GOOD BURGER

'''Good Burger''' is a 1997 comedy film from Paramount Pictures directed by Brian Robbins and starring Kel Mitchell, Kenan Thompson, Sinbad, Shar Jackson, Abe Vigoda, and Jan Schweiterman. Carmen Electra, Shaquille O'Neal, and George Clinton also make brief cameo appearances in the movie. It was the second film to be marketed under the Nickelodeon name. It was based on the ''All That'' sketch of the same name.

Contents

Plot

Retro references

Songs in movie

Cast

Trivia

Box Office

External link

Plot

The plot concerns the exploits of Dexter (Kenan Thompson), a high-schooler who just started working at Good Burger to pay off the debt of a car accident that involved one of his teachers, Mr. Wheat (Sinbad). However, when a new, larger, more popular burger restaurant, Mondo Burger, opens up across the street, the Good Burger employees must try to save their restaurant from being run out of business. The movie was based on the popular ''Good Burger'' sketch, in which Mitchell plays the infamous Ed, a not-so bright cashier at a fast food restaurant. After trying to compete with the large restaurant across the street by creating a secret sauce, Mitchell and Thompson's characters find out that Mondo Burger's beef is somehow unnatural. They go undercover, and reveal an even more illegal scheme within Mondo Burgers. The main characters in the movie use a vehicle known as the "Burgermobile" (an AMC Pacer). The same AMC Pacer was used in ''Wayne's World'' and ''Wayne's World 2'' as the "Mirthmobile".
The Good Burger catch phrase is:
:''"Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order? (and in Ed's case)...haa..."''
The film is released by Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment and Nickelodeon Movies and is rated PG for mild crude humor and mild thematic elements in both the US and UK.

Retro references

Several homages to 1970s media have been made in Good Burger. Notable occurrences include:

★ An AMC Pacer is used as the Burgermobile.

★ Shaft is spoofed with the Shaft Theme at the beginning of the movie.

★ George Clinton makes a cameo appearance while Funkadelic's "(Not Just) Knee Deep" plays in the movie.

★ A 1970s Cadillac gets smashed up while the ice cream truck is evading the insane asylum truck.

★ A cover version of "Roxanne" by The Police was played in the movie at the introduction of the character "Roxanne", who went on a date with Ed.

★ The mental hospital scene bears many similarities to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Songs in movie

★ "Do Fries Go With The Shake?" by George Clinton

★ "Man" by The Presidents of the United States of America

★ "All I Want" by 702

★ "(Not Just) Knee Deep" by Funkadelic

★ "Roxanne" by The Police

★ "That's The Way (It's Goin' Down)" by Mint Condition

★ "I'll Be There For You" by Tracie Spencer

★ "(Not The) Greatest Rapper" by 1000 Clowns

★ "Friends" by Warren G

★ "Now That We've Found Love" by Heavy D

★ "We're All Dudes" by Less Than Jake

Cast

Actor	Role
Kel Mitchell	Ed
Kenan Thompson	Dexter Reed
Sinbad	Mr. Wheat
Abe Vigoda	Otis
Shar Jackson	Monique
Dan Schneider	Mr. Baily
Ron Lester	Spatch
Jan Schweiterman	Kurt Bozwell
Josh Server	Fizz
Linda Cardellini	Heather
Shaquille O'Neal	Himself
Robert Wuhl	Angry Customer
Carmen Electra	Roxanne (uncredited)
Marques Houston	Jake

Trivia

★ The location of Good Burger and Mondo Burger were filmed at West Covina, California.

★ In the Family Guy episode He's Too Sexy for His Fat which is about Chris trying to lose weight Good Burger is referenced when Cleveland claims that his brother Broderick performed liposuction on actress Nell Carter and used the excess fat to “make the two kids from Good Burger".

★ During a cavity search of the character Quagmire from Family Guy, a copy of the Good Burger movie is found.

★ The AMC Pacer used was the same one from Wayne's World, which was also shot in Covina,California

★ At the end of the movie the crazy girl (Heather) is shown at the end cheering for Ed so she lied about not escaping. In the book based on the movie, a short scene occurs toward the end where Heather explains how she escaped the asylum (using a fish).

★ After Dex hit Mr. Wheat's car, he shouted "Whyyyyyy!!", this was Kenan's catchphrase in the sitcom Kenan and Kel which also starred Kel Mitchell

★ The film was shown in theatres with the Action League Now! short Rock-A-Big Baby. The short is not on the VHS or DVD releases.

★ This movie is only released on Region 1 NTSC DVD (USA/Canada).

★ This is the first theatrical movie to be based on one of Nickelodeon's television shows (in this case, ''All That''). It is also the only theatrical movie to date to be based on one of Nickelodeon's live-action shows.

★ The dance sequence done during Funkadelic's (Not Just) Knee Deep is a tribute to Michael Jackson's Thriller music video.

★ The movie inspired a book sequel titled Good Burger 2 Go.

★ Sinbad's character "Mr. Wheat" is named after writer and producer Dan Schneider's high school math teacher, Gough Wheat, at White Station High School in Memphis, Tennessee.

★ There is an actual Good Burger car that exists in Tucson, Arizona.

★ Future Pussycat Doll Carmit Bachar was credited as a dancer in the George Clinton dance sequence.

Box Office

The film was released on July 25, 1997 and had a budget of $9,000,000. It opened in 5th place with $7,058,333 and in total, the film earned $23,712,993 in the US & Canada alone, making a tidy profit. The film has since then developed a cult following.

External link

★