“The dance is tomorrow. She’s a cheerleader, you’ve seen Star Wars 27 times. You do the math”

“I’m Jewish. That’s no cakewalk either. Last year, I was elected school treasurer. I didn’t even run!”

“Mitch, girl go pee-pee not something I want to see-see.”

“I did an episode of Bette Midler’s short-lived sitcom on CBS. I thought it was Emmy-worthy. Turns out it was A BETTE MIDLER SITCOM ON CBS!!”

You know him as Neil Schwieber from Freaks and Geeks (rest in peace greatest cancellation injustice this side of Parker Lewis Can’t Lose). You’ve seen him on various TV shows, including: Veronica Mars (speaking of R.I.P.’s, How I Met Your Mother, Undeclared, That 70’s Show, Boston Legal, My Name Is Earl and many more. You may also remember him as the Donger spoof character in Not Another Teen Movie. I know him as Samm Levine.

And he was cool enough to stop by the PopLoad show and talk to me about his career.

We spoke about all things Freaks and Geeks; how he got the part, how Judd Apatow shocked the industry by actually getting the show on the air, the positive critical reaction and how it didn’t have an effect on the ratings, and Samm’s musings of what his world would be like if the show were still on the air. Samm talked about his experiences guest starring on various TV shows; he worked with Lindsay Lohan for one day on the Bette Midler sitcom before La Lohan walked off the show. She was an awesome person even then. I wondered why he wasn’t in Knocked Up, and Samm talked about why Judd likes to put him in his shows but not his movies (which is curious… and lame). Samm told me about how he got into the business, what it’s like hanging out with famous people, his plans for the future and best of all, the total hotness of Kristen Bell. Suffice it to say, the interview rocked.

And you can download the mp3 of the interview by CLICKING HERE (takes a minute to download)!

For more cool, geeky celebrity interviews, tune in to PopLoad every Monday @ 7pm PST on www.NowLive.com

Bangarang!

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