right at their level. >> on freaks and geeks, what was important to everybody with this show is that it was realistic. >> somebody police tell me what is supposed to be fun about this. >> all these characters that were more authentic, he, more than anyone else, to me, understand, really, what it was like. and he has not forgotten what it was like to feel like an outcast. >> hey! if sam works of the different expresses individuality makes him --, then i guess we should all be proud to be --. you go ahead, sam. >> paul had decided he wanted to see on a high school show about the kids that no one ever talked about. and that was very different on television. it seemed bizarre to them. why do they fail all the time? because you fail all the time.