''The Sausage Factory'', also known in the United States as ''MTV's Now What?'' or ''Much Ado About Whatever'', is a teen sitcom that followed the lives of four friends in their junior year at West Boulder High School.
The four friends were Zack (
Adam Brody), trying to win over his unrequited crush Lisa; Ted, the
stereotypical rich kid who tries to
consummate
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with his girlfriend, Nancy (
Kristen Renton
Kristen Louise Renton (born September 14, 1982) is an American actress who had a recurring role as Ima Tite on ''Sons of Anarchy'' and also portrayed Morgan Hollingsworth on NBC's soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''.
Personal life
Renton moved fr ...
); J.C. (Kenny Fisher), who finds himself constantly approached by middle-aged women; and Gilby (
Johnny Lewis
Jonathan Kendrick Lewis (October 29, 1983 – September 26, 2012), also credited as Johnny K. Lewis, was an American film and television actor. He played Kip "Half-Sack" Epps in the first two seasons of the FX series ''Sons of Anarchy'', and o ...
), the
class clown
''Class Clown'' is the fourth album released by American comedian George Carlin. It was recorded on May 27, 1972 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, and released in September.
Background
At the time Carlin was rel ...
, who regularly creates trouble.
Produced in 2000 and 2001, it ran for one season. The single-camera series was shot without an audience and included no
laugh track
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.
Originally aired in Canada on
The Comedy Network
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,
[Liane Faulder, "Link up with some wacky teen misadventures: Everyone can relate to these hilarious high-school high jinks". '' Edmonton Journal'', November 19, 2001.] reruns were later screened on
CTV and
YTV. In the
United Kingdom
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and
Ireland
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, it airs on
Trouble
Trouble may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Trouble'' (1922 film), an American silent comedy-drama film directed by Albert Austin
* ''Trouble'' (1933 film), a British comedy film
* ''Trouble'' (1977 film), a Soviet drama film
* ''Trouble'' ...
.
Sky One previously aired it.
Cast
*
Adam Brody as Zack
*Kenny Fisher as J.C.
*Adam Nicholas Frost as Ted
*
Johnny K. Lewis as Gilby
*
Kristen Renton
Kristen Louise Renton (born September 14, 1982) is an American actress who had a recurring role as Ima Tite on ''Sons of Anarchy'' and also portrayed Morgan Hollingsworth on NBC's soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''.
Personal life
Renton moved fr ...
as Nancy
*Andi Eystad as Lisa
Episodes
References
External links
* ''(unaired pilot, portions of its plot were incorporated into the episode titled "Purity Test")''
*
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2002 Canadian television series endings
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