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Jul 8, 2000 · The Little Things: Directed by Jake Kasdan. With Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine. As McKinley High prepares for a visit from Vice President Bush, Ken and Sam must sort out conflicted feelings in their love lives.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Jake Kasdan
- 2000-07-08
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The Little Things is the seventeenth and second-to-last episode of the Freaks and Geeks TV series. It was written by Jon Kasdan, Judd Apatow and Mike White and directed by Jake Kasdan. The episode first aired on July 8, 2000.
Sam discovers that life as Cindy's boyfriend is not nearly as exciting as he had imagined. Ken's girlfriend, Amy, confesses a shocking secret, putting Ken in an socially awkward situation. Lindsay struggles with asking Vice President, George H. W. Bush, a question during an assembly.
•Ben Stiller agreed to make a guest appearance as a personal favor to Judd Apatow, in an attempt to improve the show's ratings. However, by the time the episode aired, the series had already been officially canceled.
•A deleted scene for this episode reveals that Mr. Kowchevski, the math teacher, is gay.
•During the scene where Bill, Sam, and Neal are playing "Mouse Trap", behind Sam is a stack of games. The bottom game is the original Trivial Pursuit "Genus Game - Master Edition." The show is set in the 1980-1981 school year. Trivial Pursuit was not sold until 1982.
•In this episode, set in 1981, Harris quotes retired Jedi Master, Yoda, as saying, "once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny." The quotation is from Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, which would not be released until 1983.
•The scene in the computer room shows IBM 5150 PCs and the IBM PC portable; however, the IBM 5150 PC was released on August 12, 1981, and the IBM PC portable was released in February 1984.
•"Hail to the Chief" is not the correct song to play for the Vice President. The correct song, or entrance march, for the Vice President is "Hail Columbia".
Further to the regular cast members appearing in all the episodes, the present episode also has the following recurring cast and guest stars:
•The Little Things at the IMDb
•The Little Things at www.tv.com
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Jun 9, 2013 · Seeing how effortlessly these two broke into the movies, how is it that their earlier small-screen attempts failed to connect with their audiences? The true answer may forever remain a mystery, but I can honestly tell you that it was not due to a change in their style or tone. And this episode is the proof to that little claim.
Oct 16, 2013 · In “The Little Things,” the last episode of Freaks & Geeks ever produced, Ken, Sam, and Lindsay all deal with the fact that things didn’t turn out like they wanted them to, and Lindsay,...
As McKinley High prepares for a visit from Vice President Bush, Ken and Sam must sort out conflicted feelings in their love lives. The course of love doesn't run straight. Ken's new girlfriend Amy, a tuba player in the school band, reveals something about herself that throws him for a loop.
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