Apatow & Brazill War!

Basq

OK.. this may interest you or bore you to tears so if you're not interested after my setup to the story below.. don't bother reading any further!

Just recieved my 'Undeclared' DVD today and am watching the 71 minute Q&A session with cast / crew recorded back a week or two before the show was cancelled.

For those of you that don't know, 'Undeclared' was a show created by Judd Apatow (recently only hit the BIG time with 'The 40 Year Old Virgin').. in the same sorta vein as 'Freaks And Geeks' in terms of realistic dialogue / characters and situations. The show was absolutely hailed by audiences and critics but wasn't pulling in the viewers for Fox, who cancelled it after one season after 'That 70s Show' (which was shown in the half hour slot before it) took over with huge viewers.

But anyways, this Q&A session seems to regularly mention very serious tension between Judd Apatow (creator of 'Undeclared', as i mentioned) and Mark Brazill (the creator of 'That 70s Show) with angry e-mails being sent forth and back between them. I'm a Apatow nut but never heard of this so researched it and found plenty of articles about it.

It started with Apatow wanting Topher Grace (Eric Foreman in 'That 70s Show') to do a guest spot on 'Undeclared' and asked Mark Brazill if there was a possibility it may happen. The link below has a posted article which contains the pretty much confirmed conversations that took place between Apatow and Brazill:

Read the war here!

Quite funny but at the same time, very serious harsh words between the two!

RuggieBear

wow....no way that's real

Basq

Yep.. apparently it is!

As i've said, Apatow addresses it numerous times in the Q&A session and asked the audience if they had read the e-mails and one of the audience members comment how he definantly came out on top.

Love some of Apatow's comments in the last e-mail! Genius!

***Mark, I have enjoyed this. It's good to see the tragedies of the past few months haven't watered down your passion. I guess if Mark Brazill doesn't go insane over stuff that makes no sense, the terrorists win. Good luck with "That '80s Show." And I look forward to "That '90s Show."

Judd Apatow

RuggieBear

that's so childish, it makes you wonder :eek:

pickarooney

Excellent read. Undeclared owned That Seventies' Show! I only got round to watching it last week - all episodes in two days.

Basq

pickarooney wrote:

Excellent read. Undeclared owned That Seventies' Show! I only got round to watching it last week - all episodes in two days.

Yep.. you get the DVD?

Phenomenal show! Every bit as good as F&G.. but in a very different way!

cosgrove80

basquille wrote:

Phenomenal show! Every bit as good as F&G.. but in a very different way!

It's a great show indeed.

Jason Segel who played Nick in F&G and was a guest star in Undeclared is starring in a new sitcom "How I Met Your Mother". Willow from Buffy and Neil Patrick Harris (Dougie Howser) also star.
It's not bad in a generic sitcom type of way and should improve over time.

The Judd Apatow saga is a very interesting, and bitchy, read.

corblimey

Speaking of Apatow...

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/40770