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Jun 30
2009
03:25 PM ET
Why are we still bananas for 'Arrested Development'?
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Any show that can get a coherent, cohesive and brilliant performance out of Liza with a Z surely deserves a Nobel prize. I think my favorite line ever is Liza answering the door for GOB and telling her poker buddies to “take a powder, boys”. Who know she had such great timing? That said Lucille Bluth is my personal hero and I could watch her deliver her lines over and over again. I still use her Jimmy Kimmel (“I don’t know who that is. And I don’t care to find out”) response as often as I can in casual conversation.
This show was incredibly funny and kept people watching, even though the serie was cut short and reruns are all over the place. Also, I thought Ron Howard and the cast we all set with “Arrested Development: THE FILM” and that the cast was on board and pre-production was starting.
Fox made a terrible mistake canceling the show-it was rewarding for those who paid attention-you had to watch carefully but if you did you got rewarded with hilarious stuff that it might have take several episodes to pay off-never have I felt as smart watching a TV comedy as I did watching Arrested Development
I feel like the comedy on “AD” felt new, fresh and different. Wether it was or not, I loved getting sucked into the dysfunctional Bluth family, where every character got their thirty seconds of fame. Plus, “AD” had eight thousand jokes a minute. Seriously, so many jokes! And the inset pictures to illustrate (or not illustrate) jokes, and the narration voice-over, and how loveable GOB and Michael were…
And seriously, find me a funnier sight gag than Tobias’ “analrapist” card. I dare you.
It’s my all time favorite show. Was just re-watching it yet again on hulu.
Mister F
I just watched a epsiode on Hulu.com and laughed my ass off at it!! I am shocked Fox got rid of it
Because it lets us taste the happy!
Speculate all you want, but no show in the history or future of television will provide what Arrested Development provided: brilliant writers, producers, and directors, plus a phenomenal cast with extraordinary on-screen chemistry, and a humor and warmth that made me want to be one of the “cold,hard Bluths.”
Some could easily call Hurwitz, Howard, and Chandrasekhar media geniuses, who cracked the code of TV comedy. That said, it’s a tough code to crack, and one that may not be cracked again….sorry to say.
For now, I still continue to watch the three seasons on DVD, foolishly hoping that somehow a fourth missed season will surface. And, like all those fans who have continued to struggle with TBA (the addiction to Arrested Development), I will pray that the 2010 movie comes out and breaks the box office!
When Gob first sees Ann and says, Is that George Michael’s girlfriend? What is she funny or something? or my favorite Tobias line, “I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run, if you will, so now I’m afraid i have something of a mess on my hands.”
That’s effing gold.
it is awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Everyone says that it had low ratings, and it was cancelled, because you had to pay attention, watch every episode….I agree that’s how it should be. However, if that’s the case, WTF is up with Lost? It’s the biggest thing since sliced bread, and I just don’t get it. Maybe it’s the fact you do need to be somewhat intelligent for AD. That’s all I can think of. Then again, we do live in a world where music is dominated by “Look at me I’m so ghetto and I can talk to a beat.” *shakes head* I give up.