In honor of Knocked Up opening this Friday, I’ve declared this Judd Apatow week on TiFaux. Of course, it’s already Wednesday, so it won’t be much of a celebration, but we do what we can. And what we can is post clips of Apatow’s stellar television work.

First up, a clip from the cult favorite Freaks and Geeks. Freaks and Geeks ran for less than a season on ABCNBC in 1999-2000 (which, side note: so totally more of an NBC show) [factchecking? bah!]. It’s odd and hilarious and depressing. The characters are genuine, believable weirdos, and you really feel for each of them — from the charismatic cheater to his mean-because-she’s-vulnerable girlfriend, and from the needy freak poser to her math-team-loving ex-best-friend.

This is a show that’s funny and deeply embarrassing. Remember when Michael Scott shows the video of himself as a child where he says “I wanna be married and have 100 kids so I can have 100 friends, and no one can say no to being my friend”? And it’s hilarious but also the saddest thing you’ve ever seen? That’s this show. Only in high school. And with more smoking pot.

Spurred on by Dan’s last The More You Know I’ve been internet stalking the hell out of “My Boys,” trying to figure out when the new season starts (the best the website can tell me is “this summer.” cool, thanks). I have no useful information for you, but if you need a good chuckle you should spend some time cruising the My Boys fan forum:

I haven’t gone through the other messages, but does this show not scarily compare to some girls’ lives? and I don’t mean the way EVERY girl says they have mostly guy friends, but like this is EXACTLY LIKE MY LIFE!! I am a journalism major and my four closest friends are the four most important guys in the world to me. I could even put each one to a character on the show!! I feel almost like this is a crystal ball into my future cuz I’m only 20.

I need to tell people about my story, so here it goes. My life while I was in the Navy was just like this show. I love “My Boys” in real life and on the show. I didn’t have a lot of girl friends because the military is male dominant. I have a lot of guy friends as a result. I don’t mind and I’ve never slept with any of them. What’s this $hit about comparing this show to “$&x in the city?” I don’t think it’s like that at all! I think it’s all of my favorite shows melted together. TBS HAS A NEW WINNER! LET’S HOLD ON TO THIS!

The only good thing about “My Boys” is it helps me go to sleep faster at night.
I seriously doubt that this show will ever last, and I prey everyday that the director and producers will grow some brains to make this show change, because right now ANYTHING they do to change the episodes will be a step up from the steaming pile of fresh sh!t this show is now.
The only reason why this show has even finished the first season is because of TBS’s large percent of unemployed viewers that sit around everyday to watch My Boys.
I am disappointed and ashamed that humanity has even attempted to create such a waste of time, by actually making and playing this horrible peice trash of a television series as bad as My Boys.

I’m thinking about growing pumpkins in my backyard. I hear they’re hard to kill.

• NBC is done super-sizing episodes (read: adding more commercials).
• TNT and TBS will now offer all the episodes of their original series online. All the My Boys you can handle, Cristin!
• Lost Season Three is coming to DVD in December. Get those Hannukah lists ready.
• Rumors abound of a Battlestar season one high-definition DVD set.
• Kristin has some Lost gossip in her video segment.
• A new Ask Ausiello’s up with news about Lost and Greg Grunberg.
• Need some more summer reading: Rob Thomas has edited Neptune Noir.
• The cast of Six Feet Under is almost all back on TV.
• The host of Pirate Master claims to be descended from pirates himself.