Recommendation: Arrested Development

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Arrested Development aired 3 seasons on Fox from 2003-2006, and was cancelled after that.  It is one of the funniest shows ever, and one that definitely shouldn’t have been cancelled.  Though a movie looks to be in the works, so maybe the Bluth Family can live on a little longer.

Arrested Development tells the story of the Bluth’s.  The family owns a real estate company, led by father George Bluth Sr. (played by Jeffrey Tambor).  After George Sr. gets arrested for illegal business practices, the family doesn’t know what to do, having always relied on him and the company for everything.

The family is made up of father George Sr., his wife Lucille (played by Jessica Walter), his 2 sons Michael (played by Jason Bateman) and Gob (played by Will Arnett), and daughter Lindsay (played by Portia de Rossi).  There is also Lindsay’s husband Tobias Funke (played by David Cross), and their daughter Maeby (played by Alia Shawkat).

The story of the show is how the Bluth family tries to get by without George Sr. running the company, and how Michael is trying to keep the whole family together.  This is a huge challenge, for such a dysfunctional family.  Everyone is trying to manipulate someone else to get what they want.

One other thing that I must mention is the narrator on the show, Ron Howard.  I have never seen a show with a narrator who does a better job.  While helping the story progress, and summarizing what is going on, Howard does a perfect job as a narrator.

All 3 seasons have been released on DVD, with MSRP’s of $39.99 for Seasons 1 & 2, and a $29.99 MSRP for Season 3. They regularly go on sale for $19.99 every so often.  And for the replay value from these sets, they are well worth it.

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