What's This '80's Teen Comedy...?

OK, I vaguely remember watching this movie like 17 years ago. It was an '80's teen comedy for sure, in the vein of Better Off Dead. I don't remember what the actual plot was, but it ended in an awesomely dramatic confrontation between the hero and the bully in which they battled each other in a hardcore street basketball match using a streetlamp as the ball and the hero's best friend holding his arms out in front of himself as the basket. It was Super-Cool!

That's all I remember - I NEED to know what movie this is! I'm 99% sure that it's a real movie and not just something I imagined...

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Permalink Reply by photo heathen on November 26, 2008 at 8:25pm: Hmm, well, John Cusack was in another movie called One Crazy Summer in which there's a basketball scene sorta somewhat similar to what you describe. But it's not the climax of the movie nor do they use a street lamp.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by oedipussy on November 26, 2008 at 11:29pm: That's it, dude! Thanks! I just flipped through and found the scene. I'm still pretty sure that the ball was actually supposed to be a streetlamp, though - You see some guys taking it down right before they start...

I can't wait to see it again - I remember this movie being TOTALLY AWESOME!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by photo heathen on November 26, 2008 at 11:42pm: You're probably right. Funny, I've seen that movie either partially or completely at least two dozen times and yet I honestly can't remember in absolute certainly what it is they use. It just seems like a street lamp would make a more significant impression on Booger's (different movie, I know) face.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by oedipussy on November 27, 2008 at 12:05am: Yeah, they're not really very clear about it, but it seems to suggest that the ball is a streetlamp, and given that it's Savage Steve Holland, it wouldn't surprise me...

There's so many memories flooding back to me just from skimming through it - I can't believe I forgot about Bobcat Goldthwait running around in a Godzilla costume! It's so awesome!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by photo heathen on November 27, 2008 at 12:08am: Oh, that Godzilla scene is one of my absolute all-time favorite movie scenes. I laugh hysterically every single time.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by oedipussy on November 26, 2008 at 11:54pm: Well, since that one was so easy, here's a few more that I was wondering about:

Unknown '80's Movie #1 - OK, so there's like this nerdy teenager who wears glasses that accidentally makes some goo that turns out to possess the power of invisibility. So naturally he and his friend decide to use this for some shenanigans at his local highschool, but things start to go awry. The only scene I really remember enough to describe is when they use it at their school to sneak into the girl's bathroom but it wears off and they end up hiding behind a sign or something in the hallway totally naked. Also, I think maybe the invisible goo improves his eyesight and makes him cool enough to get a girlfriend too, but it also has bad effects as well and he starts slowly dying or something and he gets in a fight with his girlfriend. I think it ends with him using the last bit to save his girlfriend or something and his act of self-sacrifice makes her realize that he's not such a bad guy and they all live happily ever after. I may be making most of this up in my head, but the invisible part is right for sure.

Unknown '80's Movie #2 - This one is about a boy in some podunk little town that hangs out at the local water hole that for some reason has an evil ass windmill in it. And the evil windmill always comes out of the water at a specific time of day to scare these kids by making all sorts of horrible noises and bubbles and stuff. And the boy takes this girl he likes into a tent by the water hole and there's like a skeleton in it so they run out screaming. That's about all that I remember...

Unknown '80's Movie #3 - So, there's like this kid that doesn't fit in or something, but he's like a genuis mechanic and awesome at riding a bicycle. He even rides his bike all over rooftops if I remember correctly. Anyway, there's a bicycle race that he wants to win so he enters it, but the kid is a total cheater and he adds all sorts of ass-kicking crazy stuff to his bicycle. In the end he wins the race by using roller skates connected to his bike to ride it on the train tracks and then everyone decides he's pretty cool. I think this one was probably pretty lame but I'd still like to know what it was called.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by photo heathen on November 27, 2008 at 12:00am: I think #1 might be School Spririt, although if I remember correctly the main character dies and comes back as a ghost. But there is a locker room scene.

I'm going to have to think about the other two.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by oedipussy on November 27, 2008 at 12:10am: Nah, that's not it - the one I'm thinking of is definitely about a dude that carries around green goo in plastic sandwich bags that makes him invisible (but he has to take his clothes off because it doesn't work on them). I think I remember something about the goo getting all over his laundry, and that might have caused some problems. Thanks, though...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by photo heathen on November 27, 2008 at 12:49am: Ok, well now I'm obsessed with finding these three movies.

Is #3 The Wraith? The synopsis on Netflix doesn't fit, but the info on IMDB seems closer.

The trailer...Wow, Charlie, what were you thinking?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by oedipussy on November 27, 2008 at 1:17am: Well, I did some sleuthing and #1 is definitely The Invisible Kid. It's not available on Netflix, or DVD for that matter, but check out this hot invisible strip scene:

And no, #3 isn't The Wraith - I remember that one. The movie I'm thinking about was made for kids and has way less killing and boobies...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by photo heathen on November 27, 2008 at 1:19am: Damn, this is bugging the hell out of me (don't know why, just bored tonight).

And Damn, is that Chynna Phillips!?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by oedipussy on November 27, 2008 at 1:34am: Well, if it makes you feel any better these are probably all pretty obscure movies. I used to have like every movie that ever aired on HBO in the late 80's on homemade VHS tapes...

Yep, that's Chynna Phillips - whoever that is.; ▶ Reply to This