We have seen this clip of Freaks and Geeks and we are aware of James Franco's so-called "acting." And no one was more surprised than us to learn what a superb and nuanced "acting" coach James Franco could be.

In the first installment of "Acting With James Franco" below, James teaches his brother Dave about "Sense Memory" and threatens to jerk off into his sock. We definitely learned a lot. If only Spiderman 3 had been this moving.