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Now since I figure that everyone reading this blog has already seen the film I will mainly review the DVD and all the extras.
Revenge of the Nerds has been one of my favorite comedies since it first come out. Somehow I convinced my parents to take me to the theater to see it opening night. And then I would rent it over and over when it came out in video cassette. Plus it was one of the first VHS I ever bought. So years ago I got the DVD release of it that had both part 1 and part 2 on the same disc. But there was no extras. Well a few years back I started hearing rumors about a special edition of the first film coming out soon. Well it happened to come out at a time when money was very tight for me so I didn't get it. But then fast forward a few years,and I was walking through Walmart looking for some DVDs to get to watch at work that night. And I saw that they had the Revenge of the Nerds boxed set. Which had all 4 films.Plus the first film was the special edition Panty Raid version. Well I got to work that night and once the elderly man I was taking care of went to sleep I put it on.
The DVD is loaded with all kinds of extras. First off we get a commentary with the director,Robert Carradine,Curtis Armstrong,and Timothy Busfield. Which is a great commentary with all three of the nerds telling behind the scenes stories. Then you get a series of deleted scenes. Most of these scenes deal with Stan Gable's nerd brother.And there is also a scene from when the Tri-lambs went to Vegas. But we find out on the commentary that the Vegas plot line was dropped. You also get some trailers and stuff. But the big surprise is they have the unaired Fox tv pilot. I had heard about this pilot for years but figured I would never get a chance to see it. It is a 30 minute sitcom. And they condense the Tri-Lambs down to just Louis,Gilbert,Booger and Wormser. Well after watching it you can see why the pilot wasn't picked up. It is super lame. But has a few interesting cast members. Robbie "Cousin Oliver" Rist is playing Booger and Julie McCullough,the former playboy playmate and who was on Growing Pains for a few seasons,is one of the Delta Phis.
Now the movie to me is a comedy classic. And no matter how many times I watch it I end up laughing my ass off. And when you add in all the great extras you end up with the best DVD any fan of the movie could ever want. Revenge of the Nerds Panty Raid edition gets an A+.
