September 25, 2009 Film » Video Essays

It Was Ten Years Ago Today: Reliving Freaks and Geeks 

by Matt Zoller Seitz

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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Pure brilliance. Thanks for that eloquent reminder of why I loved Freaks and Geeks so much. Now I miss it more than ever. I guess it's time to dig out those DVDs again.

Posted by pikapp411 on September 25, 2009 at 2:24 PM | Report this comment

Brilliant look back at a brilliant show that got its due too late.

Posted by Brianj on September 25, 2009 at 3:10 PM | Report this comment

has this been released on VHS?

Posted by notraybourke on September 25, 2009 at 4:43 PM | Report this comment

It's on DVD, in a box set.

Posted by MZS on September 25, 2009 at 6:03 PM | Report this comment

I'm not aware that it was available on VHS at any point -- not for sale, at least. I got tapes back in the day, but I was a critic and they were screeners. If anybody out there knows different, please chime in.

Posted by MZS on September 25, 2009 at 6:05 PM | Report this comment

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