Back to School (1986) - I'm Kurt Vonnegut Scene (7/12)

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Back to School - I'm Kurt Vonnegut: With no time to write his paper on Kurt Vonnegut, Thornton (Rodney Dangerfield) turns to the man himself.
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Thornton Melon (Rodney Dangerfield) is concerned that his son Jason (Keith Gordon) is unsure whether to go to college, so the uneducated self-made millionaire encourages him by signing up as a student as well. As Jason tries to establish himself among his peers and make the diving team, Thornton falls for a pretty professor (Sally Kellerman) and gets others do his schoolwork for him. When the suspicious dean (Paxton Whitehead) finds out, Thornton needs to show he can get by on his own.
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Cast: Burt Young, Keith Gordon, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Rodney Dangerfield
Director: Alan Metter
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@christiankrenek7689 4 жыл бұрын

Vonnegut actually agreeing to do this cameo is absolutely on-brand for his sense of humor. I love it! It's only two sentences, but he absolutely steals the scene (and you certainly remember it). Fun Fact: This was based on a real incident where Vonnegut helped his nephew write a paper on one of his books; the boy ended up getting a "D." :p So it goes!

@BrownSugar-bu3nf 3 жыл бұрын

Growing up on this movie is the reason I started reading Vonnegut when I got a little older. I was like, well he was cool enough to be in Back To School so I doubt his books are boring and stuffy so I'll give him a shot. I started with Slaughterhouse 5 and it was amazing so I read more. But if it weren't for this movie I wouldn't have known him from any other author and might not have even given his books a second glance.

@nickchef9296 3 жыл бұрын

“And so on”

@Mordecai9052 3 жыл бұрын

So it goes.

@GHC3 2 жыл бұрын

@@BrownSugar-bu3nf Slaughterhouse 5 was my first book i read from Kurt Vonnegut and it was one of the required summer readings, loved it.

@Liberty4Ever 2 жыл бұрын

I love how, later in the movie, Thorton is told by the teacher that whoever wrote that paper doesn't know the first thing about Vonnegut.

@kevindavis5966 5 жыл бұрын

"Whoever wrote this paper doesn't know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut!"

@madisonavenueJONESSR 5 жыл бұрын

Hilarious !

@williamshaw9047 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, Vonnegut, I'm stopping payment on the check!

@HariSeldon913 4 жыл бұрын

He should have gotten Vonnegut to visit the class. There's a story that Isaac Asimov told that's a bit similar where he was visiting a friend at a university and found out there was lecture about his books going on that day. He decided to sneak into the lecture and naturally the teacher was getting all sorts of things wrong up to the point where Asimov had enough, announced himself and set things straight in front of the class.

@richardm3023 4 жыл бұрын

@@HariSeldon913 THAT would have been awesome.

@davidharrison7014 3 жыл бұрын

@@HariSeldon913 like in "Undercover Boss"!

@Dan-440 Жыл бұрын

My brother met Kurt Vonnegut at UTC back in the late 80s. He was starstruck, but also disappointed that more people weren't there to hear him speak.

@mikepadget9777 10 ай бұрын

if you slow it down, you can tell he's on the verge of breaking out in laughter 😆

@ninebears7896 5 жыл бұрын

I love the part where he fires Vonnegut for not knowing Vonnegut, my favorite scene in the movie.

@vaylonkenadell 5 жыл бұрын

I'm sure Vonnegut got a huge kick out of it.

@williamshaw9047 4 жыл бұрын

@@vaylonkenadell Vonnegut said in an interview that more people recognize him for his cameo in the movie than for his books.

@alvexok5523 4 жыл бұрын

@@williamshaw9047, unlike fans of actors or singers, fans of authors rarely actually see them or what they look like

@alvexok5523 4 жыл бұрын

I love when Ms. Kellerman, after learning that Thorton hired others to do his work for him, tells Thorton over the paper he had Vonnegut write "whoever wrote this paper..doesn't know the first thing about Vonnegut" I've wondered if that means that either Ms. Kellerman herself still doesn't know everything about Vonnegut, or that Vonnegut himself didn't write about his real works in Thorton's paper.

@nicPesante 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best scenes in any movie.

@Davebee 8 ай бұрын

So amazing that Vonnegut failed the assignment 😂

@ryanweaver962 11 ай бұрын

Really, Kurt Vonnegut making a cameo… so good. It makes me want to go back to school…. See the strings… cats cradle…. It’s fun y’all. It’s amazing how decent and effective interest based learning… can uplfit. The science of positive reinforcement and neurodiversity… lots of ripples so to speak.

@bugaloo67 4 жыл бұрын

Then his English teacher goes whoever wrote you this paper doesn't know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut and Vonnegut wrote his paper lmao

@vincecallagher7636 2 жыл бұрын

They left out the best part when the teacher would not accept kurts paper on himself, thought it was fake. Hillarious

@alexanderpytko5394 3 жыл бұрын

Diane still gave Thornton an "F" telling him that she won't accept work that was obviously written by someone else.... who, in her opinion, doesn't know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut. LOL! XD She didn't even know that Kurt Vonnegut himself wrote the paper!

@phillipmele8533 Жыл бұрын

Well, she got it half right!

@ericslee1980 2 жыл бұрын

Even funnier that Keith Gordon went on to adapt Vonnegut's Mother Night into a film.

@frankesposito2182 2 жыл бұрын

The power of money ..... amazing

@abefroman8821 2 жыл бұрын

I went to a garage sale the other day and saw a book by him. I should have bought it.

