After the show was broadcast for 12 episodes, it was cut down by NBC, and the American television industry commented that it was "prematurely cancelled."
The background is set in the outskirts of Detroit in 1980. The heroine Lindsay Weir and her brother Sam Weir are both ordinary students at William McKinley Public High School. Lindsay’s friends are a group of freaks, and Sam’s friends are a group of bookworms who perform rebellion every day. Another weird growth story. There are no handsome men or beauties here, and there is no life in the Upper East Side where colorful parties gather, and there is no sense of preaching at all. The creators just restored a real high school life circle in the 1980s, and because of this, the show was cut.
But even so, it attracted at least 6.5 million viewers per episode, and when the news of the suspension came, its viewers spontaneously organized and bought a full page on Variety to protest NBC's behavior. After more than 35,000 netizens petitioned, a company named SHOUT! Factor2y released a full series of DVDs of "Freaks and Geeks" in 2004. The release of DVDs also made the show attract a double audience.
In 2000, in order to protest the reduction of the series, the Freaks and Geeks "fan" group surrounded NBC television with letters, emails and peanuts (a beloved character who almost died of a peanut allergy in the play). A University of California student A 14-inch protest advertisement was also posted on "Daily Variety Show". The cost was 3,900 US dollars, of which 3,300 US dollars were paid by "fans". The call for "5 letters per person per day" attracted more than 5 million people. The support of, finally made "Freaks" 3 more episodes than expected.
In the American high school life in the 1980s, the first thing that came to mind was sex, drug, and rock&roll. In order to highlight the atmosphere of the early 1980s, rock music is essential for the soundtrack in the play, even as important as the motivation of the protagonist or the clues of a single episode. Another great success of "Freaks and Bookworms" is the casting. Whether it is the geeks, the bookworms, the parents, and the teachers, all of them can be remembered. Having seen James Frank’s slacker image here, you wouldn’t be surprised for Spider-Man’s role as the goofy drug dealer in "Pineapple Express"; Jason Segel’s Nick and "My Mom’s Romance", " The roles in "Forget Sarah Marshall" are similar, but the performance is much purer and more charming than deliberately acting stupid later. What's more interesting is that Seth Rogen, the lightest and lowest paid of the eight protagonists, is now the biggest in the group. There are also the young and astringent pictures of Dr. Tiantian from "Bones" and Martin Starr, who was used by Apato, in the play.
Apato is now determined to be the new godfather of Hollywood comedy. The outstanding comedies of the past five years have nothing to do with him. His films such as "Forty-Year-Old Virgin", "Bad Belly", "Too Bad" and other films that he directed, wrote or produced have given buddy movie a second spring. At the moment, Apato, who is so beautiful at the moment, was not so complacent in the late 1990s. Because the theme of "Freaks and Bookworms" was too real, it was halted before the end of the season. Although there is only a short-lived season, this drama has a wonderful reputation. Apato is often referred to as the descendant of John Hughes, the godfather of comedy in the 1980s, not only because the two are good at shooting buddy movies, but also because of the strong atmosphere of the 80s in this "Freaks and Nerds". Viewers think of Hughes's classic youth films "Breakfast Club", "Sixteen Candles", "Spring Is Not a Day for Reading".
