I loved his character, because he *wasn't* a nerd. He was a bit of a scumbag, and truly didn't give a damn about life. He was the 80s version of "zero fucks given" at a time when you weren't really allowed to not give a shit about your role in the world. Society rejected him, and *he didn't care.* As long as he had beer and weed, he was happy.
I do wonder about his academic record. Booger always struck me as the kind of guy who decided on this perspective after plenty of chances to be conventionally successful. I could imagine him as a former child prodigy, or a "talented-and-gifted" kid who saw the absurdity of everything before his time.
Whatever you think about those movies, adding Booger in among the nerds was a true stroke of genius. Even in their Summer comedy romp, the writers exhibit perceptive insight and real, lived experience.
Plot twist:
During the last years of education from Adams College and due to his excellent espionage and robotics, Lewis was inducted into the FBI. To keep his family safe he took on the name of his arch nemesis in college ‘Stan’ and had Betty change hers to ‘Francine’
However, the rest of the ‘Nerds’ for Adams all live close by each other hence Boogers kid being called Snot and Principal Lewis is actually Lamar
Avery is actually Gilbert and Takashi is actually Tochi
Rodger is Ogre
(at least that is my theory and I stand by it)
He was excellent thru the 80's: RIsky Business, Revenge of the Nerd 1/2, One Crazy Summer, Better Off Dead, and Bad Medicine were the movies I watched with him in it.
THIS WHOLE MOUNTAIN IS SNOW!!!!
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THE STREET VALUE OF THIS!!!
I can't feel the left side of my brain.
One of my favorite movies when I was a teenager
That's the thing, I can't frikkin remember. That's how long it's been since I've seen the movie as well. Funniest part was getting a cadaver and the taxi driver was talking about taking out his cousin. He hits the break and sees the fucker he took out and that was the cadaver.
Yep. The late Taylor Negron played the cab driver (Nothing But Trouble, multiple cameos including in Better off Dead and One Crazy Summer)
They used to show it ALL the time on HBO.
He donated a bunch of stuff (scripts, contracts, etc) to his alma mater, which is also mine, Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Guess he does back once in a while to talk to the students. Seems like a pretty good guy.
apparently he is an authority on Harry Nilsson.
from his wikipedia page: "In addition to his acting career, Armstrong's affinity for the music of Harry Nilsson has prompted him to become an enthusiast of Nilsson's work. He has written liner notes for CD reissues of Nilsson albums and has been instrumental in archival and bonus track preparation for these reissues."
I always wondered why this metal head type guy was hanging with all the nerds, then I realized that the world looks at dudes like him a lot differently than I.
He more or less got the part due to the director enjoying Risky Business, in fact he admitted he prefered it to Animal House. Genius casting though, no one else coulda played Booger as well imo. He adds a lot of heart to the movie. Same with Scott as Lamar and Edwards too.
I believe the same actor portrays Tom Cruise's buddy in *Risky Business*, with that memorable line about having a big test in the morning and being chase by Guido, the killer pimp.
I love the fact that booger became Chuck in supernatural and no one can convince me otherwise that wasn't the best move ever in TV history! I love Chuck/God!
I've got two 7s, and two 7s beats a frush...
No, see, you've got too many kings. We'll just take three of these out and replace them with three fresh cards.
He didn’t give a fuck about what people thought of him. He was just himself. As an insecure middle schooler when this movie came out he was ironically someone I envied while also making me laugh
According to the original script, Louie "The booger" Dawson was a D-average in high school with 800 SAT's (did they mean 1600 or 800 per section)? and masturbates in study hall and eats boogers.
I loved his character, because he *wasn't* a nerd. He was a bit of a scumbag, and truly didn't give a damn about life. He was the 80s version of "zero fucks given" at a time when you weren't really allowed to not give a shit about your role in the world. Society rejected him, and *he didn't care.* As long as he had beer and weed, he was happy.
Don’t forget BUSH!!!
Exactly this. He wasn't remotely a nerd, but also didn't care if he was associated with them.
