Freaks & Geeks

also co-starred in the hilarious Green Street Hooligans (hobbits get violent)

He was also Nicholas Nickelby in Nicholas Nickelby.

i did appreciate it when whats-her-face from undeclared was one of the random chicks that jason segal does it with in forgetting sarah marshall

Jay Baruchel was in a movie that won Best Picture:

http://l.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com/ymv/us/img/hv/photo/movie_pix/warner_brothers/million_dollar_baby/_group_photos/jay_baruchel17.jpg

Being on ER rather than riding the Apatow-crew comedy train might look like a bad turnout in hindsight, but c'mon: that was big-time career success that far outstripped the others, at a time where no sane person would have bet on Seth Rogen ever getting to star in anything, anywhere.

Busy Phillips was on Dawson's Creek, was on ER for a while, and had a major role in a shitty sitcom about a dating agency that rapidly got canceled, which I saw one episode of and Phillips was not exactly saving anything.

Jay Baruchel's in Apatow stuff, Nick and Norah etc., and starred in I'm Reed Fish, and I suspect his current career as a sort of teen-movie Jimmy Fallon is going to work out just fine for him.

The girl who played Vicki Applebee was on Reba forever and is set to star in some newish thing and is probably doing better than Cardinelli, actually.

Millie was on Buffy for a while but is, let's face it: (a) not some kind of stellar acting talent, plus (b) odd-looking in a way that surely makes her pretty hard to cast right now. (Maybe this will change as she gets older.)

I saw tuba-hermaphrodite in something, at some point, and I'm not sure why there's any surprise here that she's hot; she was hot with the tuba, too.

I suspect Jay Baruchel spends a lot of time saying to his agent "lemme guess...Justin Long got the part."

sort of teen-movie Jimmy Fallon

this is really mean

And yes, Sam has a significant recurring role on Bones.

I think the cast members of this show have had a better overall career turnout than most anything I can think of, including a few shows that were kinda huge!

xpost - not mean at all!

Linda Cardellini was in a movie that almost won Best Picture:

http://sp1.fotologs.net/photo/49/50/22/linda_cardellini/1217028167288_f.jpg

yeah, I think in some ways being in a well-liked show that gets cancelled quickly is better career-wise than being on a ratings bonanza that locks you into that job for 5-10 years. you don't get the syndication money, but you're open to a lot more opportunities as far as jumping into film.

c'mon jaymc, Legally Blonde was shortlisted but i'd hardly say it "almost won" Best Picture.

I saw tuba-hermaphrodite in something, at some point, and I'm not sure why there's any surprise here that she's hot; she was hot with the tuba, too.

― nabisco, Wednesday, October 22, 2008 3:08 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

TAMMY METZLER

hi guys i'll be right back, i'm gonna scroll up and gaze at that picture for a few seconds

ok, i'm back

Ladies and gentleman, Shia LeBoeuf:

http://s4.tinypic.com/qs1v6e.jpg

look to be bringing Martin Starr along for the ride

well, sort of. he's basically doing bit parts.

yeah i kind of doubt Apatow's got a lead role for him in the pipeline

Additional things learned from IMDB

- surprising number of them have worked through Seth Macfarlane voice-acting machine
- Harris was in The Royal Tenenbaums
- Natasha Melnick was on Boston Public as a character named Rainy (and there is kind of a resemblance!) </old-school ILX reference>

- Harris was in The Royal Tenenbaums
You needed IMDB to tell you this?

Neal Schweiber's going to be in Tarantino's WWII movie, I think.

Haha given that I last saw Tenenbaums before ever seeing more than 3-4 episodes of Freaks & Geeks taped off of ABC Family, yes, IMDB came in handy on that one

yeah i kind of doubt Apatow's got a lead role for him in the pipeline

― some dude, Wednesday, October 22, 2008 7:26 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i bet he does

I bet he does too cuz the dood is awesome

easily the best male lead in F&G, with the possible exception of Segel

Charlie Hunnam just popped up recently to star in Sons of Anarchy on FX - he's pretty good in it!

I am pretty pumped for Neal Schweiber in that Tarantino movie

i did appreciate it when whats-her-face from undeclared was one of the random chicks that jason segal does it with in forgetting sarah marshall

― max, Wednesday, October 22, 2008 3:02 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

she has similarly short and skanky parts in 40 year old virgin and superbad

i heard the first bit of this
on a recent studio 360. it made me realize how much i miss this show.

is segel on how i met your mother? i should start watching this because i love him, but that show seems kind of bad to me...

what the fuck is wrong with veoh and why did they take the last episode of this down????

Haverchuck 4eva

I had never seen all the episodes before now (thanking u google video) and now I am very sad there are no more to see.

Clip up there makes me want to reread On The Road and like it.

this overshadows the whole Rogen/Apatow/etc comedy entourage's subsequent output embarrassingly imo.

agreed x1000

truth detonation of epic force

bs

not quite bs, but, yeah, wrong

I don't know, while I enjoyed those movies they didn't seem to have the heart or character depth that the show did.

Well, the format is kinda on Freaks & Geeks side with regards to establishing character depth.

yeah agreed except for maybe superbad, which is probably the closest to f&g of any of the apatow movies.

I think one of them claimed they started working on the Superbad script when they were 14 or something.

Is this show really as good as everyone says it is? I've never seen it.

I think you'd like it, Mr. Snrub.

i remember watching this when i was like 14(?), forgetting almost all about it until last year, and re-watching every episode in about a week on veoh last year. i've got it on dvd now. one of those things that you think cant be as good as everyone says but i just love it

last year...last year

I didn't watch this show until a few years ago but burned through the DVDs in one weekend. I should probably rewatch them again soon.

after all this time, STILL NO REGION TWO DVD. hurrah for other ways to watch this in the UK.

this is the mitochondrial eve of quirky cinema, right, yeah, right?

no that would be Woody Allen

that's like the first mammal. this is the small band of 100 ppl that migrated from africa