{"id":22145,"date":"2017-03-18T12:46:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T12:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/jobarrow\/31-times-arrested-development-was-the-cleverest-program-on-t"},"modified":"2017-03-18T12:46:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T12:46:05","slug":"32-times-arrested-development-was-the-cleverest-program-on-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/22145","title":{"rendered":"32 Times \u201cArrested Development\u201d Was The Cleverest Program On Television"},"content":{"rendered":"
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNothing will ever<\/i> effectively hide Arrested Development’s thunder.<\/b>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t Such as here, when Buster and Lucille competed in the Motherboy Competition and the narrator quipped about copyright infringement. (You’ll also notice that “Motherboy” is comprised of several cast members from the show.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t FOX<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t FOX<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Carl and Tobias meet to discuss Tobias’ upcoming role in Scandalmakers in a Burger King, they then have this conversation:<\/p>\n Carl Weathers<\/b>: Thanks for meeting me down here at Burger King. I’m trying to get them to underwrite a new TV project I’m working on. Get some money in exchange for setting a scene here at Burger King.<\/p>\n Tobias<\/b>: Well, as long as you don’t draw attention to it. <\/p>\n The producers of the show actually received money for this product placement from Burger King, although the show undermined the restaurant chain by partially concealing the G in Angus Burger every time a poster for it was in shot.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n FOX<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t ABC<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t This depicts Henry Winkler jumping over a shark. The phrase “jumping the shark” comes from when Winkler, as Fonzie in Happy Days, literally waterskis over a shark and refers to when a show is about to decline substantially in quality, as signposted by one ridiculous scene.<\/p>\n To add further insult to injury, this happens as Barry Zuckerkorn is on his way to Burger King.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t Fox<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Fox<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t FOX<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t FOX<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t One says “HEMISPHERECTOMY SURGERY” which is surgery that removes half of your brain. Common side effects of this include “arrested development” and loss of extremities such as feet and hands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t This is a reference to the fact that Lindsay might not be Michael’s biological sister. Nellie is able to finish Michael’s sentence because she is acted by Jason Bateman’s real life sister, Justine Bateman.<\/p>\n (Bonus: The scene between Lindsay and Michael even makes it into a song from Frozen.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n Fox<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Fox<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Fox<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t FOX<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t FOX<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t FOX<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t In season one, Gob marries a seal trainer (acted by Amy Poehler). <\/p>\n Buster skips out on Army to play a claw<\/b> game where he wins a stuffed seal. <\/p>\n In the episode Buster loses his hand, George Bluth says about him, “What if I never get a chance to reach out and touch that hand of his again?” <\/p>\n Buster refers to his hand-shaped chair which had been given to Lupe and says, “I never thought I’d miss a hand<\/b> so much.”<\/p>\n Later, as Gob releases the infamous seal into the sea, he says “You’re not going to be hand-fed<\/b> anymore.”<\/p>\n Shortly before his hand is bitten off, a pedestrian warns Buster of a “loose seal” – creating a parallel between the seal that bites off his hand, and Lucille, his overbearing mother.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t Buster skips out on Army to play a claw<\/b> game where he wins a stuffed seal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t In the episode Buster loses his hand, George Bluth says about him, “What if I never get a chance to reach out and touch that hand of his again?”<\/p>\n Even the seal has a backstory: Gob married a seal trainer, when she leaves for army, he begins to use a seal in one of his acts. However, the seal gets a taste for mammal blood when a cat is trapped in one of the boxes with it. Afraid, Gob then releases the seal into the sea, saying: “You’re not going to be hand-fed<\/b> anymore.””<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\n1.<\/span> “Arrested Development” was sued by the rap group “Arrested Development” for copyright infringement. They then made several pointed references to this throughout the show.<\/h2> \t\t\t
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Also, in season 1, episode 11, a newspaper that flashes up on screen includes an article titled “Musician sues restaurant over use of name”.<\/h2> \t\t\t
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\n2.<\/span> When they included the most meta product placement ever.<\/h2>\t\t
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\n3.<\/span> References are made throughout to previous roles actors in the show have had.<\/h2>\t\t
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\n4.<\/span> It also gave birth to this glorious moment.<\/h2> \t\t\t
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\n5.<\/span> Similarly, when George Bluth mistook Saddam Hussein for the “Soup Nazi” he wasn’t entirely wrong.<\/h2>\t\t
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The Saddam Hussein impersonator in the blue shirt is actually Larry Thomas, the man who played the “Soup Nazi” in Seinfeld.<\/h2> \t\t\t
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\n6.<\/span> When George Michael Bluth’s shirt exactly matched the candies he was eating.<\/h2> \t\t\t
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\n7.<\/span> When Maeby is maybe George Michael’s cousin.<\/h2>\t\t
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\n8.<\/span> Whenever Gob approaches someone on his Segway, he always segues the conversation to what he wants to talk about.<\/h2> \t\t\t
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\n9.<\/span> In season 1, Buster pulls out folders of all the studies he’s participated in.<\/h2> \t\t\t
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\n10.<\/span> Lindsay is unable to finish Michael’s sentences..<\/h2> \t\t\t
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…but Nellie can.<\/h2> \t\t\t
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\n11.<\/span> The vehicles with which the authorities spy on the Bluths all have the inconspicuous brand of “Blendin”.<\/h2>\t\t
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\n12.<\/span> When they foreshadow Buster getting his hand bitten off by a seal to an almost ridiculous extent.<\/h2>\t\t
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\n13.<\/span> When they foreshadow Buster getting his hand bitten off to an almost ridiculous extent.<\/h2> \t\t\t
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Buster refers to his hand-shaped chair which had been given to Lupe:<\/h2> \t\t\t
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He also sits on this bench creating the message “Arm Off”.<\/h2> \t\t\t
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\n14.<\/span> The episode after Buster loses his hand, there’s a wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man who is also missing a hand.<\/h2> \t\t\t
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