Finally, a Freaks and Geeks reunion! The cast and crew recently gathered, and we’ve got pictures from the event.
We at Hypable are (obviously) fans of great television, and we couldn’t be happier that there was a Freaks and Geeks reunion. We’ve been waiting for this day for a long time, and we’re glad that it’s finally happened.
Here are the images from Vanity Fair:
The Freaks: Busy Philipps (Kim Kelly), Seth Rogen (Ken Miller), James Franco (Daniel Desario), Jason Segel, and Linda Cardellini (Lindsay Weir)
The Geeks: Martin Starr (Bill Haverchuck), John Francis Daley (Sam Weir), Samm Levine (Neal Schweiber), Stephen Lea Sheppard (Harris Trinsky)
Full cast and crew at Freaks and Geeks reunion
The rest of the images from the Freaks and Geeks reunion:
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This writer wrote about Freaks and Geeks back in June when he named it his top TV show that should have never been cancelled. This is what was written, and it’s a summary of the show for those who have no idea what it’s about:
Freaks and Geeks (obviously) centered around two different groups in a high school – the freaks and the geeks. These two groups were connected in the show as Lindsay Weir (Linda Cardellini) was becoming a member of the freaks while her brother Sam (John Francis Daley) was a member of the geeks.
Lindsay Weir was a very strong student academically and a “mathlete,” but she doesn’t want that anymore. She used to fit in with the geeks, but she feels out of place and wants to be “cool.” She befriends the “freak” crowd that hangs out behind the school and smokes. Three of the actors who played the freaks have gone on to become huge stars. James Franco, Seth Rogen, and Jason Segel all played freaks along with lesser known Busy Philipps.
Sam Weir was a geek along with his two friends Neil Schweiber (Samm Levine) and Bill Haverchuck (Martin Starr). They did things that all ’80s geeks would do, including having a love for playing Dungeons and Dragons. As geeks, high school wasn’t the easiest thing for them as they always had to be wary of bullies. Bill Haverchuck will forever remain one of my all-time favorite characters.
The music in the show really added to the ’80s feel as it’s all famous ’80s music, including songs by The Who, Van Halen, Rush, Styx, Boston, and so many more. This made it incredibly hard to make the show available for DVD release, but it eventually was. It made it a pricey set, but it’s well worth it.
Unfortunately, Freaks and Geeks was cancelled before the first season even concluded due to terrible ratings (numbers, not opinions). Only 15 of the 18 episodes aired during the original run on NBC. The remaining three were included when the show ran in syndication on the Fox Family Channel. When the show ran on syndication, the original music wasn’t included, but it’s all there on the DVD set.
It’s really a terrible thing that it was cancelled because it was just so good. Its Saturday night time slot was very unfortunate because high school students are typically out with friends and not at home watching TV at that time. It would have also been aided by better promotion to adults to tell them that the show wasn’t just for kids, it was for them, too.
Did you miss seeing Freaks and Geeks?
A few months ago, Freaks and Geeks was added to Netflix Streaming. Go and watch it, preferably right now.