david ( gruber ) allen played the guidance counselor on freaks and geeks.
who plays the guidance counselor on freaks and geeks?
david ( gruber ) allen
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david (gruber) allen (born ) is an american television and film actor and comedian, who has been credited in many movies and television roles as dave gruber allen and david gruber allen. allen is known for his work on the 1990 tv series "higgins boys and gruber" and playing guidance counselor jeff rosso on the judd apatow-produced comedy-drama "freaks and geeks". he also played mr. kwest on "ned's declassified school survival guide" and a town troubadour on "gilmore girls". allen had a minor role as an "electrocuted ghost" known as "sparky" in the 2016 film "ghostbusters".
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valerie marks (desi lydic), the school counselor. she is the palos hills high school's guidance counselor, and later turned into the bad habit foremost, yet drops it to end up noticeably a guidance counselor, yet was later let go by the school's essential after he read the school's daily paper and jenna hamilton's article of valerie. be that as it may, she later got rehired.she clearly has her own problems as she tries too hard to be like the teenagers she is there to help. she's a lonely person who feels her gift in life is helping people. she crosses boundaries and acts inappropriately around students; when valerie is assigned to talk to jenna once a week, their relationship becomes increasingly unprofessional as valerie comes to think of jenna as her best friend. on jenna's sixteenth birthday, as a present she gives her the movie, sixteen candles, and also quotes famous lines from the film. soon "val" becomes friendly with jenna's mom, "lace", and are seen together quite frequently. she is the palos hills high school's guidance counselor, and later became the vice principal, but drops it to become a guidance counselor, but was later fired by the school's principal, towards the end of season three, after he read the school's newspaper and jenna hamilton's article of valerie (during her rebellious phase). but she later got rehired after her reappeal after the help of lacey hamilton, jenna hamilton, matty mckibben and bailey parker. in the second half of season 4 val begins to date "biggie" will, her former mascot/stalker/school coach. at the end of season 4 val and will reveal they're quitting the school and exploring the world after the end of the school year.
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