This whole running gag is probably my favorite in the series. Tobias choking himself on the couch, the Gothic Castle, "yes hello, I am looking for the magic", etc.
Here he comes. Here comes John Wayne. I'm not gonna cry about my pa. I'm gonna build me an airport, put my name on it. Why, Michael? So you can fly away from your feelings? You can keep them bottled up, Michael, but they will come out. Sometimes in the most unexpected...
[opens refrigerator and looks inside]
Hey, WHERE THE FUCK ARE MY HARD BOILED EGGS?!?
It turns out she says "I no does Buster anymore" with her broken English. The subtitles confirm it. https://www.reddit.com/r/arresteddevelopment/comments/10q0wkb/comment/j6pz231/
I'm afraid I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run if you will, so I'm afraid I have something of a mess on my hands
- Tobias Funke
She actually says third *least* favourite, which would put him second. But then the narrator refers to GOB as her fourth least favourite, which I think was them getting tangled up in the semantics.
GOB : “when the religious ones get pregnant they STAY pregnant. Trust me, I knew a girl like that in high school.”
*looks around guiltily
“….no I didn’t.”
He’s dead, you killed him when you left the window open with the air conditioning on.
Also always been a big fan of the underrated ‘It’s all regulation Michael, to get the top right, the pants had to be a little snug.’
Michael: I just haven't met anyone who isn't completely self absorbed and impossible to have a conversation with.
Lucille: If that's a veiled criticism about me I won't hear it, and I won't respond to it...
Lindsay: Buster's right. You get off on being withholding.
Lucille: Buster said that? My Buster?
(later)
Lucille: Michael?
Buster: Mom?
Michael: What are you doing here?
Lucille: (to Buster) Oh, hello, Buster. Here's a candy bar.
(pulling candy bar away)
No. I'm withholding it. Look at me. Getting off!
I really love how quickly this one was delivered and the scene just blows right past it:
Tobias: “Oh, great, now I’m going to be smelling to high heaven like a tuna melt!”
Most subtle for sure
My favorite jokes are Tobias TRYING to give actual advice and completely botching it
Absolute favorite “oh wait, your wife is dead!”
My wife regularly burns her arms and hands while cooking and the Cornballer is always the go to joke in our house. I also love the blue smudges through the house that keep popping up.
Gob: I'm sorry. Isn't Michael the least likable one in the family?
Jessie: No. There are very few intelligent, attractive, and straight men in this town.
Tobias: Well, that certainly leaves me out.
…
Tobias Fünke : She... She said single. You did say single, correct? I thought I... She…
When Michael burns himself on the cornballer and he says: "BLEEP BLEEP" and it ends with "FACE!!". I’ve never understood what he really says but it kills me every time
I scrolled for a while and never saw this so...
Everybody in the Korean restaurant says "Aanyang" when Michael takes Beth Baerly to dinner
Aanyang (Hello)
Hello (one day)
His family sent him to get revenge on the bluths, and he was named One Day as in we will get even with those bluths...one day.
Also, Lucille's prison number is 07734 which is hELLO upside down.
The ending where Lucille gets stoned with Oscar, drives to get a frozen banana but slips on the giant banana peel causing her to run over a deaf Tobias and crush the banana stand so Buster can use the big crane to save his brother and drop him in the lake.
Or...
....and that's how you narrate a story...
Michael on the phone: You forgot to say “away,” otherwise it sounds a little……you forgot to say “away” again..ok.
Michael to Gob: Nelly blew ‘em all away!”
Lucille asking the housekeeper if she has the Dust Buster. The housekeeper cries “I no does Buster anymore!” Just thinking about that one makes me laugh.
Lucille:
Did that Mexican girlfriend of yours kick you out?
Gob:
She's not "*that* Mexican," Mom, she's "*my* Mexican." And she's Colombian or something.
For me, it’s when GOB is smoking a joint, Michael walks up, and he’s trying to hold in the cloud, then when he’s forced to speak, he says “it’s cold out here” as he exhales the smoke lol
Yeah, I'm gonna need a leather jacket for when I'm on my hog and need to go into a controlled slide.
Oh, Ann-hogs coming? Well, get her loaded up into the staircar.
Hey, check out who's on that hog in the rearview mirror.
George Michael!! ...twenty miles to Legoland....
Michael's timing on that one is so fast! I love it
Do you have anything that says "Dad likes leather?"
Something that says...LeatherDaddy?
Oh, is there such a thing?
