Domo arigato, 2!

The "Arrested Development" joke that's even better than we thought.

K.L.

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Dec 7, 2005 | The great Buster clip from "Arrested Development" that we highlighted earlier is even funnier -- as smartypants reader Brian Patterson pointed out to us -- when you know that it also references that old VW ad, which starred . . . a younger, hairer Tony Hale, who plays Buster! (Thanks, Brian.)

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