Arrested Development

I have asked dozens of people about their familiarity with one of my now favorite television shows, Arrested Development. A majority of the people I asked have never heard of the show to this day and this article is for all those who do not know of the greatness of this short lived show. This show was first aired on Fox in 2003 and was so brilliant that it won and was nominated for several Golden Globes and Emmy’s. However, although it was critically acclaimed, it only made it 3 seasons and the third and final season was only half of the normal length. However for many reasons, one of which is that the show had only a small amount of advertising and therefore not many people knew about it. By the time I was introduced to Arrested Development a few years ago, it was already taken off the air. I was lucky enough to have a roommate who owned all of the seasons and when I watched it I could not keep my eyes away from the TV, my fingers away from the remote, and the laughter from stopping.
In case you have never seen the show, it is a comedy about the Bluth family, the most dysfunctional family that ever lived (on television) and them having to deal with life and each other day in and day out. There are almost too many characters to keep track of, and they are all so amazing in the show that I don’t know if I could pick a favorite if I had to. First, there is Michael Bluth (played by Jason Bateman), who is the main character holding everyone together, his son George Michael Bluth (played by Micheal Cera), his sister Lindsey Bluth Fünke (played by Portia de Rossi), her husband Tobias Fünke (played by David Cross) and their daughter Maeby Fünke (Alia Shawkat). And who could forget Micheal Bluth’s two brothers Gob Bluth (played by Will Arnett) and Buster Bluth (played by Tony Hale) and their parents Lucille Bluth (played by Jessica Walter) and George Bluth Senior (played by Jeffrey Tambor). Lastly Arrested Development’s narrator is Ron Howard. Many of these actors and actresses are quite famous, and these are some of their best roles. Whoever casted all of these individuals really knew what they were doing, none of these performers could have been replaced for anyone else. There are also a ton of very famous guest stars including Liza Minnelli, Judy Greer, Amy Poehler, Charlize Theron, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Scott Baio and Ben Stiller. You just have to watch it to understand how amazing and perfect the show is.
The only problem that I have with Arrested Development was that I was never truly finished with the show, I was not ready for it to end and it did, I wish it had not ended. I am most looking forward to a rumored Arrested Development movie, at first it was just a rumor on the internet but when I recently checked on imdb.com, there was information about it, I did not see any actual information proving there will be a movie to finish the series, but that gives me hope that it will continue and become a movie. The hardest part will be getting everyone to sign on for it, because it has been 2 years since the 3rd season ended. Also both Jason Bateman and Michael Cera have become bigger stars; both actors have been in many high grossing films recently. I don’t think they will be too good for the movie, just getting everyone to commit is the difficult part. Somewhere inside me I just know that it will happen, and it when it does, as long as everyone that was in the original series is on and it has the same directors and writers, I know it will not short of epic. Look out for Arrested Development THE MOVIE!