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'''"Best Man for the Gob"''' is the nineteenth episode of ''[[Arrested Development|Arrested Development's]]'' first season. |
'''"Best Man for the Gob"''' is the nineteenth episode of ''[[Arrested Development|Arrested Development's]]'' first season. |
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| − | [[George Sr.]] uses [[G.O.B.]]'s bachelor party as an opportunity to set up his accountant in a compromising position so that he can blackmail him. Meanwhile, [[Michael]] tries to prove he's a fun guy, and the Fünke's reunite their family folk-music band. |
+ | [[George Sr.]] uses [[G.O.B.]]'s bachelor party as an opportunity to set up his accountant in a compromising position so that he can blackmail him. Meanwhile, [[Michael Bluth|Michael]] tries to prove he's a fun guy, and the Fünke's reunite their family folk-music band. |
==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
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| + | ===The party=== |
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| − | [[Michael Bluth|Michael]] meets with the company's accountant, [[Ira Gilligan]], who informs him that the company's books are a bit…tricky. Gilligan tells Michael that there is no money where there should be - and this isn't the first discrepancy. Ira pledges that if he's asked to testify, he won't lie. |
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| + | [[Michael]] and Bluth Company accountan [[Ira Gilligan]] meet in the frigid and hot [[Bluth Company offices]] about missing funds. [[G.O.B.]] arrives and calls Ira "Gilligan", which he hates. Alone, Michael tells G.O.B. he is going to throw him a bachelor partyas his Best Man but G.O.B. reveals he is going to get a divorce and asks Michael to help convince [[G.O.B.'s wife|his wife]] to dump him. Michael meets with [[George]] about the missing funds and Ira and George tells Michael to show Ira some fun to get him on the family's good side. George then supposes he should ask G.O.B. to do it since Michael "isn't fun". |
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| − | [[G.O.B.]] drops into the office and Michael, pleasantly surprised that G.O.B.'s marriage is sticking after two weeks, offers to throw him a bachelor party. Thing is, G.O.B. visits [[George Bluth Sr.|George Sr.]], who tells him that getting married was stupid. G.O.B. needs to get rid of the wife and he's hoping Michael can help at a cocktail party tonight. Make up some lies about how he's sneaky and irresponsible and needs other people to clean up his messes or something. |
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| − | [[Tobias Fünke|Tobias]] comes in with his own problem. He and [[Lindsay Bluth Fünke|Lindsay]] have hit a bit of a rough patch. He needs Michael's help in recruiting Lindsay in reuniting [[Dr. Fünke's 100% Natural Good-Time Family Band Solution]], a band which Tobias set up in the mid-'90s to subsidize his struggling psychiatric practice. Lindsay and Maeby were the other members of this struggling folk band. He remarks that there is a wellness convention in town, and requests that Michael ask Lindsay to see if she is willing to reform the band. |
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| − | Firstly, Michael goes to see his father about the missing money. George Sr. figures that he probably stole it himself, so Michael should take Ira for some guy fun so he isn't inclined to testify. Fishing or something. Michael hedges and George Sr. dismisses his son as not fun, promising to get G.O.B. to handle the job. |
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| + | The next day at [[Lucille]]'s cocktail party for G.O.B.'s wife, G.O.B. has changed his mind after talking to George and is going to stay married and have a bachelor party with their father as Best Man. This upsets Michael so he decides to take his son and have "real fun" on a fishing trip. George, meanwhile, gives G.O.B. orders on how to use a narcoleptic stripper to scare Ira into fleeing the country. On Lucille's behest, G.O.B. brings [[Buster]] along to his party which is otherwise attended exclusively by [[Hot Cops]]. Buster drinks all the red corn syrup, thinking it is [[juice]], and starts to eat the giant cake holding the narcoleptic stripper. The stripper punches him through the cake, and they both pass out. |
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| − | That night, the family gathers at Lucille's to welcome [[Wife of G.O.B.|G.O.B.'s wife]]. [[Buster Bluth|Buster]] and [[Annyong Bluth|Annyong]] still aren't getting along and Michael tries to convince Lindsay to go along with Tobias' band plan. Lindsay wants no part of it, but [[Maeby Fünke|Maeby]] is quite excited. But in fact, Maeby is more interested in keeping her parents happy because that's when they leave her alone the most. Even more excited is G.O.B.'s wife, who caught a Dr. Fünke performance years ago and loved it. And Michael, at G.O.B.'s request, is trying to paint G.O.B. as unreliable. Michael is then shocked to discover G.O.B. has told his wife that he is the one working hard to keep the family together and that Michael will probably hit on her. |
