The "Pier Pressure" episode is the one that made me realize how special this show was, a fake drug deal precipitated by a real one that culminated in the message "and thats why you don't teach your son lessons" . Brilliant
Okay, but how do you know that your favorite actors haven't done the same thing but haven't been called out on it. Are we going to suddenly deny that shows like the cosby show were bad, or that they couldn't have taught people anything because of what an actor did? Do you stop following a band or a sports team because a member beat his wife? Because you can pretty much guarantee that with the number of players on each sports team, statistically, one of them has to have beaten a spouse, been involved in dog fighting, gang shit, drug shit or other major character flaw/issues and crimes.
THERES ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND! Her? I’m afraid I just blue myself. But where did the lighter fluid come from? “It’s not easy being white...” Not magic... ILLUSION! NO TOUCHING! Marry me! and many, many, more. Thank you, Arrested Development, for infinite laughs.
@@seanwilks7712 Steve Holt !!! Come on !!! Characters winking akwardly Sad Charlie Brown walk That was a freeby You're a crook Captain Hook, Judge won't you throw the book at the pirate He/You certainly has/have a type Say goodbye to these (lifts up shirt), because its the last time you are going to be seeing them Take a look at banner Michael George Michael while referring to the French : "I like the way they think"
Man.. Cross was the best in Scary Movie 2 and he was in MIB.. Also cross has said in many interviews that the producer didn’t want him to wear facial hair, a hat, or puffy shirts… David fought all of that and in the first episode he has a moustache, bandana, and a pirate shirt… Best story ever
I heard a different story of Will Arnett's audition: that he played it really sleazy, but was told to play it again as if he thinks he's a really nice guy who has no idea that what he says is appalling.
Superbad co-writer Evan Goldberg didn't stop watching Arrested Development because he thought Cera was terrible or he didn't like him. He stopped watching so that he wouldn't identify Cera with the George Michael character and end up writing his Superbad character the same way. 5:01
i'm disappointed with how much netflix's take on arrested development made me dislike tobias. i feel like not putting him in enough situations with the other main cast and choosing to focus on him, his son, and debrie made his actions and dialogue more unfunny :( david cross is fantastic as tobias and nails it perfectly despite not being given the best script later on
The ratings stayed the same because everyone who figured out what time to watch it watched religiously, but no one else could tell what time it was and fox would never tell us
Portia de Rossi is fantastic in "Better off Ted" which is a fantastic comedy that has an 8.2 on Imdb - and for good reason. Of course, it's another comedy that was so good it was cancelled - this time after only one season. And Jessica Walter was not "even" in a Clint Eastwood movie. She was in a GREAT Clint Eastwood movie that has a 7.0 on Imdb - "Play Misty for me" is an excellent film. Should have higher than a 7.0.
Jessica Walter was superb in Play Misty for Me (1971). It was hard watching it not thinking her of being a young Lucille there. Also the year of release of the movie suggests to me that Clint Eastwood was Buster's real father.
The individual who created the show was inspired by The Godfather AKA The Sopranos family, if you think about it they had two cousins that had incest relationship, the father of the family didn't trust the oldest son with the responsibilities of the family so he gave it to the younger son, AKA Michael in Arrested Development
4 & 5 are fine, the comedic timing and joke filled scenes are still there, the plots are a little more out there (particularly with season 4) but a lot of that has to do with scheduling issues. which they make into a joke itself in season 5.
Edgy Teenager 33 I haven’t had a tv in 8 years, I will take your word for it about current shows because they were all totally bad then, I’m sure they’re worse now. I just didn’t laugh through most of seasons 4 and 5, and I laughed continuously through every episode 1-3. I’ll try again, maybe I was in a bad mood.
development arrested I’ll revisit them, maybe it will click. Most sit coms might make me smile, but rarely an actual laugh. Seasons 1-3 made me belly laugh every episode, I guess I had my hopes up for that, and it just didn’t happen
absolutely fantastic research and script. you really dove deep into what made this show great and created a window into the show's composition. There were a couple instances where your diction and speed made it difficult to understand what you were saying and i feel there were a few edits where you didn't leave enough time to focus on what you had cut to. overall i found this video essay engaging and informative and look forward to watching more of your content!
