The much-beloved
Arrested Development was characterized by its complex, multilayered narrative jokes;
here the A. V. Club analyzed a 50-second-long clip and tried to map out all its references (including one very subtle three-part joke about eggs). Luckily for you, there’s a very exhaustive web site,
The Balboa Observer-Picayune, which documents the show’s obscurest jokes (
H. Maddas,
Blackstool,
GOB’s ice obsession), its cleverest callbacks (
Hello’s revenge,
”Mom says”,
pilot/
finale callbacks), its visual gags (
yearbooks,
newspapers,
cartoons,
Amazon), and its longest-running gags (
I’ve made a huge mistake”,
“Her?”,
Cloud Mir,
”Hey, brother!”, and the
chicken dance). Complete index of references at the
Bluthcyclopedia.
Complete transcripts of every episode. Bonus songs!
All You Need Is Smiles.
Yellow Boat.
Big Yellow Joint.
Hot Cops.
It Ain’t Easy Being White.
Discipline Daddy.
Motherboy.
Balls in the Air.
You Here With Me.
I Get Up. Finally,
Fonzie jumps the shark again.
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posted by Rory Marinich
on Jun 16, 2011 -
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