This show was groundbreaking. So many serious issues tackled head on, and it didn't shy away from showing teenagers actually doing what teenagers do, like drinking, having or worrying about sex, taking drugs, dealing with abuse, and trying to find themselves. Most other teen shows were sterile and presented the characters as goody-two shoes, but MSCL was legit. This show encapsulates the 90s for me, right down to the gloriously grungy and hideous fashions which I remember wearing from that era. Brilliant writing, brilliant acting, and such beautiful and textured characters. We don't deserve nice things if stuff like this is passed up.
This show holds a very special place in my heart. I watched it every week and tried to get ABC to keep it on the air. Everyone called me Ricky in HS. I adore this show so much for so many reasons.
Claire Danes older stuff (incl MSCL, of course) like Little Women & Romeo and Juliet were IMO her best work. But, I could be biased.😋 As someone who was 13-14 yrs old in 1994, I was obsessed w her & Rayanne in MSCL. I even got my hair dyed that bright crimson, just like Angela & put tiny long braids in my hair like Rayanne! 😄 Oh & when Julianna Hatfield made a guest appearance in the Christmas episode, I dieddd!!😵
i was 10 when the show was released. it was the first tv show i saw that i felt really captured youth. for years in the 90s MTV played my so called life in the primetime slot. those were teh days!
Lol, great to see you on this channel Eric :) The VO work isn't actually me - it's an actress friend of mine, her name is Jen and we've worked on a short film together :)
This show premiered in my country shortly after it had been shown in the US and was a huge hit, everybody was talking about it. If the show had come out a couple of years later it might have done better. People were still into the 90210 thing back in 1994.
i do believe if this came out last year this shit would still be around.. theres so many channels they would have no problem putting it somewhere and anythings legal on tv now so they would have figured it out ..
I honestly think that if it had aired on MTV it would have had higher ratings,because after it was cancelled MTV started airing all the reruns and it was huge. More teens watched MTV back then rather then friends. They could've put it on at a different time then friends so it wouldn't have the competition. Only problem is Claire Danes wanted to leave..so no matter what year it aired nothing could have changed that unfortunately:(
MSCL introduced so many things. Like : - Ricky played the first gay teen, - Angela's parents was predictive (futuristic) feministic propaganda, - etc. 🤔
Brayan Mendoza yeah, it's a great show! I think the show would have been just as good with Alicia Silverstone - I think she's a great actress and I really like the way she looked/ looks. I understand their reasoning that she was simply too pretty but I think dressed the right way & the hair a little darker she would have fit Angela's character pretty well :)
LondonCityGirl Alicia and Claire are equally good actresses but Alicia might've actually want to stick around for a second season unlike Claire.. :/ However, Alicia would've brought us a different Angela, and she could've pulled her off regardless! But Angela and Claire are one in the same.
We wouldn't have clueless then. And that other psycho Lolita type wever she was. That girl who had a crush on an older guy and she kept trying to set him. And then he killed her. I think that's how it went. I remember Claire Danes getting shit for calling the phillipines dirty. In brokedown palace.
I think that's why the show was so popular with teens at that time. Claire Danes/Angela Chase was "every girl." Not that she wasn't beautiful, because she was and still is. But the way she looked on the show and the way she carried herself, she was just an average teen girl. I think most of us at that time could relate. Not knocking Alicia, because she was one of the 90s icons, but I don't think MSCL would have been the same with her in the role of Angela.
This show was groundbreaking. So many serious issues tackled head on, and it didn't shy away from showing teenagers actually doing what teenagers do, like drinking, having or worrying about sex, taking drugs, dealing with abuse, and trying to find themselves. Most other teen shows were sterile and presented the characters as goody-two shoes, but MSCL was legit. This show encapsulates the 90s for me, right down to the gloriously grungy and hideous fashions which I remember wearing from that era. Brilliant writing, brilliant acting, and such beautiful and textured characters. We don't deserve nice things if stuff like this is passed up.
Best one was Raynes over dose thing.
Just finished watching all 19 episodes for the third time in my life. that and freaks and geeks never got their far chance.
That's because real life isn't entertaining enough. MSCL was the most realistic portrayal of teenage life I'd ever seen.
D.E.B. B ohhhhh Claire Danes....
Too beautiful shoot Claire Danes is gorrrrgeous and with that classic red hair in the show I loved her
This show holds a very special place in my heart. I watched it every week and tried to get ABC to keep it on the air. Everyone called me Ricky in HS. I adore this show so much for so many reasons.
I cannot believe anyone would be so stupid to cancel this. But they did :O :O
I LOVED My so-called life !!!!!! Never missedan episode and cried right along with Angela .
+Terry Petronella I cry every time I watch Christmas episode ....ok, I SOB!!!
+bboyias OMG me too especially when the homeless girl flies away.
when the mom was talking to the "homeless" girl...the tears she cried...beautiful!
+bboyias agreed.I wish some channel would buy the rights and replay the whole series
The show came at the wrong time, and got cancelled too soon.
Definitely did
The actor that plays Graham Chase is actually Tom Irwin not Tim.
