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Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place ('98-'01). Any fans?

Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:07 am
Posted by CocomoLSU
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:07 am
I've been rewatching this one the last few weeks and forgot just how much I loved this show. I watched it when it aired on TV 25+ (holy shite!) years ago. I've rewatched it once since then but haven't seen it in probably 10 years.

Normally when I ask people they've never heard of it. It's really the first "big" thing Ryan Reynolds was involved in. He plays Berg, a smartass medical student (he's basically the typical Ryan Reynolds character type) who lives with Pete in an apartment while they are in college and they both work at a local pizza joint. Pete is annoying as frick a lot of times, but all in all he's not too bad. He just always bitches about women and relationships and how he can never find the one (think Ted Mosby from HIMYM, just not quite as douchey). I think I like the show because Berg and Pete just give each other shite all the time just like my friends and I always did.

The "girl" in the title is Traylor Howard (who plays Sharon), and she went to school with the guys and now has a big girl job. And she is absolute smoke on the show too. She's the perfect amount of "cute hot" mixed with "90s hot," if that makes sense:





















I believe it was initially a midseason replacement show, so S1 starts a little strange (I think the episodes were aired out of order) and is a shortened season. But it settles in nicely in S2 and the storylines get going.

After S2, they ditch the "Pizza Place" title and it becomes just "Two Guys and a Girl" and the focus shifts away from the pizza place and onto more adult type shite (like marriage and berg becoming a doctor). Also in S2-forward, Nathan Fillion joins the cast, as does Suzanne Cryer (the Yada Yada chick from Seinfeld apparently), and they are both solid additions to the show.

I just started S3 last night, and am really enjoying watching it again. I own the DVDs, so that's how I'm watching it. I don't believe it streams anywhere, although one site I saw said it is on Plex so who knows.

Anyway, any fans of it, or does anybody really remember it at all? I remember loving the show, but am really enjoying this rewatch more than I thought I would. I usually knock out 2-4 episodes every night or two. I'm 44, so anybody who was in college around the mid-late 90s to mid-00s or so, this should be right in your wheelhouse and I'd definitely recommend it.
Posted by ThoseGuys
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:16 am to
What streaming service were you doing a rewatch on if you don't mind me asking?

I used to really enjoy it. I think it's the first sitcom I got into.
Posted by 3nOut
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:19 am to
i remember it. i loved ABC's comedic programming in the 90s. Drew Carey, Sports Night, Naked Truth, Spin City, Norm, Dharma and Greg etc.






imagine telling yourself 25 years ago that the douche bag on the left is going to be one of the best comedic actors of all time and is universally loved for being likeable, along with marrying 2 of the hottest actresses of the 20th century and own a cell phone company, a gin distillery, and an EFL team.

This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 11:23 am
Posted by BilJ
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:24 am to
thought about starting a thread of random 90s sitcoms that were good but mostly forgotten now.
Posted by WG_Dawg
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:31 am to
I don't remember anything about it, OTHER than what you mentioned how they dropped the "pizza place" from the title after the first season.
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:39 am to
I don't recall ever hearing about this show and am pretty sure I never watched it. Just wanted to comment that this is the 3rd time this week I have seen some mention of this show
Posted by The Godfather
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:43 am to
Its been on my list to watch for a while now, I remember watching it here and there back in the day when it was on the air and liking it but have never seen the whole thing. I will watch anything with Fillion in it, so if you are saying it holds up, thats good enough for me
Posted by Broski
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:44 am to
All I remember is blink-182 being on it.

LINK
Posted by Freauxzen
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:46 am to
Was a great show.
Posted by LittleJerrySeinfield
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:50 am to
Didn't that show give us this gif?



I remember watching it and liking it. As you said, Traylor was the epitome of cute hot.
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:52 am to
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Suzanne Cryer


Would still get tCreamPie. I remember being aware of the show at the time, but never really watched it other than a handful of episodes. Might try to torrent it. Would be a nice lunch show. I miss sitcoms. I can’t remember the last 30 min network comedy I watched. Parks & rec maybe?
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 11:53 am
Posted by Dam Guide
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:54 am to
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Didn't that show give us this gif?


No, that's from the first Harold and Kumar
Posted by LittleJerrySeinfield
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:56 am to
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No, that's from the first Harold and Kumar


Dang it, that's right.
Posted by CocomoLSU
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:58 am to
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What streaming service were you doing a rewatch on if you don't mind me asking?

Clearly you didn't read the OP.
Posted by VinegarStrokes
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:59 am to
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Suzanne Cryer (the Yada Yada chick from Seinfeld apparently)


amazingly she played that autistic CEO character in Silicon Valley. Really odd how she went from smokeshow younger actress to weird older lady.
Posted by CocomoLSU
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:59 am to
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Sports Night

That's another one in this same time period that hit me at the perfect time. I absolutely LOVED Sports Night. I did a rewatch about ten years or so and really enjoyed that too.
Posted by ThoseGuys
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:00 pm to
Blah I suck. I stopped after the pics. Sorry. I guess I'm going to have to take to the high seas to do a rewatch.
Posted by Dingeaux
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:01 pm to
I remember watching that while in college. Never Saw the entire series. I liked it from what I recall.

I just finished streaming rules of engagement. I never watched it when it was airing. I really enjoyed it
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:01 pm to
Present.
Posted by CocomoLSU
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:03 pm to
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I don't remember anything about it, OTHER than what you mentioned how they dropped the "pizza place" from the title after the first season.

After the second season I believe.

Also, the theme song for the first two seasons is sort of a watered down version of Blister in the Sun by the Violent Femmes, so prepare to get that song stuck in your head every time you watch an episode.

quote:

All I remember is blink-182 being on it.

Yup, they were on it. And Barenaked Ladies were also in an episode I just watched as well.
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