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Arrested Development :: Best Man for the Gob (01x19)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: Best Man for the Gob
Episode #: 01x19
Production Number: ARR-119
Original Airdate: Sunday April 04th, 2004
*Also Known As:
10/10 (3 Votes cast)
Other Release Dates: (Edit)
Country: Aired On:
FR (TPS Star) Mar 07, 2005
DE (Comedy Central) Apr 06, 2007
Episode Crew
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Writer: Richard Rosenstock
Mitchell Hurwitz
 
Episode Summary
 

At G.O.B.'s post-marital bachelor party, George, Sr. tries to get blackmail material out of his accountant. Later, G.O.B. learns that Wife of G.O.B. is in love with Tobias. Meanwhile, Tobias tries to but back together the Dr. Fünke’s 100% Natural Good-Time Family-Band Solution folk band and Michael sets out to prove to his family that he can be fun.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Amy PoehlerplayedWife of GobRecurring (third appearance)
Lauren BowlesplayedStripper 
Michael HitchcockplayedIra Gilligan 
Co-Guest Stars
B. W. GonzalezplayedLupeRecurring (9th appearance)
Dan HortonplayedMarcusRecurring (second appearance)
Danielle CipollaplayedYoung MaebyRecurring (first appearance)
Justin LeeplayedAnnyong BluthRecurring (5th appearance)
Andrew Hill NewmanplayedDrug Rep 
Luciano Giancarlo (1)playedBix 
Uncredited
Michael BliedenplayedAgent CummingsRecurring (third appearance)
 
Main Cast
 
Jason BatemanplayedMichael Bluth
Portia de RossiplayedLindsay Bluth Fünke
Will ArnettplayedGeorge "G.O.B." Bluth II
Michael CeraplayedGeorge Michael Bluth
Alia ShawkatplayedMae "Maeby" Fünke
Tony HaleplayedByron "Buster" Bluth
David CrossplayedTobias Fünke
Jessica WalterplayedLucille Bluth
Jeffrey TamborplayedGeorge Bluth Sr. / Oscar Bluth
Ron Howard (1)voicedNarrator
 
Episode Notes
 
On The Next Arrested Development Gag: Buster makes a startling revelation, Michael solves the mystery of the missing money, and Gilligan fulfills his destiny.
 
Narrator: The group was underwritten by the Natural Life Food Company, a division of ChemGrow, an Allyn-Crane Acquisition, and part of the Squimm Group. Their motto was simple: “We keep you alive.”

Allyn-Crane was the last name of an Arrested Development fan that mailed the cast and crew cookies. The writers wrote the last name into the script and mailed her a copy of the script as a thank you.
 
 
Episode Quotes
 
Buster: Where'd Annyong get that juice box?
Annyong: Annyong.
Lucille: Those are for his soccer team. No sugar for you. You just get more awful.
 
Lindsay: I'm tired of trying to find happiness through lies and self-medicating. If you need me, I'll be at the bar.
 
Wife Of G.O.B.: G.O.B., I want out. I'm in love with your brother --
G.O.B.: What?!
(G.O.B. turns to Michael)
G.O.B.: You did it again, you son of a bitch!
(G.O.B. punches Michael in the face, knocking him out)
Wife Of G.O.B.: -- in-law. Tobias. Sorry. I should have finished that thought.
 
Buster: We have unlimited juice? (laughs) This party is going to be off the hook.
 
Lucille: Because Buster’s your brother and I’m not going to leave him home alone with all this j-u-i-c-e around.
Buster: I can spell, Mom. You spelled “juice.”
Lucille: Oh, you’re so brilliant. Let’s see you find it.
 
Ira Gilligan: Please, call me Ira. I don’t like Gilligan.
G.O.B.: Who doesn’t like Gilligan?
 
G.O.B.: You can help me get rid of her, though. Mom’s having a cocktail party. She’ll be there. You could try and break us up.
Michael: I can’t do that.
G.O.B.: Why not? You did with me and Marta. You had no problem with that, guy. You know what? Lie to her. Tell her that I’m insensitive and unreliable.
Michael: Maybe something about how you can never confront people and you need someone else to clean up your messes.
G.O.B.: See, that’s great... and that’s just off the top of your head.
 
Tobias: As you may or may not know, Lindsay and I have hit a bit of a rough patch.
Michael: Really? When did that start?
Tobias: Well, I don’t want to blame it all on 9/11, but it certainly didn’t help.
 
Tobias: I just want to be a family again. I guess what I’m saying is, I want to reunite the band.
Michael: Oh, no.
Narrator: “Oh, no” was right. In the mid-’90s, Tobias formed a folk music group with Lindsay and Maeby— called Dr. Fünke’s 100% Natural Good-Time Family-Band Solution. The group was underwritten by the Natural Life Food Company, a division of ChemGrow, an Allyn-Crane Acquisition, and part of the Squimm Group. Their motto was simple: “We keep you alive.”
 
(two years ealier...)
George, Sr.: Gilligan has promised me that all this money will be safe in IRAs.
Ira Gilligan: It’s Ira, sir.
George, Sr.: Oh, I’m sorry, Gilligan. Will be safe in Ira’s.
 
 
Cultural References
 
The Funke's family band, Dr. Funke's 100% Natural Good Time Family Band Solution is a reference to the Partridge family's band in the TV show, The Partridge Family.
 
G.O.B.: (to Ira Gilligan) You killed the skipper ... I mean stripper!

This is a reference to the series Gilligan's Island where a group of 7 people, including Gilligan and the Skipper, were stranded on an island. At the end of the episode, Ira Gilligan is seen floating in a pool wearing clothes similar to those that Gilligan wore on Gilligan's Island and the island that Ira travels to looks similar to the island that Gilligan and the six others were stranded on.
 
 
Episode References
 
Visual: Lupe wearing a "Stanford Institute of Cartography" sweatshirt

This refers to Buster's expensive cartography lessons in the "Pilot" episode.
 
Visual: Hot Cops at G.O.B.'s bachelor party

The Hot Cops first appeared in "Pier Pressure".
 
 
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