Requiem for a Development Arrested

I thought ABC was going to pick it up or something?

I think Arrested Development failed for a bit too much gotcha-wit and not enough hardcore laughs. Maybe my brain is too slow to keep up with the wit and irony. I frequently found myself going "ohhh, amusing," but 1-2 seconds after the "punchline".

Malcolm in the Middle, Simpsons, (to an extent, Family Guy) survived because they knew how to make you laugh inside and out. Arrested Development has all the wit and irony in the world, but rarely do I ever actually laugh at that shit. Ultimately I feel this is why Futurama failed; it being pseudo-Simpsons with a lot of "ohhh. Amsuing" and not enough laugh-out-loud humor.

Part of a joke is in the camera, too. I've seen shots where I said, "Damn, if they had only filmed it just like this I would have laughed."

I bought Season 1 because critics said it was good. They said the same thing about that new show Invasion, and that shit sucks. TV critics lie. Leave it to critics to take some obscure shit that's mildly amusing and say it's awesome just because it's unusual.

How ya doing, buddy?

I don't even have Showtime, so this shit is dumb. Way to get cancelled a tenth time, lol.

There's nowhere I can't reach.