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Dave Allen (actor) 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". Allen
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Dave Allen (actor) 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". Allen
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Andrews, three alternate cast recordings of songs performed on the show ("Lady L" being a fan favorite), an extra performance by "Feedback" and a bonus track by The Leaving Trains. The accompanying booklet features 15 pages of liner notes written by David Wild and Jake Kasdan as well as written track by track commentary by the "Freaks and Geeks" character, guidance counsellor Jeffery Theodore Rosso. Freaks and Geeks (soundtrack) The cult television show "Freaks and Geeks" used music from the show's time period, 1980–1981 for its soundtrack. Because this called for using popular, established artists, purchasing the rights to use
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in multi-episode arcs, as did prominent "Freaks and Geeks" guest stars Steve Bannos (who played McKinley High math teacher Mr. Frank Kowchevski) and David Krumholtz (who played Neal's older brother, Barry Schweiber). Martin Starr was prominent in another episode, and a scene with Sarah Hagan was shot, although it was cut for television broadcast. The show was also canceled during its first season. In June 2010, it was announced that IFC had acquired the rights to air both "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared". "Freaks and Geeks"s 18-episode run on IFC finished with all episodes having aired as of October 29,
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phrase, "ambiguous genitalia." Apatow said in 2014 that "Everything I've done, in a way, is revenge for the people who cancelled "Freaks and Geeks"." In 2001, several of the actors featured in "Freaks and Geeks" appeared in a new Judd Apatow college half-hour comedy "Undeclared", which aired on Fox Network. Apatow fought with the network to include "Freaks and Geeks" actors, but the network only picked up Seth Rogen (who was already committed to the show as a writer) as a regular cast member. However, Jason Segel became a recurring character, and Samm Levine, Busy Philipps, and Natasha Melnick guest-starred
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Blu-ray on March 22, 2016, and the set contains all special features from the previous releases and the episodes in both its original aspect ratio and widescreen. In October 2004, Newmarket Press released two "Freaks and Geeks" books: "Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Scripts, Volume 1" and "Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Scripts, Volume 2". Each book covers nine scripts from the series, compiled by Paul Feig and Judd Apatow. Extra content includes behind-the-scenes memos and notes; photos; additional plot lines; and excerpts from the "Freaks and Geeks" series bibles. "Freaks and Geeks" creators made it a priority to feature
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of "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch", Feig portrayed Mr. Eugene Pool, Sabrina's science teacher. With "Heavyweights" co-scripter Judd Apatow, Feig created the short-lived dramedy series "Freaks and Geeks", inspired by his experiences at Chippewa Valley High School in Clinton Township, Michigan. The show aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 television season. Eighteen episodes were completed, but the series was canceled after only twelve had aired. Despite the short run, "Freaks and Geeks" has since maintained a devoted cult following. The show was named in "Time" magazine's 100 Greatest Shows of All Time, and in summer 2008, "Entertainment Weekly" ranked "Freaks and
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was seen in reruns on Fox Family. However, "Freaks and Geeks" creators chose to wait to release the DVD until they could find a company willing to pay for the original music. Shout! Factory, a music and video company specializing in comprehensive reissues and compilations, eventually brought "Freaks and Geeks" to DVD with all of its music intact. In 2000, the cast of "Freaks and Geeks" was featured in an episode of the game show "Family Feud" hosted by Louie Anderson. At Metacritic, "Freaks and Geeks" has a score of 88 out of 100, based on 26 reviews, indicating "universal
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Freaks and Geeks (soundtrack) The cult television show "Freaks and Geeks" used music from the show's time period, 1980–1981 for its soundtrack. Because this called for using popular, established artists, purchasing the rights to use songs required much of the show's budget and became an obstacle in releasing the show on DVD; in fact, reruns seen on Fox Family replaced some of the songs with generic production music. However, Shout! Factory eventually brought "Freaks and Geeks" to DVD in 2004, with all of its music intact. The following is a complete list of the songs featured in "Freaks and Geeks"
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Freaks and Geeks Freaks and Geeks is an American teen comedy-drama television series created by Paul Feig and executive-produced by Judd Apatow that aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 television season. The show follows gifted high schooler Lindsay Weir, who befriends a gang of slacker "freaks", and her younger brother Sam, as he and his geek friends navigate high school. Eighteen episodes were completed, but the series was canceled after only 12 had aired. A fan campaign persuaded NBC to broadcast three of the remaining episodes in July 2000, with the rest of the unaired episodes airing that fall on
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and "Mr. Gross" on the Nickelodeon TV show, "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide". Bannos also wrote for "Freaks and Geeks", "Disney's Recess", the Nickelodeon program "Doug" and was a four-time guest writer on "Saturday Night Live". Steve Bannos Steve Bannos (born August 5, 1960) is an American television and film actor, writer and photo dealer. As an actor, he had cameos in Judd Apatow and Paul Feig films, and is also known for his portrayal of Frank Kowchevski on the short-lived NBC dramedy "Freaks and Geeks". Bannos appeared in the films "Spy", "The Heat", "Bridesmaids", "Funny People", "Superbad", "The 40-Year-Old
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other NBC series such as "Frasier" and "Friends" were averaging over 14 million viewers each. NBC and the creative directors of "Freaks and Geeks" did not have the same vision for the series. After the network picked up the "Freaks and Geeks" pilot, Garth Ancier replaced the old NBC network's president. Ancier "didn't understand public school life" and its relevance because he went to a boarding school and then on to Princeton. Creator Paul Feig expressed the "irony of the situation" as everyone involved wanted "Freaks and Geeks" to be a success, but the network didn't understand the concept of
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Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence is a non-fiction book about how it is like having Asperger Syndrome. The book was written by the then 13-year-old Luke Jackson who has Asperger Syndrome himself. Luke wrote the book because he thought that there were not enough useful things on the internet about the subject. The point of the book is to explain that it is fine to be different. Luke goes through the problems that people with Asperger Syndrome face such as trouble reading facial expressions and body language. Luke Jackson lives
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2010. "Undeclared"s IFC run began on November 5, 2010. Both shows have also joined TeenNick's line-up as of June 13, 2011. "Freaks and Geeks" aired on FXX, from 2013 to 2014. A reunion of several cast members and producers of both shows took place at the Paley Center for Media's PaleyFest on March 12, 2011. A documentary directed by Brent Hodge chronicling the history and behind-the-scenes of "Freaks and Geeks" featuring interviews with the cast and crew debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21, 2018. The documentary had its television debut on July 16, 2018, on A&E. Freaks