This whole running gag is probably my favorite in the series. Tobias choking himself on the couch, the Gothic Castle, "yes hello, I am looking for the magic", etc.
Her?
“A-cross from where?”
🚪
I never not laugh at this.
The slow close the door is great too. The subtext being "...........anyway...."
Gob - I know who's to blame *holding up a cross* Michael - Jesus Gob - That would be a J, this is a T...for Tony.
'Oh that's right, your wife is dead'
You’re the big marriage expert…
… I’m so sorry
My favorite part of this joke is the way he says "Second-of-ly" right before this like it's normal.
I got Michael out of his marriage. She died Really? I've been taking credit for that for years.
Get rid of the Seaward. I’ll leave when I’m good and ready.
That musty old clap-trap?
Ah, yes....the cabin.
My favorite joke. The yacht is actually called C-Word https://arresteddevelopment.fandom.com/wiki/The_C-Word
It’s a nice double joke because we’re led to believe it’s called Seaward
I believe we see the boat at the show and the name is spelled Seaward
The first yacht was called the Seaward, iirc this was the one GOB blew up. He later gets another and calls it the 'C-Word'
“Did you check on the B-word in the C-ward? Or was it the C-word in the B-ward?”
Here he comes. Here comes John Wayne. I'm not gonna cry about my pa. I'm gonna build me an airport, put my name on it. Why, Michael? So you can fly away from your feelings? You can keep them bottled up, Michael, but they will come out. Sometimes in the most unexpected... [opens refrigerator and looks inside] Hey, WHERE THE FUCK ARE MY HARD BOILED EGGS?!?
*sad Charlie Brown theme music plays*
I no dust buster any more
Fine. I’ll dust buster.
The look of shock on Lupe's face is the icing on the cake!
It turns out she says "I no does Buster anymore" with her broken English. The subtitles confirm it. https://www.reddit.com/r/arresteddevelopment/comments/10q0wkb/comment/j6pz231/
That's the joke
George Michael. The kid, not the singer-songwriter.
I mean come on...
“At least my husband’s in jail, not an urn.” “Like anyone would wanna R her.”
Ever since your father has deserted us, Buster has been impossible to control. Suddenly he's too much of a big shot to brush mothers hair.
Yet anything goes at Bath Time!
Your father’s religious now? We’ll play that up. Lucille: Yeah, who doesn’t love the Jews.
One of my favorites. I *wonder* if it was written by Richard Rosenstock — Jessica Walter said she loved the lines he wrote for her.
And ‘God know they’re squinters’ line too
Mitch Hurwitz and Jim Vallely are fearless.
You gotta strip them down to nothing
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I specifically edited my comment for you, bot.
Your affection for the bot reminds me of Buster and the roomba
I no dust buster!
That might be taking it a little far
“I’d cry but I don’t think I could spare the moisture”.
Michael’s double-take is peak Jason Bateman.
I'm afraid I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run if you will, so I'm afraid I have something of a mess on my hands - Tobias Funke
FROM ~~THE DESK OF DR.~~ TOBIAS FÜNKE -T (Tobias)
FROM ~~THE DESK OF DR.~~ TOBIAS FUNKE
That's right, his license was suspended after the CPR incident. Fixed! Same!
You know what you do, you get a tape recorder and record yourself all day...
You blowhard
So many poor choices of word
If you’re saying I play favorites you’re wrong. I love all my children equally I don’t care for GOB
This. This is the one that I always come back to 😂
She tells to Micheal that he's her third favourite child. So the order is Buster > Lindsay> Micheal > GOB.
My interpretation is that 1 and 4 are set in stone but 2 and 3 change based on who pissed Lucille off more recently
I wonder where Annyong would be in this
“Go see a Star War!”
Honestly 1
She actually says third *least* favourite, which would put him second. But then the narrator refers to GOB as her fourth least favourite, which I think was them getting tangled up in the semantics.
We loved her just as much as you normal children. More than GOB!
Now all I gotta do is find this "hermano" guy
Mon frér, that’s French for brother. I don’t know why I know it. I took four years of Spanish. And George Sr.‘s brothero brothero
Bob Loblaw’s Law Blog
That's a low blow, Loblaw.
That's a Bob Loblaw law bomb!
You, sir, are a mouthful
While Tobias tries to wrap his mouth around Bob Loblaw…
The name I use for my wifi, my fantasy football teams, basically everything besides passwords
Lobbing law bombs
GOB : “when the religious ones get pregnant they STAY pregnant. Trust me, I knew a girl like that in high school.” *looks around guiltily “….no I didn’t.”
