Sunday, October 7, 2012

There's a blog I felt guilty about excluding in my post of blogs to check out, and so to be fair to it, I'm devoting an entire lengthily post to it. This blog gives me an opportunity to babble about my absolute favorite sitcom. We've known each other for a while now, dear readers, and you've probably picked up on my love for Arrested Development.

The Bluth Company

For those unfortunate souls unfamiliar with the Bluth family, they are the stars of the show Arrested Development. AD was a sitcom that first aired on FOX in 2001 that only lasted for three seasons but has since gained a huge cult following. The shows opening credits describe it as "the story of a wealthy family, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together". The show boasts a stellar cast, including Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, and Portia de Rossi. Because of its cult popularity, and the fact that it was cut wayyyy before it jumped the shark, last spring it was announced that nine more episodes will be released in early 2013 (as a Netflix exclusive) to develop a plot for a movie.


I could probably write a novel listing all the reasons you should watch Arrested Development if you never have, but if I can convince you to check out this blog and the blog doesn't convince you to watch Arrested Development, you are clearly destined to live a humorless existence (just kidding... not like you would know).

The Bluth Company is dedicated to Arrested Development and posts everything form funny screenshots to news about the upcoming season. The blog is on tumblr so it has a tumblr feed to scroll posts in chronological order, but at the top and left it has a menu of a multitude of useful links that will allow you to peruse the site in other ways. The first link on the top bar, ABOUT THE SHOW, gives a lengthily description of the show and lists awards, nominations, cast and crew members. THE FAMILY gives long bios for the family members along with the picture of each member from the opening credits. The other links include Q&A, MERCH (as in merchandise… for all your AD related products), FAN ART, and NEW SEASON UPDATES, but the most awesome of them, in my humble opinion, is HIDDEN JOKES.

This link takes you to all posts that fall under the category of explaining any of the innumerable subtle, carefully thought out jokes that make this show so repeatedly watchable. These jokes span the range of subtle red herrings (foreshadowing) for things to happen in the future of the show, references to the cast member’s past work, or even occasionally breaking the fourth wall. I wouldn’t recommend scrolling through this section if you haven’t yet seen the show, as there’s quite a few spoilers, but here’s a hidden joke that won’t ruin anything for you.

The sidebar allows you to scan the site by posts based on characer or individual episode. It gives you links to twitters of some of the major cast members and a link to it’s own twitter.

So, if you’re already an avid AD fan this blog will provide endless entertainment, and if you’re not yet, this blog is sure to get you hooked!

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