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his parents' divorce by joining a swing choir in school. Bill would join the basketball team, becoming a jock and leading to tension with the geeks. Daniel would end up in jail. Kim would become pregnant on tour while following the Grateful Dead. Nick would be pressured by his strict father to join the Army. On April 6, 2004, a six-DVD "Freaks and Geeks" box set was released through Shout! Factory and Sony BMG Music Entertainment. A limited "yearbook edition" set including two additional discs was also available through the official website for the show. Fans who had signed an
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Cindy Sanders on "Freaks and Geeks", whom central character Sam Weir (John Francis Daley) had a longtime crush on. She also had recurring roles on "Boston Public", and "Do Over". In 2001, she reunited with some of the cast members of "Freaks and Geeks", appearing in the show "Undeclared" (which was also developed by Judd Apatow). In 2000, Melnick and the rest of the "Freaks and Geeks" cast were nominated for the "YoungStar Award for Best Young Ensemble Cast - Television", though the award ultimately went to "Malcolm in the Middle". Melnick is a member of the band One Last
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in a family with three brothers and three sisters and his siblings have related difficulties as well. David Worling of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry said that the book is filled with valuable information and is useful to have in a clinical library. The book received first place in Times Educational Supplement awards in 2003 for special educational needs books. Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence is a non-fiction book about how it is like having Asperger Syndrome. The book was written by the then 13-year-old Luke Jackson
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settle down happily together in a new apartment in Los Angeles. Several of the major cast members return from previous Judd Apatow projects: Seth Rogen, Martin Starr, Jason Segel, and James Franco all starred in the short-lived, cult television series "Freaks and Geeks" which Apatow produced. From the Apatow-created "Undeclared" (which also featured Rogen, Segel and Starr) there are Jay Baruchel and Loudon Wainwright III. Paul Feig, who co-created "Freaks and Geeks", starred in the Apatow-written movie "Heavyweights" and directed the Apatow-produced "Bridesmaids" also makes a brief cameo as the Fantasy Baseball Guy. Steve Carell, who makes a cameo appearance
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the same time as "Freaks and Geeks" costar Linda Cardellini and Colin Hanks; she dated Hanks for several years after they graduated. While still in high school, Philipps worked the toy-fair circuit as a real-life Barbie ("Cool Teen Skipper"). Among the people who saw her at a toy convention was actress Sharon Stone, who was impressed with Philipps' performance and told Philipps that she would be a star. Her first major role was Kim Kelly in the 1999-2000 comedy-drama TV series "Freaks and Geeks"; Philipps appeared in all but one of the shows' 18 episodes (the exception being the episode
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realism. Several of the screenwriters appeared on the show. Mike White played Kim Kelly's oft-discussed injured brother, and first appeared in episode 4, "Kim Kelly is My Friend." Paul Feig, Gabe Sachs, and series composer Michael Andrews appear uncredited as members of the fictional band Dimension in "I'm With the Band." The script for the pilot episode of "Freaks and Geeks" was written by Paul Feig as a spec script. Feig gave the script to producer Judd Apatow, who sold it to DreamWorks, where Apatow was under an overall deal. DreamWorks sold it to NBC, who greenlit a pilot. Before
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"freaks" — Daniel Desario, Ken Miller, Nick Andopolis, and Kim Kelly; Sam's friends constitute the "geeks" — Neal Schweiber and Bill Haverchuck. The Weir parents, Harold and Jean, are featured in every episode. Millie Kentner, Lindsay's nerdy and highly religious former best friend, is a recurring character, as is Cindy Sanders, the popular cheerleader on whom Sam has a crush. Lindsay finds herself attempting to transform her life as an academically proficient student, star "mathlete", and young girl into a rebellious teenager who hangs out with troubled slackers. Her relationships with her new friends, and the friction they cause with
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genuine, period-specific music that would help to create the show's tone. Clearing such names as Billy Joel, Cheap Trick, the Grateful Dead, Rush, Styx, The Moody Blues, The Who, and Van Halen required much of the show's budget. Eventually, this became an obstacle in releasing the show on DVD due to the difficulty and expense of clearing all of the music rights for the series. Many television shows (such as "Dawson's Creek", "WKRP in Cincinnati", and "Daria") had music cues changed or removed in order to facilitate relatively inexpensive DVD releases, as was done for "Freaks and Geeks" when it
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as they appear in the DVD booklet. Listed along with the titles of each song are the artist who performs the versions that appear in the series as well as the original album the track appeared on and that albums original year of release. The opening credits of each episode are accompanied by the song "Bad Reputation", performed by Joan Jett from her 1980 "Bad Reputation" album. A CD soundtrack for the series was released in 2004 from Shout! Factory. The CD soundtrack release contained nine songs featured in the series, eleven original "Freaks and Geeks" score tracks by Michael
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It launched several of its young actors, such as Rogen and Franco, into successful acting careers. One of the cited reasons for its early cancellation was its inability to gain an audience due to its "erratic scheduling" and poor time slots, competing with the high-rated "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". The producers created a website for the series, but NBC would not share its URL because "they didn't want people to know the Internet existed. They were worried about losing viewers to it" as explained by Judd Apatow. "Freaks and Geeks" was only averaging under 7 million viewers, while
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evokes the Ruritanian comedies of Ernst Lubitsch. Fran Drescher plays a New York cosmetologist who is mistakenly hired to tutor the children of the despotic president of Slovetzia (Timothy Dalton). In the late 1990s, Kwapis directed two episodes of NBC's short-lived cult following show "Freaks and Geeks". He also directed nineteen episodes of Fox's "Malcolm in the Middle", winning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his work as a producer-director. In 2001, Kwapis helped develop "The Bernie Mac Show" for Fox, directing the pilot and ten additional episodes, including the series finale, "Bernie's Angels". Also for Fox, Kwapis was one
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have been an episode titled "Eric's Birthday" in which Lizzie and Steven would go to the birthday party mentioned in episode "Eric's POV". Linda Cardellini of "Freaks and Geeks" would have played his new girlfriend. In the episode, Eric would have had a cake with a picture of him and his new girlfriend printed on it. Lizzie would have been given the piece with Eric's new girlfriend's face. At the time, Segel and Cardellini were dating. In June 2010, it was announced that the Independent Film Channel had acquired the rights to air both "Undeclared" and "Freaks and Geeks". "Undeclared"
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cast as Bill Haverchuck in the NBC sitcom "Freaks and Geeks". The series received positive reviews from critics, but it suffered from low ratings and was canceled after only one season. The series then gained a strong cult following. Starr then had a number of guest appearances and one-time roles on shows such as "Ed", "Mysterious Ways", "Providence", "King of the Hill", and "Normal, Ohio". He had a small recurring role during the third season of "Roswell" as the character Monk. In 2002, Starr appeared in the films "Stealing Harvard" and "Cheats". He reunited with both "Freaks and Geeks" producer
