Going to California (TV series)
Going To California is an American dramedy television series created for Showtime and airing from 2001 to 2002 on that channel. It starred primarily Sam Trammell and Brad William Henke as Kevin "Space" Lauglin and Henry "Hank" Ungalow respectively, two friends on a road trip across the continental United States. The show focused primarily on what happened to Hank and Space during their stops and detours along the way to California. John Asher played the recurring character "Insect Bob" and also served as a director on the series. The tag line for this show was: "No map. No plan. No rules. No turning back."
| Going to California | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | G2C GTC |
| Created by | Scott Rosenberg |
| Starring | Sam Trammell Brad William Henke |
| Theme music composer | Old 97's |
| Opening theme | Lost Along the Way |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Various |
| Running time | 60 Minutes |
| Production companies | Industry Entertainment Nitram Pictures Columbia TriStar Television (2001) (season 1) Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2002) (season 1) Showtime Networks |
| Release | |
| Original network | Showtime |
| Original release | August 9, 2001 – February 14, 2002 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | October Road |
The show featured guest stars in each episode, including Lindsay Sloane, Jenny McCarthy (John Asher's then wife), David Faustino, Jaime Pressly, Vince Vaughn, Stacey Dash, Rosanna Arquette and Jerry O'Connell.
Going To California was cancelled in 2002 after 20 episodes despite a positive critical response, and despite a cult following it has never been issued on DVD.[1] In 2007 creator Scott Rosenberg returned with the show October Road, which was loosely based on Going To California; Evan Jones reprised his role as "Ikey" and a new actor played "Eddie Latekka", both of which characters had appeared in the original show, while Brad William Henke and Sean Gunn played new characters. The character "Baggo" was also referenced, but unseen. The boys' childhood friend Angela Ferilli moved to Bishop Flats (where Going to California was set), which they then visited and which was said to be 'three towns over' from the town of Knights Ridge (where October Road was set).
Cast
- Sam Trammell as Kevin 'Space' Lauglin
- Brad William Henke as Henry 'Hank' Ungalow
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 2 | "Blowing Free" | TBA | TBA | August 9, 2001 |
| 3 | "Taking Care of Biscuits" | TBA | TBA | August 16, 2001 |
| 4 | "I Know Why the Caged Rhino Sings" | TBA | TBA | August 23, 2001 |
| 5 | "Rules of the Rod" | TBA | TBA | August 30, 2001 |
| 6 | "Apocalypse Cow" | TBA | TBA | September 6, 2001 |
| 7 | "The Big Padoodle" | TBA | TBA | September 20, 2001 |
| 8 | "Fodder Figures" | TBA | TBA | September 27, 2001 |
| 9 | "The Naked and the Nude" | TBA | TBA | October 4, 2001 |
| 10 | "A Pirate Looks at 15 to 20" | TBA | TBA | October 11, 2001 |
| 11 | "Hurricane Al: A Tale of Key Largo" | TBA | TBA | October 18, 2001 |
| 12 | "This Year's Model" | TBA | TBA | October 25, 2001 |
| 13 | "Our Sunshine State of Affair" | TBA | TBA | November 1, 2001 |
| 14 | "Lily of the Field" | TBA | TBA | November 8, 2001 |
| 15 | "A Little Hard in the Big Easy" | TBA | TBA | January 10, 2002 |
| 16 | "Home Games" | TBA | TBA | January 17, 2002 |
| 17 | "Waiting for Gordo" | TBA | TBA | January 24, 2002 |
| 18 | "Mixed Doubles" | TBA | TBA | January 31, 2002 |
| 19 | "Searching for Eddie Van Halen" | TBA | TBA | February 7, 2002 |
| 20 | "The West Texas Round-up and Other Assorted Misdemeanors" | TBA | TBA | February 14, 2002 |
References
- Dahl, Oscar. "Exclusive Interview with Josh Appelbaum, writer of October Road". Buddy TV. Retrieved 2 July 2014.