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| − | G.O.B. then comes in and gives Michael the news that after speaking with their father, he'll probably stay in the marriage after all. Oh, and George Sr. is G.O.B.'s best man now. But Michael can still solve his problems for him. The next day, G.O.B. visits his father to prepare for his big night. But George Sr. has bigger plans. He's hatched a plan to make Ira think he killed a stripper at G.O.B.'s bachelor party, leave town and the Bluths could blame Ira for the missing money. All they need is a narcoleptic stripper, a darkened space, a drunken Ira, some corn syrup and a little red dye and they'll be all set. If G.O.B. can convince Ira she is actually dead, Ira could use G.O.B.'s honeymoon tickets and get out of the country. |
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| + | George Michael and Michael attempt to get an early night for their 4am wake up call to go fishing but George Michael blatantly guilt trips his father into going to the bachelor party so George Michael can go see the Fünke band. At the party, G.O.B. is trying to get Ira to drink when Michael discovers the stripper and Buster. G.O.B. pulls the ripcord and flubs the set up and fails to convince Ira that he has killed a stripper and must flee the country. Ira storms out, swearing he'll testify against the family. Michael convinces G.O.B. to turn the TV which is teleconferencing George in from prison off. G.O.B. works up the courage, powers it off, and thanks his brother for being there for him. |
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| − | Back at home, things aren't going so well for the band's reunion. [[George Michael Bluth|George Michael]] tries to join in on the fun by keeping time with a wood block, but that effectively breaks up the rehearsal. Michael arrives home, determined to prove that he is, in fact, fun. He's booked a fishing trip for himself and George Michael. [[Lucille Bluth|Lucille]], meanwhile, hears about G.O.B.'s bachelor party and insists that he invite Buster. Lucille will be attending Annyong's soccer awards banquet and doesn't want Buster left alone in a house full of juice, which he's not allowed to have. |
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| + | At that moment, [[G.O.B.'s wife]] enters the hotel room and reveals that she is in love with his brother. G.O.B. socks Michael in the face but his wife reveals she meant "-in-law". and is leaving to be with [[Tobias]]. |
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| − | And so, as Michael and his son check into the hotel, his brothers arrive. They try to gloat about G.O.B.'s bachelor party, but Michael is determined to have some wholesome fun with his son instead. Meanwhile, at the wellness convention in the very same hotel, the Fünkes are preparing for their show. Problem is, Lindsay and Maeby ditch the band. Can Tobias perform on his own? If he doesn't, the venue won't validate (cue dramatic music). |
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| − | Back in Michael's hotel room, the guys are settling down for the fun of tomorrow. George Michael, concerned that he can't fall asleep with the sun still up, suggests that he goes downstairs to watch Maeby's band while Michael drops in on the bachelor party. Upstairs, G.O.B. is preparing to set up Ira under his father's helpful closed-circuit TV gaze. Problem is, G.O.B.'s Hot Cop strippers came dressed as cops and Buster drank the two buckets of fake blood thinking it was juice. |
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| + | ===The band=== |
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| − | Tobias is struggling to keep the audience interested in his clapping and backup singing. He tries performing the group's one ballad, but with no other band members on hand, it's a struggle. Until [[Wife of G.O.B.|G.O.B.'s wife]] appears from the crowd playing Lindsay's instrument and singing along. Back at the bachelor party, Ira's arrived and the con is in full swing. It hits a snag though when Ira refuses to drink and Buster, out of fake corn syrup blood and desperately looking for his next sugar fix, finds the giant cake in the next room. But, unfortunately, he's unaware of the narcoleptic stripper contained within. Buster digs deep for a huge piece of cake and accidentally grabs the stripper, who bursts from the cake and punches Buster in the face, knocking him out. Michael, arriving at the party, decides to check out the next room, and when he sees an unconscious stripper next to an unconscious Buster, decides to call the cops. |
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| + | In an attempt to rekindle their magic from the mid-1990s, [[Tobias]] attempts to get [[Lindsay]] and [[Maeby]] back together for [[Dr. Fünke's 100% Natural Good-Time Family Band Solution]], a band underwritten by the [[Natural Life Food Company]]. During practice, Lindsay is miserable and attempts to recreate her own happiness from the 1990s, which mainly came from the psychiatric drug [[Teamocil]]. [[George Michael]] attempts to join the band on woodblock because he claims to have perfect rhythm but Tobias refuses to let him join. |
