As the show progressed, the setups for the jokes seemed to extend even longer, and the eventual payoffs became even more outrageous. They certainly had invested enough in them. The best sight gag in this episode, perhaps in the entire run of Arrested Development, comes at the end when Michael and Gob, who have already settled a couple of matters with a game of rock paper scissors, engage in another physical fight. This time it’s with objects, Michael grabbing the rock that the company was using in its new Gob-conceived “Solid As a Rock” campaign, and Gob grabbing the scissors that Michael had wanted to use to cut the ribbon on the Bluth Company’s newly built model home. Certainly one of the greatest moments the show pulled off, and I don’t know anyone who saw it coming.
And speaking of not seeing things coming, this episode also featured Tobias, donning the blue paint for his Blue Man Group auditions, hiding alongside various blue backgrounds. This may have been the first time I had to actually stop the DVD when I was watching the season for the first time to get a closer look and verify that it was actually Tobias grasping the side of that blue moving truck because the gag was so subtle it very easily could have gone completely undetected.
Oh, this episode also introduced a lot of the Ann jokes, including the famous mayonegg.
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