Franklin Comes Alive!

A few days ago I mentioned that you should drop what you're doing right now and watch Arrested Development.  I've continued to watch it since, and since discovering that I can watch Netflix via my iPod in the Target break room, have been using my breaks to watch more episodes.  This additional time has allowed me to begin the final of the 3 original seasons today, and the show keeps getting better and better.  The situations just keep getting more ridiculous, the jokes keep building up over many episodes, and hilarious characters keep being introduced.  Since I know a). no one is reading this in the first place and b). if for some reason some is reading this you likely aren't up to where I am in the show, I don't want to give away too many spoilers, I will refrain from doing so.

With one exception:  Franklin Delano Bluth.

Franklin is G.O.B.'s puppet that he introduced into his magic act to spice things up.  One episode I watched today while on break showed the two of them making a record titled Franklin Comes Alive! (spoofing Frampton Comes Alive!) to promote racial equality.

Same thing

It made it pretty difficult for me to maintain my composure in the break room while I knew people were watching me.  Totally worth it.

The clip didn't seem to work unless it was after a jump break for some reason, so I added one to avoid frustration among my non-viewership.  So continued after the break...

It's Arrested Development

There's been a lot of hoopla over Arrested Development the last few weeks due to Netflix picking it up for a 4th season close to ten years after its original cancellation.

 

Hoopla

I started watching it along with How I Met Your Mother soon after I signed up for Netflix on the recommendation of a friend.  I'm part-way through the second season and I can easily say that it is probably the funniest and best show to ever have been released on television.  I don't want to spend too much time on it right now because I actually want to go watch it but let me just say that if you have Netflix and haven't seen it, drop what you're doing and start immediately.  If the show doesn't have you sucked in by the Fire Sale of episode 2 you aren't human.

All you need to know about the premise is in the opening.  "And 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."

It has several actors you probably know that have gone on to do bigger things such as Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Michael Cera, and I just don't want to go on any more because do yourself a favor and just watch it.

From the last episode I watched:

Okay seriously I'm going to go watch an episode right now, as should you.

On the next Arrested Development...

Brave New World

As of two days ago I am on my second month of Netflix, making me a paying member.  I don't know how I lived my life before I joined.  It's like (almost) everything you want to watch is at your fingertips.  I hijacked some girl's account during the previous school year and used it to watch 7 seasons of The Office, but eventually she must have found out because one fateful day, I could no longer log on.  I was faced with a dilemma, and quickly realized I had no choice but to sign up for my own account.  And I've never looked back.

Now if you'll excuse me, I've done a lot of work on here today (i.e. did nothing all day) and need to kick back and watch a few episodes of How I Met Your Mother (i.e. continue to do nothing).