Meatballs Part II (1984)

User Rating:

3.0/10   

Director:

Ken Wiederhorn

Writers:

Martin Kitrosser (story) and
Carol Watson (story) ...

Release Date:

27 July 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The insanity continues...

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Summer Camp | Patton | Boxing Match | Sequel | Alien

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Call Me Meathead (USA) (working title)
Space Kid

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 (video rating) | Australia:M (video rating) | USA:PG (certificate #27130)

Filming Locations:

Veluzat Motion Picture Ranch, Saugus, California, USA

Company:

Space Productions

Trivia:

Over two dozen sex scenes were shot but never used. Producers wanted to sell the film overseas as a sex comedy and shot over 80 minutes of nudity and sex scenes to make it marketable. Several legal issues came up that prevented the producers from using these scenes. Richard Mulligan, Misty Rowe, and Archie Hahn threatened lawsuits if the film was sold as a sex film internationally. Producers attempted to use some of the scenes in the American release. Eventually, the scenes were cut to lower the MPAA rating from R to PG. The scenes include: - A sex scene with Archie Hahn (Jamie) and Misty Rowe (Fanny) in Jamie's cabin - 1 minute 13 seconds. In this scene, Fanny is dressed as a cheerleader and performs a strip tease for Jamie. Then, as they have sex, Fanny performs a cheer. They are interrupted when a camper clumsily opens the door to the cabin. - A sex scene with Jamie and Fanny in Fanny's cabin - 2 minutes. In this scene, Fanny is on top of Jamie while wearing a cowboy hat. They are interrupted when Paul Reubens (Albert) bursts into the cabin and makes a wise crack. - A sex scene with Jamie and Fanny in the woods - 45 seconds. They are interrupted when Richard Mulligan (Giddy) spots them. - A sex scene with Fanny and Jamie in Fanny's cabin - 7 minutes. In this scene, Jamie and Fanny have sex while 2 campers secretly tape them. - A shower scene featuring Fanny completely naked. - 27 seconds. In this scene, Fanny is showering. Jamie is watching through a peephole. As Jamie watches, Fanny masturbates with the shower-head. - A short scene when Fanny goes into the wrong cabin: 2 minutes. In this scene, Fanny tries to surprise Jamie by sneaking into his cabin. She surprises Boomer instead. - Fanny finding pictures: 1 minute. In this scene, Fanny finds topless pictures of herself selling at camp for $1. - Fanny and Jamie in a closet. 3 Minutes. Jamie and Fanny kissing in a closet. Flash interrupts them. He asks Fanny is she'll sign a topless picture for him. - Fanny and Jamie in the woods. 2 minutes 22 seconds. Jamie and Fanny make out in the woods. Sgt. Paladin sees them. He salutes Jamie and keeps walking. - A Flashback sequence. 3 minutes. Jamie and Fanny make out in the woods. They are photographed by several kids. This scene was deemed too graphic and was cut immediately after it was shot. - An extended make out scene: 2 minutes. This is an extended version of the make out scene between Jamie and Fanny. - Jamie and Fanny in Fanny's cabin. 3 minutes. Jamie and Fanny make out but are caught when Tula and Sally come into the cabin. - Fanny and Jamie having sex in the woods. In this scene, Boomer catches them making love - 3 minutes. - Fanny and Jamie having sex in the woods. In this scene, Col. Hershey catches Fanny and Jamie making love. - 4 minutes. - Jamie and Fanny having sex in Fanny's cabin. They stop when they see Tula, Sally, Nancy, and Cheryl watching them. - 5 minutes. - Jamie and Fanny having sex by the lake - In this scene, Meathead sees Jamie and Fanny having sex. They run away when Meathead falls out of a tree. - 5 minutes. - Jamie and Fanny having sex in Jamie's cabin. In this scene, Jamie and Fanny have sex but stop when a bear comes into the cabin - 3 minutes. - Jamie and Fanny having sex in Fanny's cabin. In this scene, Eddie interrupts Jamie and Fanny having sex. - 4 minutes. - Jamie and Fanny having sex in Chief's tribal office. In this scene, Giddy and the Chief interrupt Jamie and Fanny having sex Indian style - 4 minutes. - A sex scene between Jamie and Fanny: 4 minutes. In this scene, Jamie and Fanny try to have sex. Jamie finds that all the condoms he has break. - A sex scene between Jamie and Fanny: 5 minutes. In this scene, Jamie and Fanny try to have sex. Jamie is unable to get an erection due to some drugs he is given by Albert. - A sex scene between Jamie and Fanny: 2 minutes. In this scene, Jamie and Fanny have sex on the bus. They are caught by a group of parents. - A sex scene between Jamie and Fanny: 6 minutes. In this scene, Jamie and Fanny are having sex when Meathead and his family see them. - A sex scene between Jamie and Fanny: 3 minutes. In this scene, Jamie and Fanny have sex and are caught by Cheryl. - An end credit sex scene: 7 minutes. In this scene, Jamie and Fanny finally have sex in Giddy's office. During sex, Fanny accidentally switches on the PA system. Afterwards, Fanny and Jamie exit only to see a crowd applauding.

Quotes:

Armand 'Flash' Carducci: Hi, girls. What's happening? My name's Flash, what's yours?
Nancy: Don't talk to him, Cheryl, he's a dork.
Armand 'Flash' Carducci: I'm not a dork, I'm Italian!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "American Dad!: Failure Is Not a Factory-installed Option (#2.3)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

We've Been Waiting for the Summer

Its bad that even as a kid this one made me groan.

"I have an idea" someone said, "lets make a sequel to Meatballs and have it be completely moronic and groan inducing!". After the movie was made and released the person said "dude, I was making a joke". And so Meatballs 2 was made and while it is in fact about a summer camp and more of a sequel to the original than the third one is, I still think this one is the worst of the bunch. Granted a few jokes make me chuckle which is why I nicely gave this movie a three rather than a one or two. The plot? Why bother, it involves some dude who does not want to be a counselor, an alien, and a brawl for it all boxing match between two summer camps, one regular and a military type one. That is the gist of it, and if you are wondering, yes the alien is friendly and probably inserted thanks to the success of E.T. two years prior. Bill Murray is not in this movie and can you blame him, while they made this movie he was making Ghostbusters. Instead they got Richard Mulligan, who I like in some roles, not this one. They also begin easing this series of movies into more of a teen sex series, but only lightly in this one.