George-Michael tries to reconnect with his father, but is finding himself overwhelmed by the responsibility of running his business.
Sixty-two jokes in 43 minutes, but scattered focus dilutes the impact.
Directed by Mitchell Hurwitz, Troy Miller · Written by Mitchell Hurwitz, Dean Lorey, Jim Vallely
WAR
49.6
Wins Above Replacement
“Blockheads” ranks #76 of 84 Arrested Development episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.0 — Great. The episode packs 62 scored jokes at 1.4 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.7 on impact, with George Michael landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
George Michael: I would rather have sex with someone because they thought I was someone else than not have sex with someone because they thought I was me.
Gob: A horde. That's the minimum. They don't come in anything less than a horde.
George Michael: How'd you know about the photo booth?
George Michael: Yeah, so, I'm George Maharis, and, uh... and Fakeblock is real... Let's put up this wall
Michael · Rebel: Was that fun for you? No.
All Jokes — 62 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Michael: God, I just hope there are no kids on that plane. 500 bucks they find a dead kid...
Michael: Smartphone, stupid man.
Narrator: But George Michael was proving more adept at lying than anyone suspected.
Narrator Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Rebel: At least he wasn't drunk and bitching about Don Ameche not knowing his lines in Cocoon.
Rebel Observational Absurdist Michael: But now, I wouldn't even think of my son as my brother. Although, in fairness, this is something a Bluth brother would do.
Narrator: It's George Michael's Arrested Development.
George Michael: That's it for me. You guys keep playing. Oh, too funny.
George Michael · Health Center Worker: Who would you like us to call in case of an emergency? My dad.
George Michael: Well, you know older guys... the night ends for them at 8:00.
Rebel: And I've already got some birth control in me that I paid for myself, and I'd hate to let it go to waste.
Rebel Cringe/Discomfort Observational George Michael: family first, unless there's a work thing, and then work first.
Michael: I have said that, too.
Michael Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement P-Hound: Okay, first you 'F' me with Fakeblock
P-Hound Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy P-Hound: Not against the rules. Still a little weird, don't you think? But not against the rules.
P-Hound: This is no longer a peace pizza. That is a war pizza.
Rebel: Well, I suppose anything goes in a dorm.
George Michael: Well, I aim to not please.
George Michael · Rebel: Oh, my God, they sound like terrible people. Oh, they were.
Narrator: If she were to learn that he was merely a wood block player with a heightened ability to track the passage of time, perhaps she would rightly feel lack of pretention should be a given.
Narrator Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch George Michael: 24. Yes, it was, uh, right in here.
Rebel · Narrator: This is like making love with the Wright brothers in their bicycle shop. I'm sure she just meant one of them.
Narrator: Hey, how about her knowing they had a bicycle shop?
Narrator Meta/Self-Referential Observational Rebel · Director: Action. Tweet and drive. Yeah, that was good, but it's 'text.' And we need the word 'don't.'
Twin: Oh, right, yeah, 'cause, uh, we're twins, and, uh, we have no sense of ourselves as individuals. That's right.
Twin Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Narrator: The twins were proud to show that they voted differently from one another.
George Michael · Twin: I guess one head's better than two, huh? Twin hater.
Twin: We've been dealing with 'twincists' like you all our lives.
Twin Wordplay/Pun Absurdist Twin: Bender from Futurama. I almost wrote that.
Twin Absurdist Character Comedy Gob: I happened to remember how much you love bologna.
Gob Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Narrator: He didn't think George Michael liked bologna.
Narrator Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Gob: Can't lie to you, George Michael, it's a forget-me-now.
Gob Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Gob: Take a pill to forget your problems. Take a pill to go to sleep. And take a pill to forget your problems. Need an erection, take a pill. Need to forget your problems, take a pill. Take a pill and your problems are forgotten. Just take a pill.
Gob Running Gag Observational Gob Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Sudden Valley Residents: 22? You look 16. He's 22! He's 22, but looks 16.
George Michael: It's like it's everyone's birthday.
Sudden Valley Residents: We said no clothes, Carlos. Hat is not clothes. A hat is clothes.
George Michael: Guys, maybe... maybe we can't play skins versus skins. Tops versus bottoms?
Rebel: No, this is my son, Lem Depardieu.
Rebel Character Comedy Observational Narrator: In fact, it was the folks in the pool who were more at risk of being near Lem than he was of them.
George Michael: I take things too serious. I take things too seriously. I need to note which one of those is correct, because I sound like a horse's ass when I alternate between the two of them.
Maeby: 'Serioush' is nothing. That's not a word.
Maeby Character Comedy Observational George Michael: Maeby, you're fired!
Maeby: So... you're the other guy.
Maeby Misdirection ★ Rewatch Maeby: She wants it easily-breezily
Maeby Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Michael: I want you to know that I think that I've been coming on a little bit too strong... and we're walking down the aisle
Michael · Rebel: Was that fun for you? No.
Rebel · Michael: Are you gonna call me? If I'm in traffic.
Michael: ♪ I just stole this fair young miss ♪ ♪ From a big shot, George Mahar... ♪
Michael Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Michael: You're out of the movie
George Michael: I mean, who would not want to raise their kids here?
Michael: Oh, great... pain fades slowly. Quickly.
Michael Character Comedy Reaction Beat George Michael: I would rather have sex with someone because they thought I was someone else than not have sex with someone because they thought I was me.
Gob: Well, I figured who better than the Chinese to build a wall. But, no, I couldn't afford them, so I... I hired, um, they're technically Mongols, I guess.
Gob Absurdist Observational Gob: A horde. That's the minimum. They don't come in anything less than a horde.
Gob: they're gonna have a major Mongolian beef with us
Gob Wordplay/Pun Escalation George Michael: Yeah, so, I'm George Maharis, and, uh... and Fakeblock is real... Let's put up this wall
Michael: So there better be two Rebels in here, am I right?
George Michael: How'd you know about the photo booth?
Narrator: But like the victim of a roofie circle, having taken one was the only memory he had lost.
Narrator Dark/Subversive Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Tony Wonder: Hey, Gobie. It's Tony. We still on for our sex date tonight?
Police · Buster: That left hand might be difficult to cuff. Trouble cuffing him. I'm not a monster!
Police Buster Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback John Beard: Love each other
John Beard Callback Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — Arrested Development