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| + | At the [[Wellness Convention]] Lindsay storms away from the stage before the show. Maeby, who was only participating so her parents would otherwise leave her alone, left the convention as well. Performing solo, [[G.O.B.'s wife]], a longtime Family Band Solution fan, walks through the crowd playing a harpsichord and is also joined by George Michael on woodblock on stage. The song wraps and Tobias fires George Michael from the band. |
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| − | G.O.B. desperately tries to convince Ira that he was drunk and killed the stripper. However, one of G.O.B.'s Hot Cop buddies had made Ira the designated driver. Just then, the stripper wakes up and sees Buster in what appears to be blood and thinks she killed him for groping her. When Ira sees the stripper run out, he realizes that G.O.B. was trying to set him up and vows to testify against George Sr. |
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| − | In the aftermath, G.O.B. and Michael share a tender, brotherly moment that is interrupted when G.O.B.'s wife comes in and says she wants out because she's in love with G.O.B.'s brother. Angry that he did it to him again, G.O.B. knocks Michael out with a punch to the face, only to realize that his wife was referring to his brother ''in-law'', Tobias. She probably should've finished that thought. |
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| + | [[File:1x19 Best Man for the Gob (34).png|thumb|[[Amy Poehler]] as [[G.O.B.'s wife]]]] |
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| + | [[File:1x19 Best Man for the Gob (70).png|thumb|Michael Hitchcock as [[Ira Gilligan]]]] |
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| + | ; Recurring |
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| + | * [[Amy Poehler]] as [[G.O.B.'s wife]] |
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| + | * [[Justin Lee]] as [[Annyong Bluth]] |
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| + | * [[BW Gonzalez]] as [[Lupe]] |
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| + | * Michael Hitchcock as [[Ira Gilligan]] |
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| + | * Lauren Bowles as Stripper |
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| + | * Andrew Hill Newman as Drug representative |
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| + | * Luciano Giancarlo as [[Bix]] |
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| + | * Danielle Cipolla as Young [[Maeby]] |
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| + | * Dan Horton as Marcus |
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| + | ==Recurring themes== |
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| + | [[File:1x19 Best Man for the Gob (21).png|thumb|''"Gilligan!"'']] |
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===References=== |
===References=== |
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*'''Allyn-Crane''' - Dr. Fünke’s 100% Natural Good-Time Family-Band Solution was underwritten by the Natural Life Food Company, a division of ChemGrow, an Allyn-Crane Acquisition, and part of the Squimm Group. Allyn-Crane is the surname of an ''Arrested Development'' fan that sent cookies to the writers. They sent her a nice thank you and a copy of this episode’s script. |
*'''Allyn-Crane''' - Dr. Fünke’s 100% Natural Good-Time Family-Band Solution was underwritten by the Natural Life Food Company, a division of ChemGrow, an Allyn-Crane Acquisition, and part of the Squimm Group. Allyn-Crane is the surname of an ''Arrested Development'' fan that sent cookies to the writers. They sent her a nice thank you and a copy of this episode’s script. |
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*'''''Gilligan's Island''''', the TV sitcom, is referenced numerous times in this episode. |
*'''''Gilligan's Island''''', the TV sitcom, is referenced numerous times in this episode. |
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**George, Sr. yells "Gilligan!" in the same manner as the Skipper from Gilligan’s Island. |
**George, Sr. yells "Gilligan!" in the same manner as the Skipper from Gilligan’s Island. |
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**G.O.B. accidentally says "Gilligan killed the Skipper," instead of "Gilligan killed the stripper." |
**G.O.B. accidentally says "Gilligan killed the Skipper," instead of "Gilligan killed the stripper." |
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| − | **Ira Gilligan is dressed as Gilligan from Gilligan’s Island in the "on the next Arrested Development" scene. |
+ | **Ira Gilligan is dressed as Gilligan from ''Gilligan’s Island'' in the "on the next Arrested Development" scene and has abscounded to an island. |
*'''Marco Polo''' - Pool guests can be heard playing Marco Polo at the hotel. |
*'''Marco Polo''' - Pool guests can be heard playing Marco Polo at the hotel. |
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===Callbacks/running jokes=== |
===Callbacks/running jokes=== |
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*'''Cartography''' - Lupe is seen wearing a "Stanford Institute of Cartography" sweatshirt at the party. In the pilot episode, it was established that Buster had taken "$80,000 worth of cartography lessons" in his scholarly pursuits. |