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to New Zealand to see "The Lord of the Rings" film locations. "Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks" also explores Gilsdorf's own lifelong (and at times twisted) relationship to fantasy and gaming. Gilsdorf's book "Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks" was named a Must-Read Book by the Massachusetts Book Awards. His essay "The Day My Mother Became a Stranger," published in "Boston Magazine", was listed in Best American Essays 2016 as a "Notable Essay." As a poet, Gilsdorf is the winner of the Hobblestock Peace Poetry Competition (1999) and the Esmé Bradberry Contemporary Poets Prize (1991). His poetry has been shortlisted for
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released October 18, 2018. Her memoir includes a passage in which the actress describes a physical altercation that took place between James Franco and herself while on the set of "Freaks and Geeks." Distressed by the amount of attention drawn to just this incident within her story, Philipps hopes the audience will see the bigger picture she is addressing about women's equality on set and off. Busy Philipps Elizabeth Jean "Busy" Philipps (born June 25, 1979) is an American actress, writer, producer, and director. She is known for her roles on the television series "Freaks and Geeks" (1999–2000), "Dawson's Creek"
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and married on October 2, 2011 in Sonoma County, California. Miller has had minor on-screen roles in a few of Rogen's films. Critical response to the films Rogen has starred in and produced. Seth Rogen Seth Aaron Rogen (; born April 15, 1982) is a Canadian-American actor, stand-up comedian, writer, producer, and director. He began his career performing stand-up comedy during his teenage years. While still living in his native Vancouver, he landed a supporting role in Judd Apatow's series "Freaks and Geeks". Shortly after he moved to Los Angeles for his role, "Freaks and Geeks" was officially cancelled after
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credits. Beginning in 2007, he has co-authored several modules for the role playing game "Exalted". Stephen Lea Sheppard Stephen Lea Sheppard (born January 26, 1983) is a Canadian television and film actor. He played Dudley Heinsbergen in the 2001 Wes Anderson film "The Royal Tenenbaums" and geek guru Harris Trinsky on NBC dramedy "Freaks and Geeks". Sheppard was born in Gibsons, British Columbia, northwest of Vancouver. On a commentary track for the "Freaks and Geeks" episode "Looks and Books", Judd Apatow shares that he gave Anderson an "acting reel" he made of Sheppard's performance on the show, in order to
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relocated with his family to Los Angeles. Rogen paid the bills and had become the main wage earner at just 16. Rogen's acting debut was in Apatow's "Freaks and Geeks", a cult hit series first released in 1999 as Ken Miller, a cynical, acerbic "freak". Revolving around a group of teenagers' lives, "Freaks and Geeks" first aired in 1999. Although well-reviewed, the show was NBC's lowest-viewed program and was cancelled after one season due to poor ratings. Impressed with Rogen's improvisational skills, Apatow then chose him as the lead in another of his shows, "Undeclared". Rogen was originally set to
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on "Time" magazine's 2007 "100 Greatest Shows of All Time" list, and placed third on the magazine's list of greatest television shows of the 2000s (decade). In 2007, "Freaks and Geeks" ranked #21 on "TV Guide"s Top Cult Shows Ever. In 2008, "Entertainment Weekly" ranked it the 13th-best series of the past 25 years. The same year, AOL TV named it the Best School Show of All Time. In 2013 "TV Guide" included it in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time, and ranked it #1 on their list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon."
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Stephen Lea Sheppard Stephen Lea Sheppard (born January 26, 1983) is a Canadian television and film actor. He played Dudley Heinsbergen in the 2001 Wes Anderson film "The Royal Tenenbaums" and geek guru Harris Trinsky on NBC dramedy "Freaks and Geeks". Sheppard was born in Gibsons, British Columbia, northwest of Vancouver. On a commentary track for the "Freaks and Geeks" episode "Looks and Books", Judd Apatow shares that he gave Anderson an "acting reel" he made of Sheppard's performance on the show, in order to help Sheppard get his "Royal Tenenbaums" role. These two roles remain Sheppard's only on-camera acting
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roles on television shows but his first break came in 1999, after he was cast in a leading role on the short-lived but well-reviewed NBC television series "Freaks and Geeks", which ran for 18 episodes and was canceled due to low viewership. Later, the show became a cult hit among audiences. He has since described the series as "one of the most fun" work experiences that he has had. In another interview, Franco said: "When we were doing "Freaks and Geeks", I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if the camera wasn't on
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debut came on an episode of the Calista Flockhart series "Ally McBeal" in 1999. Hagan's first major break came when she was cast in a recurring role as Millie Kentner on the short-lived NBC cult TV series "Freaks and Geeks" (1999–2000). Following that show's cancellation, she was cast on the David Alan Grier NBC sitcom "DAG", where she was originally slated to play Camilla Whitman, daughter of the US President; however, the role of Camilla was recast when the pilot episode was revamped before airing. Following the lead of several fellow "Freaks and Geeks" cast members, Hagan then appeared in
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Undeclared Undeclared is an American sitcom created by Judd Apatow, which aired on Fox during the 2001–02 season. The show has developed a cult following, and in 2012, "Entertainment Weekly" listed it at #16 in the "25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years". The half-hour comedy was Judd Apatow's follow-up to an earlier television series he worked on, "Freaks and Geeks", which also lasted for one season. "Undeclared" centers on a group of college freshmen at the fictional University of Northeastern California. Unlike "Freaks and Geeks", it is set contemporaneously (early 2000s) rather than the 1980s. When
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Seth Rogen Seth Aaron Rogen (; born April 15, 1982) is a Canadian-American actor, stand-up comedian, writer, producer, and director. He began his career performing stand-up comedy during his teenage years. While still living in his native Vancouver, he landed a supporting role in Judd Apatow's series "Freaks and Geeks". Shortly after he moved to Los Angeles for his role, "Freaks and Geeks" was officially cancelled after one season due to low viewership. Rogen later got a part on sitcom "Undeclared", which also hired him as a writer. After landing his job as a staff writer on the final season
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acclaim". On Rotten Tomatoes, the show has a score of 100% with an average rating of 9.67 out of 10, based 27 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, ""Freaks and Geeks" lampoons real-life adolescence while affectionately embracing every growing pain along the way with refreshing honesty." The show averaged 6.77 million viewers and was #93 in the rankings during its only season. The series received three Emmy Award nominations: creator Paul Feig was nominated twice for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, for "Pilot" and "Discos and Dragons." It won for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series (Allison Jones, Coreen
