Arrested Development Bringing Up Buster (2003– ) Online
- Original Title :
- Bringing Up Buster
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Comedy
- Year :
- 2003–
- Directror :
- Joe Russo
- Cast :
- Jason Bateman,Portia de Rossi,Will Arnett
- Writer :
- Mitchell Hurwitz,Mitchell Hurwitz
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 22min
- Rating :
- 8.2/10
Lucille suggests that Buster be included in the family activities, but Buster is reluctant to leave his mother's apartment in hopes of avoiding Lucille 2. Meanwhile, Tobias takes over the directing duties for the high school play to rather disastrous results.
Episode cast overview: | |||
Jason Bateman | - | Michael Bluth | |
Portia de Rossi | - | Lindsay Bluth Fünke | |
Will Arnett | - | Gob Bluth | |
Michael Cera | - | George-Michael Bluth | |
Alia Shawkat | - | Maeby Fünke | |
Tony Hale | - | Buster Bluth | |
David Cross | - | Tobias Fünke | |
Jeffrey Tambor | - | George Bluth Sr. | |
Jessica Walter | - | Lucille Bluth | |
Leonor Varela | - | Marta Estrella | |
Richard Simmons | - | Himself | |
Justin Grant Wade | - | Steve Holt | |
Jim Ishida | - | Administrator | |
Bart Tangredi | - | Coach Jerry |
The first three episodes in general earned the show a Red Light from the Parents Television Council (PTC), who took objections to the incest theme between George Michael (Michael Cera) and Maeby (Alia Shawkat), the innuendos used such as "cornholing", "flamer", or Tobias (David Cross)'s homosexual comments, and the common usage of "censoring" expletives with a bleep. However, many fans argue that the innuendos used on the show are fairly vague, and would not be understood by children who didn't already know those terms. Additionally, while the PTC acknowledges that "'bleeps' are scripted into the program", it referred to Buster (Tony Hale)'s speech in this episode as being "censored by the network". Actually, Buster's actual words were anything but vulgar, as actor Tony Hale does not curse. (You can read his lips to see he is reciting the alphabet.)
The title of the episode is a reference to the 1938 movie Bringing Up Baby (1938).
This is one of the only two appearances for Leonor Varela as Marta.
We first see a demonstration of Tobias (David Cross)' self-described "catlike agility" in this episode as he rolls onto the stage.
The song G.O.B. (Will Arnett) plays when he moves into Lucille (Jessica Walter)'s apartment is the Foreigner song "Cold As Ice."
Richard Simmons, a flamboyant American fitness guru, appears in the infomercial for The Cornballer.
This episode is rated TV-PG-DL.
There are a few jokes that allude to the possibility that Tobias (David Cross) may be gay.
- He is very quick to assume George Michael (Michael Cera) is gay. Later, Maeby (Alia Shawkat) tells George Michael that her father "thinks everyone's gay."
- He confuses gender repetitively when talking about Steve Holt (Justin Grant Wade), ending with "For the love of God, she's playing a woman."
- The coach who was previously set to direct the play calls Tobias a "little fruit."
- When getting the kids to act out the romance in a more mature way, he reminds them that they are playing adults with fully-formed libidos, not "two young men playing grab-ass in the shower."
- When Michael (Jason Bateman) and Tobias are talking at the model home about George Michael, he is wearing a chain on his glasses like women do.
Maeby (Alia Shawkat)'s name used as forshadowing: When Maeby quits the play that her father is directing, she says "I quit!", to which Tobias (David Cross) responds "Maeby...", forshadowing her return to the play later in the episode. This small joke occurs in other episodes, such as episode 1.20, Замедленное развитие: Whistler's Mother (2004).
Bleeps - This episode features two of the longest bleeps in the series:
- Buster (Tony Hale) responds to Michael (Jason Bateman)'s ribbing about racing on their bikes with a five second comment almost entirely bleeped, to which Michael responds, "Well, let's hope it doesn't come to that."
- While trading negative comments on their mother, Buster takes things a step too far and horrifies his siblings with a bleeped tirade that lasts for a full eight seconds.
G.O.B. (Will Arnett) feeds a chain of paper clips, a pencil, and slices of white bread into the office shredder.
George, Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor) says Buster (Tony Hale) spent eleven months in the womb, indicating that Lucille (Jessica Walter) may have conceived Buster two months after they stopped having sex. George Sr.'s mentioning that the doctor said there were "claw marks" on the inside of her womb may parallel Lucille's manipulation of doctors seen in episode 1.8, Замедленное развитие: My Mother the Car (2003).
"Her?" - In response to Tobias (David Cross)'s casting of Steve Holt (Justin Grant Wade) as the female lead, Michael (Jason Bateman) utters the one-word phrase "Her?" that would become one of the show's catchphrases in the second season.
This is the 1st introduction of the character, Steve Holt (Justin Grant Wade)...he will later play a big part in the Bluth family.
G.O.B. (Will Arnett) is seen reading a book at Lucille (Jessica Walter)'s apartment called Turn of the Century French Erotica.
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