It always amuses me when the people who got me into AD say the Netflix seasons were crap. I ask them how many time they watched it and they reply once. I then ask them what they told me was one of the best bits about the show... The jokes you picked up on during rewatches. They then realise they have made a huge mistake!
one of Portia De Rossi's bet roles was Veronica Palmer in Better Off Ted. That show also only got a few seasons and was cancelled way before it's time, and was absolutely BRILLIANTLY funny. She was one of the best parts of the show!
Favorites from first season? My mother, the car. Fantastic episode. Side note, Lindsay spearing a frog by accident and the sound effect that went with it
The biggest revelation from this video is that "recent" could somehow be modified to the comparative "recenter." Also, what was the name of that ONE movie when Michael Cera played a sort of bumbling and social awkward geeky kid? It was on the tip of my tongue, now I can't remember. I'll figure it out later.
3:43 No no no no no not character death spoilers quick pause the video! IT'S NOT PAUSING AHHHH! "Fan-favourite characters like Buster's hand." You got me there, buddy.
this is the 1st fact video ive seen thats not a bunch of junk. im 15 minutes in and basically thought i was watching a documentary until i looked at the title again.
1. Banana stand is said to be on balboa island, but it’s actually shot on the sidewalk in front of Marina Del Rey docks (I live a mile from balboa island and noticed it looked nothing like it does down there) 2. A lot of season 4 is set on uc Irvine campus, but it’s not UCI, it’s Occidental (I went to Uci, so noticed immediately it wasn’t the campus) 3. Bren center, where the blu man group performed, does exist on UCI campus 4. Jeffery Tambor is a nice guy in person, met him while at a restaurant on sunset.
1:52 This is an interesting way to describe it, considering that Howard is the co-owner of Imagine Entertainment (Imagine Television's parent company).
107 Facts about Arrested Development?
"I don't know what I expected" - Michael Bluth
Cinematica, please do 107 facts about Rosanne! (original sitcom)
you're talking way too fast, can't reflect a second after a bit of information.
107 facts and none about chicken Dan's cmon
Cinematica you should be Me. Manager
Lol. Dead dove, don't eat.
"Will Arnett had no previous experience with magic" same as GOB then
denisdonn lol
He had no experience with ILLUSIONS
pretty much lmao
The "Pier Pressure" episode is the one that made me realize how special this show was, a fake drug deal precipitated by a real one that culminated in the message "and thats why you don't teach your son lessons" . Brilliant
Honestly the pilot sold me - jokes like “BUSTER - you can’t do that on the balcony, buddy” and “I don’t care for Gob”
AntacidChain I thought these were funny ish but just things to say. Do they have deeper meaning or something?
And so, Netflix gave them a chance for anustart
Boy, that is a mouthful.
jonoinvielleicht I just blue myself for the first time in two years
You blow hard!!!
Tobias
Gee, you must feel like confidence man 2 with the amount of likes that comment got
Buster is the most hilarious character of the series. Him competing with Annyong for the love of Mother is one of the best moments of the show.
London Girl 3101 Hello!
Annoyong
Here's 10 dollars, go see a star war
Oh yeah the guy with the 10 dollar fake hand is better than the guy with the 5300 DOLLAR SUIT, COME ON!!!
Hello
Probably THE best ensemble of characters for a show ever.
Why is this show so underrated?!?!?!
Mark G it really wasn't.
I guess the same way Firefly is underrated
Wesley Read Because It was too intelligent
Wesley Read because it's not that good
Okay, but how do you know that your favorite actors haven't done the same thing but haven't been called out on it. Are we going to suddenly deny that shows like the cosby show were bad, or that they couldn't have taught people anything because of what an actor did? Do you stop following a band or a sports team because a member beat his wife? Because you can pretty much guarantee that with the number of players on each sports team, statistically, one of them has to have beaten a spouse, been involved in dog fighting, gang shit, drug shit or other major character flaw/issues and crimes.
I saw the notification and blue myself.
I prematurely shot my wad at what was supposed to be a dry run... Now I got a bit of a mess on my hands
7th AngelAD this needs more likes
7th AngelAD 😂😂
@@michi9955 XD
... away.
THERES ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND!
Her?
I’m afraid I just blue myself.
