For those of you exposed to Arrested Development many a years ago when it first came on air, congrats to you!!!
Those of you like me, who tried watching and never grasped it, I encourage you to check it out now.
My boss lent me the DVDs for the 1st 2 seasons and halfway through the 2nd season, I'm starting to get that sadness that comes with cancelled TV shows on DVD. You love the show, but you're aware that there's only so many episodes left until it's all over and done.
This show is a serialized sitcom and that's why it never was a huge success. If you tune into one episode, you literally have no clue what's going on. Plus, you miss a bunch of the laughs that come from knowing all the back story.
Essentially, the story follows a family who's one son tries to hold everybody together after their father is sent to prison for naughty dealings. The mother is hilarious as she's a cold hearted bitch. The eldest son is a magician, who's a completely dick. The youngest son still loves and obeys his mother's every whim. The responsisble son's son is wickedly awkward with his crush on his possible cousin, Maebe. Plus there's great guest stars in Liza Minelli (surprisingly coherent), Henry Winkler, and Carl Weathers.
If you want to watch something marathon style over a rainy weekend, I strongly suggest this show. The 2nd season keeps getting stonger and it's amazing how well the writer connect EVERYTHING!!!
Check it out!
Those of you like me, who tried watching and never grasped it, I encourage you to check it out now.
My boss lent me the DVDs for the 1st 2 seasons and halfway through the 2nd season, I'm starting to get that sadness that comes with cancelled TV shows on DVD. You love the show, but you're aware that there's only so many episodes left until it's all over and done.
This show is a serialized sitcom and that's why it never was a huge success. If you tune into one episode, you literally have no clue what's going on. Plus, you miss a bunch of the laughs that come from knowing all the back story.
Essentially, the story follows a family who's one son tries to hold everybody together after their father is sent to prison for naughty dealings. The mother is hilarious as she's a cold hearted bitch. The eldest son is a magician, who's a completely dick. The youngest son still loves and obeys his mother's every whim. The responsisble son's son is wickedly awkward with his crush on his possible cousin, Maebe. Plus there's great guest stars in Liza Minelli (surprisingly coherent), Henry Winkler, and Carl Weathers.
If you want to watch something marathon style over a rainy weekend, I strongly suggest this show. The 2nd season keeps getting stonger and it's amazing how well the writer connect EVERYTHING!!!
Check it out!
3 comments:
I was properly hooked on AD. Don't forget about the adopted Korean son! The show is full of sexual inuendos (gay being the obvious one, but going as far as incestuous). They managed to turn 'awkward' into hilarious, which is not easy to do. And the magic show stuff is hilarious (notice they actually give away some magic tricks in the show while the show is about him being supposed to protect the code, and in doing that the show is breaking a real-world magician code). Too clever.
Oh there's sooo many things to go over!! The Korean son has been gone for awhile. Did he just up and leave?
Poor Tobias and all the 'gay' things that come out of his mouth. :)
The awkwardness is def. the new fad, when it comes to comedy. 'The Office', '30 Rock', and 'AD' all do good at perfecting it.
It's taken you this long.
Holy freak.
Only like one of my fave shows.
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