Meatballs Part II (1984)

Second in the series of Meatball movies. A group of kids attempt to save a summer camp that's a financial failure.

Director:

Ken Wiederhorn

Writers:

Martin Kitrosser (story), Carol Watson (story)

Stars:

Richard Mulligan, Hamilton Camp, John Mengatti

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Richard Mulligan	...	Coach Giddy
Hamilton Camp	...	Col. Bat Jack Hershey
John Mengatti	...	Armand 'Flash' Carducci
Kim Richards	...	Cheryl
Archie Hahn	...	Jamie / Voice of Meathead
Misty Rowe	...	Fanny
Ralph Seymour	...	Eddie
Tammy Taylor	...	Nancy
John Larroquette	...	Lt. Felix Foxglove
Paul Reubens	...	Albert / Hara Krishna
Jason Hervey	...	Steve
David Hollander	...	Tommy 'Wheelchair' McVee
Scott Nemes	...	Butterball
Chad Sheets	...	Ted
Paul Stout	...	Larry

Storyline

The first in-name-only sequel to the first Meatballs summer camp movie sets us at Camp Sasquash where the owner Giddy tries to keep his camp open after it's threatened with foreclosure after Hershey, the militant owner of Camp Patton located just across the lake, wants to buy the entire lake to expand Camp Patton. Giddy suggests settling the issue with the traditional end-of-the-summer boxing match over rights to the lake. Meanwhile, a tough, inner city punk, nicknamed Flash, is at Camp Sasquash for community service as a counselor-in-training where he sets his sights on the naive and intellectual Cheryl, while Flash's young charges befriend an alien, whom they name Meathead, also staying at the camp for the summer. Fresh Face Jeremy O. arrives to Camp Sasquash after his car broke down and he stumbles upon the mess hall. Jeremy O provides Flash and Meathead with encouragement and indepth analytics to counter all of Hershey's diabolical intent.

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Plot Keywords:

summer camp | patton | boxing match | alien | sequel | 

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Taglines:

The insanity continues...

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 July 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

Call Me Meathead

Filming Locations:

Veluzat Motion Picture Ranch, Saugus, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Space Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The horror film that the kids watch is Shock Waves (1977), also directed by Ken Wiederhorn.

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Quotes

Jamie: Okay, this is it. It's a nice spot. Really secluded.
Fanny: Are you sure it's safe?
Jamie: Does a bear shit in the woods?

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Connections

References From Here to Eternity (1953)

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Soundtracks

We've Been Waiting for the Summer
Music by Ken Harrison
Lyrics by Hermine Hilton

User Reviews

A disgrace to the Meatballs name

I was working at an actual summer camp the Summer this piece of crap was released. It was my sixth year at camp, as camper and counselor, and a big bunch of us (counselors) went on a day off to see it, with huge expectations. Needless to say, this 'film' has absolutely nothing to do with the mighty original. Rent the DVD of the original and watch the 'making of' part. It's a third as long and a hundred times better than this "sequel". I give it 2/10 only because there might be enough weed on Earth to make this vaguely amusing. Assuming you're watching it on a TV with only one channel.

IMDb demands ten lines of text to post a comment, so I guess they are intimately involved with the cretins that thought this was a viable movie. Actually, I'm sure they made money on it due to a budget of twelve dollars. The film was shot with a MONO soundtrack? Yeah, that's the way to save a couple grand! If only it had gone straight to VHS - I'd have saved my $3.75 back in 1984.