When I was a kid I went on side jobs with my dad, who was a carpet layer. One weekend he told me we were going to a special job. We did the job and nothing at all seemed special but he kept telling me, "you'll see". When Revenge of the Nerds came out, he took me to see it and thats when I realized we had installed the carpet in the Lambda house. True story.

Clap your hands everybody, and everybody clap your hands! We're Lambda Lambda Lambda and... Omega Mu We come here on stage tonight to do a show for you We've got a rockin rhythm and a high tech sound That'll make you move your body down to the ground We've got Poindexter on the violin And Louis and Gilbert will be joinin' in We've got Booger Presley on a mean guitar And a rap by little old me Lamar We've got Takashi beating on his gong The boys and the Mu's are clapping along And just when you thought you'd seen it all Along comes a Lambda 4 ft tall! So won't you come on out here, on the floor, so we can work our bodies like never before Break!

1984 - "No one will be safe until nerd persecution ends" 2020 - Our time has come!

One of the greatest 80s movies ever...

"WE HAVE BUSH!!" Best line for Booger.

If you think about it...Eddie Murphy has done the 'Nerd Laugh' his whole life.

Most of those who enjoyed "Nerds" should also enjoy "Real Genius," which came out a year later. Michelle Meyrink was also in that one and has a far better part. The then-unknown Val Kilmer stars in it and has some of the funniest lines I ever heard in a comedy.

Revenge of the Nerds is a comedy classic! I have loved this movie ever since the 80s. I knew Ted McGinley as Stan Gable before he was Jefferson D'Arcy.

I was a nerd in school during the 80's, and it was a living hell. I self loathed myself so much that I enlisted in the Army. . . .Funny thing was, a lot of other nerds had the same idea. Some of my best friends in life came from that experience. . . . it also allowed me to be able to embrace who I was. . . Im now approaching 50, still a nerd and very proud of it. You could say that Revenge of the Nerds was a beacon of hope for many just waiting to escape school and join the real world.

I think Poindexter's look was an inspiration to Napoleon Dynamite. Especially the thrift store suit!

Liquid heat scene was the best hilarious moment of the whole movie

they dont make their own fraterity, they joined a historicly black fraternity

This is a movie, like Porky's, that can never be remade in it's original spirit. Today is too PC to ever allow the same joke level.

Once the hot girls started figuring out that these tech savvy ‘nerds’ were worth millions, the stigma faded pretty damn quick.

In Brazil the title is "A vingança dos Nerds". But "Nerd" was a word never used in portuguese until these film. We can say that the term was introduced in my country by this series of movies.

“I’ve been combing the high schools all day”.

Fun Fact: Toshiro Takashi's actor Brian Tochi is also well known for voicing our favorite leader in blue Leonardo, in the 90's trilogy of films Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

This movie is a classic!! The javelin throw still makes me laugh to this day!!

I STILL LOVE THIS MOVIE I COME OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL IN 1984 🍺🍺🍺

" Don't remake classics, make something original!" Couldnt have said it better myself. This is why you're awesome Minty! Keep up the good work my friend.

This movie is just as great now as it was in the 80's. that was such a fun era for comedies!

This is from a time when being a nerd was still considered uncool. It still kind of annoys me the way nerd culture was hijacked by the mainstream. By the same people who rejected us for so long.

If this movie was released today, Cancel Culture would’ve torn this movie apart.

My favorite part was the DEVO scene. *DEVO with a violin.* Got to love it.

When making a funny movie was just about making a funny movie, not a political statement, or worrying you might offend someone

Watching this movie as a kid, my favorite part was the nudity. Now as a grown up, my favorite part is still the nudity.

I remember seeing this movie in the 1980's at my College Movie Theater and the place was packed. I remember one student every 15 minutes yelling out " NERDS!" Fond memories of my early 20's with this movie. Cheers!

we use to live in the jock frat house at the UofA they even had a ton of old photos and props from the movie in the basement.

Another fun fact, next to Porky's this movie has the highest amount of felonies committed by students in a film

Fun fact: ' Booger' played 'Snot' in American Dad

I was a sophomore at The University of Arizona in Tucson while they filmed the picture. I remember being pissed that Bear Down Gym was closed for a couple of weeks for filming so we couldn't play pick-up basketball...but since I wasn't a Frat Rat, I ended up loving the movie. Bear Down!

Just discovered this channel and am now averaging watching one or two videos a day. It's like we shared a childhood :)

"Excuse, please. But why do they call you Booger?"

Believe me when I say this, being a nerd in the early 80s wasn't fun, we got picked on and bullied and it was certainly not fun times and now it's cool to be a nerd...... you're welcome.

