Previously, On Arrested Development

NPR's guide to the running gags from the show.

The Bluths

J. Walter Weatherman

George Sr. calls upon a one-armed former Bluth Company employee to teach his children lessons.

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The Bluths

Buster

  • Season 1
  • Season 2
  • Season 3
  • Season 4

3 episodes feature this joke:

Season 1

  • 10: Pier Pressure

    Michael tries to enlist J. Walter Weatherman and then the Hot Cops to teach George Michael a lesson about smoking pot.

    Related Joke: missing limbs

Season 2

Season 3

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