Trivia for
Porky's (1982) More at IMDbPro »

• This was the highest-grossing movie from Canada for 24 years. As of October 2006, it is now second highest, having been beaten by Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006).
  
  
• Pee Wee's real name is given at the beginning - it's Edward Morris.
  
  
• Writer/Director Bob Clark gathered material for the movie over a 15 year period. The story is composite of incidents collected from the males of his generation along with some of his own personal memories from growing up in high school.
  
  
• This is the first movie to gross over £1 million at the Irish box office, despite having being banned initially and only released after appeal.
  
  

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