Arrested Development: Public Relations
Episode score
9.1
Superb
Public Relations
- 11.
- Season: 1
- Episode: 11
- First Aired: 1/25/2004
- Prod Code: 1AJD10
When George Michael is rejected by a private school due to the family's reputation, Michael hires a publicist from his gym who he's been flirting with to change the public perspective of the Bluths. Meanwhile, Tobias is sent to Boston to reclaim his medical license. Read full recap »
- Writers:
- Courtney Lilly
- Director:
- Lee Shallat-Chemel
- Stars:
- Jeffrey Tambor (George Bluth Sr. / Oscar Bluth)
- Portia de Rossi (Lindsay Bluth Fünke)
- David Cross (Tobias Fünke)
- Ron Howard (Narrator)
- Jason Bateman (Michael Bluth)
- Jessica Walter (Lucille Bluth)
- Will Arnett (George "Gob" Bluth II)
- Michael Cera (George Michael Bluth)
- Alia Shawkat (Mae "Maeby" Fünke)
- Tony Hale (Byron "Buster" Bluth)
- Recurring Role:
- BW Gonzalez (Lupe)
- John Beard (Himself)
- Guest Star:
- Don Perry (Earle Milford)
- Harry Murphy (Brian Snee)
- John Rothman (Charles Milford)
- Stacey Grenrock-Woods (Trisha Thoon)
- Jordan Orr (Eric Snee)
- Jill Ritchie (Jessie)
- Carl Weathers (Himself)
- When Lawyer Barry Zuckerkorn (played by Henry Winkler) is leaving the bathroom, he looks in the mirror and takes out his comb but does not comb his hair, this of course is a nod to Winkler's most famous role, The Iconic Fonz from the sitcom Happy Days, which Narrator Ron Howard was also a star of. edit »
- Jessie calls George Michael "Opie." Ron Howard (the Narrator) played Opie on the Andy Griffith Show, which is why the Narrator quips "Jessie had gone too far and she had best watch her mouth." edit »
- When Michael and his son are waiting to be interviewed at the school and Michael says "....and that's the most important thing to me, okay?", you can see that his mouth movements doesn't match what he's saying. edit »
- This is the first of three episodes featuring Carl Weathers as himself, characterized as a money-saving swindler. edit »
- At the beginning of the episode, Michael and George Michael are waiting for an interview at the Milford Academy. Also waiting there is the Bluth's would be attorney, Wayne Jarvis and his son. edit »
- Lindsay says "Blah, Blah, Blah" when talking to Michael. A name they would use later for their future lawyer, Bob Loblaw. edit »
- This episode was #31 on thefutoncritic.com's list of 2004's 50 Best Episodes on TV. edit »
- On the newspaper with the headline "Cold Hard Bluths," lower down in the paper, there is an article titled "Bum Gets Balloon." George Michael had just told Michael that he managed to get rid of a bum at the frozen banana stand. edit »
- Jessie: Well, George Michael, are you happy?
George Michael: Well ... I got a bum away from the stand without hurting his feelings. That was pretty sweet. edit » - Michael: Look, George Michael, I want you to tell me how you feel, ok? I don’t want you to worry so much about hurting my feelings.
George Michael: I didn’t want to go to that school, and Jessie’s a psycho.
Michael: It could’ve saved us a little bit of time. edit » - Lindsay: “Lindsay’s a combative, entitled princess”? I should hire somebody to kick your ass for that.
Lucille: Save your money.
Lindsay: You’re right. I’ll do it myself. edit » - Lucille: Let me tell you something, sweetie. We may pick on each other, get into little scrapes, call each other names and occasionally steal from each other, but that’s because we are family. edit »
- Jessie: Hi, George Michael. Proud of yourself?
George Michael: Yeah, actually. I got a bum away from the stand without hurting his feelings. That was pretty sweet.
Jessie: No, I mean about your father. About denying him his chance to be happy?
Maeby: You’re into that, too? I’m rubbing off on you, huh? edit »
- Narrator: (after Jessie refers to George Michael as "Opie") Jessie had gone too far and had best watch her mouth.
Opie is a character from The Andy Griffith Show - the inside joke being that Ron Howard who played Opie is also the "Narrator." edit » - Tobias: Maybe my wife was right. I don't know if I'm cut out to be a De Niro, a Regis, even a Pinkett-Smith.
Reference to 3 actors--award winning and well respected Robert De Niro, star of Casino, Cape Fear, etc.
--Regis Philbin, talk show host and actor.
--and Jada Pinkett-Smith, wife of Will Smith, and star of movies like Matrix Reloaded and Set It Off. edit » - Lucille: I'll have the Ike and Tina Tuna.
This is reference to singers Ike and Tina Turner. Tina Turner had a very successful solo career after divorcing Ike for domestic abuse. edit »
Public Relations
The Bottom Line: "Well written"05/28/06 05:07am | report abuseAny publicity is good publicity, unless the Bluths are involved. ...Continue »
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