*'''Cartography''' - Lupe is seen wearing a "Stanford Institute of Cartography" sweatshirt at the party. In the pilot episode, it was established that Buster had taken "$80,000 worth of cartography lessons" in his scholarly pursuits. |
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*'''[[Cloudmir]]''' - The bar at G.O.B.’s bachelor party includes a bottle of Cloudmir vodka. |
*'''[[Cloudmir]]''' - The bar at G.O.B.’s bachelor party includes a bottle of Cloudmir vodka. |
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| − | *'''Hermano''' - G.O.B. refers to Michael as his "hermano", a word he learned means "brother" in Spanish thanks to the mix-up with Marta. |
+ | *'''[[Hermano]]''' - G.O.B. refers to Michael as his "hermano", a word he learned means "brother" in Spanish thanks to the mix-up with Marta. |
| − | *'''"Hey"''' - Buster greets Annyong with "Hey, adopted brother." |
+ | *'''"[[Hey]]"''' - Buster greets Annyong with "Hey, adopted brother." |
| − | *'''Punched''' - G.O.B.'s comment to Buster, "Yeah, but on the plus side, you got punched in the face." during the "On the next Arrested Development..." segment refers to |
+ | *'''Punched''' - G.O.B.'s comment to Buster, "Yeah, but on the plus side, you got punched in the face." during the "On the next Arrested Development..." segment refers to "[[Beef Consommé]]", when Buster asks G.O.B. and Michael to punch him in the face as he tried to join their fight. |
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+ | *'''[[Is Tobias gay?]]''' - More jokes are made at Tobias' questionable sexuality. |
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+ | **While alone on stage Tobias says he feels "a bit like a Mary without a Peter and a Paul." |
**Tobias wears a woman’s coat. |
**Tobias wears a woman’s coat. |
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| + | **When Lindsay argues to take zanotab Tobias says "This family is not about to start using. We are pushers, not takers" |
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| + | *'''[[Hot Cops]]''' - G.O.B. doesn't have any friends to invite to the bachelor party and instead hires his colleagues from the [[Hot Cops]] to pose as party goer. They arrive as cops, first seen in "[[Pier Pressure]]". G.O.B.'s lack of friends is later made fun of in "[[¡Amigos!]]". |
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| + | *'''[[Juice]]''' - [[Buster]]'s obsession with juice is first mentioned and seen in this episode. He later finds a "giant juice box" (boxed wine) in "[[Spring Breakout]]". |
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===Hidden/background jokes=== |
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* The products on the sign at the wellness convention are "Placebojolt," "Erector," "SwallowGold," "Adrenoblast," "Groupug," "The Magnet Suit," "Euphorizine," "Bond," "The Magnot Suit," and "Dog Tease." |
* The products on the sign at the wellness convention are "Placebojolt," "Erector," "SwallowGold," "Adrenoblast," "Groupug," "The Magnet Suit," "Euphorizine," "Bond," "The Magnot Suit," and "Dog Tease." |
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| + | * At the beginning of Lucille's cocktail party, Buster is hiding behind a doorpost, like a true [[Milford School|Milford man]]. |
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===Foreshadowing/Future References=== |
===Foreshadowing/Future References=== |
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*'''Adoption''' - Lucille tells G.O.B.'s wife, "I have always wanted a daughter." We find out in the [[Development Arrested|series finale]] that Lindsay is, in fact, adopted. |
*'''Adoption''' - Lucille tells G.O.B.'s wife, "I have always wanted a daughter." We find out in the [[Development Arrested|series finale]] that Lindsay is, in fact, adopted. |
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| − | *'''Buster's Hand''' - Upon mistaking the fake blood for juice (it was actually corn syrup and red dye), Buster exclaims "This party's gonna be off the hook." He gets a hook to replace his lost hand in |
+ | *'''Buster's Hand''' - Upon mistaking the fake blood for juice (it was actually corn syrup and red dye), Buster exclaims "This party's gonna be off the hook." He gets a hook to replace his lost hand in "[[Hand to God]]". |
| − | *'''G.O.B.'s son''' - G.O.B. states that he "might be" a father, something which is revealed to be true in |
+ | *'''G.O.B.'s son''' - G.O.B. states that he "might be" a father, something which is revealed to be true in "[[The Immaculate Election]]". |
| − | *'''Soccer''' - This is the first episode to mention Annyong's soccer team, which would later factor into the storyline of |
+ | *'''Soccer''' - This is the first episode to mention Annyong's soccer team, which would later factor into the storyline of "[[Not Without My Daughter]]". The juice Annyong was drinking was for the soccer team. |
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Revision as of 20:09, 23 October 2019
"Best Man for the Gob" is the nineteenth episode of Arrested Development's first season.
