There's nothing like a little bit of Arrested Development to brighten your day.
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Top 5: Tobias Funke
Last night my friend Dane Hurt posted a list of his top ten favorite TV characters on his personal website. The list got me thinking about who'd be in my top ten. Here is the first character to join my top 5.
"Oh here, here. In the dark, it all looks the same."
Words like these have made Tobias Funke one of television's strange characters. Played by David Cross, Funke was the first licensed analyst/therapist, or analrapist, turned wanna be actor on Mitchell Hurwitz's Arrested Development.
The thing that makes Tobias so funny is the way he interacts socially. He is completly oblivious to so much of what is going on around him and the things he says. Funke will spout out sentances like "Michael, you really are quite the cupid. You can zink your arrow into my buttocks any time" without realizing that his statment might be interpreted in more than one way.
He is incredibly outgoing, but lacks real social skills. It's like watching someone new to a country try and figure out a new culture, new sayings, and new social behaviors but instead of being a forigner he is just an idiot. It's good fun.
"Oh here, here. In the dark, it all looks the same."
Words like these have made Tobias Funke one of television's strange characters. Played by David Cross, Funke was the first licensed analyst/therapist, or analrapist, turned wanna be actor on Mitchell Hurwitz's Arrested Development.
The thing that makes Tobias so funny is the way he interacts socially. He is completly oblivious to so much of what is going on around him and the things he says. Funke will spout out sentances like "Michael, you really are quite the cupid. You can zink your arrow into my buttocks any time" without realizing that his statment might be interpreted in more than one way.
He is incredibly outgoing, but lacks real social skills. It's like watching someone new to a country try and figure out a new culture, new sayings, and new social behaviors but instead of being a forigner he is just an idiot. It's good fun.
Home yet
This weekend I'm back in Houston at my parent's house. Monday is my 21st birthday and we're getting together with my aunt, uncle, and grand parents to celebrate. What does being home mean to me? A lot of things.
1. Homemade meals from my mom. Today my little brother and I came home to incredible pot roars, biscuits, and cooked vegetables. No matter how hard I try when I make dinner at my apartment it never tastes like this.
2. PUPPY! My Dad got a little tiny yellow lab puppy on July 2nd and I love her to death. Over the summer the two of us spent a lot of late nights snoozing on the couch. Now she's big but still the best pup ever.
3. DVR. Life with basic cable is rough...well not really but we've got a backlog of Arrested Development episodes on our DVR. Sure, I've got them on DVD at my apartment but watching them on my parents big TV with the whole family around is just so much better.
4. And of course family. Mine specifically. What would I be without my parents. They give me drive, humor, support, love, and many other things. I can't thank them enough for all that they've given me, with out them I would be nothing.
1. Homemade meals from my mom. Today my little brother and I came home to incredible pot roars, biscuits, and cooked vegetables. No matter how hard I try when I make dinner at my apartment it never tastes like this.2. PUPPY! My Dad got a little tiny yellow lab puppy on July 2nd and I love her to death. Over the summer the two of us spent a lot of late nights snoozing on the couch. Now she's big but still the best pup ever.
3. DVR. Life with basic cable is rough...well not really but we've got a backlog of Arrested Development episodes on our DVR. Sure, I've got them on DVD at my apartment but watching them on my parents big TV with the whole family around is just so much better.
4. And of course family. Mine specifically. What would I be without my parents. They give me drive, humor, support, love, and many other things. I can't thank them enough for all that they've given me, with out them I would be nothing.
