American High - This is where the party starts!
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | American High - This is where the party starts! |
| Original title | Now What (USA) / The Sausage Factory (Canada) |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2000-2001 |
| length | 20 minutes |
| Episodes | 13 in 1 season |
| genre | comedy |
| Theme music | Brown - Satellite |
| First broadcast | November 19, 2001 (Canada) on The Comedy Network |
| German-language first broadcast |
February 21, 2004 on ProSieben |
| occupation | |
American High - This is where the party starts! (Original title: The Sausage Factory ; in the USA also Now What ) is a Canadian television series that was first broadcast in 2004 on ProSieben in Germany. Some time later the series was also shown on MTV , the station on which it was also seen in the USA.
The series' pilot was filmed in Los Angeles in early 2000 . The 13 actual episodes were produced in Vancouver from February 2001 .
The series has been available on DVD in Germany since October 13, 2006.
content
The series is about four best friends named Zack , JC , Ted and Gilby . The four try to survive their first year at West Boulder High in Boulder , Colorado and leave no stone unturned in ending up with the opposite sex and experiencing their "first time".
Zack tries to win Lisa's heart, but is a bit clumsy and remains unsuccessful (at least initially). Ted is a rich boy who has some problems with his girlfriend Nancy and is more focused on school than sex. JC is more likely to attract women old enough to be his mother. Gilby is a typical class clown and is always causing trouble. He's a lovable freak who thinks up lines for women but doesn't get any attention from them.
occupation
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Zack Altman | Adam Brody | Benedikt Gutjan |
| JC Climan | Kenny Fisher | Manuel Straube |
| Ted Ogilvy | Adam Frost | Clemens Ostermann |
| Gilby Van Horn | Johnny Lewis | Daniel hose |
| Nancy Winograd | Kristen Renton | Maren Rainer |
| Lisa Holiday | Andi Eystad | Shandra Schadt |
Reviews
- “The OC California blend produced by MTV based on the American Pie pattern was shown on Pro7 in German-speaking countries. By no means as bad as its reputation, the series can even come up with decent situation comedy at times, but the bottom line is that it remains easy entertainment for the MTV generation "
- "With madcap hijinks and sophomoric stunts, Now What was both wildly hilarious and compellingly honest."
- Ute Nardenbach described the series in the Lübecker Nachrichten as a “rather flat sitcom” and said the series played “at most [in the] C-League” and spoke “as a target group - as the certainly not accidental name similarity to the“ American Pie ”series suggests lets on - more male teenagers with an affinity for body fluids and silly fecal humor ”.
Awards
- 2002:
- Leo Award in the category of music, comedy, variety program or series: Best Director : (Best Director Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series for the episode) small Zacks problem (Zack's Little Problem won) ( John Pozer )
- Nominated for the Leo Award for music, comedy, variety program or series: Best Production Design (Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series: Best Production Design ) for the episode Gilbys million (Gilby's Millions) ( Grant Pearse )
Web links
- American High - This is where the party starts! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- American High - This is where the party starts! on MTV.com
- American High - This is where the party starts! on TV.com
- Screenshots of the series
Individual evidence
- ↑ MTV goes Boulder with 'Now What?' ; Article on thedailycamera.com dated June 2, 2002
- ↑ American High DVD Review - Here's the Party! ( Memento from October 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.tv.com/now-what/show/3143/summary.html
- ↑ American High - This is where the party rises - Beyond Orange County from October 13, 2006 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
