A New Perspective

This will be a little different spin than most of you are used to. I will get to some Hollywood items later. It is a time of change this week.

A new school year has begun and I had to say goodbye and good luck to my little brother this week. The crazy thing is that he is not so little anymore and he is headed off to grad school at Oregon State. It is unfortunately going to be difficult on my mom because he is the youngest and she is not used to him being more than a couple of hours away in Columbus (home of the real OSU). I thank God that he has two great friends in Craig and Ben who will be making the cross country trek with him. A new adventure begins and I wish him well.

In 5 weeks I will be celebrating my first anniversary with my wife Christin. It has been one heck of a first year and I can't wait for the next 50. She is the love of my life and I can't imagine being with anyone else. We have a great weekend away planned and I can't wait for some time away and alone with her.

To all the students out there. I wish you all the best of times in the next school year. Whether you are in grade school, high school, or college, take it all in and take advantage of the time you have. Right now the real world sucks and I wish I was in your shoes. Hard work and effort will lead you to the promised land.

Enough of the serious stuff for now and here is your new top ten:

My Favorite Top Ten School Comedy Movies (High School & College) Of All Time

Honorable Mention - EuroTrip, The Girl Next Door, Clueless, Weird Science, & Juno.

10 - Back To School - One of the last great Rodney Dangerfield movies. Thornton Mellon joins his kid at college. Chaos and parties ensue. A young Robert Downey Jr. plays the best friend and Thornton saves the day at the swim meet by doing the most ridiculous dive in history.

9 - Porky's - The original screwball high school comedy. The only place where a guy named Pee-Wee can get into a strip club. Then again when the owner is named Porky, anything goes.

8 - Old School - Three guys in their 30's decide to start their own frat house and recruit the craziest cast of characters to be brothers. Will Ferrell as Frank the Tank is one of his best roles ever - WE'RE GOING STREAKING.

7 - Road Trip - Four guys at college take the trip of a lifetime to try and save their buddy's hide after one of their roommates mails the "wrong tape" to his buddy's girlfriend. Grandpa on viagra is the funniest sight gag in the movie.

6 - National Lampoon's Van Wilder - Ryan Reynolds as the 7 year "King of Coolidge" in the only movie of this generation to deserve the Lampoon name. This is one of the funniest movies of the last ten years.

5 - Fast Times At Ridgemont High - Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli in this 80's classic is only the tip of the iceberg in this comedy from Amy Heckerling. A great cast shows the perfect comedic angst of the high school years.

4 - Accepted - Maybe the biggest surprise on this list, but this movie is hilarious. What happens when a slick slacker who gets rejected from every school and decides to create his own college - you name it, it happens. A brilliant cast led by Justin Long, Blake Lively, Columbus Short, Jonah Hill, and Lewis Black as the wacked out Dean let us know that it is ok to be yourself and get away with it.

3 - American Pie - The leader of the new generation of school comedies. Four pals make a pact to lose their virginity by the prom. New avenues are tried to get dates and the band geek turns out to be the biggest nympho of all of them. This is truly a new classic and launched the careers of many of the hot faces in Hollywood.

2 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off - I have discussed this one before, but it's greatness could only be eclipsed by one - and that is!!!

1 - Animal House - I need not say anymore - you already know why.

See ya soon,
Ryno

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