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Arizona", "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", "Drop Dead Gorgeous", "L.A. Story", "The Wizard" as Jimmy's stepfather Mr. Bateman, and "C.H.U.D." On television, he was a featured player on "The Tracey Ullman Show", played a recurring role as Chandler's boss on "Friends", he also appeared in "The King of Queens" as Doug and Deacon's boss and also appeared in "Disney's Recess", "Freaks and Geeks", "Home Improvement", "The Sopranos", "The Tick" and "Breaking Bad". He is also noted for being the first ever guest star on "The Simpsons". McMurray gained much international recognition among gamers for his role as the voice of 'BBC
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company was changed to Deep 13 because Hodgson held the copyright for the word "Gizmonic" and requested that the show refrain from using the word after his departure. At the end of a truncated seventh season, Beaulieu left the series. Pearl Forrester (Mary Jo Pehl) replaced him as the head mad scientist and Bill Corbett took over the voicing and operation of Crow. Beaulieu appeared as a semi-regular in "Freaks and Geeks" as the school's biology teacher, Mr. Lacovara. He also appeared in "The West Wing" episode "Bad Moon Rising". For the last few years, Beaulieu has been a writer
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Emmy Awards for writing on "Freaks and Geeks" and three for directing on "The Office". As an actor, Feig is best known for playing Tim the Camp Counselor in the cult comedy film "Heavyweights" (1995). He also starred as Bobby Wynn in the sitcom "The Jackie Thomas Show" (1992–93) and as Mr. Eugene Pool on the sitcom "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996–97). Feig was born in and raised in Mount Clemens, Michigan. His mother, Elaine Elizabeth (née Artingstall), was a telephone operator, and his father, Sanford William Feig, owned Ark Surplus on Gratiot Avenue. Feig's father was born Jewish and
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Steve Bannos Steve Bannos (born August 5, 1960) is an American television and film actor, writer and photo dealer. As an actor, he had cameos in Judd Apatow and Paul Feig films, and is also known for his portrayal of Frank Kowchevski on the short-lived NBC dramedy "Freaks and Geeks". Bannos appeared in the films "Spy", "The Heat", "Bridesmaids", "Funny People", "Superbad", "The 40-Year-Old Virgin", "Drillbit Taylor", "Pineapple Express", and "Unaccompanied Minors"; and TV appearances in "Love (TV series)", "Mike & Molly", "Days of Our Lives", "Eagleheart", "The Mentalist" and "Without a Trace". Bannos also played the characters "Mr. Combover"
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role as a lab assistant. "Hemo the Magnificent" and another Bell Laboratories film, "Our Mr. Sun", were favorites for showing in school science classrooms. The film was released on DVD with another film featuring Dr. Baxter, "The Unchained Goddess" (1958). A brief sequence from "Hemo the Magnificent" is seen in the film "Gremlins" and also in Disney's "Bill Nye the Science Guy". One of the evil gremlins sneaks into a classroom while the science teacher (Glynn Turman) is showing "Hemo" to the class. The film is mentioned in the "Freaks and Geeks" episode "Discos and Dragons" by the A/V supervisor.
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"Comedy Death-Ray", airing three nights a week on the IFC network, where he interviews stars and creators of shows that the network runs, including "The Ben Stiller Show", "The Larry Sanders Show", "Mr. Show", "Freaks & Geeks", "Undeclared", and "Arrested Development". In 2011, Aukerman and Porter parted ways, and "Comedy Death-Ray" was renamed "Comedy Bang! Bang!" Being a frequent guest on and admirer of the award-winning podcast "Never Not Funny" with Jimmy Pardo led Aukerman to the decision that he should start his own comedy podcast. On May 1, 2009, Aukerman started to host "Comedy Death-Ray Radio", a comedy-themed broadcast
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Man in Uniform". Tighe continued to work in theater and appeared in three different roles: Hilton Lasker, Swifty, and Lord Kitterson in "The End of the Day: An Entertainment" at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, in 1989 and 1990. Tighe continued to do plays in the 1990s at the Seattle Repertory Theatre including "Hedda Gabler" in 1992. Tighe continued to do episodic work on both cable and network television and appeared on "Freaks and Geeks", "Family Law", "The West Wing" portraying Governor of Indiana Jack Buckland, "Strange World", "Everwood", "", "The 4400", and "". Tighe appeared numerous times on ABC show,
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Roman DeBeers. The series was cancelled after two seasons and there was discussions of adapting the series into film, but it never came to fruition. Since 2011, he has co-starred on the Adult Swim television series "", in which he plays Sam Stern. In 2011, Starr had a major role in the film "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy" and also had guest appearances on television series such as "Mad Love", "Community" and "Childrens Hospital". In the latter he reprised his role of Roman DeBeers from "Party Down". Starr reunited with "Freaks and Geeks" and "Party Down" cast member Lizzy Caplan
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Managing Editor/Design at the "New York Daily News", where she was employed from 1991-2012. Eatman has been called "A gifted storyteller, whose casual narratives capture the seemingly settled fates of restless small-town dreamers and big-time losers, circus freaks and social geeks, with a bracing mix of compassion and detail." In May 2016, she produced "Because the Night," a multi-artist tribute to the music and poetry of one of her formative influences, Patti Smith, at Brooklyn's Union Hall. Heather was born in the East Texas town of Jacksonville. She grew up in a theatrical household her father directed plays at colleges
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John Francis Daley John Francis Daley (born July 20, 1985) is an American actor, screenwriter, comedian and film director. He is best known for playing high school freshman Sam Weir on the NBC comedy-drama "Freaks and Geeks" and FBI criminal profiler Dr. Lance Sweets on the series "Bones", for which he was nominated for a 2014 PRISM Award. He plays keyboards and sings for the band Dayplayer. In cinema, Daley is known for his collaborative work with Jonathan Goldstein as a film-making duo. The pair have worked on various projects together. Daley and Goldstein's first work together was initially based
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and Geeks", which debuted in 1999. He also wrote and directed several episodes of the series. After its cancellation, Apatow was the executive producer and creator of the series "Undeclared", which reused Seth Rogen in the main cast and other "Freaks and Geeks" cast members in recurring roles. Although both shows were quickly canceled, "USA Today" media critic Susan Wloszczyna called the shows "two of the most acclaimed TV series to ever last only one season." In 2001, Apatow created North Hollywood, a pilot of his that featured Jason Segel, Kevin Hart, Seth Rogen, Phil Hendrie, and Judge Reinhold (playing
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actor, and Nancy Daley, a piano teacher. His father is of Irish Catholic background, while his mother is Jewish. He grew up in Nyack, New York, where he played Danny in Nyack Middle School's production of "Grease." Daley began acting when he was cast as "Young Tommy" in the U.S. and international tours of the Broadway hit "The Who's Tommy". He played Sam Weir, protagonist of the "Geeks", in the television series "Freaks and Geeks", and since then he has worked continuously in television, including series such as "The Geena Davis Show", "Boston Public", "Regular Joe", "Kitchen Confidential", "Judging Amy",
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the film and others selected, "Quentin loves them, and the film geeks love them, but most people…” Something Weird Video released the original version of the film on VHS as "Love Commune" in the 1990s, and released the later "Ghetto Freaks" version in the 2000s as both a digital download and a special edition DVD also featuring the 1966 drug addiction film "Way Out". Original music and songs for the film were composed by Al Zbacnic and Tom Baker, the music director of the "Upbeat" show. One song, "I'm Gonna Dodge the Draft", appeared in the initial "Sign of Aquarius"
