Customer Reviews
Go Seaward in the Gothic Castle - By: Bob Loblaw, 01 Feb 2008 
A truly great, hilarious, witty, & intelligent comedy.
This is the only sitcom where almost every line of dialogue is a punchline/wisecrack. The plot is dense, & the scenes move quickly, making repeat viewings essential.
All the cast are terrific, most notaly Will Arnett as the conniving/stupid magician (sorry, 'Illusionist') Gob.
Buy with confidence!
BEST SHOW. EVER. - By: J. Hood, 09 Nov 2007 Arrested development is (in my opinion) the best show in television history. it was cancelled after 3 short seasons & is not well known, but this show is a true gem. with great talent including Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, David Cross & Jeffory Tambor, hilarious naration by Ron Howard & some of the best writing possible. this is for more intelligent veiwers & fans of Seinfeld, Curb Your enthusiasm & Scrubs, but no show quite compares to this. with great characters like failing magician Gob, hopeless Doctor turned actor Tobias & panic attack mothers boy ridden Buster. season 1 & 3 are amazing too, but this is the best, as it's home to Mrs.featherbottom & some of the funniest lines in history, including 'oh your the marraige expert, oh wait i forgot, YOUR WIFE IS DEAD!' 'we shan't be telling your mother about this shan't we' & probably the funniest scene in history involving a man ('tobias' or david cross) dressed as mrs.featherbottom, or an exact copy of mrs.doubtfire, the second floor, an umbrella, a table & a jump & the greatest physical comedic moment ever. this show needs recognition so i encourage you to buy the dvd sets & you will not be dissapointed. maybe if you buy the dvd's enough it'll return, so spread the word of arrested development, & make sure you don't miss out on the best show in history & spread the word. 'we shalll be telling your friends about this, shalll we?'
So this is how you repay me for how I repay you! - By: CJR, 23 Oct 2007 There's not much i can say that hasn't been said already. This show is fabulous. I love how each character is so different & quirky, & i struggle to have a favourite. George-Michael with his try-to-please attitude, his unforgettable girlfriend Bland & his secret crush on Maeby. Who as it happens has conned her way into a job in a movie studio (Marry me!) Lucille's ongoing love triangle with George & Oscar, Gob's struggle to be recognized as a magician and, of course, Buster!
If you're looking for something that's not your run of the mill comedy but will have you laughing just as much, this is for you. The humour here can be quite subtle, & you can sometimes miss it altogether til the next time you watch it. There's very little slapstick (though i just love it when Tobias is "blue" & follows Lindsay, using his disguise to blend in with his surroundings!) Love this, it's definitely one to be watched a few times.
Best comedy ever - By: Hindu Sunshine, 16 Apr 2007 This is not an over the top comment from a fan. It received critical reviews & won many illustrious Emmy awards. It is very witty & well written & most important extremely funny. It is most similar to an English style of sitcom. Its an original witty American sitcom with no laughter track. This is bliss. All the actors & actress are brillant & stick to thier hilarious characters. Every one of the family cast memeber have a good shout for being your favourite charcter. Its not a one man show. This has alll the ingredients in order to make a great sitcom & has been combined in a sublime manner.
SO WHATEVER YOU DO, MAKE SURE THAT YOU BUY THIS DVD. YOU WON'T REGRET IT.
Aaah, theres no laughter track! Now I won't know when to laugh. - By: James Thomas, 02 Apr 2007 "This is truly the greatest comedy known to mankind" is a phrase that is used too often these days, but this is truly the greatest comedy known to mankind. Series 1 was painfully funny & series 2 keeps up the standard. In Season 2, GOB becomes the new Bluth Company president, George Snr hides out in the attic at the model home, Buster has his hand bitten off by a loose seal, George Michael starts dating some girl whose name I can never remember & Tobias(my favourite character) joins the Blue Man Group & dresses up as Mrs. Featherbottom to get closer to Lindsay. You'll love it.
I reallly cannot believe that a show of such wit & originality, a show so spectacularly scripted & acted, a show that has been criticallly acclaimed by every critic & his mother, a show with a blue, never-nude named Tobias in it, has been cancelled after just 3 seasons. American audiences must have been confused by the exposure to real comedy that AD inflicted on them. Maybe they were just frightened by the absence of canned laughter to guide them through a tv show.
There have been protests & petitions to bring back this monumental show, but they are unlikely to succeed. The only thing we can do is buy the DVDs & hope for the "Family Guy Effect" to reoccur. So many people bought Family Guy DVDs alll around the world that Fox brought it back from cancelation. Keep buying & maybe Fox will be the ones to say, "I've made a huge mistake."
