- no, not if there was a funny idea. - it's all about funny? - yeah. - so, this is the magic trick, huh? - illusion, michael. - mm. - a trick is something a whore does for money. - "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, 'cause it assumed its audience was as smart as its writers. - what have you got there? "don't be afraid to make a..." - well, i'm not gonna beat myself up over that. - it was so clever, and more meta than just about any show that's ever been on television. - your average american male is in a perpetual state of adolescence--you know, arrested development... - hey, that's the name of the show. - it was really smart in the eye that you can kind of break all these rules, and also have a lot of characters on a comedy