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Compare toursNBC, 1999–2000 · set in Chippewa, Michigan, 1980–81 · made in Los Angeles
Freaks and Geeks
A Michigan school year from 1980, filmed under Los Angeles sun. The town is named after the creator’s real school.
Where this comes from
Mount Clemens, the 1970s
Sawn in half.
Growing up in Mount Clemens, Feig performs magic shows with jokes supplied by his father, who runs the Ark Surplus Store on Gratiot Avenue.
Nineteen years after he left school, Feig did the trick again: a Michigan school year, cut away and put together in California.
Where this comes from
The box is whole. Three strokes of the saw to part Michigan from California.
Three strokes, six places.
The school, the town and the way out: each stroke parts where Paul Feig grew up from where his show was made.
William McKinley High School
The hallway was in Hollywood.
The pilot is filmed in a real school; the rest of the series is shot on a set made to look exactly like it.
Where this comes from
Ulysses S. Grant High School, Oxnard Street, Valley Glen.
Ulysses S. Grant High School
Republic World names Ulysses S. Grant High School in the Van Nuys area as one of the two schools that played William McKinley High.
Giggster places many of the school scenes there, including the algebra test in “Tests and Breasts”.
A working high school: see the front from Oxnard Street only, never during the school day.
Where this comes from
Santa Clarita Valley, up the 5
Suburban Detroit, in Newhall.
A number of recurring scenes are shot at Hart High and in the Newhall neighbourhoods round it.
Where this comes from
24825 Newhall Avenue, Newhall, Santa Clarita
William S. Hart High School
Republic World names it as the other school that played McKinley High. Seth Rogen, who played Ken, remembers exteriors at a real school in Santa Clarita.
A working high school: see it from Newhall Avenue only. The photograph shows Hart Park, down the same avenue, not the school.
Where this comes from
Main Street, Newhall, Santa Clarita
Old Town Newhall
Busy Philipps remembers the exteriors being up in Valencia, or near Magic Mountain; she was not sure which.
Walk Main Street from Newhall station; a farmers’ market runs every Saturday, 8:30am to 1pm (City of Santa Clarita).
Where this comes from
Named, not mapped
Heritage Lane, the Weirs’ street
Giggster’s guide places Lindsay and Sam’s house, where the “Beers and Weirs” party happens, on Heritage Lane in Newhall. With the Weir parents away, Sam, Neal and Bill swap the freaks’ keg for fake beer so nobody gets drunk, and the party behaves as if they had anyway.
Samm Levine says the party itself was shot on a soundstage.
A street of private homes. It is named here, not mapped: do not visit the house or photograph it. The photograph shows Newhall station, not the street.
Where this comes from
Griffith Park, Los Angeles
The laser show.
Giggster places the laser-show scene in “The Garage Door” at Griffith Observatory; Republic World calls it a possible filming place.
Where this comes from
Pick a figure. At Laserium a laserist played the beams live.
2800 East Observatory Road, Griffith Park, Los Angeles
Griffith Observatory
Laserium opens at Griffith Observatory, with a laserist playing the beams live.
Los Angeles Magazine says the observatory cut Laserium from its line-up with its remodel in 2002.
Free. Tuesday to Friday noon to 10pm, weekends 10am to 10pm, closed Mondays. Paid parking closest to the building (Griffith Observatory).
Where this comes from
Beverly Boulevard, after the day’s shooting
Eleven at night.
After work the cast go to Swingers for breakfast burritos at 11 at night, or to Jason Segel’s place to hang out.
Busy Philipps, who played Kim, remembers the cast going to Swingers for breakfast burritos at 11 at night; she does not say which branch.
The Beverly Boulevard diner had been a fixture since 1993; its Santa Monica sibling closed in 2019. It shut in 2020, and its former general manager bought it to reopen it.
Open 8am to 3am, every day (Swingers). Beneath the Beverly Laurel Motor Hotel.
Where this comes from
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Beverly Laurel Motor Hotel
Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles
A mid-century motor hotel above Swingers, with a pool and small rooms done up with playful details, at 8018 Beverly Boulevard. Check current rates when you book.
Read about itNBC, 1999–2000
Twelve of eighteen.
