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They've finally started showing this in the UK. Should I be watching it?

― NIck, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

oh so yes, and tell me sam isn't a little queer blossom waiting to happen.

― Geoff, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah! Was a little disappointed to see the actor who plays Sam turn up on that lame Geena Davis sitcom. Hopefully you won't be getting that piece of shit over there any time soon.

I really wasn't expecting that hermaprodite bit, that was an interesting twist.

― Arthur, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Bad Reputation", you know, kicks ass. Plus there is one really distorted-looking geek who is so ugly it's fascinating. The freaks are too stupid to be of real interest, though, and that is rather disappointing.

― Simon, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I love it. Did all teenagers listen to The Who back in 1981 tho'?

― Michael Bourke, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Q: Do you consider the show timeless in its formulation of oddball teen social dynamic, or is it a period piece?

― Benjamin, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Hated it. Yet, if you take split it into it's main points of interest, all of which fail miserably, you have 3 or 4 shows I can enjoy watching: Malcom In The Middle, Square Pegs, That 70s Show and maybe a touch of The Wonder Years.

― Nude Spock, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

No, I don't see it as a period piece. Defintely not in a Wedding Singer "oh look weren't the eighties goofy" way. The first time I watched it I had no idea it was set in the eighties. I just didn't know why everyone was wearing such bad clothes.

― Michael Bourke, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

two years pass...

Coming out on DVD in April, yay.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 6 March 2004 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I hadn't even heard of it before I saw this thread, but I hate it already.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Saturday, 6 March 2004 19:02 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

Revive since the DVD set is out. Wow. I'm not wowing the show -- I like it enough to watch it rented -- but the DVD release is amazing. Two commentary tracks for each episode, it looks like -- the pilot, for instance, has a secondary commentary done by a couple of cast members and a message-board-posting fan; the second episode has commentary by the cast members' real life parents; etc. Deleted scenes for every episode, at least on the two discs I've watched.

The $120 special edition boxed set even has table readings, for pete's sake.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 8 April 2004 14:12 (twenty-one years ago)

mine just arrived! it's packaged to look like a high school yearbook, with the discs slotted in amongst loads of photos and trivia and such. i'm going to be up all night.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 8 April 2004 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

going to store today!!!

― JaXoN (JasonD), Thursday, 8 April 2004 16:24 (twenty-one years ago)

As far as the show itself: my only problems with it come down to the facts that I really don't like Busy Phillips (Kim, Lindsay's blonde friend) and I don't find the geek half of the show likeable or interesting. Everyone else on the freak half is good; Linda Cardellini and Seth Rogen are especially great; I love Biff-from-Back-to-the-Future as the gym teacher.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 8 April 2004 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

agreed that kim is kind of annoying, but what?!? how can you not love neil and haverchuck?

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 8 April 2004 16:51 (twenty-one years ago)

table readings!! i gotta get this

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:01 (twenty-one years ago)

not that i'm a huge table reading fan or anything, i mean this just looks awesome

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:01 (twenty-one years ago)

They just blend together for me. I don't dislike them, particularly, but they're more .... I don't know. "Cookie cutter" isn't quite right. They stand out less. (Mind you, I've only watched two discs, which is what, six episodes.)

xpost; slutsky, I thought the same thing, but $120!

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:02 (twenty-one years ago)

i know! there's no way i can afford this. but i hope i can rent it somewhere

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost again; yeah, even the non-hugely-expensive set has great stuff on it (do we even get deleted scenes with many TV DVDs? the Alias sets have a couple, but this has them for every episode). The commentaries are really varied and good.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd rather have an Undeclared box set.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 8 April 2004 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I had drinks with Haverchuk one night. He had a mohawk. BFF.

