But there was another factor that made Feig right for his role as producer.
Its still portraying childhood in a way thats funny and quirky, but emotionally honest.
And the connection between Sam Weir and Charlie Brown goes the other way too.
Feig admits that he always saw his show as a direct product of hisPeanutsfandom.
[The comic strip] really influenced me more than I think anything, really, he says.
Freaks and Geeksis really my own version ofPeanuts.
Feig came aboard the project partway into production, when a handful of animation tests were already complete.
Youre afraid that Charlie Brown is going to have a baseball cap on and be rapping.
Youre begging that they dontSpace Jamit up, he says.
