Ep 26: Meatballs

This week CFX heads back to Camp Northstar to evaluate Bill Murray’s 1979 big screen debut, Meatballs. While this film was very influential on teen movies of the ‘80s and made Murray a star, does its story of a camp full of loser underdogs pitted against the snobby rich kids of Camp Mohawk, stand the test of time? We attempt to find out and along the way, we learn…

• How the real kids of Camp White Pine nearly sabotaged the entire production
• How a porn actress played one of the major roles in this family, PG rated films
• How two 30 year old teens and a former casting director wearing a pair of taped glasses created one of the most influential scenes of the decade
• Why Bill Murray should probably hang up his amateur wrestling career
• What Camp Mohawk kids get for $1000 a week…
• Exactly how many counselors in training (CITs) a camp probably needs
• Why IT JUST DOESN’T MATTER!

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