Curb Your Enthusiasm Inspired The Best Joke In Arrested Development Revival
Arrested Development's fourth and fifth seasons had some amusing moments, but the best joke from the show's revival on Netflix was directly inspired by Curb Your Enthusiasm. The Bluth family's shenanigans originally aired for three seasons on Fox, garnering critical acclaim but low viewer ratings. Arrested Development was eventually canceled before being brought back by Netflix in 2013 after a seven-year hiatus.
Naturally, when Netflix announced Arrested Development would finally be making a long-anticipated return in 2013 after seven years, people were understandably excited. However, it turned out they were a bit premature and were left with something of a mess on their hands. The original content in the subsequent two seasons that followed under Netflix's purview were overshadowed by a phenomenal joke in season 4, episode 11 («Fun Night») referencing HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. The success of the joke was both an indictment of Arrested Development's fourth season and a testament to the strength of the joke itself.
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The Curb Your Enthusiasm joke worked well precisely because of its simplicity. Arrested Development took advantage of a popular meme spawned by Curb Your Enthusiasm's theme where «Frolic» by composer Luciano Michelini is played during or after an immensely awkward moment. In this case, the reference was made even better because it made sense within the Arrested Development universe with actor Jeff Garlin portraying a relatively similar role in Curb Your Enthusiasm (studio exec and Larry David's manager, respectively). It was something that even people who don't watch Larry David's show would laugh at and the scene took an inherently funny
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