The moment Judd Apatow knew Freaks and Geeks wouldn’t last

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2 жыл бұрын

Judd Apatow talks about knowing that Freaks and Geeks would get canceled, and because of this, he was able to jam pack all his great ideas into a finite amount of episodes.
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Judd Apatow (Superbad, Knocked Up) joins us this week with endless stories of his experience making comedy magic from being roommates with Adam Sandler and seeing his brilliance before the rest of the world to his directorial/ production experience alongside comedic icons making films with cemented reputations in comedy. Judd talks about the reasoning for having so many projects going at once because of times in the past with some falling through, like Freak and Geeks, or even some taking years and years to get greenlit, like Superbad and Pineapple Express. This description could literally be 1,000 words with how much notable stuff Judd talks about this week… enjoy folks.
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@BuckandOden 2 жыл бұрын

F&G was pure genius. There wasn't one boring scene in the whole series.

@pauljohnson3584 Жыл бұрын

Busy Philipps whole character arc was boring.

@chewpocalypse Жыл бұрын

Bill watching shandling destroyed me.

@seltonk5136 Жыл бұрын

It had heart. His successful stuff has none. Ain't that America

@dianapevtsov Жыл бұрын

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@citygirl5705 Жыл бұрын

@@pauljohnson3584 Not true. It was great how she and Lindsay became closer and closer. Her character went from being a total bitch to actually likable.

@herbertdrandert3508 Жыл бұрын

Freaks and Geeks is the best show to not get a second season ever. Worst decision to cancel it; that show would have been bigger than The Wonder Years if properly cared for.

@lessimcdowell9897 Жыл бұрын

Idk, do you think it would have remained as good as 1st season forever? In England they only make like 12 episodes before they wrap the project and start another and that results in much better stories…. Less filler

@peytonlewallen9556 Жыл бұрын

@@lessimcdowell9897 i feel like it still would’ve been great. the problem is when shows go on several seasons and just end up ruining all of it, but one or two more seasons would’ve been fine or until they graduated

@AL-eu8ro 2 жыл бұрын

years later this is still the most relatable teenage show.. i cried so much when i finished it

@JunkAccount-ig8st Жыл бұрын

He was right about the casting choices. Pretty much the entire cast went on to have successful careers.

@bsquared4604 2 жыл бұрын

i binged all the shows last year and wish it never ended. it would have been so great to have a few more seasons.

@IntoxicatedGhost1 2 жыл бұрын

Freaks and geeks was a show before its time. Look at the cast and how many of them became tv/movies actors etc

@MrParkerman6 Жыл бұрын

Of course it is before it's time, it was a period piece!

@shevek2954 Жыл бұрын

Jason Segel said Judd's revenge on Hollywood was to make the cast of Freaks and Geeks successful. 😂

@hijack1453 3 ай бұрын

Lindsay becoming a deadhead is the reason why I keep rewatching the series. It's such a good ending. Love them hippies. Such a long long time to be gone and a short time to be there.

@Boshyballs 6 ай бұрын

I watch this show all the way through once a year. It’s so perfect. It’s always the private school people who ruin everything good in the world.

@steveszanto1581 Жыл бұрын

Freaks was such an excellent show. The writing was smart and spot-on. Younger actors finding themselves and doing phenomenal jobs.

@MPT1983 Жыл бұрын

F&G despite being set in 1980 was far more relatable to me as a teen in the 90s then all those other teen shows at the time.

@RolandDeschain1 2 жыл бұрын

FREAKS AND GEEKS really hit me hard with the Jason Segal stuff about him falling apart after Lindsay dumps him. I wasn't violent but the anger, frustration and confusion he goes through was so like my own in a similar situation with my first high school girlfriend. Watching that show, so many years later, really took me back to that dark time.

@gaylepatalano3324 2 жыл бұрын

Freaks and Geeks was too beautiful to live. I WAS FURIOUS!!! when it was cancelled

@linguaphile42 Жыл бұрын

Freaks and Geeks was set in a Detroit suburb in the early 80's, and that was my experience growing up. They even had details like particular concerts at Cobo Hall that we had gone to. It was so great in its detail of the ski jackets and corduroy bell bottoms, and the meanness of certain characters. That is totally how I remember middle and high school, and super painful so much of the time.

@DS8379 2 жыл бұрын

Freaks and Geeks is far and away my favorite TV show!

