Undeclared (2001–2002)

College freshman Steve Karp and his fellow dorm-mates embark on one the greatest experiences of their lives...unfortunately for Steve, his lonely and recently divorced father is tagging along for the ride.

Creator:

Judd Apatow

Stars:

Jay Baruchel, Carla Gallo, Charlie Hunnam

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jay Baruchel	...	Steven Karp (17 episodes, 2001-2003)
Carla Gallo	...	Lizzie Exley (17 episodes, 2001-2003)
Charlie Hunnam	...	Lloyd Haythe (17 episodes, 2001-2003)
Monica Keena	...	Rachel Lindquist (17 episodes, 2001-2003)
Seth Rogen	...	Ron Garner (17 episodes, 2001-2003)
Timm Sharp	...	Marshall Nesbitt (17 episodes, 2001-2003)
Loudon Wainwright III	...	Hal Karp (13 episodes, 2001-2003)
Jarrett Grode	...	Perry (12 episodes, 2001-2003)
Christina Payano	...	Tina Ellroy (11 episodes, 2001-2003)
Leroy Adams	...	Adam (8 episodes, 2001-2003)

Storyline

College freshman Steve Karp and his fellow dorm-mates embark on one the greatest experiences of their lives...unfortunately for Steve, his lonely and recently divorced father is tagging along for the ride.

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Plot Keywords:

college | college freshman | coming of age | father son relationship | university | 

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Taglines:

Forget about home. There's no place like a co-ed dorm.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 September 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

American Campus - Reif für die Uni?

Filming Locations:

UCLA, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Apatow Productions, DreamWorks Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (16 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

'Jason Segal' and 'Carla Gallo' play a couple where Segal's character is supposedly eight years older than Gallo's character. In real life, Carla Gallo is five years older than Jason Segal. The actors later reunited as an on-screen-couple briefly in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and in an Easter Egg on the DVD, the two have banter referring to their characters on 'Undeclared.'

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Goofs

The exterior shot of the dorm the characters reside in is only 3 stories high, yet the characters live on the 4th floor and Hillary lives on the 10th floor.

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Quotes

[Lizzie's boyfriend wants to fight Steven]
Steven Karp: If I could just explain stuff to him, he really wouldn't be so mad! I know he wouldn't!
Lloyd Haythe: It's true. If he knew *why* you had sex with Lizzie, he'd be fine with it. In fact, he'd *probably* let you do it again.

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Crazy Credits

Each episode has a scene or outtake during the end credits.

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Connections

Referenced in Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America: Would Ya Hit a Guy with Glasses?: Nerds, Jerks & Oddballs (2009)

User Reviews

Jay Baruchel gets himself quite an education but it's nothing major.

If you're a fan of comedy then you could do a lot worse than digging up some episodes of Undeclared for your viewing pleasure.

Jay Baruchel is Steven, the young man starting college and soon having so much fun that his dad, Hal (Loudon Wainright III), starts finding excuses to keep dropping by. Steven's dorm-mates include Lloyd (Charlie Hunnam), Ron (Seth Rogen) and Marshall (Timm Sharp). But, more importantly, there is a girl named Lizzie (Carla Gallo) who Steven likes and a girl named Rachel (Monica Keena) who the guys all love to admire. Then there's the occasional visit from Lizzie's obsessive boyfriend, Eric (Jason Segel).

There's nothing all that new in this show, it's all about standard college hi-jinks, but it's all done so well and features so many great performances that it builds from it's shaky start into something quite delightful.

The cast are all great (I've been a big fan of Jay Baruchel for a long time and am always delighted to see him in a main role anyway) and alongside the main players there are amusing little turns from the likes of Amy Poehler, Adam Sandler, Kyle Gass, Jenna Fischer and quite a few others.

In the director's chair we have Greg Mottola, John Hamburg, Jay Chandrasekhar and Judd Apatow so you should know what to expect. It's TV, there's nothing flashy but there IS a lot of fun, a relaxed approach to the material that lets the humour come from the characters just as much as the dialogue and a consistent level of quality that many other shows (shows that are signed up for more than one season, unlike this one) fail to achieve.