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PEN15

PEN15

Description: This comedy series depicts middle school as it really happened. Comics Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle play versions of themselves as teenage outcasts in the year 2000, during a time when the best day of your life can turn into the worst with the stroke of a gel pen. Adult Maya and Anna -- as their younger selves -- are surrounded by actual teenagers as they re-experience some of the ups and downs of middle school life. They get a lot of unexpected attention on the first day of school and later face the temptation to do drugs.
Genre: Cringe comedy
Year Released: 2019
Number of seasons: 2
First episode air date: February 8, 2019
Writers: Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Sam Zvibleman, MORE
Program Creators: Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Sam Zvibleman
Executive Producers: Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Sam Zvibleman, MORE
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