How ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Does Running Gags | Deep Dive

How does Arrested Development keep so many running gags going at the same time?

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[MichaelCutts]

A great moment watching it through the first time was the realization that the “Next time on Arrested Development” bits had nothing to do with the next episode.

[missoli]

Fox after cancelling this series: "I've made a huge mistake"

[RDHDE]

One of my favorite gags in the show is when Tobias says “oh those Hollywood shows are always so detail3d with there set design” and as he’s saying it he’s opening a cabinet and it’s empty except for the one mug he pulls out. Then a few seconds later George Michael pulls out cereal also from an empty cabinet. What made it funnier was that it was my third viewing of the show before I caught it.

[igor]

Tobias Funke is one of the greatest characters ever written EVER

[pit]

Best running joke: the whole Bluth family's chicken imitation

[memotherapy]

This show is so incredibly packed with inside jokes, references, innuendos and gags that even after watching the first 3 seasons a dozen times, I still keep discovering new stuff. The writers are goddamn geniuses!

[danielz-v]

The “Lose Seal”, “Ann in the attic” and “Annyoung gets revenge for his grandparent for the banana stand” are actually insane levels of a well thought out joke. The Lucile one made me question how much of the show was made with anticipation.

[JoannaEve]

"Okay, Lindsay, are you forgetting that I was a professional twice-over? An analyst and a therapist. An analrapist."

[volcanosauce]

Bob Loblaw: Somebody in this room could be a mole. They may even have a listening device.

A few seconds later, a boom mic, a listening device, appears in the shot.

God, Arrested Development is genius.

[travz]

It's not hyperbole when I say this is the best written show of all time. I can't imagine how much time went into these seemingly simple scripts. The more you watch it the more you realize how incredibly deep and interwoven every scene is.

[bordje]

I only just got the "solid as Iraq" joke. Every time I come back to AD there is always a new joke to pick up. A truly timeless comedic masterpiece.

[catherinecampbell]

My favorite running storyline is when Lucile adopts Annyong and you think he doesn't understand English because all he says is Annyong. Then you realize that he is exacting revenge on the Bluths because of the banana stand idea they stole from his father. Then he tells them that his real name is Hello, which in Korean is Annyong.

[quad]

Just noticed a new running gag from this video: foreshadowing written on blocked off benches (Charlize Theron sitting turns 'Wee Britain' into 'Wee Brain', and Buster sitting turns 'Army Office' into 'Arm Off') Fantastic.

[ashennettable]

It's really a show that is perfect for Netflix and binge-watching. It's so much easier to pick up on the running gags and callbacks that way.

[TheWetCatFish]

I was in HYSTERICS watching the scene where everyone is doing their different chicken impersonations to Michael and my housemate who hasn't watched AD saw it too and she just couldn't understand why that scene was so hilarious no matter how many times i tried to explain the running gag to her.

[thepug]

How dare you force me to rewatch this show for the 3rd time

[hoodwinkedfool]

"from who the Nazis?" is one of the most underrated jokes of all time

[tmage]

5:06

Notice that George Michael is carrying a plate full of whole eggs which Michael looks down at and immediately associates with Ann.

Now think of of one of Michael's nicknames for Ann.

That's how you do a subtle joke.

[mrfranky]

The one thing I love about Arrested Development is that everything is “alive” and adds its own dynamic to show. Even the model home is a living character in a sense. From the fact that it’s the only house that was built, or that a similar house was built in Iraq, or that when even you slam anything in the house something comes apart. It’s a genius shows in various ways

[jordanneal]

Also a season later we get the line "I almost had pop pop in Reno" followed by George Michael saying "me too."

Those long spaces between set up and pay off are the best part of the show IMO. The "Seaward"/"c-word" joke being one of the best.