>> "arrested development" was absolutely firing on all cylinders, from the first episode to the last. >> don't you judge me. you're the selfish one. you're the one who charged his own brother for a bluth frozen banana. i mean, it's one banana, michael. what could it cost? $10? >> you've never actually set foot in a supermarket, have you? >> if you got it, it was the funniest thing you ever saw. it assumed its audience was as smart as its writers. >> don't be afraid to make a -- i'm not going to beat myself up over that. >> it was so clever and more meta than just about any show on television. >> aur your average american male is in a perpetual state of adolescen adolescence, arrested development. >> hey, that's the name of the show. >> you could break all these rules and also have a lot of characters on a comedy who were extremely unlikable. ♪ >> there are a lot more important things than jokes in a comedy. jokes aren't the most important