A blast from the past, Back To School is Dangerfield at his mid-career. It was too early to hit it big, but he'd definitely been noticed. When his nephew starts to think about dropping out of school, Thornton Melon (Dangerfield) enrolls to help motivate him to stay in school. Being a self-sustained man, Thornton hires people to come in and do the work for him and throws wild parties in the dorm, completely defeating the motivational purpose for him being there. Can Thornton get his act together and help his nephew graduate?
The film features great appearances from Robert Downey Jr. and Oingo Boingo, doing a great cameo as the band playing at Melon's dorm party.
Reccomended!
My Best Buy number: 0569605647
My Best Buy number: 0569605647
What's great about it: Dangerfield!
What's not so great: Disc extras were few and far between. Meh!
Live from Hawaii, "Fluffy" once again knocks it out of the park with a fantastic performance with his input on everything from Hawaiian tour buses ("Sit down, bro") to dealing with his non-deodrant wearing stepson. This performance includes for the first time in its entirety the "Racist Gift Basket" story, along with two different perspectives on the ending. Worth the purchase.