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the script was shot, Feig wrote a second episode at the behest of Apatow. He showed this second script to Apatow and pilot director Jake Kasdan, and they suggested that he combine the two episodes to form a stronger pilot. Notable additions include the introduction of Kim Kelly and Lindsay's recollection of her grandmother's death. Feig wrote a final draft after a read-through with the cast, this time incorporating a first meeting between Lindsay and the freaks (in previous drafts, Lindsay was already part of the group). The show ran for 18 episodes, three of which – "Kim Kelly Is
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her parents and with her own self-image, form one central strand of the show. The other follows Sam and his group of geeky friends as they navigate a different part of the social universe and try to fit in. Guest stars included: Samaire Armstrong (as "Deadhead" Laurie), Alexandra Breckenridge (as mathlete Shelly Weaver), Jack Conley (as Kim Kelly's stepfather), Kevin Corrigan (as Millie's delinquent cousin), Allen Covert (as a liquor store clerk), Matt Czuchry (as a student from rival Lincoln High), Alexander Gould (as Ronnie, the boy Lindsay babysits while high), Steve Higgins (as the Geeks' A/V teacher), Rashida Jones
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Lyons Press in 2009. The book is a work of travel literature, memoir, and immersion journalism that explores fantasy and gaming subcultures. The book was named a Must-Read Book by the Massachusetts Book Awards. According to "The Huffington Post", "Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks" is "full of encounters, both funny and poignant." National Public Radio’s “Around and About” describes the book as "Lord of the Rings meets Jack Kerouac’s "On the Road".” Wired wrote, "For anyone who has ever spent time within imaginary realms, the book will speak volumes. For those who have not, it will educate and enlighten.” Wired
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not the pony dream again!". "Freaks, No Geeks" is a parody of Tod Browning's classic 1932 horror film "Freaks". At the end of the third story, a mutilated duck creature Homer is seen telling his children that was how he met their mother, which leads into the theme song from the series "How I Met Your Mother". The episode as a whole received generally positive reviews, while Del Toro's opening sequence was critically acclaimed. David Hinckley of the "New York Daily News" gave "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" three stars out of five, writing that "'Treehouse of Horrors' remains an honorable
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in an episode of the USA Network's "Psych" entitled "Psy vs. Psy" as a psychic FBI agent who ends up not being who she appears to be. She appeared as a major character in an episode of Fox's short-lived action TV show, "Fastlane", as a prostitute named Bree whose pimp wants her dead. Kajlich had a quick appearance as a punk nose-piercing girl in an episode of "Freaks and Geeks", and she played Jennifer on the CBS comedy "Rules of Engagement". She was ranked No. 74 on the "Maxim" "Hot 100 Women of 2004" and No. 63 on the "Maxim"
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inspiration for the show came from being a fan of Larry Sanders, Cameron Crowe and other "quirky character-driven shows like "Freaks and Geeks", "Undeclared", and "My So-Called Life"". Schwartz went to college at the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television, and later said that "The O.C." was "very much based on sort of the experiences I had when I was in college" as a "Jewish kid from the East Coast ... surrounded by all these kids from Newport Beach who were water-polo players, and these very blonde girls who only wanted to date them. I felt very much like
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Jason Segel Jason Jordan Segel (; born January 18, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for his role as Marshall Eriksen in the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", as well as for his work with producer Judd Apatow on the television series "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared", and for the critically and commercially successful comedies he has starred in, written, and produced. Segel has starred in several films, including "Knocked Up" (2007), "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" (2008), "I Love You, Man" (2009), "Despicable Me" (2010), "Bad Teacher" (2011), "Jeff, Who Lives at Home"
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the defunct IKEA is Speed Zone, an amusement center with 4 race tracks, it has been featured in the films "Guess Who" and "Clerks 2" and on TV in "Melrose Place (2009 TV series)", " ", "Hell's Kitchen", "Attack of the Show!", "Freaks And Geeks", and more. Like much of the Los Angeles region, the San Gabriel Valley enjoys a warm, sunny, and Mediterranean-like climate year-round. Rain is sporadic. Due to the Eastern San Gabriel Valley, (East of State Route 57) being more inland, the area is subject to hotter summers and colder winters. Light snow is extremely rare in
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"The Royal Tenenbaums". Anderson discovered Stephen Lea Sheppard, who played Dudley, through his friend Judd Apatow, as he was acting in Apatow's television series, "Freaks and Geeks". Around 250 sets were employed during photography, with art director Carl Sprague saying the crew avoided sites that would identify New York City, even altering street signs. The house used in the film is located near the famous Sugar Hill in the Hamilton Heights section of Harlem in Manhattan at 339 Convent Avenue. For the "quintessential New York story," Anderson went location scouting in May 2000, spotted the house and admired what he
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episode "" and the fourth-season episode "". During 2006, MacFarlane had a role in the independent film "Life is Short". He portrayed Dr. Ned, a psychologist who advises a short man (played by "Freaks and Geeks" star Samm Levine) to have relationships with taller women. He is a frequent guest on the radio talkshow "Loveline", hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky. MacFarlane appeared on the November 11, 2006 episode of Fox's comedy show "MADtv" and performed a live action re-enactment of a scene from the "Family Guy" episode "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High". In the scene, Peter and Lois
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Cardellini left to star in "Freaks and Geeks", forcing a premature end to the first season. The second season (thirteen episodes) revolved around a new main character. The characters of Priscilla Tremaine (Rue McClanahan) and Letitia DeVine (Holland Taylor) were based on gossip columnists Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons respectively. A running end-credits gag had Letitia DeVine reporting ironic news items about period stars on her radio show, then insulting them "sotto voce" when the broadcast was over. Roland White (Jonathan Frakes) is based on millionaire aeronautical engineer and movie mogul Howard Hughes, who was known for his relationships with
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and starred for three seasons as Samantha on "Are You Afraid of the Dark?". She commuted from Florida to Montreal, Canada, where the show was filmed. She was cast at the age of fifteen on the 1994 television drama "Party of Five", playing the recurring character Hallie. She had a recurring role on "Freaks and Geeks" (1999–2000) portraying the character of Vicki Appleby the popular freshman cheerleader who spent seven minutes in heaven with the ultimate geek, Bill Haverchuck (Martin Starr). She then briefly attended college at Florida State University where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta
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who went on to play in the NBA. Segel's first major role was as stoner "freak" Nick Andopolis on the critically acclaimed but short-lived 1999 NBC comedy-drama series "Freaks and Geeks". The series revolved around a group of suburban Detroit high school students circa 1980. Segel personally composed a song for his character, Nick, to sing to the lead female character, Lindsay (Linda Cardellini). Segel had recurring roles on "" as Neil Jansen and on "Undeclared" as Eric. He played Marshall Eriksen on the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother"; he had previously stated he would move on to
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his appearance on Big Brother. Steve entered the house on the second episode, hoping to convince his fellow houseguests that he was the "sweet, naive, and innocent little kid who could never possibly be a threat to your game and would be a complete waste of your HoH." He was an early target and nominated for eviction the first two weeks, forcing him to win competitions early for safety. He attempted to alleviate his target by joining three alliances: "The Rockstars" with John McGuire, "Students of Sound" with Vanessa Rousso, and the "Freaks & Geeks" / "Scamper Squad" with Vanessa,
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a painting on the disc's gallery section. Aushenker graduated from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles. In 1991, he graduated from Cornell University, where he majored in fine arts and creative writing. While attending Cornell, at the age of 19, Aushenker authored and illustrated the children's book "Get That Goat!" (Landmark Editions) and co-founded and co-edited "Strip!" magazine, a student cartoonist quarterly, with a collective that included Andrice Arp, Bishakh Som, and Howard Arey (who have since formed Hi-Horse Comics) and Patty Lin (a writer/producer on "Freaks and Geeks" and the first season of "Desperate Housewives"). In 1992, following college,
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James Franco filmography James Franco is an American actor who began acting on television, guest-starring in "Pacific Blue" (1997). He landed his breakthrough role in the comedy-drama television series "Freaks and Geeks" (1999–2000). After his film debut in "Never Been Kissed" (1999), Franco won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Film for playing the eponymous actor in the 2001 television biopic "James Dean". He went on to play Harry Osborn in the superhero film "Spider-Man" (2002), and reprised the role in its sequels "Spider-Man 2" (2004) and "Spider-Man 3" (2007). For the last of the three, he
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Zorak or Brak. Count Floyd was also the pitchman for Canada's Wonderland when it launched "The Bat" roller coaster in 1987. In the Halloween episode of Flaherty's later show "Freaks and Geeks" he appears in a vampire costume and reprises the same voice in allusion, scaring away many young trick or treaters. In 1990, Count Floyd released a how-to videotape called "Making Real Funny Home Videos", ostensibly aimed at viewers who wanted to make "America's Funniest Home Videos"-style videos. Count Floyd also appeared in the original 1999 CBC Television film "Must Be Santa". In 2014, Count Floyd stars in The
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the script in Los Angeles. The two would meet on weekends and conduct semi-regular table reads of drafts for Apatow to get his suggestions and notes. Several actresses auditioned for the role of Megan, including Rebel Wilson and Busy Philipps, the latter of whom had worked with Apatow and Feig on their comedy-drama television series "Freaks and Geeks". Wilson, who improvised for Apatow and Feig for an hour during her audition, impressed them so much that she was later cast in the smaller role of Brynn. It marked her first appearance in an American production. Mindy Kaling read for the
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2015, most of which failed financially except the animated film "The Little Prince", a modest commercial success. James Franco filmography James Franco is an American actor who began acting on television, guest-starring in "Pacific Blue" (1997). He landed his breakthrough role in the comedy-drama television series "Freaks and Geeks" (1999–2000). After his film debut in "Never Been Kissed" (1999), Franco won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Film for playing the eponymous actor in the 2001 television biopic "James Dean". He went on to play Harry Osborn in the superhero film "Spider-Man" (2002), and reprised the role
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has worked as a casting director in the entertainment business since 1982, with her first credited work for the television show "Family Ties" and later in 1985 for "The Golden Girls". In 2015, her work as a casting director included the comedy film "Get Hard", the Yahoo! Screen show "Other Space", and the Netflix series "Master of None". Allison Jones (casting director) Allison Jones (born 1955) is an American casting director who is credited for helping to bring together realistic ensemble casts for such television shows as "Freaks and Geeks" (for which she won an Emmy), "Undeclared", "The Fresh Prince
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with this episode) due to Sarah Hagan's connection to episode writer Rebecca Rand Kirshner, who wrote for Hagan's previous series "Freaks and Geeks". Potential (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) "Potential" is the twelfth episode of seventh and final season of the television show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Two Potential Slayers, Rona and Vi, walk alone in the cemetery until Spike knocks Rona out of the way, grabs Vi and leans in for the kill. Buffy and the other Slayers watch and learn from this example and Buffy lectures the girls on how to deal with vampire attacks. Buffy has Spike attack
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The Drama Dept. In 2009, she appeared in the NBC series "Kings", playing the minor role of Jessie Shepherd, mother of protagonist David Shepherd. Her real-life husband, Dylan Baker, played antagonist William Cross in the series. Baker used her birth name, Becky Gelke, as her professional name until she married actor Dylan Baker in 1990. Becky Ann Baker Becky Ann Baker (née Gelke; born February 17, 1953) is an American actress who is known for her portrayal of Jean Weir on NBC's Emmy Award-winning "Freaks and Geeks" and for her role as Loreen Horvath on HBO's Emmy Award-winning "Girls", for
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"90210", attracting a new collection of noted creators. Rob Thomas, known for the television show "Veronica Mars", began the initial work on the project. Prior to the premiere, Thomas was succeeded by producers Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs, both known for the series "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared". During the first season, Rebecca Sinclair, who had previously worked on "Gilmore Girls" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", became the series' new show runner. In June 2009, a fifth production, a follow-up to "Melrose Place", was officially confirmed. Emmy-nominated scribe Charles Rosin joined "Beverly Hills, 90210" in its first year and served
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Union character. In 1989, Flaherty played a guest role in "Married... with Children" in season-four episode "Tooth or Consequences", as a recently divorced dentist who must repair Al Bundy's teeth. During 1997–1998, Flaherty starred in the television adaptation of "Police Academy" ("") as Cmdt. Stuart Hefilfinger. The series lasted for only one season. In 1999, Flaherty joined the cast of "Freaks and Geeks", an NBC hour-long dramedy set in the 1980–1981 academic year, in which he played Harold Weir, the irascible father of two teens. Despite a dedicated cult following, the show only lasted one season. In the third episode,
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1993-2004. In 1994, Ancier re-teamed with Fox colleague Jamie Kellner and Warners Bros. CEO Barry Meyer to launch The WB as its chief programmer from 1994–99, where he helped put "7th Heaven", "Dawson's Creek", "Charmed", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "The Steve Harvey Show" and "The Jamie Foxx Show" on the air. Beginning in May 1999, Ancier served as President of NBC Entertainment, where he helped put "The West Wing" and "" on the air, while conversely being the one who cancelled the 1999 teen drama-comedy series "Freaks and Geeks", a move over which he has since expressed. Ancier was forced