But where did the lighter fluid come from?
“It’s not easy being white...”
Not magic... ILLUSION!
NO TOUCHING!
Marry me!
and many, many, more.
Thank you, Arrested Development, for infinite laughs.
@@seanwilks7712
Steve Holt !!!
Come on !!!
Characters winking akwardly
Sad Charlie Brown walk
That was a freeby
You're a crook Captain Hook, Judge won't you throw the book at the pirate
He/You certainly has/have a type
Say goodbye to these (lifts up shirt), because its the last time you are going to be seeing them
Take a look at banner Michael
George Michael while referring to the French : "I like the way they think"
It ain't easy being white *it ain't easy being brown* all this pressure to be bright *I got kids all over town*
An illusion, Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money... or cocaine.
Bob Loblaw Law Blog
You got a stew going baby
Get this.... Beverly hills
@@clalyrics441 ... Or candy
Michael Cera as a kid looks so unbelievably different from him as a grown up, its kinda weird
Puberty did him no favors that's for sure.
> be written as a guest star
> be "a good sport"
> become recurring character
LOL! "[killing off] fan favourite characters... like Buster's hand"
John Watkins 😂😂
Love this show so much so many hidden jokes
It's one of those shows you can immediately rewatch and catch 10 things you completely missed the first time!
@T Dowling Who is a "sex harasser" and why the fuck are you defining willful blindness? You seem like a dumbarse.
T Dowling what the actual fuck are you going on about?
Bees??
@@DirectorsChoiceher?
"I just don't think you should spend all of your money getting egg all glittered-up for Easter."
The first season of arrested development is comedic gold
Man.. Cross was the best in Scary Movie 2 and he was in MIB.. Also cross has said in many interviews that the producer didn’t want him to wear facial hair, a hat, or puffy shirts… David fought all of that and in the first episode he has a moustache, bandana, and a pirate shirt… Best story ever
The most clever shows always get cancelled early. Same with Community, but they’ll let some mediocre sitcom stay on for 10 years.
If “comedian” Andy Dick played Tobias I think the show would have a disaster, Cross made this show legendary
I heard a different story of Will Arnett's audition: that he played it really sleazy, but was told to play it again as if he thinks he's a really nice guy who has no idea that what he says is appalling.
Mark Boyes his character is sleazy, but ditzy too lol
alexhrtcore Agreed, that’s sort of the point of character, he’s a asshole who doesn’t know he’s a asshole.
@@kevinbacon5492 aren't they all assholes who don't know they're assholes?
@@HERSHISKISS I think George knows he is. Lol
Bojack
Superbad co-writer Evan Goldberg didn't stop watching Arrested Development because he thought Cera was terrible or he didn't like him. He stopped watching so that he wouldn't identify Cera with the George Michael character and end up writing his Superbad character the same way. 5:01
Her?
Egg?
Way to plank
Plant?
She’s funny
Jeremy Piven as Michael Bluth!?!? YIKES. We Arrested fans dodged a bullet there.
Whats wrong with Jeremy Piven? He can be a pretty good actor imo
Why do so many people seem to forget this show even exists?? I love it, it deserves much more attention and love.
Missed opportunity: Should've introduced myself as "Mr. Manager"
"Mr.Manager!" [Mr.F music]
Just manager, buddy
We just say manager.
But you just said...
Doesn't matter who
i'm disappointed with how much netflix's take on arrested development made me dislike tobias. i feel like not putting him in enough situations with the other main cast and choosing to focus on him, his son, and debrie made his actions and dialogue more unfunny :( david cross is fantastic as tobias and nails it perfectly despite not being given the best script later on
They also ruined Michael's character, unfortunately.
@@zqxzqxzqx1 The ongoing thing with Michael and George Michael banging the same woman: that was gross.
And also buster’s character
Agreed. He went from being my absolute favourite to most disliked character 😵💫
"Everyone got along on the set"
Except, again, ironically, Jessica Walter and Jeffrey Tambor (apparently).
It seemed to be only one incident, but a pretty terrible one at that anyways
What happened?
Jeffrey lost it and yelled at her for not knowing the lines she was just handed. She was very upset. This was during the shooting of season 5
:(@@downhomesunset
This show is insanely thorough, that's why I think it should keep going, no matter how bad the reviews are
"Fan favorite characters like Buster's hand"....
