The One Where They Talk About Season Two
A Tale of Two Sitcoms: Part 2
Correction: George Bluth, Sr. Not Yet Dead
The Hot Cops Uncover: George Bluth, Sr.’s Death Certificate
Episode Transcript
Written by John Levenstein.
Revision: 1.9
Narrator: Now the story of a wealthy family who lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together. It’s Arrested Development.
Narrator: Michael was adjusting to his new position as Vice President, which meant doing the work of the President, his brother G.O.B.
G.O.B.: Michael.
Michael: Hey.
- homosexual
- The magicians’ magazine is named Poof, which is slang for homosexual.
G.O.B.: So, did you see the new Poof?
Michael: His name’s Gary. And we don’t need any more lawsuits, okay?
G.O.B.: No, I was talking about the magazine.
G.O.B.: Anyway, I was talking about Poof magazine. The magazine for magicians.
Michael: Yeah.
G.O.B.: Look, this guy Tony Wonder bakes himself into a loaf of bread, and then pops out of a giant sandwich to feed the troops. I had that idea ten months ago.
Michael: You had that idea?
G.O.B.: Well, basically. I was going to boil myself alive into a chowder and then be ladled into a giant cauldron to entertain and feed the firemen.
Michael: It’s pretty close.
G.O.B.: I should be in this Poof!
Michael: Michael Bluth.
Lucille: He found him. Ice found your father.
Narrator: Michael had recently hired a bounty hunter to track down his fugitive father.
Michael: What? Where?
Lucille: He’s coming over here at 5:00 to tell us, but he wants to get paid first.
Michael: Oh, Dad goes back to jail, I can be cleared, I could be President again.
G.O.B.: And I’m halfway to getting out of this office and into a steaming bowl of soup.
Michael: Everybody wins.
G.O.B.: Yeah.
Lucille: Oscar, close it! You look like the window of a butcher shop.
Lucille: Thank God, I can finally get rid of him.
Michael: I’ll see you at 5:00, Mom.
- Charlie Brown
- The banana stand is closed, with a “The frozen banana maker is OUT” sign like Lucy’s psychiatry stand.
Narrator: Michael then headed down to the frozen banana stand where his son was supposed to be working.
Ann 2.0: It just seems like every time we want to be together, your father...
Michael: Hey, guys. What’s going on? Why is the banana stand closed?
George Michael: Oh, Ann came to see me, so I thought I’d take a little break. Can we talk about this later?
Michael: Sure, no problem. Just... let’s keep the phone on, okay, pal? Great. Hey, you!
Ann 2.0: See? That’s a perfect example of how your father always interrupt...
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Previous comments:
#1 lull89 wrote on December 28, 2004:
Narrator: Michael was adjusting to his new position as Vice President, which meant doing the work of the President, his brother G.O.B.
Does anyone else think this is another dig at Bush? I mean, they always say how Bush does almost nothing and Cheney does all the work. Anyone?
