Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
1998 - 2001
Later known as Two Guys and a Girl (but not a porno), this quirky comedy follows the everyday lives of three best friends as they make their transition from college to "the real world" and figure out dating and their careers.
- Stars: Richard Ruccolo, Ryan Reynolds, Traylor Howard, Suzanne Cryer, Nathan Fillion
- Created by: Danny Jacobson, Kenny Schwartz, Rick Wiener
- Tags: friend group
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Episode Tropes
Season 1
- Play Ball: Episode 6, "Two Guys, a Girl and a Softball Team" (1998). Pete and Berg decide to start a co-ed softball team as a way to meet women, and they talk Bill into sponsoring it. Meanwhile, Mr. Bauer thinks he's in Field of Dreams and The Natural.
- Mock Trial: Episode 10, "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Delivery" (1998). Pete and Berg are arguing about who gets to make deliveries to a beautiful regular customer, so they ask Sharon to be the judge in a trial to determine who gets handle her pizza.
- Lie for Me: Episode 12, "Two Guys, a Girl and a Dad" (1998). Berg hasn't told his dad that he dropped out of law school to major in philosophy, so when his dad comes to visit, he asks Pete, Sharon, and the gang at the pizza place to lie and pretend he still aspires to be a lawyer, but Pete soon discovers that Berg's dad has a secret too: he quit the law to become a caricaturist.
- Landlord from Hell: Episode 13, "Two Guys, a Girl and a Landlord" (1998). The mysterious new landlord has been terrorizing his tenants with a strict "uniformity code," including making Pete's satellite dish disappear. Pete gets revenge by putting welcome mats and tacky wreaths on all the apartment doors, and when the landlord retaliates by removing their windows and turning off the heat, killing Berg's trained goldfish, Pete, Berg, confront the landlord and threaten a Landlord from Hell.
Season 2
- Ticket Scalping: Episode 4, "Two Guys, a Girl and a Homecoming" (1998). Pete and Berg claim they have luxury box tickets to the homecoming game to impress their old classmates (they don't), so they buy some tickets from a scalper that turn out to be counterfeit.
- Ugly Bridesmaid Dress: Episode 8, "Two Guys, a Girl and a Wedding" (1998). Sharon is excited to be a bridesmaid at a friend's wedding…until she sees her dress. It's a pink monstrosity with big, puffy sleeves and a giant bow, but when she's embarrassed to dance with Johnny at the reception, he rips off the sleeves and the bow, transforming it into a sexy slip dress.
- American Gigolo: Episode 9, "Two Guys, a Girl and Oxford" (1998). While working part time driving a limo, Pete accidentally becomes an escort when he accompanies elderly women to social functions for extra tips.
- Dance Lessons: Episode 14, "Two Guys, a Girl and a Proposal" (1999). Pete's girlfriend's son, Michael, is nervous about going to a dance at school because he doesn't know how to dance, so Pete teaches him some dance moves based on the moves of a hockey goalie.
- Family Man: Episode 14, "Two Guys, a Girl and a Proposal" (1999). After dating Kaitlin for a month, Pete has already become very attached to her son, Michael, and when he unexpectedly meets Michael's father, he feels threatened. In order to solidify his relationship with Michael, Pete proposes to Kaitlin, but Kaitlin turns him down because it's clear he's more interested in being Michael's stepfather than her husband.
- Back to School: Episode 15, "Two Guys, a Girl and a Graduation" (1999). When she interviews for a new job, Sharon discovers that she didn't really graduate from college because she had unpaid campus parking tickets (thanks to Pete and Berg). When she pays the tickets plus penalties, the registrar tells her that because graduation requirements have changed, she's now three English credits short of her degree, so she has to takea freshman English course to make them up.
- Misspent Money: Episode 15, "Two Guys, a Girl and a Graduation" (1999). In a flashback to their college graduation day, Sharon gives Pete and Berg some money to pay her campus parking tickets, but when her father gets arrested for being drunk in public, Pete and Berg secretly use the money to bail him out instead, and Sharon's dad is too broke to pay them back.
- Raging Bull*&@!: Episode 19, "Two Guys, a Girl and a Fighter" (1999). Med student Berg is helping out a boxer named Buster by serving as his "cut man." During a big fight, Berg realizes Buster is showing signs of brain damage, and he has to report him to the boxing commission to stop him from fighting and possibly causing permanent damage.
- Surprise Delivery: Episode 20, "Two Guys, a Girl and a Mother's Day" (1999). While Johnny's pregnant sister is visiting, she suddenly goes into labor in Pete and Berg's apartment, and Berg delivers her baby in Pete's bed.
- Common Enemy: Episode 21, "Two Guys, a Girl and Barenaked Ladies" (1999). Ashley wants Berg to come with her to the salon, but he doesn't want to go, so he insists she bring Sharon instead. At first, they get along about as well as usual, but once Sharon starts revealing some embarrassing secrets about Berg. They have so much fun talking trash about Berg, that they start doing it on a regular basis.
- Career Opportunities: Episode 21, "Two Guys, a Girl, and Barenaked Ladies" (1999). Pete has decided that he no longer wants to be an architect, but he's not sure what new career to pursue, so he takes a career aptitude test, which tells him he should either work in architecture or food service (both of which he has already tried).
Character Tropes
- Hopeless Romantic: Pete Dunville - Played by Richard Ruccolo.
- The Magnificent Bickersons: Pete Dunville & Ashley Walker - Played by Richard Ruccolo and Suzanne Cryer.
- Hyper Honey: Irene - Played by Jillian Bach.