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Complete Broadcast: BACK TO SCHOOL—Comedy Central—May 5, 2002
About this film
Here's a full upload of a Comedy Central airing of the 1986 comedy in which Rodney Dangerfield plays Thornton Melon, a tailor who finds out that the enormous amount of money he made came at the expense of his education and is headed, well, back to school. Keith Gordon, Sally Kellerman and Burt Young co-star in a film featuring the music of Oingo Boingo and appearances from Ned Beatty and Sam Kinison. Marvel movie fans will be keen to spot the future Tony Stark himself, Robert Downey, Jr., in an early role as a roommate of Thornton Melon's son. COMMENT: This is an excellent vehicle for the man who got no respect and whose rebellious spirit won him generations of young boys from around the world. Credit for the film's excellence in its entertainment value has to go to the man who directed it (Alan Metter), the four men who wrote it (Steven Kampmann, Will Porter, Peter Torokvei, Harold Ramis) and the three who came up with the story (Rodney Dangerfield, Greg Fields, Dennis Snee); the names of all of the last seven of these folks are thankfully seen on modern widescreen prints of this film (the widescreen side of the film's 2000 DVD, which was in print at the time, foolishly cut off th…
Directors & creators
Comedy Partners, Orion Pictures Corporation
Subjects
2002, Comedy Central, BACK TO SCHOOL
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