MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO SCREENING SERIES, THE:
HELLO, GOOD-BYE, PACKAGE 11 {EVENING SCREENING 4}
Summary
Hello, Good-bye presents three months of pilots,
premieres, and final programs from the annals of
episodic television. Although it is by no means a
definitive collection, this screening series showcases
many of the most remarkable episodes ever to open or
close a television series. Included are programs and
footage that have rarely or never been aired, such as
screen tests by John Travolta and Farrah Fawcett-Majors
for "Welcome Back, Kotter" (Travolta got a part;
Fawcett-Majors didn't); Rod Serling's pitch to potential
sponsors on behalf of "The Twilight Zone"; and the
bizarre 1999 Ben StillerÐdirected pilot "Heat Vision and
Jack," starring cult favorites Jack Black and Owen
Wilson. Mostly, however, this screening series is about
the familiar. It reminds us of the power of the medium
of television to help viewers fall in love with
characters like Mary Richards, the Beaver, and Alex P.
Keaton -- and then to force them to adjust when they
must confront life without Hawkeye Pierce, Larry
Sanders, Jerry Seinfeld, Richard Kimble, and the staff
at St. Eligius.
"My So-Called Life" (pilot)
The pilot of this groundbreaking teen-angst drama was
shot in January 1993 -- more than a year and a half
before it finally aired. "My So-Called Life" ran for
just nineteen episodes but inspired a cult following and
made a star of Claire Danes (Angela Chase) after MTV
picked up the reruns. (1994; 50 minutes)
"Freaks and Geeks" (final episode)
This program's empathetic, funny look at life in the
margins during the high-school years won the show a
remarkably impassioned, if small, audience. NBC
canceled the series before it had run a full season but
presented a selection of unaired episodes -- including
this finale -- on a single night later in the season.
(2000; 45 minutes)
Details
- NETWORK: N/A
- DATE: November 30, 2000
- RUNNING TIME: 1:33:19
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:64645
- GENRE: Drama; Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Adolescence; Dating (Social customs); Drama; High school students; High school students - Attitudes; High school students - Conduct of life; Peer pressure
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- For "My So-Called Life":
- Marshall Herskovitz … Executive Producer
- Edward Zwick … Executive Producer
- Winnie Holzman … Co-Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
- Barry Jossen … Producer
- Scott Winant … Director
- W.G. Snuffy Walden … Music by
- Bess Armstrong … Cast, Patty Chase
- Wilson Cruz … Cast, Rickie Vasquez
- Claire Danes … Cast, Angela Chase
- Devon Gummersall … Cast, Brian Krakow
- A.J. Langer … Cast, Rayanne Graff
- Jared Leto … Cast, Jordan Catalano
- Devon Odessa … Cast, Sharon Cherski
- Lisa Wilhoit … Cast, Danielle Chase
- Tom Irwin … Cast, Graham Chase
- Nada Despotovich … Cast, Ms. Mayhew
- Francine Riber … Cast, First Bathroom Girl
- Amy Leland … Cast, Second Bathroom Girl
- Bianca Lawson … Cast, Third Bathroom Girl
- de Santis, Stanley … Cast, Social Studies Teacher
- Margaret Nagel … Cast, Science Teacher
- Shane Powers … Cast, Guy #1
- Tim Williams … Cast, Guy #2
- For "Freaks and Geeks":
- Judd Apatow … Executive Producer
- Paul Feig … Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Director, Created by, Writer
- Jeff Judah … Supervising Producer
- Bob Nickman … Supervising Producer
- Gabe Sachs … Supervising Producer
- Mike White … Supervising Producer
- Victor Hsu … Producer
- J. Elvis Weinstein … Producer
- Terri Potts … Associate Producer
- Jake Kasdan … Production (Misc.), Consulting Producer
- Michael Dilbeck … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Supervisor
- Wende Geikie … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Supervisor
- Jonathan Karp … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Editor
- Joan Jett … Theme Music by, Main Title Song by
- Linda Cardellini … Cast, Lindsay Weir
- John Francis Daley … Cast, Sam Weir
- James Franco … Cast, Daniel Desario
- Samm Levine … Cast, Neal Schweiber
- Seth Rogan … Cast, Ken Miller
- Jason Segel … Cast, Nick Andopolis
- Martin Starr … Cast, Bill Haverchuck
- Becky Ann Baker … Cast, Jean Weir
- Joe Flaherty … Cast, Harold Weir
- Allen, Dave (Gruber) … Cast, Jeff Rosso
- Samaire Armstrong … Cast, Laurie
- Steve Bannos … Cast, Mr. Kowchevski
- Trace Beaulieu … Cast, Mr. Lacovara
- Lizzy Caplan … Cast, Sara
- Russel Harper … Cast, Victor
- Joel Hodgson … Cast, the DJ
- Teddy Lane … Cast, the Bouncer
- Ron Marasco … Cast, Mr. Caspar
- Scott McAfee … Cast, Jock #2
- Jerry Messing … Cast, Gordon Crisp
- Joe Monti … Cast, Eugene
- Busy Philipps … Cast, Kim Kelly
- Stephen Lea Sheppard … Cast, Harris
- Flynn Warner … Cast, a Freak
- Ben Ziff … Cast, Jock #1
- Steve Higgins … Cast
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