Since it's one of my favourite shows and possibly one of the most underrated shows of all time, I thought Freaks and Geeks would be a fine choice for this weeks, "The Selection Box"...
Before Judd Apatow was making movies like Superbad, Knocked Up, and Funny People he had an attempt at two tv shows, both of which were cancelled in their first season, but lived on to become cult classics... Freaks and Geeks was the first of these two shows and featured a lot of well known faces in both the main cast and in the guest cast...
Filmed at the end of the 90s, but set at the beginning of the 80s, Freaks and Geeks is a high school dramedy that focuses on the unpopular students rather than the popular ones... It lasted only 18 episodes, which is a crying shame, but they're 18 episodes that you can watch over and over...
Probably the most interesting thing about the show is the cast - most of whom were nobodies at the time and now are some of the most successful actors in Hollywood... The main cast included Seth Rogen (Knocked Up, Superbad, Funny People, Pineapple Express), James Franco (Tristan & Isolde, Pineapple Express, Spiderman Trilogy), Jason Segal (I Love You Man, How I Met Your Mother), Linda Cardellini (ER, Scooby Doo Films), Busy Phillips (Dawson's Creek, Cougar Town), Martin Starr (Adventureland, Party Down), John Francis Daley (Bones) and Samm Levine (Inglorious Basterds)... Guest stars included Ben Stiller and Shia La Beouf...
It might take a bit of detective work to get your hands on this series, but it's well worth it... Be sure to check it out...
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