How did I ever miss this show? I was probably too busy watching movies with Tim - he's a typical male channel surfer who hates commercials and can't stand to watch sitcoms or anything that even remotely resembles a chick flick. That being said, he would surf the movie channels (we had a satellite dish at the time) and find a movie he'd seen before and then watch it from the middle to the end. I can't tell you how many partial movies I've seen and pretty much memorized. I can recite the dialogue from Fargo, Independence Day and Robo Cop (I like it! the idiot criminal shrieks...) Don't get me wrong, I love movies. But silly me, I like to watch the whole movie - not just the end. Anyhow, I was raised on sitcoms. My dad loved them and since he was in charge of the TV channel - my sister and I alternately served as my dad's remote (I'm showing my age!) - we watched most of the situation comedies that came along. I loved My Mother the Car, Gilligan's Island, My Favorite Martian - you name it. I know I missed some during the seventies and eighties due to college and a hectic work schedule - but I have rediscovered comedies over the past several years. Somehow, I missed Arrested Development. I caught up on it over the past week on Netflix. If you haven't seen it, it is hilarious. I don't think I could even decide which character is the funniest - although I am partial to Buster and George Michael - mainly because while neither of them have a clue, they are probably the sanest members of the family. Oh, Michael (Jason Bateman) is sane - but this poor guy is stuck with the worst family on earth! The best part is really the guest stars and the oddball characters they play: Henry Winkler as the clueless attorney, Liza Minelli as the vertigo-plagued neighbor and Charlize Theron as Michael's mentally challenged love interest, to name a few. The whole story wraps up neatly at the end - but not the way one might imagine. If you've never seen it, check it out for some great entertainment.
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