Looking back on this vid brings a lot of happy college memories, genuinely funny and now a classic. :)

Minty- My favorite comedy of all time!!! Awesome!!

I first saw this movie around 1987. I was 13. I literally cried when the nerds prevailed. I still LOVE this movie. I quote it all the time. For example, I randomly tell people that whatever they are doing has been "modified to accommodate their limp-writsted throwing style" :-)

If video stores were still a thing, I would totally rent "Minty's choice"! Your love of nostalgia makes me happy!😃🌈

Robert Carradine(Lewis) and Curtis Armstrong (Booger) hosted a reality show from 2013 to 2015 called "King of the Nerds" which invited contestants to compete in making "Nerdy" things like robots, superheroes, and Rube Golberg machines. Also, my favorite ongoing reincarnation of Revenge of the Nerds is Steve Smith and his group of nerdy friends on the American Dad animated show. Curtis Armstrong plays a friend of Steve's named "Snot," which is basically just Booger in younger, cartoon form.

When I was a kid in the late 80s I honestly thought Booger was MCA from Beastie Boys.

"I thought I was looking at my mother's old douche-bag, but that's in Ohio" - best line ever. This is one of my fave movies, I have lost count of the amount of times I have seen it since I first saw it in 1985. It's a lot better than Animal House. This movie also has, I reckon, one of the greatest music numbers ever. Please do not remake this, ever.

They didn't form their own fraternity. Lamda Lamda Lamda was an all African American frat. They didn't send a picture to them.

“If you can accept it’s just a movie and not real....” You’re asking for a miracle there.

Somehow "boogah" just doesn't have the same punch as "Booger" 😂

"Nerds?! NEEEEERRRDS!!"

I always laughed at Booger’s shirt in the movie that read “give me head until I’m dead” lol

This was my FAVORITE movie when I was a kid. I must have watched it over a hundred times. This is such a treat. Thanks for making it!

Thanks @Minty! I've been waiting for this one!

I had seen this dozens of times on cable as a kid and was shocked to see it unedited as an adult when it came out on DVD😂

This was a great film .....very underrated. Very funny ....

Minty, Thanks for this one! I probably watched this movie 50 times on cable as a teen and always laughed and felt inspired since I was kind of a nerd then. I also want to thank you for addressing the Moon Room scene, as it is very problematic. I wondered if you'd bring up the elephant in the room, and I'm glad to see you did as ignoring it would really have been the wrong move. Love your videos! Keep it up!

Thank you so much for making this, it’s one of my favorite 80s movies

The next year after Nerds Curtis Armstrong played a kind of similar role in the greatest teen romantic comedy movie ever made, Better Off Dead. Criminally underappreciated. One small detail I loved about the end of Revenge of the Nerds is you see Ted McGinley seemingly genuinely moved by their plight. The continue this story line as he becomes friends and joins the nerds eventually in part 3.

One of the first dvds i ever bought, took me way back to being a kid watching this movie during school holidays, so many jokes i was too young to pick up on when i was a kid. still a good laugh

Watched it again last night! Laughed just as much as I did the first time I saw it, amazing how offended some people have become in the last few years.

Revenge Of The Nerds was one of my favorite comedies and had a great message. So many one liners and so awesome. So awesome.

I attended the University of Arizona from 1983 - 1988, graduating with a BS in Systems Engineering. Note the name of the school - in the 80s, there was still a distinct difference between colleges and universities. Colleges were more of a fancy trade school and universities were snootier with real research departments. Not Arizona University or - god forbid - Arizona College. In the US - I know it isn't your fault you don't know - Universities are either University of or State University. UofA is in Tucson, ASU is in Tempe, right next door to Phoenix. So I was on campus towards the last of the filming. Being an Engr student, I mostly didn't notice or care about the film. There was some discussion, but engineering students are the nerds' nerds. And, yeah, we were called nerds. There was supposed to be an actual frat guy in the movie, but he was largely cut out. The very last scene was filmed at night in front of "Old Main" - the first building ever built back in 1887. I was an extra in that scene. It was winter, cold, and we weren't allowed to wear coats, but it was some easy money. I haven't watched the movie.

Takashi: I think I have a frush Booger: What the fuck is a frush?

Thank you for bringing lovely youth memories back, mate!

The movie doesn't try to present itself as any more than a good time but has strong message of overcoming your personal obstacles and acceptance at it's core. Also, the actors flushed out the characters themselves and it results in a more sincere performance. Actors don't get that kind of freedom anymore. Revenge of The Needs is one of my favorites but it can't be replicated. It is a product of it's time, lighting in a bottle.

I want bush, pan down. WE GOT BUSH!!!

