, I'll give em that.

[The Czech Republic 0]

Well, I'm sorry, but you're wrong. It's never Yet Another Sitcom. Even the worst episodes (the slapstick one with Martin Short comes to mind) have better writing than that Will & Grace shit.

[Hank Kingsley 0]

Jobber of the Week clearly did not see "Pier Pressure" before calling it "Yet Another Sitcom".

[bob_barron 0]

Isn't Pier Pressure on Disc 3?

 

AD does lose a little steam in the middle of season 1, but even the episodes that aren't laugh out loud funny, still get me hooked because I love seeing the plot unravel.

[The Czech Republic 0]

I don't like Julia-Louis Dreyfus's episodes that much, actually.

[bob_barron 0]

I love them.

 

The dog walking into the trash bin had me on the floor, and anything with Barry is comedy gold.

[Hank Kingsley 0]

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of Lizer.

 

But everything in season two from Motherboy to the finale is nothing short of amazing.

[Hank Kingsley 0]

 

That's...a lot of orange. And where the hell is GOB. This was his season as much as Michael's.

 

Anyway, October 11th.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

The show is about Michael, not GOB. The entire Bluth family can play all the supporting and main roles they want but at the end of the day it's a story about Michael.

[treble 0]

"I'm calling it 'Tricks' lemmefinish 'Around The Office'"

 

And George-Michael's Star Wars video!

[Coolclint 0]

Does anyone have that .gif of Barry jumping over the shark?

[The Czech Republic 0]

Downhome probably has the whole show in .gif form.

 

 

GOB: "But then I'll have to say I had sex with her. And I'm a terrible liar."

Narrator: "Both of those statements were lies."

[Placebo Effect 0]

I didn't notice the MOTHERBOY XXX until seeing that episode for the fifth time last night.

[Boner Kawanger 0]

Season Three, Episode One Spoilers:

 

Oscar and George switched places, with Oscar not agreeing to the switcharoo. Oscar, who's now in jail, keeps saying that they've got the wrong twin! But no one believes him. Gob seems to bond with Steve Holt and even invites him to a cabin the family has in the woods. Michael travels to Reno. Tobias works as a waiter.

[Hank Kingsley 0]

So, why did Fox skip Sword of Destiny in the reruns? The four-block on Friday consisted of Motherboy, The Immaculate Election, then Meet the Veals and Spring Breakout.

 

Did somebody say "wonder"?

[The Czech Republic 0]

So, why did Fox skip Sword of Destiny in the reruns? The four-block on Friday consisted of Motherboy, The Immaculate Election, then Meet the Veals and Spring Breakout.

 

Did somebody say "wonder"?

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Is that the one where Michael is mad about the house order being cut from 22 to 18?

[Guest Askewniverse]

Yes.

 

Michael was also pissed about the company being moved to another floor.

[Special K 0]

I've said it once, I'll say it again: AD is already, after two seasons, my favorite show of all time. The only shows that come close in comedy for me in the last decade are Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, and I like Ad better than either.

[Boner Kawanger 0]

Season Three Spoiler concerning Barry

 

The-OPO is reporting that Henry Winkler will be replaced by Andy Griffith

 

I will be so thrilled if this is true. Which it probably is.

[ZGangsta 0]

I've said it once, I'll say it again: AD is already, after two seasons, my favorite show of all time. The only shows that come close in comedy for me in the last decade are Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, and I like Ad better than either.

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I totally agree. I rank AD as wy favorite show of all time as well. Hell, I was leaning that way after the first season alone. Can't wait for the new season and the DVD.

[Boner Kawanger 0]

The Andy Griffith news was unsurprisingly ruled untrue. Sorry, I was hopeful. Here's the true story.

 

Chachi is horning in on Fonzie's turf.

 

 

The Happy Days-obssessed masterminds of Arrested Development have tapped

Scott Baio to take over as Bluth family lawyer this season, replacing

Henry Winkler, who's heading off to his own series, CBS' Out of Practice.

 

"I just got the call on Friday," Baio tells E! Online TV columnist Kristin Veitch. "I play their attorney. I'm taking over for Barry Zuckerkorn. And I'm just here to represent the family in whatever's going on in this nutty show."

 

Baio's character will have some low standards to live down to. In Development's two seasons, Zuckerkorn (whose Website is BarryGood.biz) has managed to stay employed despite some utterly inept lawyering and potentially deviant behavior.

 

It's the second big casting coup in recent days. Last week, Fox announced that Oscar winner

Charlize Theron would appear in five episodes as a British woman who becomes the love interest of Michael Bluth (

Jason Bateman).

 

The Emmy-winning series kicks off its third season Sept. 19 in a new time slot, 8 p.m. on Mondays. Theron will make her debut in the second episode; Baio will make his grand entrance the following week. So far, he's only signed for a one-off appearance.

 

Winkler (who in a wink to his Fonzified past, literally jumped a shark last season) costars with

Stockard Channing as divorced doctors in CBS' Out of the Closet. The series premieres Sept. 15.

 

Baio's big break came as Fonzie's cousin Charles "Chachi" Arcola in the 1977 season of ABC's Happy Days. He eventually fell for Joanie Cunningham (

Erin Moran), got a spinoff (Joanie Loves Chachi) and returned in time for Happy Days' final season in 1984, which ended with Joanie and Chachi getting hitched. In the intervening years he's mostly been relegated to TV movies and guest-starring roles. Baio's last series was supposed to be the 1997 Fox sitcom Rewind, but it was scrapped before it even made it to air.

 

Most recently he appeared as himself in the werewolf flick Cursed and joined the rest of the Happy Days campers for an ABC reunion special.

 

Arrested Development's Happy Days roots run deep. Aside from Winkler and Baio, erstwhile Richie Cunningham

Ron Howard produces the show through his Imagine Entertainment and also serves as the series' narrator.

 

"We're thrilled to have Chachi here," cracks Will Arnett (Gob Bluth). "I'm hoping

Pat Morita is next."

[Ripper 0]

well thats just shoddy reporting. How do you talk about Scott Baio and not mention Charles in Charge or him directing the Parkers. Shoddy shoddy reporting.