michael bluth-related stories
Posted Jun 13th 2008 12:19PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Arrested Development, Video, Retro Squad, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
This week TV Squad has been paying tribute to
Arrested Development with special
Retro Squad pieces. I decided that I would highlight my favorite character from the show, GOB. After watching several episodes of
Arrested Development, I realized that I couldn't just narrow it down to the five greatest moments. I would have to do a list for each season.
You've already seen
Five greatest GOB moments (season one) and
Five greatest GOB moments (season two). After the jump, I have my favorite moments from season three.
Continue reading Five greatest GOB moments (season three) - VIDEOS
Posted Jun 11th 2008 11:04AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Arrested Development, Video, Retro Squad, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
The segue. The illusions. The initials. The menacing raspy voice, calling "Michael." GOB is my favorite character on
Arrested Development. And this week, I will pay tribute to him by bringing you The Five Greatest GOB Moments, one list per season.
It's gonna be good times after the jump!
Continue reading Five greatest GOB moments (season one) - VIDEOS
Posted Jun 10th 2008 11:04AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Arrested Development, Video, Retro Squad, Standout Episodes, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
Do not adjust your web browser. You are now entering the Retro Squad, where we are reviewing past episodes of classic TV shows.(S02E01) Here's the rundown. Michael and his son leave for Phoenix. Well, not really. Michael needs money so he ends up going back to his old life at the model home in order to track down the company check book.
While Michael tries to do something productive, the rest of the siblings are into the usual mischief. When she and Tobias decide to explore an open relationship, Lindsay falls for a real estate agent. Tobias readies himself to join the Blue Man Group, excited at this new acting opportunity. GOB, who has been put in charge of the company, finds the contracts with Saddam Hussein but inadvertently gives them to his father who is dressed up like Oscar, George Sr.'s twin brother. Buster reconnects with Uncle Oscar but gets enlisted in the army by Lucille.
And at the end of the day, the Bluths realize they all need each other. If they didn't, it wouldn't be
Arrested Development.
Continue reading Arrested Development: The One Where Michael Leaves (season two premiere) - VIDEO
Posted Jun 9th 2008 9:20AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Arrested Development, Video, Retro Squad, Standout Episodes, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
Do not adjust your web browser. You are now entering the Retro Squad, where we are reviewing past episodes of classic TV shows.(S01E01) Some shows come out of the gate with such a power that you can't help but stand up and take notice. For the far too few of us who happened to catch
Arrested Development when it premiered, it quickly established that it was going to be something a little different than the other comedy fare on the television. The trend at the time was moving toward the single camera format, that's almost become the norm for comedies nowadays (
The Office,
My Name is Earl, hell NBC's entire Thursday night lineup).
There was a time when audiences were less receptive to this kind of television. It was funny, but minus a laugh track. So while shows like
The King of Queens,
Everybody Loves Raymond and even
According to Jim had this comfortable format with the basic house set and laughter to cue us into the funny bits,
AD was something a bit more challenging. Perhaps it was just a few years ahead of its time, or perhaps it was on the wrong network (FOX), or perhaps it was just too smart for its own good.
Continue reading Arrested Development: Pilot (series premiere) - VIDEO
Posted Feb 14th 2006 10:15AM by Ryan j Budke
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, FOX, OpEd, Arrested Development
Here's the deal, if you missed the finale of
Arrested
Development Friday on FOX, well, you just aren't a true fan. Not only that, but you missed probably two of the
finest hours of TV comedy that have ever aired. I'm not sure that there was a plotline that didn't get some kind of
mention or wrap-up. Hilarious, funny, crazy, witty, comical, side-splitting, and uproarious are all terms I, and many
many others, have used to describe
Arrested Development in the past, but there was one word that wasn't
mentioned enough: perfection.
Arrested Development was treated like garbage by FOX. People can say what they
want about FOX giving it more time than most shows to "find its audience," but that's bull and we all know
it. Unless it's an immediate hit (with immediate gratification) networks just don't care about anything anymore (ABC's
handling of
Emily's Reasons Why Not was criminal), and FOX jumped
AD all over the place, putting it
on hiatus left and right, advertising showings that then disappeared, or just flat-out not advertising it at all. On
with the show!
Continue reading Arrested Development: The Finale
Posted Jan 18th 2006 10:08AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Arrested Development, Desperate Housewives, The O.C., The Simpsons, Will & Grace
On television, they live in McMansions and get a big, fat tax break for being in that upper-income bracket. In the
real world, they probably drive Subarus and are stressed out about paying for college. An article on a job website
explores the real-life salaries of some of our favorite characters, including the improbable bank account of
Sex
and the City's Carrie Bradshaw (I never said the article was brand new). It seems, as a sex columnist in NYC,
Carrie probably would've earned $57,000. In Manhattan? That's poverty!
Other characters and their real-life
salaries:
Continue reading News flash: TV Characters' salaries unrealistic
Posted Dec 20th 2005 3:41PM by Ryan j Budke
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, FOX, OpEd, Arrested Development
One of, if not
the greatest parts of
Arrested Development is the layers their jokes have. Everytime you think they've reached the final punchline,
they throw one more at you. It's like a comedy snowball rolling downhill at you, and there's no escape. Now, I've heard
a lot of people say that one of their reasons for not watching
Arrested Development is because it's too
"daunting". They haven't watched it since the beginning and they don't think they'd get it now. Well, Dave, a
buddy of mine, was over last night and had never seen a single episode. I think he laughed harder than I did. So to all
those out there that haven't give this show a chance, I give it the "
Dave Dunn seal of approval", take the plunge. On
with the show!
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