Freaks and Geeks

[jenna2891]

found my dvd's last night! woo hoo! watched the first three episodes again and smiled the whole way through. i was planning on trying a new avatar, but no way. bill stays!

 

[jenna2891]

in the dodge ball episode when they are getting creamed, the use of xtc's "no language in our lungs" is gold.

i'm a moron. it's not the dodge ball episode, but rather the picking baseball teams episode. either way, the song rocks.

oh, and the show? still magnificent.

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Oh man...we just watched disk 1....the first three episodes and I'm dying...

What a great show!

 

[Bada0Bing]

Oh man...we just watched disk 1....the first three episodes and I'm dying...

What a great show!

If you liked the first three, you’re in for a real treat. It gets better and better as you get to know the characters. Pay close attention to all of the props. They did an outstanding job of making it appear as if it was 1980. Down the road someday I’ll probably watch them again and watch the 40 hours of supplemental material.

 

[hawaiiansun]

I started watching this too after all the good reviews on here haha. Watched episodes 1-3 and this show lives up to the hype you guys gave it. That guy Bill is hilarious, and Daniel he reminds me of my father when he was younger..Great show, thanks guy!

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Ok Donald, with the Cards playing like crap, it is about time that you watched the last disc.

 

[D-Dogg]

Ok Donald, with the Cards playing like crap, it is about time that you watched the last disc.

Well, might do that this weekend but I have to catch up on all my other shows after being out of town for a week.

 

[D-Dogg]

Two episodes left.

The make out party was freaking hilarious.


Possibly knocking this off tonight...still floored as to how this show got the axe.

 

[D-Dogg]

What a freaking great show...just fantastic. I have so much love for this show and it ended as greatly as it possibly could.

Discos and Dragons was special...


:tears:

I will miss you, Freaks & Geeks...

 

[dreamcastrocks]

What a freaking great show...just fantastic. I have so much love for this show and it ended as greatly as it possibly could.

Discos and Dragons was special...


:tears:

I will miss you, Freaks & Geeks...

Yep, did you almost shed a tear too? That's how you know the show is up there!!!!

Wish I could watch it again for the first time.

 

[D-Dogg]

Yep, did you almost shed a tear too? That's how you know the show is up there!!!!

Wish I could watch it again for the first time.

I don't know about shedding a tear, but it was suddenly very dusty in my house.


So great that the Deadheads said that about the American Beauty album "I wish I'd never heard it, so I could listen to it for the first time again."

This show seriously is in my top five of shows of all time...for once I subscribe to abomb's theory that sometimes it is cool that a show is cancelled when it is flat-out awesome, because it will never "jump the shark" and will always be remembered for being perfect. If ever there was a case study for that argument, it is this show.

But there is just soooooooooooo much I wanted to find out about...god so many fantastic stories left untold...Daniel with Carlos the Dwarf was so freaking funny....do you know if they knew THAT episode was going to be the last? If they did, then kudos to them because it was so damn fantastic as a close...but I thought they didn't know and it is just amazing that it ends the way it does ("so does that mean he's turning into a geek, or we are getting cooler?" and the Dead trip).

The one thing about this show that ONLY one other show (The Office) has done is to make the characters seem like people I know...they aren't part of a show, but somehow part of my life. Just a strange feeling viewing a show like this. Friday Night Lights is close to replicating the "feel" of this show in a sense of characters, but it can't even come within lightyears of F&G as to people identifying with the characters.

RIP, F&G. RIP.

 

[abomb]

Started over Thanksgiving. I am 6 episodes in. I am loving, loving this show.

 

[abomb]

i love the mom singing "monster mash."

It was a graveyahhd smaath.

 

[jenna2891]

so. damn. good.

 

[abomb]

I just realized I am 25% of the way through. I am getting sad.

 

[abomb]

I just realized I am 25% of the way through. I am getting sad.

I just realized my math was wrong and I am 33% finished.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

I just realized my math was wrong and I am 33% finished.

