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- When co-creators Gregory Jacobs and Joe Gangemi were first pitching the show they described its tone as "Caddyshack meets The Graduate."
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Aug 7, 2016 · “When we brought the comedy to Amazon, we described it as ‘Caddyshack’ meets ‘The Graduate,'” Gangemi said. But Season 2 will spotlight the strong ensemble of characters and how they, too, need...
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Sep 24, 2017 · “We called it ‘Caddyshack’ meets ‘The Graduate,'” Jacobs said.
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Sep 28, 2024 · The series has been described by the creators as "Caddyshack meets The Graduate." Red Oaks creator Gregory Jacobs' only previous television credit was for The Knick. The series, at one time, was the highest-rated sitcom on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- '80s Movies — Duh
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- Don't Forget The Music
You can't make anything set in the '80s without thinking about the huge movies at the time. "Flamingo Kid and Caddyshack were certainly on our minds as we first conceived Red Oaks—mostly as benchmarks of excellence," Jacobs says in the same Hitfix interview. "And we love that Jennifer Grey responded to the part of the protagonist's mother, because ...
The creator of the show may have been thinking of Patrick Swayze, but its star, Craig Roberts, feels a little more like Dustin Hoffman. "It's like The Graduate ," he told Red Carpet News TV. "He's trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life." I know The Graduate meets Caddyshack sounds like the weirdest mash-up ever, but I'm sure Red Oak...
I know that, when we talk about TV, we usually discuss creators, showrunners, and actors more often than directors, but there's a huge bench of talent at work directing Red Oaks — and almost all of them have amazing coming-of-age stories under their belts. How amazing? Clueless director Amy Heckerling lent her skills to the show. So did David Gordo...
Credit another behind-the-scenes boldface name — executive producer Steven Soderbergh — with getting in an homage to a much-maligned genre of storytelling. "[Soderberg] said to me, 'Dude, you have to do a body-swap episode, come on, it’s so ’80s,'” Jacobs told Decider. "I’m like...let’s push it down far enough so it’s not too early in the series an...
Dust off those mixtapes-on-cassette — you'll want to revisit them. "I had a really good Spotify playlist...a five-hour long playlist I would work to," Gangemi said in the same Decider interview. "Part of the fun of was picking things that weren’t the most popular but that we loved," Jacobs added. "It was really fun to layer in the music of that per...
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Oct 10, 2016 · READ MORE: ‘Red Oaks’ Season 2 First Look: ‘Caddyshack’ Meets ‘The Graduate’ and Steven Soderbergh’s Brilliant Idea. The series is co-created and executive produced by Gregory Jacobs...
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Oct 9, 2015 · When they were selling the coming-of-age story of college student David Meyer (Craig Roberts), who takes a summer job at a New Jersey country club as a tennis pro in 1985, the producers pitched...