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Becky Ann Baker Becky Ann Baker (née Gelke; born February 17, 1953) is an American actress who is known for her portrayal of Jean Weir on NBC's Emmy Award-winning "Freaks and Geeks" and for her role as Loreen Horvath on HBO's Emmy Award-winning "Girls", for which she received a Primetime Emmy nomination. Baker was born Becky Gelke in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Baker's film credits include "Blue Steel", "Jacob's Ladder", "Lorenzo's Oil", "Unstrung Heroes", "Sabrina", Ridley Scott's "White Squall", "Men in Black", "In & Out", Woody Allen's "Celebrity", Sam Raimi's "A Simple Plan" (for which she received a Blockbuster Entertainment Award
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made earlier in the episode. The episode was written by Diane Ruggiero and directed by John T. Kretchmer, marking Ruggiero's thirteenth writing credit and Kretchmer's eleventh directing credit for the series. The episode features several notable guest appearances. Dan Castellaneta, best known as the voice of Homer Simpson on "The Simpsons", appears as Dr. Kinny, a sociology professor. Rider Strong guest stars as a student who participates as a guard in the experiment. The episode features a guest appearance by Samm Levine, best known for his role on "Freaks and Geeks". Levine had previously worked with series star Chris Lowell
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depicted university students creating a machine to allow them to enter other people's dreams. The show stars Samm Levine of "Freaks and Geeks" and "Inglorious Basterds" fame, as well as Good Neighbor's Nick Rutherford; also starring Jessy Hodges and Kirk C. Johnson, who starred in Rooster Teeth's first feature film, "Lazer Team." Supporting the main cast is comedian Brent Morin and "True Detective"'s Michael Hyatt as agents Hobbs and Mullins, respectively. On Halloween 2012, a partnership between Rooster Teeth and Blip was announced, with the premiere of their new 10-episode, reality game competition series sponsored by GEICO. "The Gauntlet" followed
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problems they encounter—money issues, conflicts at work—don't matter." Alyssa Rosenberg of "ThinkProgress" praised Apatow for his "wonderfully refreshing" approach to women and comedy, quoting Apatow as saying "I got bored of penises. I said, 'enough of that.' No, I just like immaturity, I like to show people struggle and try to figure out who they are. I'm a guy and so it leaned guy for a while. But one of the projects I'm most proud of is "Freaks and Geeks", which is about a woman in high school struggling to figure out which group she wants to belong to, so
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Rule 34 thrives as sacred lore on blogs, YouTube videos, Twitter feeds and social networking sites. It's frequently used as a verb, as in 'I Rule 34'ed Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell on the judging table'." They propose the reason why the maxim resonated with so many people is because it "certainly seems true" for "anybody who has spent time surfing the Web." Cory Doctorow concludes, "Rule 34 can be thought of as a kind of indictment of the Web as a cesspit of freaks, geeks, and weirdos, but seen through the lens of cosmopolitanism," which "bespeaks a certain sophistication—a
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a character based on her but agreed if they could get Alyson Hannigan to play her. Hannigan was looking to do more comedy work and was available. Josh Radnor and Jason Segel, who were cast as Ted and Marshall, respectively, were not well known, though Segel had been a cast member on the short-lived "Freaks and Geeks" and a recurring guest star on Judd Apatow's follow-up show, "Undeclared". The role of Barney was initially envisioned as a "John Belushi-type character" before Neil Patrick Harris won the role after being invited to an audition by the show's casting director Megan Branman.
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but agreed if they could get Alyson Hannigan to play her. Hannigan was looking to do more comedy work, and was available. Josh Radnor and Jason Segel, who were cast as Ted and Marshall, respectively, were not well known, though Segel had been a cast member on the short-lived "Freaks and Geeks" and a recurring guest star on Judd Apatow follow-up "Undeclared". The role of Barney was initially envisioned as a "John Belushi-type character" before Neil Patrick Harris won the role after being invited to an audition by the show's casting director Megan Branman. Pamela Fryman invited Bob Saget to
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Allison Jones (casting director) Allison Jones (born 1955) is an American casting director who is credited for helping to bring together realistic ensemble casts for such television shows as "Freaks and Geeks" (for which she won an Emmy), "Undeclared", "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", "Brooklyn Nine-Nine", "The Good Place", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "United States of Tara", "Parks and Recreation", "Arrested Development" (both of which she was also nominated for), and the US version of "The Office". She has also cast several successful films, including "The 40-Year-Old Virgin", "", and "Knocked Up". Allison Jones also gained casting credit for Brüno. She
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their namesakes - Estudiantes (BA). He remained with Estudiantes (BA) for two seasons and made ten appearances, he also scored on his debut; a 3–2 Primera B Metropolitana win over Talleres. He is the brother of fellow footballer Federico Rosso. Matías Rosso Matías Gabriel Rosso (born 12 March 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Argentine Primera División side Estudiantes (LP). Chacarita Juniors of the Primera B Metropolitana were Rosso's first senior club, he joined their first-team in 2013 and made his professional debut in August in a goalless draw with Tristán Suárez. He scored
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Federico Rosso Federico Guillermo Rosso (born 1 July 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender for Agropecuario. Rosso's career began in 2008 with Primera B Nacional side Chacarita Juniors, however before featuring for the club he was loaned out to Central Córdoba of Torneo Argentino A. Five appearances followed. In August 2010, Rosso was an unused substitute three times for Chacarita in league matches against Tiro Federal, Unión Santa Fe and Gimnasia y Esgrima. 2011 saw him leave Chacarita permanently to join CAI, prior to subsequently moving to Sportivo Desamparados. He made seventeen and twenty-five appearances
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Live, dressed in red shirts and tuxedos, performing the song in a club, where the only drink served appears to be milk. Guinness plays a newcomer to the bar who sits drinking black coffee and refuses the attempts of another patron to get him to try the milk. After a scuffle the newcomer tries to leave but is subdued by the other patrons who force him to drink the milk from a champagne bottle. The song reached #60 on the UK Singles Chart, #80 in The Netherlands and #36 in Australia. All songs written by Live: Freaks (Live song) "Freaks"
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Matías Rosso Matías Gabriel Rosso (born 12 March 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Argentine Primera División side Estudiantes (LP). Chacarita Juniors of the Primera B Metropolitana were Rosso's first senior club, he joined their first-team in 2013 and made his professional debut in August in a goalless draw with Tristán Suárez. He scored the first goal of his career on 3 November against Villa Dálmine. In total, Rosso scored six goals in twenty-nine games in his debut campaign. Four goals in nineteen followed in 2014 as Chacarita won promotion to Primera B Nacional.