@TM-jo4wz Жыл бұрын

Years ago I read some short stories from Kurt. And Pen name Kilgore Trout. Still remember some. Very good.

@richieoftampa994 3 жыл бұрын

You get a brief from Kurt Vonnegut and he proof reads your essay. Then your teacher still remarks, "Looks like you didn't get it. "

@Archedgar 2 жыл бұрын

Recently saw this movie with some family members. It was surprisingly good. I expected some trashy film with over-the-top sequences and absurd characters but what I got was a great film with over-the-top sequences and absurd characters.

@destabler 2 жыл бұрын

I died the moment Rodney threatened to fire Kurt Vonnegut in favor of Robert Ludlum. Like bruh... for real.

@kevint1719 5 жыл бұрын

I love how the movie goes from jokes about Kurt Vonnegut to jokes about seeing boobs in the shower. It's one of the best comedies of the 80s and a real feelgood film too.

@brandonclaypool1533 Жыл бұрын

What an awesome scene; I love Rodney Dangerfield always finds a solution..Kurt shows up at their door 🚪

@johnnyguitar6639 2 ай бұрын

The face on him.Just priceless

@joliecide 11 ай бұрын

Billy Pilgrim really got unstuck in time for this one...

@amittaizero 7 ай бұрын

Well done.

@BobSmith-rx9mw Жыл бұрын

Classic scene! And when his professor calls him out on saying “whoever wrote this doesn’t know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut,” just shows how ignorant Academia is.

@alvexok5523 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, if Kurt himself wrote the paper wrong according to Diane, then Diane has gained inaccurate info on Kurt. If she got the info she knows out of books, then it's the author of the books who got inaccurate info on Kurt. One other possibility is that Kurt deliberately wrote down incorrect info about himself on the report Thorton turned in, except, why would he do that? Maybe because he wanted to teach Thornton a lesson on that it's wrong to get someone else to do your schoolwork for you? That idea's a bit far fetched, but it's possible

@apelikemenace 3 жыл бұрын

Classic, and I appreciate the sarcasm and history

@SpeedyDePalma 4 жыл бұрын

Next time I'll hire Robert Ludlum!

@johnstanley6977 5 жыл бұрын

Love this movie

@Shorai_3 Жыл бұрын

All I know is that whoever wrote that paper doesn't know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut.

@chimainwere7306 3 жыл бұрын

One hell of a Father to have!!

@GalaxyTheCrazyQuilt Жыл бұрын

Keith Gordon always talked like his nose was plugged up 🤣

@nknriff7673 3 жыл бұрын

Best film ever.

@zshar10 4 жыл бұрын

0:43 Reference to Christine when Arnie is driving with Dennis and takes his hands off the wheel?

@toughenupfluffy7294 26 күн бұрын

"If this isn't nice, then what is?"

@davidjewett9968 Жыл бұрын

This is the funniest joke in the whole movie.

@JR0XX_RBLX 6 ай бұрын

deaf people 🙂 blind people💀

@hankkingsley2976 3 жыл бұрын

And another thing Vonnegut--I'm cancelling the check!

@privysorrow5120 3 жыл бұрын

Mustard gas and roses.

@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987 Жыл бұрын

Classic

@normaspirated 3 жыл бұрын

Did not know Vonnegut was a year younger than Dangerfield.

@jasonlassiter9229 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite scene in the movie is the diving scene...I love how he checks the air for wind and then does a bullshit made up dive called the “Triple Lindy.” Lmao 😆

@ryanweaver962 11 ай бұрын

Life is good. Better helps

@carloyon2217 Жыл бұрын

Hey Kurt, do you read lips?😂

@kepler240 Жыл бұрын

'Sirens of Titan'

@brendanmccabe8373 5 жыл бұрын

This video has been up for two months and no one else has commented so first basically

@eluweniestargazer2570 5 жыл бұрын

Brendan McCabe Most folks work and have things to do. With that being said, at least he had a sense of humor about it. Too many stiffs where I reside. 😞 Peace ✌

@So-Be-It_85949 5 ай бұрын

Kurt Vonnegut wrote the paper?

@deadlandplacebo1695 3 жыл бұрын

Thats the guy from Christine

@Mumblix 3 жыл бұрын

Kurt Vonnegut wasn't in Christine!

@deadlandplacebo1695 3 жыл бұрын

@@Mumblix the other guy obviously

@georgiasmith64 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mumblix !😂!

@Mumblix 2 жыл бұрын

@@deadlandplacebo1695 Neither was Rodney Dangerfield!

@disgruntledpedant2755 Жыл бұрын

The cal state golden eagles!

@naughtydorf18 3 жыл бұрын

Artie and Paulie

@roshelen884 4 жыл бұрын

Was that really kuŕt vonnegut.

@830toAwesome 4 жыл бұрын

Yes. That really was.

@brandonlasvegas Күн бұрын

🙏😎🤣🏆

@JohnnyAldana-rd8pi Жыл бұрын

⚓👍💍👍⚓

@ryanweaver962 11 ай бұрын

And of course… the 80’s and objectivization… not ok.

@nyg_dbone 5 жыл бұрын

Holla

@Shocke89 4 жыл бұрын

this movie was a decent movie when it came out.... but most knew that if a rich kid was in college.. he had babes crawling all over him..Because even back then women were about what a man could give her and not the quality of the soul in the man.

@daveyboy_ 4 жыл бұрын

Been like that since the beginning of time bro , its hardwired into their DNA

@thesprawl2361 3 жыл бұрын

🙄

@bluegenes2273 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you lack both soul and resources.

@justonemori Жыл бұрын

it's the oldest story known to man