HopsGuy Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 "Freaks And Geeks", sort of the prequill to "Undeclared" was even better, IMO, although I liked them both. It only lasted a season...great cast, great writing... Both of those shows were on my list of "Shows I'll eventually get around to". Fortunately all of the episodes are on YouTube and I've wasted some time over the last few days watching them. Really fantastic all the way around. I really like Joe Flaherty as the dad on F&G.
The Dean Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 I really like Joe Flaherty as the dad on F&G. Count Floyd!
HopsGuy Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 Count Floyd! In the Halloween episode ("Tricks and Treats"), his wife handed him a cape and said, "Here, put this on." He looked at it and the camera paused on him as he gave a pensive, far-off look. Nice homage to SCTV.
Gary M Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 Complete Savages. http://www.wchstv.com/abc/completesavages/
The Dean Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 Hey! I actually liked Lucky Louie. Oh, me too. But, I understand how one could have a harsh reaction to that show. I'm a big CK fan.
apuszczalowski Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 Greg the Bunny, Aired on Fox for only a season. Seth Green, Eugene Levy, Sarah Silverman, and a bunch of puppets. I have it on DVD and seen all the episodes a few times. I was also a fan of (although it aired a few seasons and then quickly canceled) Titus, with Christopher Titus, based losely off of his life and childhood.
The Dean Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 Greg the Bunny, Aired on Fox for only a season. Seth Green, Eugene Levy, Sarah Silverman, and a bunch of puppets. I have it on DVD and seen all the episodes a few times. I was also a fan of (although it aired a few seasons and then quickly canceled) Titus, with Christopher Titus, based losely off of his life and childhood. Greg the Bunny is a good call.
apuszczalowski Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 Greg the Bunny is a good call. they recently aired all the episodes for a while on a Canadian Channel that keeps going from MTV Canada, to some independent channel like MTV, and now back to MTV2 Canada
ChevyVanMiller Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 Wonderfalls - FOX show set in Niagara Falls. Here's one I bet you'd never think of - The Honeymooners. It ran just one season before Gleason pulled it because he felt that they'd run out of fresh ideas (They also lost in their time slot to Perry Como, if you can believe it). Although he did bring the characters back in shorts on his variety show.
GhostsOfTheRockpile Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 "Skin" starring Ron Silver. "His father is the DISTRICT ATTORNEY!!!" Seriously though, "Freaks & Geeks." Hands down.
PromoTheRobot Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 "My So Called Life" with Claire Danes among others. PTR
Fezmid Posted January 7, 2009 Posted January 7, 2009 I'll second Wonderfalls and Greg the Bunny. Both excellent. There were some Greg the Bunny episodes done before Fox picked them up. That show was quite a bit different... A lot darker too.
HopsGuy Posted January 7, 2009 Posted January 7, 2009 "My So Called Life" with Claire Danes among others. PTR Just finished watching all of the Freaks & Geeks episodes and the parallels hit you over the head: Angela = Lindsay Jordan = Daniel Rayanne = Kim Sharon/Brian = Millie Smart girl decides to leave her goodie-goodie friends from childhood behind to hang with the outcasts. F&G was much richer/deeper though. There was an entirely different story being told with the Geeks. However, both had great sound-tracks. Both were canceled far too early. I'm sort of miffed now that I spent the time watching F&G and it ended so abruptly. Oh, and the similarity to my own life (different gender anyway) probably affected me a bit. I'm quite sure that Angela/Lindsay ended up having their fill of the freak-life, buckled down and went to college as expected. They were much richer for the experience, though. Thanks to everyone for contributing to this thread. I never would have taken the time to watch F&G and Undeclared.
ThePebble19 Posted January 7, 2009 Posted January 7, 2009 For me, hands down it was The Dana Carvey Show. That show was way ahead of it's time, and featured some great unknown talent at the time...steve carell, Steven Colbert, robert smigel... It's hard to believe that got kicked off the air for crude content when you look at some of the crap on TV now.
apuszczalowski Posted January 7, 2009 Posted January 7, 2009 I'll second Wonderfalls and Greg the Bunny. Both excellent. There were some Greg the Bunny episodes done before Fox picked them up. That show was quite a bit different... A lot darker too. The Independent Film Channel (IFC)? had it before, but I think it was just the puppets doing the kiddie show (atleast from what i gathered reading about it on the net yesterday). I don't think any of the other actors were in it
dib Posted January 7, 2009 Posted January 7, 2009 Space: Above and Beyond was great when I was a freshman in high school. It's available on DVD
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