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loan, and was loaned again, to Alessandria in Lega Pro. In July, he was sold outright to Pro Vercelli in Serie B. Simone Rosso Simone Rosso (born 10 November 1995) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Pro Vercelli. Rosso is a youth exponent from Torino. He made his Serie A debut on 24 May 2015 at San Siro against Milan, replacing Josef Martínez after 71 minutes in a 3–0 away defeat. On 6 August 2015, he was loaned to Brescia in Serie B. He made his debut for Brescia on 5 September, in a 2–0
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Simone Rosso Simone Rosso (born 10 November 1995) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Pro Vercelli. Rosso is a youth exponent from Torino. He made his Serie A debut on 24 May 2015 at San Siro against Milan, replacing Josef Martínez after 71 minutes in a 3–0 away defeat. On 6 August 2015, he was loaned to Brescia in Serie B. He made his debut for Brescia on 5 September, in a 2–0 defeat away to Cesena; in July 2016 the loan was renewed and he returned to Brescia. In January 2017, he returned from
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been assigned the "leading lady slot" in the show. Raoul encounters Madame Giry and discovers that the Phantom is the mysterious Mr. Y for whom Christine will be singing now ("Dear Old Friend"). Gangle, Fleck and Squelch bring Gustave to the Aerie, where he is greeted by the Phantom. Child prodigy Gustave sings and plays a melody on the piano ("Beautiful") that leads the Phantom to suspect he is Gustave's father ("He plays like me! He's just 10 years old...ten years old"). The Phantom questions Gustave as he shows him around the dark wonders, illusions, and freaks of Phantasma and
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- "Working" - NBC ★ J.B. Gaynor - "Boy Meets World" - ABC ★ David Lago - "The Young and the Restless" - CBS ★ Taylor Anne Mountz - "Passions" - NBC ★ Eli Marienthal - "The Iron Giant" - Warner Brothers ★ Aria Noelle Curzon - "Dan Danger" - Nickelodeon ★ "" - Warner Brothers ★ "The Jersey" - Disney Channel ★ "Anya's Bell" - CBS ★ "Summer's End" - Showtime ★ "" - ABC ★ "Judging Amy" - CBS ★ "Freaks and Geeks" - NBC ★ "Toy Story 2" - Disney ★ "Stuart Little" - Columbia Pictures ★
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"Cirque Du Freak" two best friends, Darren Shan, and Steve "Leopard" Leonard go to see the Cirque Du Freak, an illegal and mysterious freak show. They see many amazing events and "freaks", along with Larten Crepsley, who has a performing spider as well. Steve recognizes Mr. Crepsley as a vampire, and after telling Darren to go home without him, corners Mr. Crepsley and demands he be turned into a vampire in exchange for keeping Mr. Crepsley's identity a secret. Mr. Crepsley unwillingly tastes Steve's blood, but Mr. Crepsley says it's evil blood, and rejects Steve, who promises when he grows
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Network Ten. On 7 July 2007 they presented at Live Earth. Merrick Watts has also appeared in the comedy series "The Hollowmen" and "Thank God You're Here". In 2008, the duo starred in a new comedy series, "The Merrick & Rosso Show" on The Comedy Channel. He has also appeared as Marty Johnstone, a New Zealand drug dealer who was originally the leader of the Mr Asia drug syndicate in the hit series "". Tim Ross fronts comedy band Black Rose who opened the V festival in Melbourne and Sydney in 2009. He also hosts Uncharted, an unsigned band competition
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that the series would end prematurely, and subsequently reprised her role in "" and "". She posed nude for "Playboy" magazine in October 1999, appeared in two episodes of "Freaks and Geeks" in 2000, and appeared in the 2002 "She Spies" episode, "Spy vs Spy". In 2004, she returned to the live stage (and to Laguna Beach, California, where she had attended high school), starring in the United States premiere of Michael Weller's play "What the Night is For", with Kip Gilman, directed by Richard Stein, at the Laguna Playhouse. She starred in the BBC comedy series "Broken News" in
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Meagen Fay Meagen Fay is an American actress known for her work in television. Born and raised in Joliet, Illinois, in the early 1980s, Fay was a featured cast member at The Second City. Fay's first television role was in the 1987 television series "Ohara". She has guest-starred on numerous shows including "thirtysomething", "Roseanne", "Mad About You", "Seinfeld", "Dharma and Greg", "Gilmore Girls", "Suddenly Susan", "Charmed" and "Freaks and Geeks". She starred in "Carol & Company", "The Home Court", "Tales of the City", and "Woops!", as well as appearing in "Magnolia" (1999). In 2004, she starred in Stephen King's "Kingdom
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Coppola, and Christopher Coppola, and grandson of Italia Coppola (née Pennino) and Carmine Coppola. His first cousin once removed, his father Jack's first cousin is novelist and screenwriter Elliott B. Oppenheim. His paternal grandparents were Polish Jewish immigrants, while his mother is Italian American and Catholic. He attended Windward School in West Los Angeles. Schwartzman's acting career began when he was 17 years old, when he starred in Wes Anderson's "Rushmore" in 1998. Prior to "Rushmore", he had no acting experience. Shortly after in 2000, Jason had a guest role in the short-lived series "Freaks and Geeks". In 2001, he
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girlfriend and Apatow served as producer. They were married on June 9, 1997 in Los Angeles, and have two daughters, Maude and Iris. Mann has appeared in "Freaks and Geeks", "The 40-Year-Old Virgin", "Knocked Up", "Drillbit Taylor", "Funny People", and "This Is 40". Both daughters appeared in "Knocked Up," "Funny People," and "This Is 40", as Leslie Mann's character's daughters, and Maude was nominated at the 34th Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress for "This Is 40". Apatow and his family live in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. Apatow's philanthropic work includes supporting
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in the Upper East Side of New York City), or in fictional small town settings (such as "One Tree Hill", which was set in the North Carolina town of Tree Hill; "Dawson's Creek", which was set in Capeside, Massachusetts; and "Gilmore Girls", which was set in Stars Hollow, Connecticut). Shows that depict teenage life in a more realistic manner tend not to do as well – such examples include "My So-Called Life" and "Freaks and Geeks", which were critically acclaimed, but suffered from low ratings and were subsequently cancelled. Though the genre originated in the United States, teen dramas have
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nomination), "Two Weeks Notice", Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds", "Stay", "The Night Listener", "Death of a President", and "Spider-Man 3". In addition to "Freaks and Geeks", her television credits include Stephen King's "Storm of the Century" and guest spots on "L.A. Law", "Frasier", "", "Sex & the City", "", "Oz" and "All My Children". An accomplished stage performer, Baker made her Broadway debut in the 1981 production of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas", and received a Drama-Logue Award in 1994 for her work in "Night and Her Stars". She is a founding member of New York-based theatre company
Becky Ann Baker