American Pie

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

Finally saw this one, if only to hear "One time in Band Camp" in context. Didn't really get the appeal (of the line, or of the movie). Seemed like a so-so SNL skit. What am I missing?

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

It was a brief return to the kind of R-rated comedy that had a brief string of successes in the 80s (Porky's, etc).

I liked this movie in spite of its going for too many easy laughs. The jock-chorus-singer story was sweet, Eugene Levyis a genius and his awkward relationship with his teen son made your skin crawl. Everyone knew a jerk like Stfler in high school.

[stevejrogers]

Bret Sabermetric wrote: Finally saw this one, if only to hear "One time in Band Camp" in context. Didn't really get the appeal (of the line, or of the movie). Seemed like a so-so SNL skit. What am I missing?

Depends on the age and actual experience I guess. Like JD said, you knew a Stifler in High School, you knew guys like Jim, Kevin, Oz and Finch, even in different social groups the templates of the characters are pretty much indentifiable

I do think that it got overhyped in the ensuing years based on its popularity, and maybe its all the Josh Wheedon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Fire Fly/Serenity) fan boys that helped the popularity of the Band Camp line as Alyson Hannigan was Willow on Buffy, and actually had a bit of the same story arc of a geek with an underlying wildness to her.

And as well the hotness, or percieved hotness thanks to mass media and the likes of Howard Stern/Opie & Anthony of Tara Reid, Shannon Elizabeth and Mena Suvari