Arrested Development: Best Running Joke

Which is the funniest running joke?

ElmisOriginal
[1]Jan 8, 2008
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My vote definitely has to go to to the chicken dances. When the whole family did it I was on the floor laughing my head off.
Edited on 01/08/2008 3:25am
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jobe1234
[2]Jan 8, 2008
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Come on! it's just funny
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ssimonds1
[3]Jan 8, 2008
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Sorry. Every one of Tobias's gags made me laugh. I have to go with everybody's favorite Analrapist
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sienster
[4]Jan 9, 2008
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Yeah, I voted for Tobias too. "I'm afraid I just blue myself." Ha Ha!
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MarkKellerman
[5]Jan 9, 2008
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J. Walter Weatherman and the 'life lessons' are my all time favorite. Of the above listed, however, I'd go with the 'Chicken Dance' cuz it's just so darn versatile! From, "Cha-Cha! Cha-Cha!" to "Koo-Koo-Ka-Cha! Koo-Koo-Ka-Cha!" to "A-Koodle-Oodle-Ooohh! A-Koodle-Oodle-Ooohh!" to "Kaw-Kaw-Kaw! Kaw-Kaw-Kaw!" If only we could have seen Buster do a version of it...

Tobias and his sexual maladies and double entendres are hilarious too, though. From "There's a Nellie waiting for you at the end of the bar." to "Even if it means me taking a chubby, I will suck it up!" to him taking the witness stand and testifying under oath to "Making sweet love on my wife"... My vote is so torn here...
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MarkKellerman
[6]Jan 9, 2008
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"Is there a 'Nellie' in the family?" "Just the one that married your sister...Isn't it fun to talk like this?"
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MarkKellerman
[7]Jan 9, 2008
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Oh, and I gotta throw some love Gene Parmesan's way as a running gag, too. The master of disguise yellow pages ad and Lucille's sheer and utter delight at the bells and whistles of this P.I.'s shameless gimmickry killed me too. So many gags, so little time.
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ssimonds1

[8]Jan 10, 2008

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MarkKellerman wrote:

Oh, and I gotta throw some love Gene Parmesan's way as a running gag, too. The master of disguise yellow pages ad and Lucille's sheer and utter delight at the bells and whistles of this P.I.'s shameless gimmickry killed me too. So many gags, so little time.

Lucile's screaming like a Beatle fan circa 1965 every time Gene shows up kills me too.

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kudosaru9
[9]Jan 15, 2008
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My favorite joke through the series is the 'her' joke. But from those listed I love the Tobias sexuality joke. AD is so good at ongoing jokes that it is hard just to pick one.
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TheOCfan
[10]Jan 15, 2008
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The love the OC one... for obvious reasons...
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PampongMaster
[11]Jan 15, 2008
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Don't call it that.
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Steph__x
[12]Jan 16, 2008
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Gene Parmesan and Lucille's reaction, Come on!, chicken dance and Michael always calling Ann anything else but Ann (ie. Egg, Plant, Hogg.) I just can't choose!!!
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lyghthouse
[13]Jan 17, 2008
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Her?
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MarkKellerman
[14]Jan 17, 2008
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It's as Ann as the nose on Plain's face...
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lyghthouse
[15]Jan 17, 2008
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(laughing)
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PampongMaster
[16]Jan 17, 2008
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And the one time he gets her name right,
"Speaking of settling, how's Ann?"
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Vincent2013
[17]Jan 18, 2008
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(singing) Mr F
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sienster
[18]Jan 22, 2008
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I love it when Buster casually mentions "father" in conversation and Oscar perks up and says "yes" and then catches himself.
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lennydonkey
[19]Jan 22, 2008
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Michael: "Has anyone in this family even seen a chicken?"
Funniest thing I've ever heard. (and didn't even catch it the first time)
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seanroylv
[20]Jan 22, 2008
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Justice is blind,Sir!
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