Dear Friends Of "Freaks And Geeks,"

Dear friends, The DVD for "Freaks and Geeks" is finally coming out this April. It would not have happened without your support. So, thank you for coming through again. We will be making an official announcement in January. Here's what I can tell you now--fans who sign up on this list (http://www.freaksandgeeks.com/dvd/) will be able to purchase a special limited edition collector's version of the "Freaks and Geeks" DVD. It will contain all of the episodes plus an eighty page yearbook filled with photos and fun stuff from the show, plus more extras than you can imagine. And when I say more than you can imagine, I mean it. We saved everything and will make all of it available to our hardcore fans only through this website and its mailing list. So sign up if you haven't already, and tell your friends about it as well. We will e-mail as soon as it is available. I have been working my arse off putting it together and I am really excited to get it out there for you to enjoy. So, that's the news for now. Our dream is alive!

Rock on,
Judd Apatow

Saw that a couple days ago, I signed up on the list.

I am currently reading the book "Kick Me" by Paul Feig who is the creator of "Freaks and Geeks."

It is non-fiction short stories of his growing up in the '70s. Humorous and cringingly embarrassing- sometimes at the same time- it is worth a read.

I can't wait until it comes out. This show is freakin' hilarious. :D

I've never seen this show, could someone tell me what it's about?

Here's the press release:

Freaks and Geeks the Complete Series

Deluxe Six Disc DVD Set Boasts All 18 Episodes With the Original Music, 28-Page Collectable Booklet and Over 40 Hours of Bonus Material Including Director's Cut Pilot Episode, 28 Audio Commentaries, Deleted Scenes, Outtakes, Cast Auditions, and Much More - in Stores April 6, 2004

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The fans demanded it, and so it has come. The award-winning*, most critically acclaimed television series to be canceled during its first season, "Freaks and Geeks" will finally debut as a six-DVD set on April 6th from Shout! Factory and DreamWorks Television. "Funny and tender and often achingly real," (TV Guide) "Freaks and Geeks" continues to receive editorial praise and maintain an active cult following four years after the last episode aired in 2000. Starring Linda Cardellini ("E.R.," Scooby Doo 2), John Francis Daley (View from the Top, "The Geena Davis Show") and James Franco (Spider-Man, "James Dean"), "Freaks and Geeks" follows two siblings and their friends as they experience the trials and tribulations as high school outsiders in a Detroit suburb circa. 1980.

When series producers Paul Feig and Judd Apatow discovered nearly 40,000 "Freaks and Geeks" fans had signed an online petition pledging to buy a future release of the DVD, they quickly prompted executives at Shout! Factory and DreamWorks to brave the music licensing issues and commit to a Freaks and Geeks DVD release. The result is a six disc set containing all 18 episodes, three of which never aired on network television, with original music intact and over 40 hours of bonus material.

Both Apatow and Feig have provided input and pulled materials to create a truly fan-worthy DVD set, and their feelings about the project are clear. "We're thrilled that 'Freaks and Geeks' is finally being released on DVD, but what is most thrilling is that it is coming out with all of the original music. People said it would be impossible to release the show with all those great songs by artists such as The Who, Billy Joel, the Grateful Dead, and a zillion others. Shout! Factory made it happen. I don't know how they did it; I just know I love them for doing it."

Freaks and Geeks - The Complete Series DVD set is packed full of bonus materials, including a director's cut of the pilot episode with behind-the-scenes footage, deleted scenes, outtakes, alternate cuts, blooper reels and no less than 28 audio commentaries by the actors, directors, network executives, crew members, obsessive fans, and even parents of cast members. A 28-page collectable booklet contains a Q&A with Apatow, an essay by Feig and plenty of geeky photos.


About Shout! Factory: Shout! Factory is a multi-platform integrated entertainment company that was started by Richard Foos -- co-founder of Rhino Records, Bob Emmer -- former Warner Music Group and Rhino executive and Garson Foos -- former Rhino executive. It focuses on audio music catalog development and home video/DVD projects and television properties. Conceived as a broad-based retro pop culture entertainment label, Shout! Factory video and DVD projects range from live music and music documentary programs to offbeat special interest titles ranging from animation to sports content. Shout! Factory DVDs and CDs are distributed by Sony Music Entertainment.

* 1999 Emmy(TM) Award for Outstanding Casting in a Comedy Series

While I liked the show and will get the dvd set myself, I wonder how many of those 40,000 that signed the petition will shell out the 70 bucks for the set? It does sound like a great deal though with all the extras and original music intact.

Originally posted by TJ
While I liked the show and will get the dvd set myself, I wonder how many of those 40,000 that signed the petition will shell out the 70 bucks for the set? It does sound like a great deal though with all the extras and original music intact.

It's more than worth the price tag. It must have cost them a fortune to get the original music licensed.

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Originally posted by TJ
While I liked the show and will get the dvd set myself, I wonder how many of those 40,000 that signed the petition will shell out the 70 bucks for the set? It does sound like a great deal though with all the extras and original music intact.

It should sell below the suggested retail price anyway, plus when you think about it, the people who are really anticipating the release will get it that first week, and the first week is usually the time where you can find a decent deal for dvd releases. But I'm sure all 40,000 wont buy it. More than anything I signed that petition in hopes that if Freeks and Geeks was released, that would be a catalyst for other not-so-popular tv shows to be released on dvd.

I'm buying it.

And with great sales of this show, it will lead the way for other music driven shows like WKRP in Cincinnati and The Wonder Years to pay for the music rights.

It's now proven that music rights can be overcome- albeit at a cost- and there is no excuse for other shows to be released that have had similar problems.

Originally posted by vashti1999
I'm sure all 40,000 wont buy it. More than anything I signed that petition in hopes that if Freeks and Geeks was released, that would be a catalyst for other not-so-popular tv shows to be released on dvd.

I obviously posted that when I didn't know much about this show. I'm glad all the positive comments I've heard about it piqued my interest to the point of buying this set. It's now absolutely one of my all time favorite series.

This DVD set was well worth the money considering it is my favorite show, ever!