― dean! (deangulberry), Thursday, 8 April 2004 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I love Undeclared, there really should be a box set.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 8 April 2004 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Tep OTM about the Freaks being better than the Geeks, probably why I liked Undeclared better.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 8 April 2004 18:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I was about to say that, too, only with the me OTM bit. There was like that spree of college-related shows all at around the same time, and I guess it got lost in the shuffle.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 8 April 2004 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)

So this is the part where you talk me into/out of getting the 120 dollar vers

― ModJ (ModJ), Thursday, 8 April 2004 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

i got it. it was my birthday present to myself. just looking at it is making me really, really happy.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 8 April 2004 18:48 (twenty-one years ago)

but IS IT WORTH IT???

― ModJ (ModJ), Thursday, 8 April 2004 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

yes.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 8 April 2004 18:52 (twenty-one years ago)

If I hadn't already spent money on DVDs lately, I'd probably get it, even though I'm not a devoted fan of the show. More sets like this need to come out. And hell, moneywise? It's only a little more expensive than the Sopranos and Star Trek sets, which have barely any extra features in comparison.

(Not to mention the hugely overpriced Prisoner discs.)

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 8 April 2004 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

linda cardellini went to the same high school i attended, but was five years ahead of me. her locker was above my sister's and apparently she dated one of the two hottest guys in the school (the other one was his twin brother) and used to cry to him all the time because the shallow popular girls only wanted to hang out with her because of her looks and didn't take much notice of her personality and artistic ambitions...

i thought that was sort of a weird story.

― waxyjax (waxyjax), Thursday, 8 April 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Is the yearbook edition still available outside of eBay? I had heard that it was only offered to the people that signed the petition.

― dean! (deangulberry), Thursday, 8 April 2004 19:20 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm a dork. i signed the petition.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 8 April 2004 19:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I just checked the website (which I should have done first) and the limited edition yearbooks are still available. HRMMM. This is causing me mental and physical stress.

― dean! (deangulberry), Thursday, 8 April 2004 19:36 (twenty-one years ago)

ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS EVER

but you're crazy to diss the beautiful and talented Busy Phillips. Whenever she would utter "Like I give a care," I'd fall in love all over again.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Thursday, 8 April 2004 20:27 (twenty-one years ago)

actually, i think she did a good job with the role. kim is a bit irritating, though on purpose i assume. i liked the mixture of petulance and silliness and suspicion and good-heartedness, but i can see how some could find her grating.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 8 April 2004 20:33 (twenty-one years ago)

It's not even that I find her grating so much as just ... bland and intangible. Grain of salt: I feel the same way about Chloe Sevigny in everything but American Psycho.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 8 April 2004 20:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought Busy was great on Freaks. When she showed up on Dawsons I was like, huh? Linda C is great. Has she done anything sense? How much are they charging for this thing?

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:16 (twenty-one years ago)

She's the geeky girl in Scooby Doo, I think

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Busy Phillips gets bonus points for being part of a weird sub-genre of teen-indie movies that I see on cable, always starring Dominique Swain or some other jailbait starlet.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Linda C is great. Has she done anything sense?

I think she is on ER, but I can't say for sure since I don't watch that show.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:35 (twenty-one years ago)

i know!!! "the smokers"!!!

(xp)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:36 (twenty-one years ago)

dominique swain has become such a straight-to-video siren!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:36 (twenty-one years ago)

The Smokers, New Best Friend, Tart, oh so many more.

(woah, the photo on her IMDB page is scarrrry)

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

new best friend is the worst friend a moviegoer can have

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

(sorry)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

That one was bad enough that even I couldn't sit through it.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

last night i was supposed to go out. since i just got the box set, my friend and i decided to have a few drinks and watch a few episodes first before leaving the house. we never made it. instead, we drank a bottle of stoli and ploughed through 3 of the discs. everyone, go get a copy. borrow or steal $ if necessary. this show was truly amazing, and the kid who played haverchuk is unquestionably a genius.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 9 April 2004 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

$120 :(((((((((((((((((((((

― Lil' Fancy Kpants (The K is Silent) (ex machina), Friday, 9 April 2004 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Linda C is definitely the spunky nurse on ER. She's also Velma in the Scooby Doo movies.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 9 April 2004 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

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there's a...deadness there now

― Number None, Saturday, 6 April 2013 14:50 (twelve years ago)

She's got...lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eye.

