I kind of think that some of the charm is lost regarding this show due to the actors' gargantuan success post-cancellation. Sounds odd to say considering how much I love it, but the overexposure of actors like Rogen, Segel, Franco and even Apatow makes the show (or at least the idea of the show) feel different now.

It's like learning that the quaint bed and breakfast you loved growing up has been replaced with an iHop.

IFC? i flipped it on last night

I have no idea if it was NBC, or ABC family, but i saw Haverchuck say " No JR...don't go in there...it's a trap" and i was hooked.

Ended up getting the yearbook edition, and this reminds me it is time for a marathon. Endless replay value.

Now that i think about it, lots of quotes have have found their way into my life

"Yeah Nick, grab me a piece..." Complete with the little hand gestures.
"You mean like...circus freaks?"
"...Do you know what happened to him? He died!"

Is there any chance of a F & G reunion? I think a movie taking place during a High School reunion would be cool. Apatow is a big enough player in Hollywood to pull this off.

Never saw the show on TV, but I did pick up the DVD set as a blind-buy during a DeepDiscount sale based on positive reviews and word-of-mouth (that was probably around mid-2004). After watching the pilot, I didn't see what the big deal was. But over the course of the following episode (the kegger), it clicked. I've watched the set a bunch of times in the years since (just finished a run-through about 2 weeks ago, in fact) and it never ceases to feel fresh.

It's funny, even after first watching the show as late as 2004, if you'd told me that Seth Rogen and Jason Segel would go on to greater success, I would have thought you were crazy. Seth Rogen in particular wasn't a very good actor at the time of F&G, but neither of those guys struck me as "leading man" types. And even though he was only in one episode, the same goes for Shia LaBeouf.

I would love to see where these characters are in the early 1990s. Get going, Apatow -- make it happen!

Just finished watching this, great series. There were a couple of weak episodes around ep5, but it picked up again after that.

Its amazing how many of todays actors were in that show in minor roles.
Joanna Garcia, Leslie Mann, Shia Labeouf, Wallace from Veronica Mars (Percy Daggs).

Linda Cardellini also looked like Ellen Page in it.

I remember when I watched the series finale, I commented "and she was never heard from again."

Love this show. My favorite scene that sticks with me is playing dodgeball in the gym. The slo-mo of Bill getting pelted in the head with the coach looking on with delight is just priceless.

Never seen this many together before.

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/...lusive#slide=1

Or you can just watch any Judd Apatow movie ever.

Whoever did the casting for that show deserves some sort of award.

Millie turned out to be a hottie!

Bottom row, far right? Who is that? She wasn't in the VF slide show.

Looks like Samaire Armstrong.

And yes...it looks the geek is hotter than the cheerleader these days.

Cool.

For the helluva it, Lady L:

huh, i don't remember Lizzy Caplan or David Krumholtz being on the show.

Awesome. Man, I wish we'd gotten one more season out of it.

i remember caplan getting someone out of class once, and i think she dated Nick briefly and was into disco?

Krumholtz was a friend of the family and i think made out with cardelini at some family party?

Krumholtz was Neal's brother who came home from college during Christmas break

I didn't ever need to see the mom again after her Girls appearance. Some shit you can't unsee.

I thought the same thing.

I'm not familiar with all of them. But you have the three big guys are Franco, Siegel and Rogen.

Jason Schwartzman is in the exact pose and position I'd expect him to be in (in a good way, haha).

I wish they would do an actual High School reunion movie or something.

Awesome

There's a pretty cool "What would've happened in season two" article here:

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/osc...eaks-and-geeks