Arrested Development Character Study: G.O.B.

This is the first in a series of character studies from the famously cancelled television show Arrested Development. I will post my favorite quotes and moments from the character of choice, as well as try and define what makes them funny. Today we have:

Name: G.O.B. [George Oscar Bluth, Jr.] Pronounced jōb ... like that famous guy from the bible, you know, Job.

Here he is on his transportation device of choice: the Segway. Looks like he is ready to Thelma and Louise-it off a cliff or something. Please tell me somebody gets that reference.

Being the older brother in a family has its ups and downs. For G.O.B. though, its mainly downs. The first born child: the favorite? No. The least favorite? In his mother Lucille's eyes: hell yes. G.O.B. is everything that a TV show audience wants in an older brother: he is a blabbering idiot, he is a womanizer and a man-whore, he is ignorant, he is slightly racist, and most importantly, he is a magician! [Not even a good magician.] He is the butt of the joke in the Bluth family.

Example of idiocy:

G.O.B: Anyway, it involves us making some money with our Mexican friends from Colombia.
Michael: I think they're called Colombians.

Example of ignorance with a dash of idiocy:

G.O.B: What is this feeling? It's not hungry, it's not angry...
Michael: I think it's love, Gob
G.O.B: I know what an erection feels like, Michael!

Example of womanizing man-whoring tendencies:

G.O.B: I'm dating this Christian girl right now. She wants me to be honest and reconnect with my son. And I'm trying to get her to renounce God and fuck me, but I just want to prove to her that I'm worth it.

The only thing sadder than a bad magician is a dead clown on fire. G.O.B. constantly reveals how tricks are done, has been blackballed by the Magician's Alliance [who demand to be taken seriously,] and always has a 'Forget-me-now" pill on hand to drug somebody when they know just a little bit tooo much. G.O.B. also had a small stint in the ventriloquist field with is good old [incredibly racist] black puppet Franklin Delano Bluth.

G.O.B. has an amazingly bad theme song that he uses for his magic tricks. He even had a 'sad' version done with an organ for a wake/funeral in the episode 'Good Grief.' Here is that song. Speaking of awful, horrible songs: here we have this. Oh, its just so delightfully sickening!

There will be more on G.O.B pretty soon, maybe tomorrow. Right now html and the font and format of this post is being quite bitchy. YAY!