"Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" (1998) TV series 1998-2001

Creators:

Rick Wiener
Kenny Schwartz
Danny Jacobson

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

11 March 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Three twenty-somethings share a Boston apartment and hang around (and work) at a pizza place.

Plot Keywords:

Pizza | Roommate | Friendship Between Men | Punctuation In Title | Architecture Student

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Traylor Howard	...	Sharon Carter (81 episodes, 1998-2001)
Ryan Reynolds	...	Berg (81 episodes, 1998-2001)
Richard Ruccolo	...	Pete Dunville (81 episodes, 1998-2001)
Nathan Fillion	...	Johnny Donnelly (60 episodes, 1998-2001)
Suzanne Cryer	...	Ashley Walker (60 episodes, 1998-2001)
Jillian Bach	...	Irene (31 episodes, 1999-2001)

Also Known As:

Two Guys and a Girl (USA) (fourth season title) (USA) (third season title)

Runtime:

30 min (81 episodes) | Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

For the 2000-01 season finale, four different endings were filmed for viewers to vote online and decide which of the central female characters (Sharon, Ashley, or Irene) should become pregnant, while a fourth possible ending had no pregnancies at all. The plan was to have the pregnant one (which ultimately ended up being Ashley) give birth at the end of the proposed fifth season. However, a fifth season of the show never materialized; by the time the fourth season finale aired in May of 2001, the show had just been canceled because of low ratings.

Quotes:

Ashley: Well, a strong enough wind could blow it right over.
Pete: [laughs] What, are you kiddin' me? You're a med student. What the hell do you know about architecture?
Ashley: Well, my father's an architect.
Pete: Yeah, well, my mother's a woman, but that doesn't mean I understand them.
Sharon: It's true, he really doesn't.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Action: Pilot (#1.1)" (1999)

A sad, sad loss.

That this show was cancelled is a television crime of the first degree.

I can count on the fingers of one hand how many sitcoms have the same perfectly balanced character layout and genius comedy timing that this show has. Unfortuantely I would need more fingers than I currently own to count the number of sitcoms that are as funny and well timed as a bad car accident that have had longer runs (ie Friends, Third Rock, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, ect).

I must also stand up and salute Ryan Reynolds for being the best and funniest actor to come out of American network TV in many, many years.

Your initial reaction to this show is almost certainly going to be "Oh, God, not another rip off from 'Friends'. Don't let first impressions fool you, because Peter Dunville and Michael Bergen are funnier than Joey and Chandler will ever be. Traylor Howard manages to put up with stiff competition as well, as Sharon is the most beliveable female character in a sitcom in recent years.

If, in 10 years time, the staff writers of 'Friends' are walking around with signs around there neck saying 'Will write pilot for food' they can take a good look at TGAAG to see were they went wrong. Instead of having the old fashioned (and unfunny) 'What-if-two-of-the-main-characters-hook-up-after-three-seasons-of-sexual-te nsion' routine, the writers went for the novel idea of drafting in some new regulars to act as foils for the original three. Cue the "Two Girls and a Guy" trio of Ashley, Irene and Johnny. And a better balance of characters you could not hope to find. Where you have the cold hearted, snake tounged Ashley, you have the kindly, naive Pete. Where you have the cool headed Johnny, you have the hyperactive Sharon. Where you have the silly, stuttery Irene, you have the quick wittedness of Berg. All you have to then is think up good storylines and your made. Aren't you?

Er...no. Two Guys and A Girl sadly succumbed to the network mantra of: "This is good, lets cancel it." Full of good intentions, no sinister effort to cash in on anyone's misery. Just a story about some people living out there lives. Oh well.

At least we've still got quality sitcoms like um....Frie- no that sucks, er.....Drew Ca- no that sucks too. Well there's always....no, what about.....nah. We can always watch..............um.

Oh crap.