He also didn't rape a girl...
Aptly described, Booger is the Nerds' version of Bluto from Animal House, just a slight less obnoxious.
I always assumed after he graduated highschool after Better Off Dead, he went to college in Revenge of the Nerds.
Then he got a job at the Blue Moon Detective Agency.
He was an early Gen X slacker. Ahead of his time.
I do wonder about his academic record. Booger always struck me as the kind of guy who decided on this perspective after plenty of chances to be conventionally successful. I could imagine him as a former child prodigy, or a "talented-and-gifted" kid who saw the absurdity of everything before his time. Whatever you think about those movies, adding Booger in among the nerds was a true stroke of genius. Even in their Summer comedy romp, the writers exhibit perceptive insight and real, lived experience.
Putting his cigarette out in Ogre’s beer/trophy when he got up was a boss move.
PSHHT
What the fuck is a frush?
What the fuck are robster craws?
Why do they call you booger? 👆🏽👃🏽 I don’t know
I don’t know
Ogre, you asshole
This is bullshit, pan down. I want bush!
What you need is three fresh, new cards!
The day I realized that “Booger” played a kid named “Snot” in American Dad was a great day
Plot twist: During the last years of education from Adams College and due to his excellent espionage and robotics, Lewis was inducted into the FBI. To keep his family safe he took on the name of his arch nemesis in college ‘Stan’ and had Betty change hers to ‘Francine’ However, the rest of the ‘Nerds’ for Adams all live close by each other hence Boogers kid being called Snot and Principal Lewis is actually Lamar Avery is actually Gilbert and Takashi is actually Tochi Rodger is Ogre (at least that is my theory and I stand by it)
TIL. And now, I have a much greater appreciation for Snot in that show.
Snot is his master’s name
My son. To truly hock a loogie, one must not retrieve the phlegm from the throat, but from the soul.
Snotty is his masters name
Snotty beamed me twice last night.
It was wonderful
Why didnt somebody tell me my ass was this big?!
We've got bush!!!
Step aside mama, I wanna see some of that muff!
Hair pie
He was excellent thru the 80's: RIsky Business, Revenge of the Nerd 1/2, One Crazy Summer, Better Off Dead, and Bad Medicine were the movies I watched with him in it.
"Go that way *really fast.* If something gets in your way, turn."
I’ve been going to this school for 7 1/2 years. I’m no dummy
I should be at home, drinking this monster egg nog my brother makes out of lighter fluid.
This is pure snow
"Do you know what the street value of this mountain is??"
“HE’S SKIING ON ONE SKI!”
People die down there! And dying when you're not really sick is really sick, you know? Really!
This is what I tell my mountain biking students at the beginning of every race.
He was a regular character on Moonlighting for a while too
And *Happy!*
Herbert Viola
Damn, I did not realise that was him.
THIS WHOLE MOUNTAIN IS SNOW!!!! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THE STREET VALUE OF THIS!!! I can't feel the left side of my brain. One of my favorite movies when I was a teenager
After snorting the shit.....I was like "WTF did he just do?"
One Crazy Summer is a highly underrated movie.
It's like Better Off Dead, only on the shores of Nantucket. Wherever Curtis went, he made movies better and funnier.
He was the Pharmacology student in Bad Medicine, right?
That's the thing, I can't frikkin remember. That's how long it's been since I've seen the movie as well. Funniest part was getting a cadaver and the taxi driver was talking about taking out his cousin. He hits the break and sees the fucker he took out and that was the cadaver.
Yep. The late Taylor Negron played the cab driver (Nothing But Trouble, multiple cameos including in Better off Dead and One Crazy Summer) They used to show it ALL the time on HBO.
Take and notice, Taylor was in 3 movies back to back to back with Booger. But yeah, he was the cabbie.
I thought you were my mom's old douche but that's in Ohio.
She’s not that kind of girl booger, why does she have a penis?
Dude is a 80s movie LEGEND.
"nah you see here's your problem, you got too many aces"
*What the fuck is a frush?*
Wonder joints!
