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| − | [[Image:Franklin and Gob in the studio.jpg|right|300px|thumb]][[Image:Franklin Comes Alive.jpg|thumb|200px|right]]From the TV series Arrested Development. An African-American ventriloquist dummy who promoted racial healing by duetting with George "Gob" Bluth II (Will Arnett) during "Righteous Brothers," the season-two finale (first aired 17 Apr. 2005). The duo spent $5,000 making the album ''Franklin Comes Alive'' as a birthday gift for Gob's brother Michael (Jason Bateman). (Gob borrowed the 5K from Michael, of course.) The album included a truly stunning cover of Bryan Adams' "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" and this wonderful musical exchange: | + | [[Image:Franklin and Gob in the studio.jpg|right|300px|thumb]][[Image:Franklin Comes Alive.jpg|thumb|200px|right]]From the TV series [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0367279/combined Arrested Development]. An African-American ventriloquist dummy who promoted racial healing by duetting with George "Gob" Bluth II (Will Arnett) during "Righteous Brothers," the season-two finale (first aired 17 Apr. 2005). The duo spent $5,000 making the album ''Franklin Comes Alive'' as a birthday gift for Gob's brother Michael (Jason Bateman). (Gob borrowed the 5K from Michael, of course.) The album included a truly stunning cover of Bryan Adams' "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" and this wonderful musical exchange: |
<blockquote>Gob: "It ain't easy being white."</blockquote> | <blockquote>Gob: "It ain't easy being white."</blockquote> | ||
<blockquote>Franklin: "It ain't easy being brown."</blockquote> | <blockquote>Franklin: "It ain't easy being brown."</blockquote> | ||
Revision as of 08:41, 5 May 2011
From the TV series Arrested Development. An African-American ventriloquist dummy who promoted racial healing by duetting with George "Gob" Bluth II (Will Arnett) during "Righteous Brothers," the season-two finale (first aired 17 Apr. 2005). The duo spent $5,000 making the album Franklin Comes Alive as a birthday gift for Gob's brother Michael (Jason Bateman). (Gob borrowed the 5K from Michael, of course.) The album included a truly stunning cover of Bryan Adams' "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" and this wonderful musical exchange:
Gob: "It ain't easy being white."
Franklin: "It ain't easy being brown."
G: "All this pressure to be bright."
F: "I got childrens all over town."
Sadly, the African-American studio engineer walked out in protest at this point, so we didn't hear the rest of what was surely going to be a sensitive and nuanced treatment of race.
