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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Really almost any scene from Arrested Development, but I'm particularly fond of the mock trial episode's scenes.

In one, Judge Reinhold (from Fast Times at Ridgemont High) is appearing as himself getting ready to launch a court show called "Mock Trial with Judge Reinhold". One of the main characters is talking with him about appearing on the show and asks if they're only doing the show because of Judge's name, at which Judge gets upset and stomps off declaring "we're going with my original idea and calling it Mr. Reinhold's courtroom".

In another, Michael (the main character from the above scene) is talking to his brother Gob about appearing on the show and Gob has nothing but bad ideas.

Michael: I'm not going to let you turn this mock trial into some kind of a ...(trails off)

Gob: you were gonna say mockery, weren't you?

Michael: I was in trouble like three words in