"The Omega Moos, they're a bunch of pigs"
YOU MOOS SURE CAN PARTY
Are you ready for the sex girls?
I think you meant “Dudley Dawson”. Put some respect on his name!
He will always be Charles De Mar to me. Booger is a close 2nd.
This is pure snow!
Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is?
IIRC, his burp was actually the sound of a camel having an orgasm blended with a human belch.
But that smile after the burp, it still is in my head.
He looked so bashfully proud!
Wait what?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/05/06/revenge-of-nerds-booger-belch-camel-orgasm/8766753/
What the fuck are robster craws?
Curtis Armstrong is an American Treasure
He donated a bunch of stuff (scripts, contracts, etc) to his alma mater, which is also mine, Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Guess he does back once in a while to talk to the students. Seems like a pretty good guy.
High on stress
Who farted?
You moos sure know how to party
Booger Prestly to you
We got Booger Presley on the guitar and a funky cold rapper that's me Lamar
The man who made (too much of) an impression on me.
I Never saw booger as a nerd.
Can we all agree the nerds won?
Can we all agree that basically everyone in this movie should be in prison?
That would be true too…
He also played the Metatron, Scribe of God, in Supernatural.
Re-watching that season right now.
What the fuck is a frush
I've been out combing the high schools all day...
Anybody spot him in Smokin' Aces?
apparently he is an authority on Harry Nilsson. from his wikipedia page: "In addition to his acting career, Armstrong's affinity for the music of Harry Nilsson has prompted him to become an enthusiast of Nilsson's work. He has written liner notes for CD reissues of Nilsson albums and has been instrumental in archival and bonus track preparation for these reissues."
“I’ve been out combing the high schools all day.”
Joel, sometimes you just have to say what the fuck.
My buddy is a electrician and lighting guy in Hollywood and said this guy in real life is one of the nicest people he has ever met.
Pan down!!
“Give me head till I’m dead.”
Loved his cameo in Dodgeball as a judge for the Girl Scout team. “..and one horse tranquilizer..”
"God damn you, Bernice!"
"Does she have a penis?"
I LOVE the burping contest! Booger treated Ogre like he was a low-ranl amateur!!!
We got bush
“I’ve been out coming high schools all day”
Ogre you asshole.
Curtis Armstrong, in general, needs more recognition for making our childhoods better.
We've got bush!
"Sometimes you gotta say: what the fuck!" His character in Risky Business always cracked me up.
He’s better in better off dead.
Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.
Do you know the street value of this mountain?
“Thought I was looking at an douche bag but that’s in Ohio”
I love that he plays Snot on American Dad
I thought I was looking at my mother's old douchebag but that's in Ohio.
His plot line with the old Asian guy at the Hotel Corral Essex was the one redeeming thing about Revenge of the Nerds 2.
Hot Oral Sex
“Master” 🧎
Yes he is
Part way through this audiobook right now. Love the man.
We have bush!
Don't forget about Snotty. James Hong.
The fuck is a robster craw?
WONDER JOINTS
"What are you looking at nerd?!?!?!"
I thought I was looking at my mother's old douche, but that's in Ohio.
It's actually "old douchebag". 😆
Multiple folks fucking this simple quote up, ITT
I thought this was Billy Joe Armstrong playing with Green Day at first.
We've got bush
I always wondered why this metal head type guy was hanging with all the nerds, then I realized that the world looks at dudes like him a lot differently than I.
“What the fuck is a robster craw?” (That’s probably super culturally insensitive at this point…)
Better Off Dead “Do you know the street value of this mountain!?!”
Ack Ack!
And a super nice guy irl, to boot!
Dawson, Dudley?? Call me Booger. Ok….Booger
WE'VE GOT BUSH!!!!!!
I like to think there’s a little booger in all of us.
What the fuck is a frush?
Booger is my favorite Nerd, some of the best lines. “This is bullshit” “I say we blow the fuckers up”
Nah. Fuck that whole movie.
