TVGuide lists Freaks & Geeks #25 Cult Show

[vashti1999]

Freaks and Geeks just made TV Guide's list of the top 25 Cult Shows:

Imagine a high school where cool freaks and tragicomic geeks were equally complicated, likable and entertaining. Actually, real high school was like that--you just didn't know it until this brilliant show came along. Cult-ability: A dvd set contains commentary from obsessive fans, and a book of the show's scripts is coming soon.

on the book of scripts. As for the TV Guide list, some other personal faves: My So Called Life was #16 and Pee-Wee's Playhouse was #10. The rest of their top 10 list:

9.Xena Warrior Princess
8.Twilight Zone
7.The Prisoner
6.The Simpsons
5.Monty Python's Flying Circus
4.Farscape
3.Buffy The Vampire Slayer
2.X-Files
1.Star Trek

[AKA]

Very cool.

[vashti1999]

Here's the text of The Freaks & Geeks profile page of that year's Fall Preview TV Guide, Sept 1999:

Premise: Do you ever wonder how you survived your wonder years? Set in 1980 at a Michigan high school, this evocative hour-long comedy-drama focuses on a maladjusted brother and sister. Freshman Sam is one of the geeks, nerdy but sweet and longing to belong. Sophomore Lindsay is a pensive brainiac who has begun to rebel and hang with the freaks, for whom school spirit usually means something that could get you suspended.

They Say: "It's a funny show, but...it's not about jokes and not about writers in their thirties thinking about what they could have said when they were that age. We don't want Neil Simons walking around the halls," says series creator Paul Feig, an actor-turned-writer-director who based the show on his own at-times painful adolescence. "It's the kind of comedy that's not funny when you're going through it, but it's funny with time and distance." Feig says he keeps hearing that "kids are having sex earlier and they're so much more mature. I think people are just lying about it more."

We Say: Hands down the best of the fall's new crop of teen shows, this sharply observed memoir is as likely to appeal to adults (who have all been there) as to kids, if that is, anyone can find it on Saturday nights. Funny and tender and often achingly real, this is a show to root for and to fight from getting the premature hook.


Pretty prophetic, that last sentence.

[TVFactFan]

Originally posted by vashti1999
Here's the text of The Freaks & Geeks profile page of that year's Fall Preview TV Guide, Sept 1999:

Premise: Do you ever wonder how you survived your wonder years? Set in 1980 at a Michigan high school, this evocative hour-long comedy-drama focuses on a maladjusted brother and sister. Freshman Sam is one of the geeks, nerdy but sweet and longing to belong. Sophomore Lindsay is a pensive brainiac who has begun to rebel and hang with the freaks, for whom school spirit usually means something that could get you suspended.

They Say: "It's a funny show, but...it's not about jokes and not about writers in their thirties thinking about what they could have said when they were that age. We don't want Neil Simons walking around the halls," says series creator Paul Feig, an actor-turned-writer-director who based the show on his own at-times painful adolescence. "It's the kind of comedy that's not funny when you're going through it, but it's funny with time and distance." Feig says he keeps hearing that "kids are having sex earlier and they're so much more mature. I think people are just lying about it more."

We Say: Hands down the best of the fall's new crop of teen shows, this sharply observed memoir is as likely to appeal to adults (who have all been there) as to kids, if that is, anyone can find it on Saturday nights. Funny and tender and often achingly real, this is a show to root for and to fight from getting the premature hook.


Pretty prophetic, that last sentence.

No one gives a ***** about Freaks and Geeks Weirdo.

[TJL]

Originally posted by vashti1999
The rest of their top 10 list:

9.Xena Warrior Princess
8.Twilight Zone
7.The Prisoner
6.The Simpsons
5.Monty Python's Flying Circus
4.Farscape
3.Buffy The Vampire Slayer
2.X-Files
1.Star Trek

Interesting list, but aren't "cult shows" supposed to be programs that never had large viewership? The Simpsons is a pretty successful show.

I guess they mean shows with a loyal or rabid fanbase.
I just answered my own question I guess.
I'll shut up now.

[tvfan0101]

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
No one gives a ***** about Freaks and Geeks Weirdo.

Okay TVShow Analyzer, I'm getting sick and tired of you and your attitude. The majority of your posts consist mostly of you shoving your opinions down our throats and trying to pass them off as fact. It's getting old.

I can't tell if you're joking with this particular post and to be honest I don't care. Telling someone nobody "gives a whatever" about a show they obviously care about isn't right. Get over yourself, buddy.

[TVFactFan]

Originally posted by tvobscurities
Okay TVShow Analyzer, I'm getting sick and tired of you and your attitude. The majority of your posts consist mostly of you shoving your opinions down our throats and trying to pass them off as fact. It's getting old.

I can't tell if you're joking with this particular post and to be honest I don't care. Telling someone nobody "gives a whatever" about a show they obviously care about isn't right. Get over yourself, buddy.

The thing is Va****99 has a habit of staring fights with me out of nowhere so now i'm going to do the same to show i can be annoying too. I get along with 97% of the members on here and never look for fights. But sometimes Jackasses appear out of nowhere.

[TJ]

Stop the fights and insults immediately Solomon or you will be suspended, no more warnings.

[TVFactFan]

Originally posted by TJ
Stop the fights and insults immediately Solomon or you will be suspended, no more warnings.

So what I should do when I'm attack for no reason? TJ you know i never look for fights. I guess i should just report it to you

[vashti1999]

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
The thing is Va****99 has a habit of staring fights with me out of nowhere so now i'm going to do the same to show i can be annoying too. I get along with 97% of the members on here and never look for fights. But sometimes Jackasses appear out of nowhere.

Let the record show I've never sent a pm to the above poster, while he has pm'ed me twice, both of which I've never read nor responded to. If my intention was "staring (sic) a fight" one would think that the opposite would be the case. By the way, one of the pm's I received from the above poster has nothing but asterisks in the subject line, so assume he's directing curses at me. Regardless, TJ I appreciate the fact that you've restored a bit of order to the boards and you can be sure that none of my posts are intended to incite whatever negativity the above poster is accusing me of.

[vashti1999]

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[tvfan0101]

Back on topic...

I picked up this issue of TV Guide after this thread was started but it didn't really register until I flipped through. I'm glad to see Freaks and Geeks getting some recognition and I agree that The Simpsons really doesn't belong on any "cult" listing. The series is the polar opposite of cult, actually.

Re-re-rewatching the pilot to Freaks and Geeks as I write this.

[TVFactFan]

Originally posted by vashti1999
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Just don't reply to none of my threads and everything should be ok. Also put me on your ignore list. Thanks

[vashti1999]

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
Just don't reply to none of my threads and everything should be ok. Also put me on your ignore list. Thanks

I believe I'm free to post in whatever thread I'd like.

[TVFactFan]

Originally posted by vashti1999
I believe I'm free to post in whatever thread I'd like.

Well the fact that we don't get along I thought that you SKIPPING my threads would prevent future arguments.