Meet the Deedles (1998)

Director:

Steve Boyum

Writer (WGA):

Jim Herzfeld (written by)

Release Date:

27 March 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Fish out of water...Surfers in Yellowstone

Plot:

Two surfers end up as Yellowstone park rangers and have to stop a former ranger who is out for revenge. |

Plot Keywords:

Park | Prairie Dog | Geyser | Hit In Crotch | Mistaken Identity

Cast

Steve Van Wormer	...	Stew Deedle
Paul Walker	...	Phil Deedle
A.J. Langer	...	Lt. Jesse Ryan
John Ashton	...	Capt. Douglas Pine
Dennis Hopper	...	Frank Slater
Eric Braeden	...	Elton Deedle
Richard Lineback	...	Crabbe
Robert Englund	...	Nemo
M.C. Gainey	...	Major Flower
Ana Gasteyer	...	Mel
Megan Cavanagh	...	Mo
Michael Ruud	...	Ludwig
Hattie Winston	...	Jo-Claire
Tom Matsusaka
Larry Rippenkroeger

Also Known As:

The Deedles

MPAA:

Rated PG for language, violence and crude humor.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:13 | USA:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

O`ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company:

DiC Enterprises

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Mel and Mo receive their ranger badges despite only being in the park for less than a day.

Quotes:

Elton Deedle: Boys, I'm just so very, very proud of you.
[hugs them both]
Stew Deedle: The feeling's mutual, Dad.
Phil Deedle: Yeah, we're proud of us, too.

Movie Connections:

References Diddy Kong Racing (1997) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Lady Luck

Don't expect anything special, with a title like that.

Paul Walker and Steve Van Wormer play Phil and Stew Deedle, two slackers / surf bums who pass themselves off as aspiring Yellowstone park rangers and work to thwart the plan of villainous former ranger Slater (Dennis Hopper), who's started a prairie dog infestation that he hopes will divert Old Faithful.

This is not an adult's (or critic's, needless to say) picture by *any* means. Beyond being just stupid, this amazingly goofy movie will probably appeal mostly to kids - with way too much supposedly hip lingo and visual gimmickry. Another flaw: the overuse of the words "Deedles" and "p-dogs."

But you know what? I didn't hate it. I've seen worse than this. It has a certain silly charm, even if it's not that intelligent. Likable cast, and good soundtrack, too.

Two great novelties about it: the chance to see Robert "Freddy Krueger" Englund in a rare non-horror role as one of Slater's henchmen, and the (hilarious) chance to see Eric "Victor Newman" Braeden pontificating and reciting silly dialog.

I give this dumb-but-enjoyable movie five out of ten. (I know, I know, I probably shouldn't look at myself in the mirror too closely while saying that.)