Five greatest GOB moments (season one)
The segue. The illusions. The initials. The menacing raspy voice, calling “Michael.” GOB is my favorite character on Arrested Development. And this week, I will pay tribute to him by bringing you The Five Greatest GOB Moments, one list per season.
It’s gonna be good times after the jump!
Here’s something to start us off… Club Sauce
1. The Aztec Tomb
Michael: “So this is the magic trick huh?”
GOB: “Illusion, Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money…or candy.”
We first met GOB aboard a yacht at George, Sr.’s retirement party. Of course, he couldn’t help Michael pay for the party because he spent $18,000 on his new trick, er, illusion called The Aztec Tomb. Later on in the pilot, GOB tries to hide his father in the Tomb when the police crash the soiree.
2. I’ve Made a Huge Mistake
“Life, Dad. I killed a guy.” –GOB to his father when George, Sr. asks him what the heck he’s doing in prison.
But GOB’s not serving a life sentence in “Key Decisions,” which aired on November 23, 2003. In an effort to upstage his girlfriend Marta, an actress on a Spanish language soap opera called El Amor Prohibido, GOB stands up during her interview and announces that he’ll be escaping from prison: “No shackles can hold these hands. Say that for them in Spanish.”
After many attempts, GOB finally swallows the key but realizes once inside that he can’t pass the key. He needs a private bathroom to do so. This marks the first time GOB says, “I’ve made a huge mistake.” He says it again later on in the episode after he recommits himself to Marta.
3. Hermano
“You’re a good man, mon frere. I don’t know why I know that. I took four years of Spanish.” –GOB to Michael, thanking him for helping uncover the true identity of “Hermano.”
This joke about Marta’s secret lover started with “Marta Complex” and was continued on in “Beef Consumme.” After hearing his girlfriend on the phone with her mother, GOB realizes that she might be interested in another man. His only clue? The man’s name is “Hermano.” Michael, who is in love with Marta, agrees to track down Hermano and follows Marta to the set of El Amor Prohibido.
In the following episode, Buster also falls for Marta after breaking things off with Lucille Austero. Looks like three hermanos are in love with one girl. Buster also tells his hermanos that he’s always wanted to get hit in the face.
GOB: “Wait, you know hermano?”
Buster: “Hermano is brother in Spanish. As in, ’Hey, hermano.’”
GOB: “Hermano means brother? Well, sounds like Hermano is about to get his ass kicked.”
Buster: “Well, that’s exactly what I wanted. Alright Let’s get it over with.”
4. The Chicken Dance
The first chicken dance! I’m including it as one of GOB’s greatest moments because the chicken dance provided much laughter over the three seasons. In “Staff Infection,” aired on March 14th, 2004, the siblings all wanted their paychecks and Michael started cracking down. Lindsay had to answer the phones. Buster had to work in the copy room, but since confined spaces scare him, he was moved to construction. GOB joined him at the site but then got the rest of the workers riled up and tried to lead a mutiny. Buster disagreed with his brother, saying that work is fun. GOB called him a chicken and… so was born the chicken dance. The threat ended with the brothers facing off in a real battle of chicken… not with hot rod cars, but with slow-moving construction vehicles.
5. The Disappearing Yacht
“Any magician can make a Queen of Diamonds disappear. What about a whole BOAT?” –GOB during Spring Break, “Missing Kitty”
This illusion wasn’t an illusion at all. After announcing that he’ll make the yacht disappear at a Girls with Low Self-Esteem filming the year prior, GOB sinks the yacht. Hey, disappearing is disappearing, right? Michael, needless to say, is appalled that GOB sunk a $700,000 yacht. He’s even further scared when he finds out the George Michael could’ve been on the yacht. Thankfully, George Michael is safe. But poor Kitty isn’t. George, Sr.’s secretary and the cooler marked “H. MADDAS” was on the yacht.
Megan Fox Says She Will Transform In Transformers 2!
Forget Optimus Prime and the rest of the tin cans! It’s Megan Fox who will be stepping up and transforming in Transformers 2. The actress who recently said ‘I’d rather have sex all the time than leave the house.’ spoke to MTV about the sequel.
…returning cast members will now get a chance to go further with their characters than they did in the original. Shia LaBeouf will be in college (and taught by Rainn Wilson). But forget transforming robots or finals angst, Megan Fox smiled, the real transformation is yet to come.
“In this one I transform from a girl into a woman,” she laughed.
I don’t entirely know what that means but I guess we will find out.
Right, I’ll be honest here. That wasn’t the main Transformers news, I just wanted a reason to post a picture of Megan Fox. The real main news is that director Michael Bay has said that Transformers 2 will not just be a movie that leads onto Transformers 3. We have had sequels in the past such as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest, that are entertaining movies in there own right but they are just bridges for the inevitable third movie.
Because it’s friggin “lame,” “Transformers” director Michael Bay insisted to us at the MTV Movie Awards, telling MTV News that the second go-round with Optimus Prime would be entirely self-contained.
