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It\'s been a rough year for Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) on Best Comedy Emmy Winner "Arrested Development". He\'s seen his son George Michael (the surprisingly innocent but funny Michael Cera) draw distant at times, his father George Sr. (Emmy Nominee Jeffrey Tambor) go to jail, convert to Judaism in prison, and lie about accounts, his mother Lucille (The Emmy Snub Jessica Walter) just flat out lie to him, seen his older brother Gob (Scene Stealing Will Arnett) with the woman he wanted, his little brother Buster (Tony Hale) date a woman with the same name as his mother (the shockingly hilarious Liza Minelli, who WILL return this year) and his sister Lindsay and husband Tobias make purchases they can\'t make.
Oh, and George Sr. escaped from the hospital after faking a heart attack. It\'d been quite a year for Michael, but he\'s happy, and why? To quote narrator Ron Howard from way back in the Pilot "Because he\'s decided to never speak to these people EVER AGAIN"
He\'s not getting out easy. Again. It\'s Arrested Development. It\'s TV\'s best comedy and here are a few of the reasons YOU have not to miss this jovial half hour of dark comedy
1. It\'s now airing after "The Simpsons"
Yes, Fox made the bold move of moving the comedy to it\'s most coveted comedy slot. Gone are competition like "Law & Order:CI", new hit "Desperate Housewives", "Alias", the CBS Movie, and the cable hits like "The Sopranos" and the stylistically similar "Curb Your Enthusiasm. Also gone is the fading, incompatible lead-in of "Malcolm in the Middle". Now, it goes against shows with different audiences (Extreme Makeover:Home Edition and Cold Case). As long as they take in 90% of the still healthy "Simpson" lead-in, it will survive.
2. It\'s from Ron Howard
Are you really going to tell me your not going to watch a show narrated by Executive Producer Ron Howard\'s soothing voice. You\'re saying you don\'t trust Opie?
3. Guest Stars
This show gets the most unusual, surprisingly shining guest stars. It\'s one of those shows, like NBC\'s "Scrubs", where ANYONE can shine. Here\'s a list of Season 1\'s many guests:
Henry Winkler (for 6 episodes at that)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2 eps.)
Liza Minelli (7 eps.)
Heather Graham
Bob Odenkirk
Carl Weathers
Amy Poehler (Will Arnett\'s husband, who did 4 eps.)
James Lipton (3 eps.)
Here\'s some guests for season 2:
Liza Minelli (Returning)
Carl Weathers (Returning)
Michael Moore
The OC cast (CROSSOVER)
Justine Bateman
4. Becauses it\'s just simply the funniest, quirkiest, most original half-hour of American television in years. \'Nuff said.
(Arrested Development premieres it\'s 2nd Season Sunday, November 7, at 8:30PM on Fox.)
please, people. watch this show.
great to have the show back! good episode last night, though i usually like them better the second time around..
"I just blue myself."
"There\'s gotta be a better way to say that."
:lol:
Tobias\' accidental airhorn was great!
the Michael Moore was dead on.
\'like anyone would want to "R" her!\' rotfl
and the \'on the next...\' segment, with winkler in jail.. \'i am having the time of my life! hey, dr. hate!\' :thumbsup:
while i think the new timeslot is definitely a good decision, i think football games running over will hurt the ratings over the next month and a half, pushing AD up against Desperate Housewives on the east coast. hopefully FOX realizes this, and waits it out, rather than making any rash decisions. i was pretty pissed that i wasn\'t able to catch AD in hidef last night, since i had DH recording. hopefully this won\'t happen every week.