@ronaldsabourin8835 Жыл бұрын

When I saw the first episode of this show, I almost had to stop watching because it was so close to my life in high school it brought back some bad memories. I stayed with it and fell in love

@abe_froman8360 Жыл бұрын

Just think about that cast; what an unbelievable group of talent.

@cabellero1120 2 жыл бұрын

So, the reason why F&G was cancelled was because it was "brutally honest"? not enough "sugar coating"? it was called Freaks And Geeks For A Reason! That 70s show lasted for Years Never could understand Why This show didn't

@OneGaurdian 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite teen stuff has always been those that find the entertainment in the mundane, everyday life. Kids just hanging out, talking about whatever. Not every episode has to be about learning some deep, important, lesson, or the basketball team winning the big game, or family drama that gets resolved by the end of the episode. Not that Freaks and Geeks didn't have some of that; it just didn't consume the entire show.

@cabellero1120 2 жыл бұрын

@@OneGaurdian 👍💯 I agree. I grew up in a time when Television shows had to teach kids a valuable life lesson.. F&G was mindless and enjoyable Being a teen in the 80s Was like that! ( heaven forbid, they should show "Generation X" as a group with no general ambitions...right?

@vb8428 Жыл бұрын

Weren't you listening to him explain about timeslots and low audience numbers?

@cabellero1120 Жыл бұрын

@@vb8428 Freaks And Geeks was still better than Friends ( that shit lasted 10 years)

@dcw3483 2 жыл бұрын

I love that show. Have re watched it several times

@LoneWolf-cv6pl 2 жыл бұрын

Freaks and geeks one of the best shows ever!

@citygirl5705 Жыл бұрын

Just got done watching the entire season. Really good show. Great music and so many relatable situations.

@seanl67 11 ай бұрын

I haven't seen this show in ages, so I decided to rewatch it again. I didn't remember most of the episodes, so it was like watching it for the first time. This tv series is absolutely brilliant. I'm a product of the 80s, so this was very relatable and enjoyable. The writing, the acting, and the casting is top notch.

@tatshuga89 2 жыл бұрын

Solid insight on the TV production process, especially as it relates to the exec suit set and how they operate in that space. Thx so much for putting together another awesome episode!

@nifemi_o 2 жыл бұрын

It's interesting how the ignorance of a higher-up exec can sometimes lead to great things.. it's a common pattern in other industries outside of hollywood, too. The managers who "know what they're doing" can end up stifling the process of the people actually doing the work

@ReallyBigBadAndy76 2 жыл бұрын

It pales in comparison to the number of awful things that the “higher ups” prevented or turned into something wonderful. Everyone loves the idea that the “suits” ruin everything but no one even bothers to share the stories where the suits force the “creatives” to change something and it’s great.

@BigSmoke-bu6ib Жыл бұрын

Frank Zappa said the same thing about the music industry in the 60s

@LastBastian Жыл бұрын

@@ReallyBigBadAndy76 Doubtful.

@RolandDeschain1 2 жыл бұрын

And don't forget UNDECLARED. Another great Apatow show that died. The shooting star from that show was a very young Charlie Hunnam.

@MrJboogie04 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I remember Fox really pushing Undeclared but I guess it just didn't have an audience. Both those shows were great and also love the movie Knocked Up which is what brough Apatow into the spotlight or kept him going after 40 year old virgin. He did a recent show on Netflix which was good as well called "Love". The movie "Bubble" had its moments as well. Yeah Freaks and Geeks was a great show and canceled way too soon. Perfect show about high school in the early 80s. He always used that cast for future projects.

@RolandDeschain1 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrJboogie04 I gave LOVE a go but I just couldn't bring myself to believe that the hideous, unappealing lead of the show could get a dime like Gillian Jacobs.

@petebondurant58 2 жыл бұрын

@@RolandDeschain1 Well, the nerds write these shows about nerds getting babes.

@reputablehype 2 жыл бұрын

That show nailed the college/boarding school experience perfectly.

@MrJboogie04 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah for sure it did a great job showing the reality of College life. It would had been interesting to see the show North Hollywood as it was about young struggling actors, and artists trying to make it in the movie business. I like these type of stories that are more reflections of real life and the struggles people go through.

@dcw3483 2 жыл бұрын

Remember watching it live and never understood why it was canceled

@DMalltheway Жыл бұрын

Freaks and Geeks is one of the best shows of all time

@lisamerrill24 3 ай бұрын

Just watched this finally on Prime. Really good show. Will miss these characters.

