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Some men are meant to do Shakespeare. Some are meant to do Porky's.
Enter Howard Stern, who'll handle honors on the latter project, executive-producing a remake of the raunchy 1980s teen sex comedy.
Under his deal with the newly formed Arclight Films, the radio talker also will oversee an updated version of Rock 'n' Roll High School, the 1979 flick in which the Ramones begged to be sedated.
Stern is clear on his mission for the two remakes.
"As a producer, and being immature, obviously Porky's and Rock 'n' Roll High School give me the opportunity to bring more stupidity and childishness to a whole new generation," Stern said in a statement.
Stern's last big-screener was Private Parts, the 1997 autobiographical comedy, in which he starred. He most recently spent three years riffing on Baywatch with the recently beached FX comedy series Son of the Beach.
With the all-new Porky's and Rock 'n' Roll High School, Stern won't merely be producing, he'll be presenting, as in, "Howard Stern Presents..."
As such, the question may be asked: Does one really need to present Porky's?
Stern figures what's good for the National Lampoon, which has branded everything from the Vacation movies to Van Wilder, is good for him.
"If I say to an audience, particularly my audience, this is 'Howard Stern Presents...,' it means something to them," Stern told the Hollywood Reporter. "It means that it's going to be crazy. It means it's going to be different, and they know I'm not going to be giving them any schlock."
As film historians will note, the original Porky's, released in 1982, was most assuredly not schlock. It was exploitation--a cheaply made ($4 million budget), no-star sex flick in which horny teenagers (played by guys in their mid-20s) spied on the girls' locker room, and future Sex and the City siren Kim Cattrall howled like a dog. Audiences embraced all that it was. The thing grossed more than $105 million.
Rock 'n' Roll High School also was not schlock. It was a Roger Corman flick. Another bargain-basement production, the 1979 comedy focused on the punk-loving students of Vince Lombardi High and their battles with the punk-hating principal. The Ramones played themselves, as well as a few songs, including, "I Wanna Be Sedated."
The movie never made $100 million, but it earned a cult following. The soundtrack rocked to the sounds of Alice Cooper ("School's Out"), DEVO ("Come Back Jonee"), the Ramones and more. The film packed in appearances by both the Germs' Darby Crash and Gentle Ben's Clint Howard.
In the 23 years since its release, Darby Crash crashed for good (OD-ing, on purpose, in 1980), and one half of the Ramones died (Joey, in 2001; Dee Dee, just last June). But B-movie king Corman still reigns. He'll be back as an executive producer on the Rock 'n' Roll redo.
Other credits have yet to be filled out. Stern, who may or may not act in the remakes, says he hopes to hire writers for both projects shortly.
In the exploitation tradition, the remakes won't be lavish. Arclight says it's devoted to producing "modestly budgeted films" of the pack-'em'-in teen comedy and thriller genres.
No word if Stern is entertaining thoughts of eventually retelling the entire Porky's saga, which included two sequels. We can only hope Porky's II: The Next Day won't be left unexamined much longer.
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