George Sr. uses G.O.B.'s bachelor party as an opportunity to set up his accountant in a compromising position so that he can blackmail him. Meanwhile, Michael tries to prove he's a fun guy, and the Fünke's reunite their family folk-music band.
Synopsis
The party
Michael and Bluth Company accountan Ira Gilligan meet in the frigid and hot Bluth Company offices about missing funds. G.O.B. arrives and calls Ira "Gilligan", which he hates. Alone, Michael tells G.O.B. he is going to throw him a bachelor partyas his Best Man but G.O.B. reveals he is going to get a divorce and asks Michael to help convince his wife to dump him. Michael meets with George about the missing funds and Ira and George tells Michael to show Ira some fun to get him on the family's good side. George then supposes he should ask G.O.B. to do it since Michael "isn't fun".
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The next day at Lucille's cocktail party for G.O.B.'s wife, G.O.B. has changed his mind after talking to George and is going to stay married and have a bachelor party with their father as Best Man. This upsets Michael so he decides to take his son and have "real fun" on a fishing trip. George, meanwhile, gives G.O.B. orders on how to use a narcoleptic stripper to scare Ira into fleeing the country. On Lucille's behest, G.O.B. brings Buster along to his party which is otherwise attended exclusively by Hot Cops. Buster drinks all the red corn syrup, thinking it is juice, and starts to eat the giant cake holding the narcoleptic stripper. The stripper punches him through the cake, and they both pass out.
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George Michael and Michael attempt to get an early night for their 4am wake up call to go fishing but George Michael blatantly guilt trips his father into going to the bachelor party so George Michael can go see the Fünke band. At the party, G.O.B. is trying to get Ira to drink when Michael discovers the stripper and Buster. G.O.B. pulls the ripcord and flubs the set up and fails to convince Ira that he has killed a stripper and must flee the country. Ira storms out, swearing he'll testify against the family. Michael convinces G.O.B. to turn the TV which is teleconferencing George in from prison off. G.O.B. works up the courage, powers it off, and thanks his brother for being there for him.
At that moment, G.O.B.'s wife enters the hotel room and reveals that she is in love with his brother. G.O.B. socks Michael in the face but his wife reveals she meant "-in-law". and is leaving to be with Tobias.
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The band
In an attempt to rekindle their magic from the mid-1990s, Tobias attempts to get Lindsay and Maeby back together for Dr. Fünke's 100% Natural Good-Time Family Band Solution, a band underwritten by the Natural Life Food Company. During practice, Lindsay is miserable and attempts to recreate her own happiness from the 1990s, which mainly came from the psychiatric drug Teamocil. George Michael attempts to join the band on woodblock because he claims to have perfect rhythm but Tobias refuses to let him join.
At the Wellness Convention Lindsay storms away from the stage before the show. Maeby, who was only participating so her parents would otherwise leave her alone, left the convention as well. Performing solo, G.O.B.'s wife, a longtime Family Band Solution fan, walks through the crowd playing a harpsichord and is also joined by George Michael on woodblock on stage. The song wraps and Tobias fires George Michael from the band.
Appearances
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Michael Hitchcock as Ira Gilligan
- Recurring
- Guest
- Michael Hitchcock as Ira Gilligan
- Lauren Bowles as Stripper
- Andrew Hill Newman as Drug representative
- Luciano Giancarlo as Bix
- Danielle Cipolla as Young Maeby
- Dan Horton as Marcus
Recurring themes
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"Gilligan!"
