Speech Help

It seems like all of their best lines are dialogue bits, which are harder to pull off if you're flying solo. Also, more than in other shows, the jokes in AD get the bulk of their humor from the little quirks it assumes you know of each character. We fans think it's hilarious because we're already aware of -

Buster's incestuous relationship with Lucille
Tobia's obvious closeted personality and unintentional innuendos
GOB's stupidity and complete lack of empathy
Lindsay's self centered materialism
Michael's neurotic self-awareness and his overprotectiveness of George Michael
George Michael's crush on Maeby.


I think the show is likeable for the first few episodes, but once you learn who the characters are, that's when the humor kicks into high gear.


That said, here are a few possible examples you can use for your speech, the last one being the best if you can only use a quote for the finale.


Michael Bluth: [calling from prison, taking about his brother, Gob] I've got a nice hard cot with his name on it.
Lucille: You would do that to your brother?
Michael Bluth: I said "cot".

Michael: So this is the Aztec Tomb trick.
Gob: Illusion, Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money...
[sees children watching his magic]
Gob: ... or candy!

Narrator: George Michael was getting ready for school when he came across a box of love letters he'd written, but never sent, to his cousin Maeby. One letter, titled "If you weren't my cousin," was particularly incriminating.

Gob: Zero hour, Michael. It's the end of the line. I'm the firstborn. I'm sick of playing second fiddle. I'm always third in line for everything. I'm tired of finishing fourth. Being the fifth wheel. There are six things I'm mad about, and I'm taking over.