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Arrested Development - Franklin

Posted on 4/29/24 at 3:42 pm
Posted by LasVegasTiger
Idaho
Member since Apr 2008
8085 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 3:42 pm
I'm rewatching and just finished S2. I forgot that Gob washed Franklin by mistake.

Michael: We’re brothers who shouldn’t be fighting. We cannot afford to lose each other, okay?

G.O.B.: I can’t. I already lost a brother today.

Michael: Franklin?

G.O.B.: Well, I didn’t lose him, but he’s all puckered and white.

Michael: On the plus side, you can take him to lunch at the club now.

G.O.B.: That’s the exact kind of joke he would have loved!



Also, Tobias as Ms. Featherbottom.



I would put S1-3 up against anything ever put on tv.


Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86572 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 3:56 pm to
This show is so fricking funny. Brilliant. I never saw it in real time and only saw it on DVD years later but I can definitely see that it wasn't really cut out for a wide audience like the othe rgeneric canned laugh track sitcoms of the day. It's still hysterical to me and holds up incredibly well.

As you said S1-3 stand toe to toe with best comedy seasons ever filmed. While 4-6 obviously aren't in that league I rewatched them about a year or so ago and I think binging helped some, they were a bit funnier than I remembered. The entire Judge REinhold story arc (I think that may have been S6?) was hilarious to me.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86572 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 3:58 pm to
Oh also, ont he topic of Gob washing frankling and him turning white. One of the subtle jokes taht this show has millions of is when GOB alters Franklin's voice after that and he sounds incredibly white lol.
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
10700 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:53 pm to
It got bad ratings, which is a testament to the average American's taste.
Posted by UltimaParadox
Huntsville
Member since Nov 2008
40892 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:11 pm to
My favorite show of all time. I rewatch it every few years, and usually catch something I missed the first times.

Also the season 4 remix is not as good as the original... Imo!!
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
67050 posts
Posted on 4/30/24 at 4:16 am to
Such a great show. Perfect cast too.
Posted by Krane
Member since Oct 2017
972 posts
Posted on 4/30/24 at 5:20 pm to
GOB calling the pound sign the tic tac toe might be the hardest I’ve laughed at anything ever
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
near the Apple spaceship
Member since Nov 2012
5327 posts
Posted on 4/30/24 at 5:33 pm to
That's funny I just started a re-watch a few days ago.

One thing I noticed in the first season is that the very first appearance (at the banana stand) of George Michael's boring and forgettable girlfriend Ann was not played by Mae Whitman. I looked it up and she was initially played by Alessandra Torresani, whose name I recognized from playing a cute babe on Big Bang Theory.



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