Twelve episodes air between 25 September 1999 and 20 March 2000; three more air on 8 July 2000.
NBC stops after 15 of the 18 episodes; the last three are first shown on Fox Family in September and October 2000.
Where this comes from
- 1Pilot
- 2Beers and Weirs
- 3Tricks and Treats
- 4Tests and Breasts
- 5I’m with the Band
- 6Carded and Discarded
- 7Girlfriends and Boyfriends
- 8We’ve Got Spirit
- 9The Diary
- 10Looks and Books
- 11The Garage Door
- 12Chokin’ and Tokin’
- 13Smooching and Mooching
- 14The Little Things
- 15Discos and Dragons
- 16Kim Kelly Is My Friend
- 17Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers
- 18Noshing and Moshing
Eighteen episodes made. None shown yet.
Ta-da.
Where it all is now.
Where it is now
10 places you can visit, in Los Angeles, Newhall and Michigan. The Weirs’ street is named, never mapped; the schools are seen from the road.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working high school: see the front from Oxnard Street only, never during the school day.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working studio lot with no public tour: see the gate and the building from Melrose Avenue.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Free. Tuesday to Friday noon to 10pm, weekends 10am to 10pm, closed Mondays. Paid parking closest to the building (Griffith Observatory).
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Open 8am to 3am, every day (Swingers). Beneath the Beverly Laurel Motor Hotel.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A paid theme park and working studio; the Studio Tour runs by tram.
The front of Ulysses S. Grant High School, Oxnard Street, Valley Glen, January 2014. Trackinfo · CC BY-SA 3.0 13000 Oxnard Street, Valley Glen, Los Angeles
Ulysses S. Grant High School
Republic World names Ulysses S. Grant High School in the Van Nuys area as one of the two schools that played William McKinley High.
A working high school: see the front from Oxnard Street only, never during the school day.
Where this comes from
Raleigh Studios on Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, November 2025. Penny Richards · CC0 5300 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood
Raleigh Studios
“We shot at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood,” Samm Levine, who played Neal, told Vulture.
A working studio lot with no public tour: see the gate and the building from Melrose Avenue.
Where this comes from
Griffith Observatory on Mount Hollywood, July 2012. Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). · CC BY-SA 4.0 2800 East Observatory Road, Griffith Park, Los Angeles
Griffith Observatory
Giggster places the laser-show scene in “The Garage Door” at Griffith Observatory; Republic World calls it a possible filming place.
Free. Tuesday to Friday noon to 10pm, weekends 10am to 10pm, closed Mondays. Paid parking closest to the building (Griffith Observatory).
Where this comes from
Swingers and the Beverly Laurel Motor Hotel on Beverly Boulevard, at night in November 2011. Chris Yarzab · CC BY 2.0 8020 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles
Swingers, Beverly Boulevard
Busy Philipps, who played Kim, remembers the cast going to Swingers for breakfast burritos at 11 at night; she does not say which branch.
Open 8am to 3am, every day (Swingers). Beneath the Beverly Laurel Motor Hotel.
Where this comes from
Studio Tour trams at Universal Studios Hollywood, January 2013. METRO96 · CC BY-SA 3.0 100 Universal Hollywood Drive, Universal City
Universal Studios Hollywood
When Feig first moved to Los Angeles he worked as a tour guide at Universal Studios Hollywood.
A paid theme park and working studio; the Studio Tour runs by tram.
Where this comes from
Stay
Upstairs from the diner.
A mid-century motor hotel above Swingers on Beverly Boulevard.
Time Out Los Angeles
Beverly Laurel Motor Hotel
Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles
A mid-century motor hotel above Swingers, with a pool and small rooms done up with playful details, at 8018 Beverly Boulevard. Check current rates when you book.
Read about itGo there
The dome, the park, the city.
Griffith Observatory, free; Universal Studios, where Feig was a guide; and marketplace tours in Los Angeles and Detroit.
Griffith Observatory
Griffith Observatory
Griffith Park, Los Angeles · Free · Tue–Fri 12:00–22:00 · Sat–Sun 10:00–22:00
Free to visit, with live shows in the Samuel Oschin Planetarium. Closed Mondays.