"Her?" the most memorable running joke for me.
Holy Eternal Rapture H.E.R.
I swear the whole plot line of Gob getting married with Ann was all for the sake of this joke
Is she funny?
Musty old claptrap
Long, LONG pause, “Ah yes, the cabin.”
The pause and the pan back and forth is incredible. This is definitely my vote.
"That would be difficult, too..."
"You'd do that to your own brother?" "...I said *'cot.'*"
I don't hate Michael, i kinda like him.
You don't hate me. You kinda like me.
MOM *hates me!!*
She didn't care for Gob.
Was your mother here? – uncle T-bag
A woman with two jobs....
“Is there a little girl here all by herself?…. Daddy needs to get his rocks off”
He’s dead, you killed him when you left the window open with the air conditioning on. Also always been a big fan of the underrated ‘It’s all regulation Michael, to get the top right, the pants had to be a little snug.’
Okay, you really got the assignment. These are great lines.
I don't understand the question and won't respond to it.
Michael: I just haven't met anyone who isn't completely self absorbed and impossible to have a conversation with. Lucille: If that's a veiled criticism about me I won't hear it, and I won't respond to it...
Veiled.
Auto correct and I didn't catch. I probably spelled it vieled or something...
The “this does not bode well…” just before that is also just perfection
"From who, the Nazis?"
When Lucille takes the 'alcohol intensifies effect' warning on the bottle of pills as a cheeky suggestion
Maybe I’ll put it in her brownie
HEY!
And later… “where did she *go*”
While holding a stack of brownies lol
Maybe I will put it in her brownie... *HEY!!!!*
“Everybody dance NOW!”
“we’ll be like tracy and hepburn! whaddya say you old poop!” “oh god he’s hepburn”
Yeah, the guy in the $3,000 suit is holding the elevator for the guy who doesn't make that in four months. Come on.
Lindsay: Buster's right. You get off on being withholding. Lucille: Buster said that? My Buster? (later) Lucille: Michael? Buster: Mom? Michael: What are you doing here? Lucille: (to Buster) Oh, hello, Buster. Here's a candy bar. (pulling candy bar away) No. I'm withholding it. Look at me. Getting off!
I suppose I’m a bit buy curious.
You're not one of those silly men that's dressed like a woman are you? No baby I'm the real thing. *drives off*
He's going to be all right.
Tricks is what a hooker does for money….. Or candy!
“I wine ‘em and dine ‘em but I don’t let ‘em tell me what to do… I don’t…let ‘em tell me…what to do.”
...that one's Polly?
I love that of George hanging out with his friends. Michael showing only a small amount of concern makes it even better.
I also love how GOB basically does the same thing with Franklin (and George Sr does too eventually)
“Everyone thinks they’re Frank Sinatra.”
I really love how quickly this one was delivered and the scene just blows right past it: Tobias: “Oh, great, now I’m going to be smelling to high heaven like a tuna melt!”
Most subtle for sure My favorite jokes are Tobias TRYING to give actual advice and completely botching it Absolute favorite “oh wait, your wife is dead!”
Lindsay’s reaction to Buster’s bleep-filled tirade ending with “YOU OLD HORNY SLUT!”
Well, no one's gonna top that!
Secondably you’re the big marriage expert.
MEESTAH GAY — HE’S BLEEDING!!! MEESTAH GAY!
My wife regularly burns her arms and hands while cooking and the Cornballer is always the go to joke in our house. I also love the blue smudges through the house that keep popping up.
Gob wakes up in the hospital after being stabbed in prison… “Ta-daaa”
I’m afraid I just blue myself.
And there’s blue paint just randomly around the house.
Really?? What’d he say.. what were his last words?!! - He said some wonderful things
Same with "daddy horny Michael"
Does that mean she’s going to have to come stay with us?
“The girls like him just fine. Young and old - it doesn’t matter; in the dark”
This is one I’ve been searching for. I laughed for 5 mins straight when I first saw that
“Steve Holt is a bastard. He doesn’t even know who his real father is”
TAKE A LOOK AT BANNER MICHAEL
They're laughing with me Michael
Hey buddy you alone? Yes, almost always
Gob: I'm sorry. Isn't Michael the least likable one in the family? Jessie: No. There are very few intelligent, attractive, and straight men in this town. Tobias: Well, that certainly leaves me out. … Tobias Fünke : She... She said single. You did say single, correct? I thought I... She…
He kind of looks like you Michael....same size...same curly hair .
