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Class of Nuke ‘Em High

I first met Lloyd Kaufman at least ten years ago. My wife picked up a copy of his book All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger  at a convention table and Lloyd just magically appeared. We bought his book, a few movies and he signed our book and hung out with us for about ten more minutes as we perused the convention hall. Later in life I met him again at a number of movie screenings, the latest being a revival of Tromeo and Juliet where he, his wife, me and my friend T. all sat and enjoyed each other’s company post-show for hours. He’s a good man, with more energy than five normal men. He and his partner Michael Herz are responsible for showing the world you could have an alternate film distribution channel besides big budget studios. He’s cultivated film talent and made some great entertainment.

I had been waiting for him to post a movie or two outside of a paywall, I felt that would give him some wider distribution and a new audience. I am happy to say a small amount of his films are now out on Tubi. This includes Toxic Avenger, Tromeo and Juliet and tonight’s film, Class of Nuke ‘Em High. I decided to go with Class of Nuke ‘Em High, assuming that the vast majority of people would have already seen Toxic Avenger at one point in their lives. If not, I did include a link.  Tromeo and Juliet is also fantastic and worth a watch if you haven’t seen it, that will be another post.

I really enjoyed Class of Nuke ‘Em High for the totally realistic portrayal of high school in the gritty Eighties. Yes, young Glibs, we really did dress in apocalyptic clothing and go to bikini parties. Absolutely. I personally carried a cow thigh bone everywhere (pocket knives were banned my senior year) and had a giant nose ring.

I keed! But when the students sing the national anthem and the camera pans across the class – I can’t help but wonder if this is what school actually looks like today.

So watch! Or don’t! Everything is voluntary! Next week, another fun surprise. The Aquabats have posted their entire series (sans the new ones on You Tube, sorry CPRM). The Aquabats fit in with the aesthetic of Make Your Own Damn Movie*,  because that is exactly what they did, and I will talk about it.

*Lloyd, if you’re out there counting, that’s three movie references and two books! Woo Hoo!

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