@Rab_Daddy 2 жыл бұрын

I loved Freaks and Geeks! It was good.

@neuvocastezero1838 2 жыл бұрын

No matter what else Judd does, he'll always be high on my list for producing Larry Sanders.

@ricebeansrockroll882 2 жыл бұрын

It was such a great show!

@calisongbird Жыл бұрын

Unpopular opinion: I think a well-done, well-conceived reboot with as much of the original cast as possible would be incredibly successful. We can follow everyone’s lives into adulthood, see how they handle their own kids, jobs, friendships, deaths, etc. It’s so clear to me that there IS an audience for that. I know people like to shit on reboots, but I think if Apatow and Feig were at the helm again, it really could work. Although I’m not sure if anyone would want to work with James Franco again…..

@wondermash1720 Жыл бұрын

I think this is the only show that deserves a reboot, but probably not with much of the OG cast. If they can make some of the OG cast members the parents or aunts maybe? But if it has the same heart and is set in the late 80s/early 90s that would be amazing

@davida6146 2 ай бұрын

Never thought I'd see Lex Luthor interview Judd!! 😂😂😂

@RobinJames_LA Жыл бұрын

i rewatch that season a ton

@VogonPoet67 Жыл бұрын

These kinds of execs are a big part of the reason I haven't watched television in years. All they know how to make is garbage. Freaks and Geeks was one of those rare jewels that come along once in a generation, and it gets cancelled after only one season. Meanwhile a show like Two Broke Girls, which was apparently written with jumbo crayons, lasts six seasons.

@cabellero1120 Жыл бұрын

Freaks And Geeks was Cancelled after the first season, yet Friends lasted 10 years on network TV.....

@cicolasnage5684 Жыл бұрын

I never got Friends, it was like oatmeal with no sugar or milk.

@reygarciaiv484 11 ай бұрын

You know, I didn't like Freaks and Geeks when I first saw it. But upon re-watching, I have to say, it's one of the best shows set in high school I've ever seen.

@mulkytool 10 ай бұрын

Dang I loved this show I wish more good things could get made.

@tas22222 2 ай бұрын

RIP Joe, excellent casting for him as well as the direct tell it like it is Dad

@killawhatt8620 2 жыл бұрын

It was a good show!

@thundertower Жыл бұрын

wish they continued it by making a graphic novel. Clearly they were passionate about the show.

@theadamblock Жыл бұрын

I did not enjoy the show at all but do enjoy most of his other stuff. 😇

@luisrizo8813 9 ай бұрын

1:01; Scott Sassa ?

@josephflanagan2527 10 ай бұрын

Still angry that it was cancelled

@christhornycroft3686 2 жыл бұрын

There hasn't been a really good network TV show that has lasted more than 2 seasons in America since All In The Family and The Jeffersons. As soon as you try to make something meaningful that's more than about someone's body parts and making an idiot of yourself for no reason, you're history. Look at American network TV over the past 30 years. It's the reason I stuck to British TV.

@dbix11 2 жыл бұрын

one they or many they hated it?

@martinl.lazarinejr.2781 Ай бұрын

i bet someone starts this show up again

@Blackdiamondprod. 3 ай бұрын

Is that Lex Luther?

@Nephelangelo 3 ай бұрын

“He went to private school so…” LOL. The show was doomed.

@semblt Жыл бұрын

Put a name to the pgm director,shame their idiocy

@auricgoldfinger8478 2 жыл бұрын

Having to use “fuck” during an interview, especially a 50 year old, portrays an immaturity and inferiority complex. Otherwise good interview

@lorenzoj1923 2 жыл бұрын

It’s some peoples choices to use it, as well as to not, no need to project.

@auricgoldfinger8478 2 жыл бұрын

@@lorenzoj1923 Who’s projecting? It’s just childlike linguistics

@markyncole Жыл бұрын

Your comment shows an immaturity complex.

@garyfoster3854 Жыл бұрын

BIOYA

@themessenger2948 Жыл бұрын

It's used as an exclamatory. It's better to curse for emphasis than to yell.

@cicolasnage5684 Жыл бұрын

Freaks and geeks was basically wonder years set in the 80s. Such a funny and sad show, it’s amazing that a genuine and heartfelt show gets cancelled But a god awful show like Big Bang theory lasted 12 years. But the great thing is a show like freaks and geeks is still remembered and held in high regard while once big bang theory went off nobody gave a shit.