I've been watching the entire Freaks and Geeks series over the past few weeks, and came to the final episode tonight. It's like waking from a dream with Rush's Moving Pictures as a soundtrack. Such a wonderful show, much love do I feel. For those of us teetering, hands wheeling in the air, over the cloying pit of middle age, it's a balm with +5 Healing. Lindsey is the girlfriend many of us aimed for, the geeks were the guys we hung out with (at least, I did, not being as cool as Mr. Jim Dandy.) And many of my friends were stoners, lunch table regulars, vials of black hashish oil in their red and black jackets, workboots scuffed to acceptable disrepair,laces permanently undone, pregnancies and locker raids always just avoided.
The Eighties were a great time to be a teenager. Most of the time. Well, now and again. But those now and agains were pretty awesome.
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Sweet Jesus I miss those times. No unreasonable regrets, but still...
During my grieving period for 'My So-Called Life' and Clare Danes, I watched 'F&G' as long as it was allowed - and could have sworn it was Anne Hathaway who played the teenage daughter. Don't you just love her? I'll even sit through something like 'Becoming Jane' just for Anne.
In a similar vein - the complete first&last season of 'Square Pegs' is on sale at Loblaw(s) Baseline and Wonderland.
I would watch Anne Hathaway read the phonebook. But sadly, that was Linda Cardelinni who played Lindsey Weir.
Here's something weird: I hope I'm not spoiling anything, so look away if you don't want the final episode of F and G spoiled:
LOOK AWAY
Okay, y'know how Lindsey became a Deadhead in the final ep? Turns out there is a member of the Dead with the same last name!
WEEEEEIRD!
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