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September 25, 2009 Film » Video Essays

It Was Ten Years Ago Today: Reliving Freaks and Geeks 

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Today, September 25th, NBC premiered the most important high school TV show of our time. In this video essay, we leaf through our old yearbook and remember the spot-on pop culture references, honestly and cringe-worthy adolescent embarrassment, and upwardly mobile cast and crew. For a transcript, see here.

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