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"Meatballs" was first released by Paramount Pictures on June 29, 1979.

Synopsis: Zanny Tripper Harrison (Bill Murray) is the head counselor of the new C.I.T.s (counselors-in-training) at the summer camp North Star.

As both a former camper & counselor, this movie is a heck of a lot of fun and brings back many memories for me.

Murray shines as the wild & crazy head counselor in his debut film.

The movie is a series of vignettes covering one funny summer at a camp. Zingers, sight gags, prat falls, romances, practical jokes, sport competitions all move the film right along briskly and captures the camp experience..

And on the serious side we see how one teen camper who feels ignored & lost is befriended by "Trip" who makes the teenage boy's summer one to remember.

The movie was shot at Camp White Pine on Hurricane Lake at Huliburton, Ontario, Canada.

After not having seen this in a few years, I just watched it today on AMC. Way to go AMC! It cheered up my day on a dreary overcast winter day.

And what better time to air a summer camp movie then in the dead of winter. Sure works for me.

[Bud Brewster]

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I've never seen this movie, and I found two trailers for it which each made very different impressions.

The first one made the movie look absolutely idiotic, and I was surprised that an intelligent guy like Pow liked it!

Then I watched the one below and realized it was a very clever movie, packed with classic Bill Murray moments, and quite worthy of Mr. Ivan Reitman, producer of Ghostbusters I and II, along with Evolution (2001), a personal favorite of mine!

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

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Writer Harold Ramis was unsure that Bill Murray would be in the film until Murray showed up on the third day of filming.

John Belushi convinced Murray to accept the role of Tripper in Meatballs. He pointed out to Bill that this would not only be his first appearance in a feature film, but that his character would be the lead.

First major studio picture directed by Ivan Reitman.

The poster for Meatballs has on it "The Summer Camp that makes you Untrustworthy, Disloyal, Unhelpful, Unfriendly, Discourteous, Unkind, Disobedient, and Very Hilarious.
It is the exact opposite of the Boy Scouts of America Scout Law: A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent.

[Bud Brewster]

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I guess they decided to leave out "sad, extravagant, dirty, cowardly, and irreverent."

I agree, the list is funnier without those last five.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)