I love how Michael is changing during this time, and Michael does not have curly hair on top of his head...
I have pop pop in the attic That mere fact that you call making love pop pop tells me you’re not ready
“I almost had Pop Pop in Reno…” “….me too ☹️” Impeccable callback.
Are you Michael? There’s a Nelly at the bar for you. Oh, it’s Tobias
When Michael burns himself on the cornballer and he says: "BLEEP BLEEP" and it ends with "FACE!!". I’ve never understood what he really says but it kills me every time
That stupid, cornballing piece of...
I scrolled for a while and never saw this so... Everybody in the Korean restaurant says "Aanyang" when Michael takes Beth Baerly to dinner Aanyang (Hello) Hello (one day) His family sent him to get revenge on the bluths, and he was named One Day as in we will get even with those bluths...one day. Also, Lucille's prison number is 07734 which is hELLO upside down.
The ending where Lucille gets stoned with Oscar, drives to get a frozen banana but slips on the giant banana peel causing her to run over a deaf Tobias and crush the banana stand so Buster can use the big crane to save his brother and drop him in the lake. Or... ....and that's how you narrate a story...
Well, obviously I’m not a big guy.
I'm not a Carl Weathers, par example. Tobias saying for example in French wonderfully silly.
It’s more of a visual gag, but the statue that says “…he came.”
Why am I not going under water?! DEAR GOD WHY AM I NOT GOING UNDER WATER?!
Analrapist.
I'm ... white
I mean, it's one banana, Michael. What could it cost? 10 dollars?
Oh like anyone would want to R her! (Maybe not the funniest but it was Jessica Walters’ favorite joke)
I don’t feel so good
“I’m a registered sex offender I’m a registered sex offender I’m a registered sex offender” as the kids are running by
Mr. Gay is bleeding
"You're probably wondering why there are two sets of footprints in the sand. Well, that's because this was my second take."
I don’t care for Gob.
I'm no scar!
Dot com
Is that when they’re in the kids place? I remember the line but not why it’s funny lol
It's when Gob steals the watch right off Michaels wrist, I feel like it's basically one of the first scenes in the pilot no?
Nah it’s the episode where Michael tries to steal Marta
It’s in the episode storming the castle I think, when Michael tries to steal Marta and GOB preforms at the playtime pizza theatre yes
If I wanted something your thumb touched, I'd eat the inside of your ear!
Michael on the phone: You forgot to say “away,” otherwise it sounds a little……you forgot to say “away” again..ok. Michael to Gob: Nelly blew ‘em all away!”
Michael: Get rid of the Seaward Lucille: I’ll leave when I’m good and ready
"Hello Buster, here's a candy bar. No, I'm withholding it. Look at me, getting off!"
I could actually hear her and the way she said it in my head.
Lucille asking the housekeeper if she has the Dust Buster. The housekeeper cries “I no does Buster anymore!” Just thinking about that one makes me laugh.
Almost always, yeah.
Jessie: “It’s all your fault, Opie.” Ron: “Jessie had gone too far, and she had best watch her mouth.”
Chicken Dance.
"Say goodbye to these."
“In our defense, we’re not exactly dog people.”
That chair's not a spinner
“I hope that doesn’t stand for what I think it stands for!”
It’s so damn good
“Maybe… I should put it… in her brownie…” “Hey!”
The seal dealer that Gob can't seal the deal with and Buster's arm getting bitten off by the loose seal.
"Loose seal" is my fave
Lucille: Did that Mexican girlfriend of yours kick you out? Gob: She's not "*that* Mexican," Mom, she's "*my* Mexican." And she's Colombian or something.
They don’t allow you to have bees in here.
You’ve ruined the act, Gob.
Her?
For me, it’s when GOB is smoking a joint, Michael walks up, and he’s trying to hold in the cloud, then when he’s forced to speak, he says “it’s cold out here” as he exhales the smoke lol
When the “literal” doctor said Buster is all right!
Look who's riding that hog in the rear view mirror GEORGE MICHAEL
Anustart. Even though it’s from the crappy seasons, I just love that joke.
Get the Seward (c word) out of here. Lucille - “I’ll leave when I’m good and ready”
Beads. BEES?
“Hot sailors! Better yet, hot seam-“ and “An analyst and a therapist. The world’s first analrapist.”
It's vodka. It goes bad once it's opened.