christopher’s lives (v5.3)

The Debut

• September 24, 1999
  Salon Arts & Entertainment | In with the out crowd

  “One of the most promising new series of the fall season.”

• September 28, 1999
  The Eyepiece Network: The Darker Side of Those Not-So-Wonder Years: High School

  “Because of its insistence on aiming for realism, Freaks and Geeks has a thin veneer of bleakness”

• October 8, 1999
  TeeVee Archive - Fall ‘99: “Freaks and Geeks”

  “Let’s get this out of the way up front: Freaks and Geeks is [...] a show that has a snowball’s chance in hell of surviving to see its second season. Locked in a brutal Saturday night time slot by an apparently uncaring network, adjecent to series utterly unlike it in tone or substance, and brining a light touch to a TV line-up populated with the crude and the crass. Doomed. Gone.”

• October 29, 1999
  freep.com - Give ‘Freaks’ show a chance to shine

  “We have a homework assignment for the weekend. [...] All you have to do is watch “Freaks and Geeks” [...] Despite rapturous reviews from most TV critics, the low-rated “Freaks and Geeks” (no. 82) is teetering on the brink of trouble.”

Warnings

• February 10, 2000
  IGN FilmForce: Transcripts of FilmForce’s Chat with Paul Feig

  [and be sure to go back later and follow the "Related Articles" link on this page for many many more interesting-looking pages than i felt like counting]

• February 21, 2000
  Marylaine Block - My Word’s Worth - Freaks and Geeks: reminding us what adolescence was like

  “Network execs who haven’t figured out exactly who its natural audience is are letting it die because they don’t know when to run it and how to promote it. They obviously think that because it’s ABOUT adolescents, this show is FOR adolescents, but it’s not.”

• March 6, 2000
  salon :: Give “Freaks” a chance, By Joyce Millman

  “[Y]ou will say “How come nobody told me this was so awesome?” And I will gently remind you that I (and every other TV critic in the country) have been telling you exactly that since September. You could have listened. But, no.”

• March 23, 2000
  TeeVee Archive - Freak Out

  “When it comes to the untimely, undeserved demise of Freaks and Geeks, i will blame you. Because you didn’t watch.”

Cancelled

• May 12, 2000
  LA Weekly - Too Good and Weird - The Happy Life and Inevitable Death of Freaks and Geeks

• July 5, 2000
  CNN.com - Entertainment - ‘Freaks & Geeks’ leaves NBC with three-hour finale

• July 8, 2000
  Final ‘Freaks and Geeks’ will air tonight on NBC

• July 11, 2000
  Geeks win… and lose - Final episodes of cancelled show take their timeslot

  [and keep scrolling the page for earlier stories about the show from may 24th, march 22, and two stories from sept 25, 1999, the premiere...]

2003 - The Petition

• Feb 1 rec.arts.tv: Freaks and Geeks DVD official petition
• Feb 12 17,518 signatures
• Apr 2 17,518 signatures
• Jun 3 24,601 signatures
• Aug 1 27,435 signatures
• Dec 3 35,923 signatures

And It Actually Worked

• January 15, 2004
  tvshowsondvd.com - Official Press Release: April 6 is the day!
• January 27, 2004
  listology - “The Freaks & Geeks Limited Edition 8-DVD Set is now available!”

• Jan 29 39,180 signatures
• Feb 7 39,213 signatures

2004 - Satisfaction

• TVZone - The Freakiest: Henry interviews producer of the new Freaks & Geeks DVD

• DVD Verdict Review - Freaks And Geeks: The Complete Series
• DVD Talk > Reviews > Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series (8-Disc Fan Edition)
• washingtonpost.com: Bonus Points
• USATODAY.com - DVDs resurrect ‘Freaks and Geeks’ and everyone in between [incl. interview with Paul Feig]
• The Onion A.V. Club | Video Freaks And Geeks: The Complete Series
• RUTHLESS REVIEWS: TV - Freaks & Geeks - Whoa… Good TV?
• dvdmg.com - Freaks And Geeks: The Complete Series [incl. synopsis of every episode]
• selectflicks - “Dodgeball is Kind of a Stupid Game” ["There is a single spot on selectflicks.com reserved for a televison show, and this is the one."]
• eye - Don’t look back
• dvdmg.com - Freaks And Geeks: The Complete Series (Limited Edition Yearbook)
• tvdvdreviews.com — Freaks and Geeks: Deluxe Collector’s Edition DVD Review
• IGN DVD: Freaks and Geeks - The Complete Series

• Freaks and Geeks Panel at ComiCon 2004
• Blogcritics.org: Freaks and Geeks vs My So-Called Life

Today

• Sept 26 40,298 signatures

More Stuff/Info/Links

• Talk to Us [The Official Freaks and Geeks Message Board, home of the revolution]

• imdb.com - “Freaks and Geeks” (1999)
• Freaks and Geeks@Everything2.com
• RetroWeb Classic Television: Freaks and Geeks
• ~welcome to mckinley high: freaks and geeks fan site~
• Yahoo! Directory TV Comedies > Freaks and Geeks
• Google Directory - Arts > Television > Programs > Dramas > Dramedies > Freaks and Geeks
• Open Directory - Arts: Television: Programs: Dramas: Dramedies: Freaks and Geeks

[moved from my LiveJournal]

Current Mood: jubilant

one step closer, after all this time (and bootlegs off ebay)…

The Freaks & Geeks Limited Edition 8-DVD Set is now available for preorder on www.freaksandgeeks.com. Click on the link for all the details. You were among the nearly 40,000 people who expressed interest in seeing Freaks and Geeks on DVD - and we are excited to let you know we are almost done. This special deluxe version will be made in a limited edition run, so please reserve your copy soon so you are not left out.

Thank you so much for your support. This wouldn’t have happened without you. Please spread the word by forwarding this e mail to anyone who you think might be interested in learning about what we’ve done.