“You know how those sequels they do the second one so you go see the third one? [”Transformers 2”] is it,” he said, indicating that “2” would be its own story free from the duel shackles of set-up or resolution. “First one was just introducing, setting up stuff, so we can go a lot farther. Let’s just say [this] is not a lame sequel.”
“The robots are going to surprise a lot of people because we go with a lot of different levels,” he teased.
Big Brother 9: Live feeds report - April 19
The hardest part of writing up these Big Brother 9 live feeds reports is what you see me doing right now. I can’t write spoilers here on the part which shows on the main page of TV. Nor can I just have a whole bunch of white space here. I’ve tried dancing and singing, but we probably don’t need to frighten people. But it’s bad when even Sharon rolls her eyes thinking what I might be doing here. It’s always a challenge!
What? You want me to stop rambling and give you the goods on the spoilers? Read on past the jump!
Gee, there hasn’t been a heck of a lot of new news today. Tomorrow is the power of veto meeting, so we’ll surely see some action then. Oh, we’re blocked from seeing the actual meeting, but the aftermath is always entertaining. As it stands now, Ryan has nominated Sheila and Sharon for eviction. Ryan has also won the power of veto. He’s been trying to convince Adam that he must vote out Sheila this week.
How’s he doing that? Well, he told Adam that if he wins HOH and POV, he won’t take Adam to the final two. Adam is a sucker for tears and tends to follow his heart. Despite their fighting, he does have a soft spot for Sheila. He wants to vote to evict Sharon. But he went and promised Ryan on his mother’s life that he’ll do his bidding and vote out Sheila. Hmmm … not sure if he can do that. Sheila would be crushed and he’d be crushed to have crushed Sheila if you can follow that.
On the other hand, Sharon really wants Adam out. She wants a final three of Sheila, Ryan, and herself. She wants to be up with Ryan in the final two. Ryan told her he wants the final three to be himself, her (Sharon), and Adam. She’s really not too flexible.
In house crumbs:
- After the POV comp last night, Sheila and Adam were unshackled. The shackles of love weren’t permanently binding.
- Adam will be 30 years old on April 30. He said birthdays disappoint him, so he’s not all that into it.
- Ryan told Sharon she had no worries, he’ll probably keep the nominations the same. He said Adam will do what he wants, which is to keep her.
- Sheila and Adam wonder how they’re being portrayed. It might be best that they not know, right?
- Sheila told Adam that Sharon is acting snotty, quiet, and weird to her now.
- She also said that she has to put her trust in Adam and Ryan. She doesn’t think Ryan will change the noms. So it’s up to her boys.
- Once again she told Adam she wants the final two to be them.
- Sheila told Adam that she knows Sharon won’t want him to stay, that she wants to go to the final two with Ryan.
- Sheila, still talking (of course), told Adam that Sharon is so sure of winning that she’s already planning how to spend the money — some for her parents, 50 grand to the church she says saved her life, and such. Sheila said she herself won’t plan how to spend the money because it will be a letdown if she doesn’t win it.
- They have all discussed what they would do with the winnings. I’ve heard them. Yeah, Sheila, too!
- Why doesn’t Sheila ever stop rambling on?
- She also told Adam she doesn’t think it would do any good to campaign to Ryan.
- Adam told her he doesn’t want to make promises he can’t keep to either her or Ryan.
- But, what about his promise to Ryan? He’ll really vote to evict Sheila? That’s going to be rough!
- Sheila got upset. I think she thinks Adam was a sure vote to keep her and he’s not committing to anything with her. She told him that he’ll see she has had his back throughout the game when he sees the tapes.
- Ryan and Adam compared what they each heard from the girls.
- Adam told Ryan it’s probably better to get Sheila out this week so she can cool off in sequester. He said he has no problem voting her out.
- Adam seems to be trying to convince himself that Sheila must go. After all, according to him, her behavior on the first day was a call for eviction.
- Right now the feeds are ultra-boring. Adam is asleep on the couch. Sheila was on a cleaning spree earlier, big yellow gloves and all. I haven’t seen Ryan since dinner. Sharon’s napping.
- Unless things change drastically, the nominations should remain the same and it’s likely to be a final three of Adam, Sharon, and Ryan going in for the three part HOH comp.
Hey, you’re still with me to go to the final two, right?
Pamela Anderson Preps For New Magic Trick
Pamela Anderson Preps For New Magic Trick
After spending much of her career playing a lifeguard, it’s no wonder Pamela Anderson is excited about her upcoming magic trick.
According to the latest reports, the former Baywatch babe is set to emulate legendary magician Harry Houdini in a “dangerous new underwater stunt” as part of Dutch illusionist Hans Klok’s Las Vegas show.
Pammie has been filling in as Klok’s assistant at Planet Hollywood since the beginning of this summer and is ready for the more difficult assignment.
Klok told press: “We’re working on an underwater escape. We’re a little bit inspired by Houdini… People love to see dangerous illusions.”
If you plan on catching the pair’s act, which has been extended until December of this year, you can expect to see Ms Anderson escape from shackles in the underwater stunt.
She says: “I’m totally up for that, I love it. I did it on Baywatch, I love it.”