Previously, On Arrested Development

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

G.O.B.

... can't use the phone

G.O.B. requires Michael's assistance before he can make dramatic phone calls.

  • Occurrence of a joke
  • Joke in the background
  • Foreshadowing
  • Combined joke

3 episodes feature this joke:

Season 2

Sources: Joke data compiled by Adam Cole / NPR. Episode metadata from The TVDB via a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US) license.