I've been told that maybe AD is just not my kind of comedy. That statement is, however, untrue. When I heard about this show coming out all those years ago, I was looking forward to it with such anticipation. On the night it premiered, I was practically bouncing up and down the whole night.

Then it actually came on the air.

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I had no idea what to do with it! I knew I didn't like it, but I kept thinking maybe it would get better. Of course, it didn't. Week after week, bomb after bomb, it just failed. It let me down. The jokes were staged very poorly. The performances are deplorable. Which brings me to one of the things I have always hated most in television history-- "I'm half machine! *I'm a monsteeeeeeeeeer!*" That line was terrible, and it summed up one side of the show for me: the massively overblown, painful side.

Sadly, the only other "side" to "Arrested Development" is the massively underblown, also painful side. I hope this show stays buried. But, hey, AD fans-- enjoy! Clearly you enjoy it-- I don't want to stand in the way! Just don't try to convert me, as someone I know once did. That was another thing that turned me off of this show.