Bonus fact: Eddie Deezen(the ultimate 80s nerd) was considered TOO nerdy for the movie. He did audition for it, but was rejected. I know this, because he's a friend of mine, and he related this story.

Your consistency is on another level my dude! Top notch!

As a bit of a computer geek who grew up in the 80s, this movie is just perfect!!!

Well HOT DAMN! If this ain't a top classic from my youth... you've done it again you Minty genius! And I'm here in the first hour, wtf?! Just saw Lavar in ur SpaceCamp vid yesterday!

Siskel and Ebert, a couple nerds, liked this movie? No way.

THAT'S ME @ 13:25 in the black jacket (behind Robert Carradine) I was a freshman at the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1984 and watched some of the filming around campus. I was 20 years old then I'm now 55 !

When I was a kid I absolutely loved this movie and music along with it. Back in the day Showtime played this movie quite often and I never missed it because I had the TV guide hid in my room.✌️

“I thought I was looking at my mother’s old douchebag but that’s in Ohio.” -Booger

I doubled for the Fire Breather in this movie. Great times filming.

The Revenge of the Nerds franchise is awesome. I love the first movie it is my favorite of the franchise. As a kid that got picked on in high school this movie gave me HOPE! Great job Minty!

an all-time fave 🤘😷 great vid!

"hair pie" gold!

"That's my pie" - Stan

This movie was filmed at the University of Arizona. Yes, it matters! LOL

It was filmed at the University of Arizona. The route that Gilbert and Lewis take while walking around to get to their dorm goes in the complete opposite direction from where their dorm is located, which is one street south of where they were dropped off(Social Science building).

Personally I like this movie much more than Animal House.

I'm a Nerd!. This Movie spoke to me. I enjoyed the ending, when our heroes win the night.

Yes I've been waiting for this 👍

Siskel and Ebert and others loved it, because it had a heart. The final speech by Lewis, and the nerd alumni coming out of the audience is a real tear-jerker. Put the whole show on a higher emotional plane.

NO mention of JOHN GOODMAN!?! Excellent work, as always, Minty -- but you forgot the epic performance of John Goodman as Coach that added to the movie and humanized the Jocks.

Minty, please do "Better Off Dead"! It's a classic!

The part with booger at the fellas door asking for a room to rent still has the tears flowing down my face.

Proud to say I worked with James Cromwell on a movie called Still Mine. He was such a down-to-earth and friendly guy. He loved our tea, but not the cold weather. Can't argue.

This movie and Real Genius were two of my favorite films from the 1980's.

Been waiting for you to do this for years 😊

Sir, you put a smile on my face during the COVID-19 crisis and I am still wearing it. That was not an easy thing to do. Thank you! Thank you! I appreciate your video!

Thank you minty you are just as entertaining as the movies that your presenting to critique I love everything you do and your positive look we all need this now you're awesome

Hope one day Minty does one for Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon.

"We've got bush."

A scene in the movie that I always found poignant is Lewis and Gilbert's conversation after the Betas trashed their house. Gilbert: "We'll run the Greek council next year..." Lewis: "WHO CARES? You'll be dead by then Gilbert." Up to that very point, Lewis was the eternal optimist and Gilbert was the cynic realist about their status as nerds. Lewis breaks out of his chipper, goofy optimism and Gilbert tries to retreat into it, but Lewis brings him back down to Earth.

This movie is a timeless classic and to this day I never get tired of watching it. I a nerd myself really appreciate a movie like this.

Love this channel, keep up the great work

Classic Film!

Yo! I really enjoy your videos!!

Discovering this masterpiece late night on HBO in the 2nd grade was pure awesome!

You did a terrific job of covering this movie. Definitely a favorite of the 80s.

Ah yes!! One of my all time favourites. Got the "Panty Raid!" Ed, the audio commentary with Timothy Busfield, Curtis Armstrong and the Director is hilarious and very inciteful. 👍

Andy Casses' (Wormser) father was the principal of my elementary school, Chippewa, back in the 80's. Looking at pictures of Andy now, he looks just ike his father. His father never missed an opportunity to tell everyone his son was in Revenge of The Nerds. One of the first things he said at the assembly when he became principal (the previous principal was a drunk and died from liver disease) was that his son was Wormser. When Nerds II was being filmed, he had Andy call in to tell us about the new movie over the school PA system. A couple years later, I was around 13 years old and was at a Meat Loaf concert at Stony Brook University, and someone lit up a joint. Meat Loaf stopped the show and put the spotlight on him. After some light berating, Meat asked, "What's your name?" "Andy." "Andy what?" "Casses."

Fantastic 80s movie🤣😂 Booger was such a GREAT character