Freaks and Geeks (1999)TV series

The comedy tree of Judd Apatow just sprang a new offshoot: thanks to a scene in the upcoming comedy “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” about a Dracula musical staged with puppets who were in turn manufactured by the Muppet team, “FSM” star Jason Segel and director Nick Stoller took the opportunity to pitch an idea for a new Muppet movie, which was okayed by the heirs of Jim Henson. Segel, formerly a star of Apatow’s “Freaks and Geeks,” was also in “Knocked Up.” Meanwhile, Apatow’s got yet another movie this week: he produced the Owen Wilson comedy “Drilllbit Taylor,” which, alas, is as funny as a wedgie. Not giving one; getting one. Expect the Apatow-is-stretched-too-thin stories to start appearing in the press in five. four....