39 McLovin-Approved Tidbits About Your Favorite Coming-of-Age Comedies

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39 McLovin-Approved Tidbits About Your Favorite Coming-of-Age Comedies

Okay, let’s make a pact: We’re all gonna lose our virginities before we graduate from this list. 

Oh, some of you aren’t virgins anymore? Yeah, us neither! We were just messing with you guys. ‘Cus that seems to be a common theme in these coming-of-age comedies. And it’d be totes lame, right? 

Okay, you guys check out these tidbits while we go hang at a mall bragging about how we lost our virginity to a girl you don’t know because she goes to another school.

Adventures in Babysitting

CRACKED.COM A young Vincent D'Onofrio played Thor (sort of). Back in the '80s, no one gave a damn about the heroes of the future MCU - not even Marvel. They allowed D'Onofrio to play a low-rent version of Thor (who isn't actually Thor) in the movie Adventures in Babysitting, essentially because of how little they cared about the character.

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American Pie

NDACT Eugene Levy's 15 year old son Dan had a hard time in high school when American Pie came out. AMERICAN Eugene plays the dad of a teenager who is

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Again)

Back to School Movies and Episodes 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High The high school comedy still provides some laughs when viewed through a 1980s lens. This was not only Sean Penn's breakthrough role as Jeff Spicoli, but also the last time Penn looked like he was having fun in a movie. STOUT CRACKED.COM MALE

Clueless

CRACKEDCO CLueless Dave Chappelle was nearly cast as Murray in Clueless. In an odd twist, his delivery of Murray's slang seemed too sincere to the dir

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD IT WAS PITCHED AS JOHN HUGHES MEETS KILL BILL. According to director Edgar Wright, the producers cornered me and they said, 'This is your next movie.' I was like, 'Okay!' They said, 'It's like John Hughes meets Kill Bill.' I said, 'Well, I like that idea.' CRACKED.COM

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Dazed and Confused (Again)

Movie Bullies FAH Q IF 1 I BOOMER and A Dazed and Confused FRED O'BANNION Kickstarting the Ben Affleck smirking douchebaggily genre, his role in Richard Linklater's 1993 classic indie comedy gave the bully archetype a surprising psychosexual complexity. Fred, anything you want to talk to a therapist about? What is it with you and that butt paddle, dude? CRACKED.COM

Dazed and Confused

Richard Linklater never made money on anything to do with Dazed and Confused. Не waived his rights just so he could pay for the soundtrack, and the movie took in $8 million (against a $6.9 million budget) anyway. CRACKED.COM

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Grease

Teens in movies and TV Teen boys are chiseled with Gaston-like jawlines. Labor laws cause productions to cast adults as teens, and yes, guys in high school get stubble, but from Danny Zuko to Dylan McKay to Nate Jacobs in Euphoria, men in their 20s and even 30s often play teen boys. CRACKED

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Dazed and Confused

Alright, Alright, Alright Prior to shooting Dazed and Confused, McConaughey was listening to a live audio track of the Doors where Jim Morrison says alright four times. CRACKED.COM

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Napoleon Dynamite (Again)

BEHINO-THE-SCENES SFACTS Hess and Heder were college CLASSMATES GRACKED.COM Heder didn't consider himself an actor when fellow BYU film student Jared Hess approached him about appearing in his short, Peluca. But Jon definitely understood what it meant to be like a mouth breather in high school, says Hess. And a star was born.

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School of Rock

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS School of Rock made BBAYCOUP BUCKS CRACKED.COM Six weeks in the top ten led to a worldwide gross of $131 million for the kid rocker. Throw in another $97 million for DVD sales and rentals and you get Richard Linklater's highest grossing movie. God of Rock, thank you for the chance to kick ass.

Step Brothers (Again)

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS WILL FERRELL'S FAKE TESTICLES COST A LOT OF MONEY. STEP BROTHERS The prosthetic testicles Ferrell's character slams on the drums cost a whopping $10,000. The comedian says he decided to keep the prop testicles and that he regularly brings them out during dinner parties. CRACKED.COM

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Napoleon Dynamite

BEHIND-THE-SCENESPACTS Kip's real-life brother bought a TIME MACHINE CRACKED.COM Aaron Ruell's brother spent a lot of time in chat rooms with babes, inspiring Kip's relationship with Lafawnduh. Не also bought a time machine from a man in Florida. The time machine scene in Napoleon Dynamite, says Ruell, is basically what occurred in real life.

School of Rock

BEHINO-THE-SCENES SFACTS Several takes were ruined by a case of the GIGGLES CRACKED.COM Everyone had a lot of trouble not laughing, says Miranda (Summer) Cosgrove. Just because you never know what Jack is going to do. They would have to redo the takes, confesses Robert (Lawrence) Tsai, because I would laugh in the middle of them.

Step Brothers

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS THE IDEA WAS BORN ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR OF TALLADEGA NIGHTS. NATIVE USA STEP BROTHERS While editing Talladega Nights, Will Ferrell, John С. Reilly, and Adam McKay were trying to brainstorm ideas for their next project. One of them said, You know what would be really funny? Bunk beds. That ended up being the spark that led to Step Brothers. CRACKED.COM

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