Shasta McNasty
| Shasta McNasty | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | ''Shasta'' |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Jeff Eastin |
| Written by | Maral Adams Chris Brown George Doty IV Jeff Eastin Jim Keily Caryn Lucas Travis Romero Dave Rygalski |
| Directed by | Alan Cohn Dennis Dugan Savage Steve Holland Neal Israel Scott Kalvert Tim O'Donnell Danny Silverberg Craig Zisk |
| Starring |
Jake Busey Carmine Giovinazzo Dale Godboldo Jolie Jenkins |
| Composer(s) | Dale Godboldo Rick Ziegler |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Jeff Eastin Richard Gurman Neal H. Moritz |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Aleck Bill Canterbury Jim Keily Tracey Ormandy |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Neal H. Moritz Productions Columbia TriStar Television |
| Distributor | Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001) Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | UPN |
| Original release | October 5, 1999 – August 1, 2000 |
Shasta McNasty (later retitled Shasta) is an American sitcom that aired on UPN during the 1999–2000 season. The show was created by Jeff Eastin and produced by Eastin and Neal H. Moritz. The show starred Carmine Giovinazzo, Jake Busey, Dale Godboldo, and Jolie Jenkins.
Although Shasta McNasty premiered with less-than-favorable reviews from critics, the program was nominated for a People's Choice Award for best new comedy.
Shasta McNasty focused on three friends — Scott, Dennis and Randy — who are part of the rap rock band Shasta McNasty. After signing to Da Funk Records, the three friends relocate from Chicago to LA where they find out that the label has gone bust. Keeping their advance money that they'd been given, they rent an apartment in Venice Beach where they share a kitchen with their next door neighbor Diana. The first half of the series focused on the band, their landlord, odd jobbing to make rent and generally getting up to mischief, while the second half of the season focused on them working at the local bar for their friend Vern, hoping to get signed by a label again and the developing relationship between Scott and Diana.
A sneak preview of the series after UPN's highly rated WWF SmackDown! drew 4.52 million viewers. However, when the series was moved to its scheduled 8 p.m. timeslot, ratings dropped. Halfway through the first season, UPN shortened the show's title to Shasta, and the series was canceled after its first season.
Via Scott talking to the Fourth Wall, we discover how the guys ended up in L.A. and discover that since they lost their record contract, they've spent a lot of time scoping out the babes. Scott catches Randy and Dennis spying on the girl in the apartment opposite. When they discover that her boyfriend is cheating on her, Scott asks the others to help him plant a pair of Diana's panties to ensure that she breaks up with him. With Dennis and Diana on the look out, Randy helps Scott get inside her apartment, where he ends up having a fight with her parrot, Buster.
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