I'm not sure Mother would approve of this list...
We should call her.
Yeah...Mom's awesome!
Her?
Baby, you got a stew going!
The ratings stayed the same because everyone who figured out what time to watch it watched religiously, but no one else could tell what time it was and fox would never tell us
God damn, arrested development should have been on HBO or showtime from day one
*This show was too smart for TV. It's a shame it was canceled.* 😢
There’s always money in the banana stand!
No touching!
i never wanted this to end
I also loved the Happy Days reference when Zuckercorn jumps over a dead shark on some docks by the ocean. Subtle....but hilarious!
SPEECH SPEECH SPEECH!!!
At no one in particular
I watched for 20 minutes before I found this is only about season one.
Cera’s acting was so brilliant
“Fan favorite characters like Buster’s hand” 😂😂❤️❤️❤️
What is wrong with American viewers. This show was and still is totally brilliant!
You know say what you will about America, thirteen bucks still gets you a hell of a lot of mice.
yeah that's the problem... it was too brilliant for them lol
I love it
Portia de Rossi is fantastic in "Better off Ted" which is a fantastic comedy that has an 8.2 on Imdb - and for good reason. Of course, it's another comedy that was so good it was cancelled - this time after only one season.
And Jessica Walter was not "even" in a Clint Eastwood movie. She was in a GREAT Clint Eastwood movie that has a 7.0 on Imdb - "Play Misty for me" is an excellent film. Should have higher than a 7.0.
Jessica Walter was superb in Play Misty for Me (1971). It was hard watching it not thinking her of being a young Lucille there. Also the year of release of the movie suggests to me that Clint Eastwood was Buster's real father.
The individual who created the show was inspired by The Godfather AKA The Sopranos family, if you think about it they had two cousins that had incest relationship, the father of the family didn't trust the oldest son with the responsibilities of the family so he gave it to the younger son, AKA Michael in Arrested Development
I wanna cry, season 4 and 5 are just not the same
I enjoyed this, now I want to watch seasons 1-3 all over again. 4 and 5, sadly never again.
TJ Wash Come on, 4 and 5 are still better than most comedies on TV currently.
4 & 5 are fine, the comedic timing and joke filled scenes are still there, the plots are a little more out there (particularly with season 4) but a lot of that has to do with scheduling issues. which they make into a joke itself in season 5.
Edgy Teenager 33 I haven’t had a tv in 8 years, I will take your word for it about current shows because they were all totally bad then, I’m sure they’re worse now. I just didn’t laugh through most of seasons 4 and 5, and I laughed continuously through every episode 1-3. I’ll try again, maybe I was in a bad mood.
Edgy Teenager 33 I liked the AD reference Come on! Very clever
development arrested I’ll revisit them, maybe it will click. Most sit coms might make me smile, but rarely an actual laugh. Seasons 1-3 made me belly laugh every episode, I guess I had my hopes up for that, and it just didn’t happen
NO TOUCHING!!
Rainn Wilson would’ve been hysterical as Gob but I’m glad we got Will
My brother and i watched that first episode in 2003. We were hooked!
yummyjackalmeat as was buster
ataridc haha nice
I'm mad at myself for not discovering the show until the 5th season came out.
absolutely fantastic research and script. you really dove deep into what made this show great and created a window into the show's composition. There were a couple instances where your diction and speed made it difficult to understand what you were saying and i feel there were a few edits where you didn't leave enough time to focus on what you had cut to. overall i found this video essay engaging and informative and look forward to watching more of your content!
It always amuses me when the people who got me into AD say the Netflix seasons were crap. I ask them how many time they watched it and they reply once. I then ask them what they told me was one of the best bits about the show... The jokes you picked up on during rewatches. They then realise they have made a huge mistake!
I like all the seasons honestly
one of Portia De Rossi's bet roles was Veronica Palmer in Better Off Ted. That show also only got a few seasons and was cancelled way before it's time, and was absolutely BRILLIANTLY funny. She was one of the best parts of the show!
17:32 Don’t call it that
AHHHHHHAHAAHAHAHAH
Nice lol
I love Gob! He is such a babe! !! And Tobias' stupidity physically hurts me. ..
