• Freaks and Geeks
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[img]http://nerdgirltalking.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/freaks-geeks.jpg[/img] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IopHL3auzNQ[/media] Possibly one of the most underrated television series of all time, [I]Freaks and Geeks[/I] does an amazing job of accurately depicting American high school life of the 1980s. [quote=wikipedia]The show centered on a teenage girl, Lindsay Weir (Linda Cardellini), and her brother, Sam (John Francis Daley), both attending William McKinley High School during the 1980–1981 school year in the town of Chippewa, Michigan, a fictional suburb of Detroit. Their friends, respectively, constituted the "freaks" — Daniel Desario (James Franco), Ken Miller (Seth Rogen), Nick Andopolis (Jason Segel), Kim Kelly (Busy Philipps) — and the "geeks" — Neal Schweiber (Samm Levine) and Bill Haverchuck (Martin Starr) — of the title. The Weirs' parents, Harold (Joe Flaherty) and Jean (Becky Ann Baker), were featured in every episode. Millie Kentner (Sarah Hagan), Lindsay's nerdy, highly religious former best friend, was a recurring character, as was Cindy Sanders (Natasha Melnick), the pretty, popular cheerleader on whom Sam had a crush. The show's starting point was Lindsay's transition from her life as an academically proficient student, star mathlete, and proper young girl, with Millie as her like-minded best friend, to an Army-jacket-wearing teenager who hangs out with troubled slackers. Her relationships with her new friends, and the friction they cause with 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 very different part of the social universe trying to fit in.[/quote] Honestly, this is one of the greatest television series I have ever watched. I HIGHLY suggest watching some episodes online ([url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7692341023374341850&hl=undefined#]first episode[/url]), and if you like them, buy the [url=http://www.amazon.com/Freaks-Geeks-Complete-Linda-Cardellini/dp/B0001EQHXO]complete collection[/url].
Why did this have to get canceled. This and My So-Called Life were the only good shows about high-school and now we got all those fucking shitty disney shows that are about as funny as a car wreck. Bill is the best one.
Oh my god it's James franco!
Doesn't look geeky enough. And I'm "Das ÜberNerd".
[QUOTE=GoldenBullet;21720625]Oh my god it's James franco![/QUOTE] This was also one of Seth Rogen's first roles in TV/film.
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