Bringing Up Buster 

A reluctant Michael takes Buster under his wing while attempting to get closer to an increasingly distant George-Michael.

Director:

Joe Russo

Writers:

Mitchell Hurwitz (created by), Mitchell Hurwitz

Stars:

Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jason Bateman	...	Michael Bluth
Portia de Rossi	...	Lindsay Bluth Fünke
Will Arnett	...	Gob Bluth
Michael Cera	...	George-Michael Bluth
Alia Shawkat	...	Maeby Fünke
Tony Hale	...	Buster Bluth
David Cross	...	Tobias Fünke
Jeffrey Tambor	...	George Bluth Sr.
Jessica Walter	...	Lucille Bluth
Leonor Varela	...	Marta Estrella
Richard Simmons	...	Self
Justin Grant Wade	...	Steve Holt
Jim Ishida	...	Administrator
Bart Tangredi	...	Coach Jerry

Storyline

Lucille suggests that Buster be included in the family activities, but Buster is reluctant to leave his mother's apartment in hopes of avoiding Lucille 2. Meanwhile, Tobias takes over the directing duties for the high school play to rather disastrous results.

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Plot Keywords:

high school play | mother son relationship | family business | bicycle accident | prison | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

The song that Gob (Will Arnett) plays when he moves into Lucille (Jessica Walter)'s apartment is the Foreigner song "Cold As Ice."

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Goofs

In the first scene where Michael is using the cornballer and burns his hand, he's seen using a piece of ice in a rag to cool his burn. The piece of ice can be seen falling onto the counter out of the rag, but they continue filming anyway like it didn't happen.

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Quotes

Buster: [about Lucille] It's like she gets off on being withholding.
Michael Bluth: Whoa, Buster!
Gob: Look who's ragging on the old lady!
Buster: Because I'm an uptight
[long bleep]
Buster: Buster
[long bleep]
Buster: you old horny slut!
Michael Bluth: [stunned] Nobody's going to top that.

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Connections

References Bringing Up Baby (1938)

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Soundtracks

Arrested Development
Composed by David Schwartz
(opening theme)

User Reviews

Funny!

The third episode in the Arrested Development series, "Bringing Up Buster" is another funny episode. It may be just a tad down from the first two entries, but it still has enough comedy and characterization to be another memorable episode. Plus we have come to care (or not care) about the Bluth family and we like to see every move they make.

This episode has Lucille not happy that Buster is hanging around her so she suggests that he works for the company. Meanwhile, Tobias is directing a school play that has both George Michael and Maeby acting in it.

Overall, this is a funny episode. I really love Tobias as a wannabe show artist and Buster is just too funny. I rate this episode 9/10.

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 November 2003 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 5, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Imagine Television, The Hurwitz Company, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1