I have a huge crush on Maeby
WHERE THE F*** ARE MY HARD BOILED EGGS!!!
Cue charlie brown sad walk
Favorites from first season? My mother, the car. Fantastic episode. Side note, Lindsay spearing a frog by accident and the sound effect that went with it
The biggest revelation from this video is that "recent" could somehow be modified to the comparative "recenter."
Also, what was the name of that ONE movie when Michael Cera played a sort of bumbling and social awkward geeky kid? It was on the tip of my tongue, now I can't remember. I'll figure it out later.
6th Wilbury isn't that every Michael Cera movie?
Superbad
Juno
Scott pilgrim vs the world
6th Wilbury super bad
Weird to say he "took it" to a boutique production company called Imagine since he's the founder and chairman of said company?
Buster, you can’t do that on the balcony buddy?
I love the group "arrested development" so much, at first, I thought it was a musical show.
Always wish we got a *proper* fourth season. But oh well, at least we still have the show in some form
I love that the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup add before this video was voiced by Gob. 😂
I didn't know that John Beard was real)))
You must not be from the Los Angeles area ... it's ok though!
I only knew because direct Tv didnt used to have local channels, but east and west. I live in Ohio but I got to see John on the LA news at night😂
3:43 No no no no no not character death spoilers quick pause the video! IT'S NOT PAUSING AHHHH! "Fan-favourite characters like Buster's hand." You got me there, buddy.
Lucille and GOB are the best characters ever
until now i've totally not thought about Richie & The Fonz working together again
A problem with the show's ratings is that it must be watched from the start, or a viewer would be lost.
RIP Jessica Walters. She was awesome.
this is the 1st fact video ive seen thats not a bunch of junk. im 15 minutes in and basically thought i was watching a documentary until i looked at the title again.
"be sure to let us know" is similarly sounding to the feigned response I get from employers when they say, "we'll be sure to let you know"
I never knew Ron Howard is a real life figure
I LOVE this show, it's so funny.
Wait a minute. Jeremy Piven could have been Michael Bluth? That is amazing since he and Jessica Walter were both in PCU.
i’m mr manager!
Thank God we got Cross vs Dick. Real gob choices.
We gonna ignore 1:05 it’s Barry and Ron
This show was way too good for its time
7:53
she quit acting yet has been acting to this day?
She did quit. She only agreed to be in Season 5 for 45 total seconds as really a favor to the series.
I love that as the series goes on you just see more and more Happy Days actors 😂
I Love this Comedy drama from some years ago. Watching the BLUTH Family is such a Fun,
Ron Howard's caption says "Katie O'Connell - Imagine TV Vice President"
I want a banana stand uniform t-shirt
1. Banana stand is said to be on balboa island, but it’s actually shot on the sidewalk in front of Marina Del Rey docks (I live a mile from balboa island and noticed it looked nothing like it does down there)
2. A lot of season 4 is set on uc Irvine campus, but it’s not UCI, it’s Occidental (I went to Uci, so noticed immediately it wasn’t the campus)
3. Bren center, where the blu man group performed, does exist on UCI campus
4. Jeffery Tambor is a nice guy in person, met him while at a restaurant on sunset.
Do season two next please
Michael "Sarah"
Will Arnett did a great movie with dax shepherd called lets go to prison, and buster was in the goods with Jeremy pivin great flix
This has got to be one of the funniest TV series of all time. Genius!!!!!
RIP Jessica Walter :'(
Can't believe you overlooked Bob Loblaw who was also from Happy Days -- Scott Baio
Can’t wait for the 107 facts about season 2.
Jeffrey Tambor also played many multiple characters on Three's Company also the next door neighbor on The Ropers
1:52 This is an interesting way to describe it, considering that Howard is the co-owner of Imagine Entertainment (Imagine Television's parent company).
Tambor was also in Mr. Mom and The Ropers, a spin-off of Three’s Company.
"I blue myself!" Tobias Funke
ok wtf i got a youtube commercial with ron howard just before this video
I listened at 3/4ths-speed, because he narrates at such a stressful tempo ... slow him down and it's enjoyable to listen to.
Henry winkler jumps a shark on arrested development
Look out!...its a loose seal!