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References
- Allyn-Crane - Dr. Fünke’s 100% Natural Good-Time Family-Band Solution was underwritten by the Natural Life Food Company, a division of ChemGrow, an Allyn-Crane Acquisition, and part of the Squimm Group. Allyn-Crane is the surname of an Arrested Development fan that sent cookies to the writers. They sent her a nice thank you and a copy of this episode’s script.
- Gilligan's Island, the TV sitcom, is referenced numerous times in this episode.
- George, Sr. yells "Gilligan!" in the same manner as the Skipper from Gilligan’s Island.
- G.O.B. accidentally says "Gilligan killed the Skipper," instead of "Gilligan killed the stripper."
- Ira Gilligan is dressed as Gilligan from Gilligan’s Island in the "on the next Arrested Development" scene and has abscounded to an island.
- Marco Polo - Pool guests can be heard playing Marco Polo at the hotel.
Callbacks/running jokes
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- Bed - Michael and George Michael's sleeping arrangement at the hotel mirrors that in "Pilot". It would later be mirrored again in Season 3's "The Cabin Show" and "Development Arrested".
- Cartography - Lupe is seen wearing a "Stanford Institute of Cartography" sweatshirt at the party. In the pilot episode, it was established that Buster had taken "$80,000 worth of cartography lessons" in his scholarly pursuits.
- Cloudmir - The bar at G.O.B.’s bachelor party includes a bottle of Cloudmir vodka.
- Hermano - G.O.B. refers to Michael as his "hermano", a word he learned means "brother" in Spanish thanks to the mix-up with Marta.
- "Hey" - Buster greets Annyong with "Hey, adopted brother."
- Punched - G.O.B.'s comment to Buster, "Yeah, but on the plus side, you got punched in the face." during the "On the next Arrested Development..." segment refers to "Beef Consommé", when Buster asks G.O.B. and Michael to punch him in the face as he tried to join their fight.
- Is Tobias gay? - More jokes are made at Tobias' questionable sexuality.
- While alone on stage Tobias says he feels "a bit like a Mary without a Peter and a Paul."
- Tobias wears a woman’s coat.
- When Lindsay argues to take zanotab Tobias says "This family is not about to start using. We are pushers, not takers"
- Hot Cops - G.O.B. doesn't have any friends to invite to the bachelor party and instead hires his colleagues from the Hot Cops to pose as party goer. They arrive as cops, first seen in "Pier Pressure". G.O.B.'s lack of friends is later made fun of in "¡Amigos!".
- Juice - Buster's obsession with juice is first mentioned and seen in this episode. He later finds a "giant juice box" (boxed wine) in "Spring Breakout".
Hidden/background jokes
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- The demonstrations scheduled at the wellness convention are the "Erector Seminar (7-9 p.m. Friday)" and "Magnet or Magnot? (Saturday)."
- The products on the sign at the wellness convention are "Placebojolt," "Erector," "SwallowGold," "Adrenoblast," "Groupug," "The Magnet Suit," "Euphorizine," "Bond," "The Magnot Suit," and "Dog Tease."
- Tobias wears a coat first seen on a female employee of the Bluth Company.
- At the beginning of Lucille's cocktail party, Buster is hiding behind a doorpost, like a true Milford man.
Foreshadowing/Future References
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- Adoption - Lucille tells G.O.B.'s wife, "I have always wanted a daughter." We find out in the series finale that Lindsay is, in fact, adopted.
- Buster's Hand - Upon mistaking the fake blood for juice (it was actually corn syrup and red dye), Buster exclaims "This party's gonna be off the hook." He gets a hook to replace his lost hand in "Hand to God".
- G.O.B.'s son - G.O.B. states that he "might be" a father, something which is revealed to be true in "The Immaculate Election".
- Soccer - This is the first episode to mention Annyong's soccer team, which would later factor into the storyline of "Not Without My Daughter". The juice Annyong was drinking was for the soccer team.
Quotes
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Notes
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- The title uses “G.O.B.” and ”job” as homophones.
- Michael Hitchcock makes his only appearance on the show as Ira Gilligan, the Bluth Company's accountant. He joins Jane Lynch and John Michael Higgins as the third member of Christopher Guest's mockumentary ensemble to make a cameo on the show.
- This episode is rated TV-PG-LV.
Images
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