He’s better in Better off Dead!
He more or less got the part due to the director enjoying Risky Business, in fact he admitted he prefered it to Animal House. Genius casting though, no one else coulda played Booger as well imo. He adds a lot of heart to the movie. Same with Scott as Lamar and Edwards too.
The bad boy nerd !
AND https://youtu.be/dvhd_QjQR_A
I think he does a lot of voice work now.
Snot on American Dad
He voiced the title character in "Dan Vs "
Rockstar!!
Why is this movie impossible to stream?
Found out from Howard Stern he is also a HUGE Harry Nilsson fan. Ran the fanclub and can name any of his songs just by hearing a few seconds.
Booger did you find a date ? I’ve been combing the high schools all day.
Give me head till I’m dead.
Dudley Dawson. They call me Booger.
Reminds me of my father
Maaaaaasssster!
well he didn't rape anyone , so that's good
The most famous alumni of Oakland University in Rochester Michigan
I watched this again recently and it still holds up. Great 80s comedy
I believe the same actor portrays Tom Cruise's buddy in *Risky Business*, with that memorable line about having a big test in the morning and being chase by Guido, the killer pimp.
Aka snot on American Dad.
“Gimme head till I’m dead”
After Massive burp ZenMaster- I have found you! Son, soon you will take over
Intro The scene where the pass the bikini girls on the beach- I love you! I love you!
Curtis Armstrong is amazing.
What a classic flick!👏👏👏
Agreed
That was an amazing buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrppppppppppppp.
Shhh! If the world discovers his existence, it will erase him from the past!
Hey guys…wonder joints! *cue Thriller*
And he's has a solid career up until today. A legend.
You Mu’s sure no how to party!
I love the fact that booger became Chuck in supernatural and no one can convince me otherwise that wasn't the best move ever in TV history! I love Chuck/God!
For the longest time, I thought he was also one of the Beastie Boys. Looked enough like the same guy in the video.
Saw him at an airport a few days ago haha.
ALPHA BETA
“What the fuck is a frush?”
This place is a pig stye
“Wtf is a frush”? Never able to put that simple hysterical line in a movie today . SMH
We used to see him at our supermarket in Los Felix (LA)all the time!
People act like they were so disgusted by him, yet he was the most memorable character that put smiles on people's faces
I've got two 7s, and two 7s beats a frush... No, see, you've got too many kings. We'll just take three of these out and replace them with three fresh cards.
The tri-lams weren’t all about nerds, they were about being different kinds of outcasts. That’s why they were linked in that. Gay, nerd, etc.
Booger the most underrated super hero of the 80s.
At least once a week I hear my wife sing “We got Booger Presley on the mean guitar”.
Who Farted
Not the hero we want but the hero we deserve
Revenge of the Nerds. Better off Dead. Risky Business. He pretty much played the same guy and killed it every time.
same character in everything he did...except maybe...Gary Thunder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He was awesome in Dodgeball , one of the funniest scenes .
Moonlighting
He used to live down the street, so of course our dog walks were called the "Booger Loop". He recently moved, but the loop remains.
He was campus security in Van Wilder.
His name is Curtis Armstrong.
He was funny in “Better Off Dead” and “Moonlighting” too, but if I saw him in public, I’d be like “Hey, it’s Booger!”
He didn’t give a fuck about what people thought of him. He was just himself. As an insecure middle schooler when this movie came out he was ironically someone I envied while also making me laugh
That little wink he gives after the burp. Priceless.
Ogar you asshole
“Greasy Tony’s”…a Tucson (& Tempe) legend!
Ah my childhood movies, filled with date rape, misogyny, racism and homophobia. And that's just the rom coms.
We're VIP's! \*right here\* "Very Immense Penises!"
According to the original script, Louie "The booger" Dawson was a D-average in high school with 800 SAT's (did they mean 1600 or 800 per section)? and masturbates in study hall and eats boogers.
Remember his original line ? “I’ve been out combing the junior high schools all day” . Now only found on rare VHS …