{"id":1171,"date":"2009-06-12T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T11:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=1171"},"modified":"2009-06-12T03:20:49","modified_gmt":"2009-06-12T07:20:49","slug":"arrested-development-a-geeks-sitcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/12\/arrested-development-a-geeks-sitcom\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrested Development &#8211; A Hi-Brow Sitcom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Arrested Development on Hulu.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/arrested-development\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Arrested Development\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/arrested_development.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A few weeks ago I was on a trip for work and found myself bored in my hotel room.\u00a0 I needed something to do while I ironed shirts, so I decided to cruise Hulu.com looking for episodes of <em>Burn Notice<\/em>.\u00a0 An ad for the television comedy <em>Arrested Development<\/em> caught my eye.\u00a0 I&#8217;d certainly heard of the show, but had\u00a0 never made the time to watch it.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve always been a fan of <a title=\"Jason Bateman at IMDB.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000867\/\">Jason Bateman<\/a> (<a title=\"It's Your Move on IMDB.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0086737\/\"><em>It&#8217;s Your Move<\/em><\/a> fans REPRESENT!) and the pilot episode of <em><a title=\"Arrested Development on Hulu.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/arrested-development\" class=\"broken_link\">Arrested Development<\/a> <\/em>was available on <a title=\"Arrested Development on Hulu.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/arrested-development\" class=\"broken_link\">Hulu.com<\/a>.\u00a0 I gave it a try.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Holy crap this show is hilarious!\u00a0 It&#8217;s witty, clever, unique, and dense.\u00a0 Turns out every episode is available on <a title=\"Arrested Development on Hulu.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/arrested-development\" class=\"broken_link\">Hulu.com<\/a>.\u00a0 I&#8217;m at the halfway point in the first season and each episode gets better and better. The description of the show from the <a title=\"Arrested Development at Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arrested_Development_(TV_series)\">Wikipedia entry<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>The show is centered around the Bluths, a formerly wealthy, habitually dysfunctional family and is presented in a pseudo-documentary format, incorporating hand-held camera work, narration, archival photos, and historical footage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The show lasted three seasons.\u00a0 While it wasn&#8217;t a tremendous ratings success, it was very well received by viewers and critics. In fact, there is an <em>Arrested Development<\/em> theatrical movie in development now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I realize this show isn&#8217;t strictly for geeks, however, it&#8217;s clearly written for a smart, attentive audience.\u00a0 I guess you could describe it as a high-brow sitcom.\u00a0 I really can&#8217;t recommend this show enough.\u00a0\u00a0 If you haven&#8217;t watched it, give it 22 minutes of your time and watch the pilot by clicking here.\u00a0 You won&#8217;t regret it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1171\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" 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