― Panaïs Pnin (The Yellow Kid), Saturday, 6 April 2013 17:15 (twelve years ago)

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQgzEufTcS30pMQGuF3lN-dYqxmPBRqcZpC6IOuMtm8pteNt_OgRQ

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 6 April 2013 17:46 (twelve years ago)

whoa i do not follow blogs or w/e but i didnt realize sarah marshall was supposed to be her

― adult bash (m bison), Saturday, 6 April 2013 18:02 (twelve years ago)

She is also Chris Cooper's oil developer character in The Muppets because Segel is unable to write fiction and everything in all his scripts is transcribed directly from his real life

― Devendra Bumhat (sic), Sunday, 7 April 2013 00:24 (twelve years ago)

sic is on to something

― I, rrational (mh), Sunday, 7 April 2013 00:45 (twelve years ago)

sexy, sexy Chris Cooper

― I, rrational (mh), Sunday, 7 April 2013 00:45 (twelve years ago)

which junkie british rockstar did Cardellini bang btw

― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Sunday, 7 April 2013 03:43 (twelve years ago)

one year passes...

Lindsay Weir is Appalled: http://lindsayweirisappalled.tumblr.com/

"Stills from the television series 'Freaks and Geeks' featuring the character Lindsay Weir looking confounded, dismayed or utterly mortified."

― ernestp, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 01:41 (ten years ago)

<3 4eva

― Nhex, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 03:16 (ten years ago)

yes!

― marcos, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 03:24 (ten years ago)

I don't actually think its that good of a tumblr but I just love this show and Lindsay weir so much

― marcos, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 03:29 (ten years ago)

<3 this tumblr, <3 lindsay

― NYC if you didn't know was taken over by skeleton hipsters in the past (stevie), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 10:53 (ten years ago)

one year passes...

Mr. Weir mentoring Nick was such a moving episode

― Neanderthal, Sunday, 22 May 2016 14:28 (nine years ago)

I am almost done watching this. love almost everything about it. including Neil getting his ass beat by cheerleaders.

― Neanderthal, Sunday, 22 May 2016 14:29 (nine years ago)

and also him acting like a cutup, like saying "I had a great time with your wife last night" when he was the catcher

― Neanderthal, Sunday, 22 May 2016 14:30 (nine years ago)

one of the great ensemble casts for sure - there's not a weak link anywhere. bill watching garry shandling on his own with a grilled cheese breaks my heart and makes me laugh every time. martin starr is the best

damn i should watch this again

― (main prostitute from Game Of Thrones) (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 22 May 2016 14:59 (nine years ago)

yeah martin starr having a career is kind of a miracle cuz he was so great on freaks and geeks but i just assumed we'd barely ever see him again.

― balls, Sunday, 22 May 2016 18:44 (nine years ago)

bill watching garry shandling on his own with a grilled cheese breaks my heart and makes me laugh every time. martin starr is the best

this. I love this show so much. I could watch it again.

― it's getting ott in here / so take off all your clothes (stevie), Sunday, 22 May 2016 19:17 (nine years ago)

i love seeing martin starr anywhere but as much as i like him as a sardonic asshole in party down and silicon valley i wish he got to to do more of the nuanced, sympathetic stuff he did as bill haverchuck - even his posture was perfect ffs

― (main prostitute from Game Of Thrones) (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 22 May 2016 19:48 (nine years ago)

okay i've talked myself into watching this again right now

― (main prostitute from Game Of Thrones) (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 22 May 2016 19:49 (nine years ago)

we rewatched last year and did not regret it all

― marcos, Sunday, 22 May 2016 20:29 (nine years ago)

martin starr is easily the best thing about this show

― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Sunday, 22 May 2016 20:56 (nine years ago)

Easily?

