5/5 Awesome
  by Anita Kristoffersen (Oslo, Norway)
This is one of my favourite shows so the expectations were huge.

First - the picture does not serve this edition justice. The book itself looks very classy and is true to the yearbook-concept. There are greetings in there from all your friends and teachers at McKinley with lots of other trivia. I havent been able to see through all of the extra material on the dvds yet as it is a LOT. So I am looking forward to watch the rest as comfort for the sadness I feel because it only exists one season of this teenage-angst/feelgood/funny/sad and utterly complex tvseries which can be enjoyed on so many levels.

The only drawback is that I think it originally was overpriced, but with discount it was well worth it.

5/5 great for any freaks and geeks superfan!
  by Hailey (Minneapolis)
the yearbook edition has tons of great extras for any fan of the show. i didn't realize this when i ordered it, but it is an actual yearbook, complete with signatures for both sam and lindsay. There are two extra discs of deleted scenes, commentary, screen tests, and table readings. For anyone who can't get enough of Freaks and Geeks, this is the edition for you.

5/5 Fantastic!!!
  by James Campbell (Athens, GA USA)
This is one of the greatest shows I have ever seen. It perfectly captures what it is like to be in high school and is both moving and funny every episode. This yearbook edition is pricey but a must have for hardcore fans. The quality of the packaging is unparalleled, featuring tons of great photos and articles within the yearbook. The first six dvds are identical to the regular set, full of great commentaries, deleted scenes, auditions, and behind the scenes footage. The extra two bonus discs on this set features a lot of interesting stuff for fans including interviews, behind the scenes footage, and more deleted scenes and auditions. If you are a fan of the show this set is definitely worth the money.

1/5 No closed captioning
  by Jake O'Donnell (Here, there and everywhere.)
Great! No closed captioning again! Thanks a lot Shout!

The first edition wasn't captioned and neither is this follow up!

Lets all give big fat ZERO rating to Shout! on behalf of the hearing-impaired crowd! :(


Yes, I'm talking to you Shout!, the producers of this video. Shame on you for not captioning this and nearly all of the other DVDs you release.

1/5 Is This Reprint Worth the Extra Money?
  by Auggie Worldwise (Los Angeles, California)
Don't get me wrong. I LOVE Freaks and Geeks. But this yearbook reprint is severely overpriced. It was originally marketed as a limited edition when it was released in 2004 until it sold out in January 2007. You could somewhat justify the high price of $130 on that version because it was SUPPOSED TO BE A COLLECTORS ITEM with a limited printing of only 25,000. Now Shout Factory has decided to start making it again, except they aren't calling it a limited edition. What doesn't make sense is that they are charging the same price for this reprint as they did for the limited edition collectible.

Skip the yearbook and buy the standard edition. At $45 or so, it's a much better deal. It has loads of extras that will satisfy the most diehard fans. Keep in mind that discs 1-6 are EXACTLY THE SAME on both editions. There is a heckuva lot on these 6 discs: All 18 episodes, 29 full length commentaries (some episodes have more than 1), 69 deleted scenes (also with commentaries), 2 sets of bloopers, a behind the scenes video, audition tapes for Cardellini, Segel, Daley, Starr, Levine, Rogen, Phillips, (Sorry, Franco's audition doesn't appear on either set). The standard edition is loaded with extras.

The yearbook edition gives you everything on the standard edition, but only 2 more discs for all that additional money. And they are less desirable extras, like auditions of supporting cast members and poorly produced videos of 3 table readings where the sound is barely audible. They used all the best extras on the standard edition. I'll admit the 80 page yearbook is cool to look at, but 22 of the pages contain an episode guide which also appears in the booklet that comes with the standard edition. Another 12 pages in the yearbook are reprints of articles that ran in the LA Times and LA Weekly, and that you can still find on the internet. For the hefty price, you'd expect them to put a lot more original stuff into the yearbook.

You'd think that if you were paying 3 times the price, you'd get 3 times as much stuff.... but that's definitely NOT the case. Considering the contents of this yearbook edition, $69-$79 would be a fair price. $130 is way over the top.