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Telescopes and Main Street lights.
A public star party at Griffith on 14 November 2026, and Light Up Main Street in Newhall on 21 November 2026.
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Take it home
Feig’s books and the scripts.
Two memoirs of growing up and the two volumes of the shooting scripts.
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Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence
Paul Feig
Feig’s own memoir of growing up in Michigan, 2002.
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Superstud: Or How I Became a 24-Year-Old Virgin
Paul Feig
The second memoir, 2005.
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Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Scripts, Volume 1
Paul Feig, Judd Apatow and others
The shooting scripts, Newmarket Press, 2004.
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Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Scripts, Volume 2
Paul Feig, Judd Apatow and others
The rest of the scripts, Newmarket Press, 2004.
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And for my next trick.
Where this comes from
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources. Filming places are named only where a source says so; the Michigan places are Paul Feig’s, not filming places, and Swingers is where the cast went after work.
11 of 11 places · 21 of 21 Moments
Chippewa Valley High School
19 Mile Road, Clinton Township, Michigan
Chippewa, Michigan, 1980
Freaks and Geeks is set in Chippewa, Michigan, a fictional suburb of Detroit, during the 1980–81 school year, and airs on NBC from 25 September 1999.
Class of 1980
Paul Feig graduates from Chippewa Valley High School after years of talent shows and school plays.
The Parisian night suit
Sam’s disco jumpsuit, and the day he wears it to school, comes from something that happened to Feig.
Mount Clemens
Downtown Mount Clemens, Macomb County, Michigan
Jokes from the surplus store
Growing up in Mount Clemens, Feig performs magic shows with jokes supplied by his father, who runs the Ark Surplus Store on Gratiot Avenue.
Wayne State University
Old Main, West Warren Avenue, Midtown Detroit
A year at Wayne State
Feig studies at Wayne State for a year, then leaves Michigan for Los Angeles.
Ulysses S. Grant High School
13000 Oxnard Street, Valley Glen, Los Angeles
McKinley High, Valley Glen
Ulysses S. Grant High School plays William McKinley High; many school scenes, including the algebra test, are shot there.
Raleigh Studios
5300 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood
Raleigh Studios
The series is shot at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood.
A school built to match
The pilot is filmed in a real school; the rest of the series is shot on a set made to look exactly like it.
The party on a stage
The “Beers and Weirs” party is shot on a soundstage; between takes the extras wander off in every direction.
Twelve episodes
Twelve episodes air between 25 September 1999 and 20 March 2000; three more air on 8 July 2000.
The last three
NBC stops after 15 of the 18 episodes; the last three are first shown on Fox Family in September and October 2000.
Griffith Observatory
2800 East Observatory Road, Griffith Park, Los Angeles
The laser show
The laser-show scene in “The Garage Door” is placed at Griffith Observatory.
Laserium opens
Laserium opens at Griffith Observatory, with a laserist playing the beams live.
Swingers, Beverly Boulevard
8020 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles
Burritos at eleven
After work the cast go to Swingers for breakfast burritos at 11 at night, or to Jason Segel’s place to hang out.
Saved
Swingers on Beverly Boulevard closes in the pandemic and is bought by its former general manager to reopen.
Universal Studios Hollywood
100 Universal Hollywood Drive, Universal City
Tour guide
In Los Angeles, Feig works as a tour guide at Universal Studios Hollywood.
William S. Hart High School
24825 Newhall Avenue, Newhall, Santa Clarita
Hart High
A number of recurring scenes are shot at Hart High and in the Newhall neighbourhoods round it.
A real school in Santa Clarita
Seth Rogen remembers filming exteriors at a real school in Santa Clarita.
Old Town Newhall
Main Street, Newhall, Santa Clarita
Up by Magic Mountain
Busy Philipps remembers the exteriors being shot in Valencia, or up by Magic Mountain.
Heritage Lane, the Weirs’ street
Heritage Lane, Newhall, Santa Clarita
The keg swap
With the Weir parents away, Sam, Neal and Bill swap the freaks’ keg for fake beer so nobody gets drunk, and the party behaves as if they had anyway.
The Weirs’ street
The outside of the Weir house is filmed on Heritage Lane in Newhall.