Everyone we’ve met so far in the Freaks and Geeks universe would probably agree. The struggling-to-fit-in tensions that Feig, who scripted the pilot, and Jake Kasdan, who directed this episode ...

The pilot for Freaks And Geeks opens with ... “I kinda wish I didn’t come to school today.” The first episode of Freaks And Geeks essentially drops the audience into the middle of a story.

Whether the good people of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania know it or not, the world has them to thank for Freaks and Geeks as we know ... enough to have a finished pilot; his wife encouraged him ...

Initially, NBC demonstrated a strong enthusiasm for Freaks and Geeks, recognizing its unique potential. Network executives, like Shelley McCrory, were immediately enthralled by Paul Feig's pilot ...

which aired its pilot episode on NBC on September 25, 1999. Directed by Brent Hodge, and featuring interviews with the creators and cast, Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary is a funny, fascinating ...

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25, 1999, NBC debuted the high school comedy “Freaks and Geeks” as part of its new fall ... but was still in postproduction on its final episodes — some of the series’ best, but which ...

Caplan had a short appearance in the pilot, and popped up occasionally ... Ben Stiller agreed to appear in the 17th episode in an attempt to help Freaks and Geeks avoid cancellation.

taught me was when we would make a deal to do a pilot, she would say, "Ask for a dollar residual — or even forgo some of your salary. Just ask for a dollar residual for each episode of that TV ...

“Pilot” (season one, episode one; originally aired 9/25/1999) In which we meet the Weirs… (Available on Netflix.) Freaks And Geeks works as well as it does because it’s about fundamentally ...

In the commentary track for the pilot, Feig half-jokes that Freaks And Geeks set its cancellation in motion halfway into its first episode. Ratings data later indicated a steep viewership drop in ...