Undeclared

So, tomorrow, the entire first (and only) season of the TV show "Undeclared" will be released on DVD. It's a fine show, and it sounds like it'll be a fine DVD set. And I look forward to buying it, if only because I can now watch episodes of "Undeclared" without having to go to the Museum of Television and Radio to do so. Of course, that means I will simply have to come up with another reason to go to the Museum of Television and Radio, for it is a home for wayward souls like me.

Anyway, back to "Undeclared." It was created by Judd Apatow, who was also one of the forces behind "Freaks and Geeks," which, of course, affords him a special place in my life, somewhere between Dustin Diamond and Bronson Pinchot, which, now that I write that, seems like a pretty depressing place. But I digress.

To sum up the show briefly in an SAT analogy:

"Freaks and Geeks":high school::"Undeclared":college

It's a pretty spot-on depiction of the college experience from the freshm...ahem...first-year student perspective. It has the same sort of sensibilities as "Freaks and Geeks," with a lot of the same people involved (including stellar work from creepy-boyfriend-portrayer-extraordinaire Jason Segel), but it's a half-hour and a little more jokey than "Freaks and Geeks." Still, it's real damn good and features a bunch of great episodes, all of which can be yours for, I don't know, somewhere in the $40-$50 range.

Loudon Wainwright III (the only known musician to appear on an album cover in a New York Islanders jersey) played the main character's dad, Hal, on the show and will be appearing at the Borders Columbus Circle at 7 p.m. this Wednesday performing and signing copies of the DVD and his new CD "Here Come The Choppers." Come on out.

And so ends my commercial for the "Undeclared" DVDs.