Claire Danes older stuff (incl MSCL, of course) like Little Women & Romeo and Juliet were IMO her best work. But, I could be biased.😋 As someone who was 13-14 yrs old in 1994, I was obsessed w her & Rayanne in MSCL. I even got my hair dyed that bright crimson, just like Angela & put tiny long braids in my hair like Rayanne! 😄 Oh & when Julianna Hatfield made a guest appearance in the Christmas episode, I dieddd!!😵
i was 10 when the show was released. it was the first tv show i saw that i felt really captured youth. for years in the 90s MTV played my so called life in the primetime slot. those were teh days!
@@drinkingpoolwater Were you born -84 or so? (I was the same age, I loved this series❤).
@@kuuttinen yes february 84 here!
@@drinkingpoolwater December -84👍 Did you ever watch Joan of Arcadia?
@@kuuttinen no i didn't. i watched anne of avonlea though.
Danielle Chase is now 32 years old??? Wow
Wow, people get older as time passes. What a concept!
I always thought they should have picked up the show from Danielle's perspective.
Interesting
Either way just to carry on the series would of been awesome and emotional. It was just one of the best teen series ever. Miss it still now.
Yes, Alicia would not be a good fit at all as Angela
Loved that show. Your voice over work
Lol, great to see you on this channel Eric :) The VO work isn't actually me - it's an actress friend of mine, her name is Jen and we've worked on a short film together :)
A.J Langers youngest child’s one of my best friends :D
A.J is so nice :)
why don't they make it into a movie like friends???:(
Friends is a movie? Seriously?😉
Bess Armstrong! You didn't mention her role in Lace. I LOVE that film lol
I wish they make a remake of the series
It was such a good show!
Yeah😄
Ehh no, it was perfect the way it was. A 25 year later follow up is all I'll accept.
This show premiered in my country shortly after it had been shown in the US and was a huge hit, everybody was talking about it. If the show had come out a couple of years later it might have done better. People were still into the 90210 thing back in 1994.
Yeah, but it came out at the same time as late-period grunge and I think it's difficult to see it outside of a grunge setting.
i do believe if this came out last year this shit would still be around.. theres so many channels they would have no problem putting it somewhere and anythings legal on tv now so they would have figured it out ..
Lucchi Supremeson it would have been great if this show had more seasons! :)
I honestly think that if it had aired on MTV it would have had higher ratings,because after it was cancelled MTV started airing all the reruns and it was huge. More teens watched MTV back then rather then friends. They could've put it on at a different time then friends so it wouldn't have the competition. Only problem is Claire Danes wanted to leave..so no matter what year it aired nothing could have changed that unfortunately:(
I love Devon Gummersall. I thought Bria Krakow was so stinking cute.
Same❤️
I remember this one:)
Lovely series ... cried with Ricky Vasquez ? 🥲🥲🥲? ... I did it 😥
для артистов этого замечательного сериала должно быть место на голливудском небосклоне. все замечательные
Maria - Так поэтично и так верно!
Id never in a million years recognize Ricky now. Omg.
Ricky’s actor has a major role into the new star trek series
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MSCL introduced so many things. Like :
- Ricky played the first gay teen,
- Angela's parents was predictive (futuristic) feministic propaganda,
- etc. 🤔
How did we forget Mary Kay Place?
Cruz so handsome . Happy family and him good to go
I even liked the annoying little sister... 🤭😍😝
Brian actually grew up to be kinda hot! Who knew?
Any other such shows you'd wanna suggest?
Omg Danes is a total homewrecker lmao
friends really
love your voice
Alicia Silverston never was more beautyfull than Clare.
I love this show!
It makes my top ten.
I was wondering his you would think the show would've fared if Alicia Silverstone was cast as Angela?
Brayan Mendoza yeah, it's a great show! I think the show would have been just as good with Alicia Silverstone - I think she's a great actress and I really like the way she looked/ looks. I understand their reasoning that she was simply too pretty but I think dressed the right way & the hair a little darker she would have fit Angela's character pretty well :)
LondonCityGirl Alicia and Claire are equally good actresses but Alicia might've actually want to stick around for a second season unlike Claire.. :/ However, Alicia would've brought us a different Angela, and she could've pulled her off regardless!
But Angela and Claire are one in the same.
Prince LaVey no no no. Danes is Angela Chase. They'd have to have cut Silverstones hair and dye it insanely or something
We wouldn't have clueless then. And that other psycho Lolita type wever she was. That girl who had a crush on an older guy and she kept trying to set him. And then he killed her. I think that's how it went.
I remember Claire Danes getting shit for calling the phillipines dirty. In brokedown palace.
I think that's why the show was so popular with teens at that time. Claire Danes/Angela Chase was "every girl." Not that she wasn't beautiful, because she was and still is. But the way she looked on the show and the way she carried herself, she was just an average teen girl. I think most of us at that time could relate. Not knocking Alicia, because she was one of the 90s icons, but I don't think MSCL would have been the same with her in the role of Angela.
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This made BH 90210 look so bad and I LOVED 90210
Kool show
Claire danes is much more beautiful than Alicia silverstone
Yeah I haven't liked anything Clare Danes has been in since lol go figure