Yep, you probably thought that they had a 24 episode season vs. an 18 episode season and had just watched the first two discs.

 

[abomb]

I am almost done with the "Boyfriends and Girlfriends" episode. This show is so freaking good.

 

[jenna2891]

I am almost done with the "Boyfriends and Girlfriends" episode. This show is so freaking good.

i know! how sad are you that it's going to be over soon?

 

[abomb]

i know! how sad are you that it's going to be over soon?

11 remaining after this one. I might do like D-Dogg and not watch the last disc for 3 months.

 

[abomb]

I just finished episode 10. I had accidentally watched 11 before 10, but no big deal.

Episode 10 is definitely my favorite episode so far. Ironically, the show was pulled for February sweeps after this episode. What a crime.

"Looks and Books"
gs: Joel Hodgson [ Salesman ], Susan Krebs [ Housewife ], Alex Breckenridge [ Shelly Weaver ], Molly Maguire [ Carey ], Olivia Hack [ Erin ], Riley Smith [ Todd Schellinger ], Jason Lansing [ Bully #1 ], Brandy Warren [ Mathlete #1 ], Percy Daggs III [ Mathlete #2 ], Stephanie Erb [ Ms. Yeats ], Judith Drake [ Dolores ], Ben Ziff [ Jock #1 ], Ron Lester [ Seidleman ], Scott McAfee [ Jock #2 ], Michael Clayton McCarthy [ Judge ]
rc: Kim, Jeff, Alan, Millie, Cindy, Harris, Gordon, Mr. Kowchevski

Lindsay's friends convince her to take her parents' car without permission so that they can run an errand. She is distracted by the group's antics and slams into a car backing out of a driveway, resulting in damage to both vehicles. Harold grounds her and orders her to stop hanging around with the freaks. She is more than happy to oblige this request, as she is tired of getting into trouble. When her friends insult her, Lindsay tells them that they are hopeless losers with no future. Her remark prompts Kim and Daniel to give some serious thought to their future plans. After reminiscing about old times with Millie, Lindsay decides to rejoin the math team. She develops a rivalry with the team's cocky new star, and trains aggressively. She convinces the coach to immediately put her into the starting lineup, unwittingly displacing Millie in the process. Lindsay delivers a perfect performance and leaves Shelly befuddled. The freaks surprise her by showing up to cheer her on. Lindsay promises to remain friends with Millie, but decides that she doesn't belong with the mathletes. She sneaks out of a slumber party at Millie's and patches things up with the freaks. Sam adopts a new hair style in the hopes of impressing Cindy. When this fails, he seeks out a new wardrobe. He shows up at school in a powder blue jumpsuit, and endures taunts and harassment from everyone. Jeff has a talk with Sam and tells him that attitude and self-esteem are the keys to being cool.

Music: "I'm the Man" and "Look Sharp" by Joe Jackson; "Slip Kid" by The Who; "Stomp!" by the Brothers Johnson; "Flamethrower" by the J.Geils Band; "Take the Long Way Home" by Supertramp

b: 7 Feb 00 pc: 109 w: Paul Feig d: Ken Kwapis

NOTE: The series was pulled for the remainder of February sweeps.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

that blue jumpsuit was awesome!!!

 

[D-Dogg]

The music in this show was AWE-SOME.

Blue Jump suit was great.

My fave episode however has to be Discos and Dragons. It was fantastic. (the last ep).

I loved The Garage Door (ep 11) mainly because of Tuuuuuuuba Girl. Tuuuuuuuba. Franco cracked me up saying that.

16. 1-16 103 UNAIRED Kim Kelly is My Friend


17. 1-17 114 UNAIRED Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers


18. 1-18 115 UNAIRED Noshing and Moshing

I didn't know those ones didn't even air. All very, very good eps.

 

[abomb]

2 episodes left.

Current status;

Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance

 

[D-Dogg]

At least you have Discos and Dragons to look forward to.