― The Wally Funk Bible (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 22 May 2016 21:01 (nine years ago)

it was so easy for me to say it, therefore yes

― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Sunday, 22 May 2016 21:04 (nine years ago)

i just watched the pilot again and bill's awkwardness is so vivid and painful that it doesn't really seem like acting at all

― (main prostitute from Game Of Thrones) (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 22 May 2016 22:10 (nine years ago)

my overriding memory of this show (which I only saw for the first time 4-5 years ago) is by the end of every episode my other half would be in floods of tears and just saying how much she was like the linda cardinelli character as a kid. there's a truthfulness to this show you don't see much in programmes about young people. the episode where the drummer kid quits playing drums is just so harsh and powerful.

― it's getting ott in here / so take off all your clothes (stevie), Monday, 23 May 2016 09:24 (nine years ago)

Rly want to watch this again, not sure if i can in the uk?

― kinder, Monday, 23 May 2016 11:43 (nine years ago)

Isn't it on netflix? I think it used to be?

― it's getting ott in here / so take off all your clothes (stevie), Monday, 23 May 2016 11:46 (nine years ago)

it is in the US

― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:02 (nine years ago)

two years pass...

Been watching this as a family. Been a while, but perfectly cast, well written, very almost unusually nuanced and empathetic. My kids are digging it.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 01:11 (seven years ago)

two weeks pass...

Just saw a 90-min show on it on A&E, worth seeing.

― nickn, Tuesday, 17 July 2018 05:49 (six years ago)

one month passes...

Started this tonight for something I've been working on. Found the first episode slow but promising. This probably came up somewhere on The Virgin Suicides thread, but it's amazing that (from the air/release dates I was able to look up) they scooped Coppola on "Come Sail Away" by a few months (best scene in the pilot, I'd say). Coppola's film also had a key scene with a Down Syndrome character--I don't know if she's ever talked about it, but she seems to have been influenced by the TV show.

― clemenza, Saturday, 18 August 2018 00:26 (six years ago)

Often great. Enough so that when it wasn't, I wanted its many flaws smoothed over. And when the flaws started to take over, something great would happen.

― clemenza, Saturday, 25 August 2018 16:38 (six years ago)

one year passes...

well this is a big hit w my 12yo daughter

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 23:50 (five years ago)

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 03:27 (five years ago)

She sees right through Daniel’s bad boy act fyi

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 January 2020 03:36 (five years ago)

My kids *loved* it when we watched it as a family.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 15 January 2020 03:38 (five years ago)

#raisedright

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 03:39 (five years ago)

loved this. the dramatic elements were grounded and relatable, regardless of when you grew up. hell, Nick's failed drumming audition was heartbreaking! or Neil finding out his dad was a low-life.

― papa stank (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 03:42 (five years ago)

In hindsight this getting canceled after 1 season was sign of the decline of America

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 04:16 (five years ago)

one year passes...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/01/27/freaks-and-geeks-streaming-hulu-cast-creators-interview/

― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 31 January 2021 02:27 (four years ago)

like that article

miss Οὖτις

― Dan S, Sunday, 31 January 2021 02:40 (four years ago)

good stuff

― Nhex, Sunday, 31 January 2021 05:26 (four years ago)

This being on Hulu came at the perfect time for quarantine

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 31 January 2021 06:38 (four years ago)

two months pass...

It's the end of an era. Our very first TV on DVD release, Freaks & Geeks, is going out of print. Includes all original music. All versions - including the Yearbook Edition - are now on our Going Out Of Print page. Get this phenomenal show while you can! https://t.co/SYE96xypMd pic.twitter.com/HKyjbxRIfU
— Shout! Factory (@ShoutFactory) April 21, 2021

― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 23:08 (four years ago)

damn. ok guess i will finally pull the trigger on the BR set soon, thx for the info
in all likelihood someone will pick it up someday, but who knows how long that will take

― Nhex, Thursday, 22 April 2021 01:31 (four years ago)

it won't be "out of print" for long lol

― k3vin k., Thursday, 22 April 2021 02:29 (four years ago)

I dunno, "Undeclared" is out of print, isn't it?

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 22 April 2021 03:14 (four years ago)

xpost Famous last words wrt physical media.

― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Thursday, 22 April 2021 04:54 (four years ago)

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