Latka you took the tongue right out of my mouth. Danny outsiders help us relate as an audience. Penny what are you some kind of nerd . Leonard im not some kind of nerd, i am the king of nerds. Tina fey theyre seeing everything with fresh eyes. Lurch you rang . Jaleel white that dynamic is pretty awesome, its special. Melissa joan hart that confidence really made people feel like they could be ok to be whoever they are, urkel did i do that . Melissa joan hart and i think, if i believe in who i am and own it, i can still be cool. Mork hello . Anybody in there . Fly, be free john lithgow the absolute essence of a successful sitcom is one word and that is emotion. Mork we abolished emotions on ork a billion bleams ago. They took a vote, and everyone said all in favour . [noise] john lithgow we have a great love for these Alien Characters who were struggling with the same Human Dilemma that we all struggle with. How do we behave like good human beings . Alf yo kay, where do you keep your Ca
Fr fraction of their i.q. you may be familiar with some of my work. it s orbitborbiting, taking high-resolution photographs. there s a bunch of women and it s balanced. hello amy farah fowler. she was sheldon s love interest. that opened up another pandora s box. may i ask you a question before i give it to you? of course. why are we saying give it to you like that? in the beginning, sheldon is an outcast and a geek. by the end, he s won a nobel prize. i have been encouraged, sus sustained, inspired, and
Troy patterson: freaks and geeks is a pushback against the cookie cutter characters and the typical teen sitcoms of that era. sam: i m sick of being called a geek, what s so geeky about us anyway. we re just guys. nerd: gentlemen good news, new dungeons and dragon s handbook deities and demigods we re going to have fun friday night. judd apatow: paul feig handed me the finished script of freaks and geeks, and i loved it even before i opened it up. i just thought, that s the best title. mr. weir: there was a girl in our school she had pre-marital sex, you know what she did on graduation day? died! of an overdose! heroin! judd apatow: paul, thought that he had never seen a truthful presentation of high school on tv. the good and the really ugly. lindsey: hey amy. amy: hey lindsey. ken: nice threads. amy: nice voice. jake kasdan: freaks and geeks is about two groups of friends.
I was an alien who could do anything but understood nothing. dick: what is that thing on top of your head? nina: it s called a duku. mary: it s beautiful. nina: thank you it s authentic, it makes me feel connected to my ancestors. dick: ohh, so that s the traditional head dress of ancient secretaries? amy fox: 3rd rock from the sun is looking at our society from a different perspective and going, oh, my goodness, we re ridiculous, aren t we? nina: in case you haven t noticed. i m black. dick: of course, i noticed, and doctor albright, you are? mary: could i be any whiter? john lithgow: 3rd rock was a curiosity. it had a certain comedy style that was like nothing else on television. nina: what? dick: i m sorry all you people look alike to me. nina: excuse me?! mary: what did you say? john lithgow: oh, i m incredibly proud of playing dick solomon.
A freak group, a geek group. ken: hey sgt. pepper where s the rest of the lonely-hearts club band? amy: looks like you ate them. judd apatow: the people that most tv shows ignore, you know, the nerds, the potheads. rosso: i understand you ve just been through puberty and you don t think anyone understands but lots of people do. even mr. alice cooper jake kasdan: at the time, it was very unusual to have an hour -long comedy. rosso: you know this song? lines form on my face and hands i m eighteen, i get confused every day eighteen, i just dont know what the say judd apatow: i really thought it would catch on. i thought there must be a hunger for something that s quality like this. jake kasdan: because everybody can relate to what it feels like, to be an outsider in some way or another. bill: i can t believe she s going to hang out with us.