Arrested Development: 10 Insane Details You Definitely Missed
10. The Reason G.O.B. Always Rode Around On A Segway
If you sat down to watch the first episode of Arrested Development in 2003 and noticed G.O.B. riding around on a Segway, you wouldn't think much of it. After all, the personal transportation device was introduced only two years before the series first aired, and they were popping up everywhere.
It also made sense to see him riding one because they cost way too much for an average person to buy them, and G.O.B. is anything but an average person. Like most uber-rich people, he's completely out of touch with the common man, as are most of the Bluth family members.
There's another reason he's riding about town on a Segway, and it's one of those things that most people didn't pick up on while watching the show. Every time you see him on a Segway, he rides up to someone in the middle of a conversation and changes the subject.
It's one of those things you don't notice, but once you see it, it's impossible to miss. Each time G.O.B. shows up on a segway, he's a plot device that literally segues the conversation from one topic to another. It's one of many double entendres spread throughout the series, though this one is far more literal than most.