Revenge Of The Nerds Filming Locations - Tucson Arizona

[@FIGNAS83]

I lived in Tucson in the late 2000's and Revenge of the Nerds was one of my favorite movies. Thanks for keeping the nostalgia going.

[@andie_pants]

My #1 favorite thing about these kinds of videos is reading comments from people who have personal connections to the locations. 🙂

[@shirleychavez4449]

My wife and I owned a cafe near the Main Gate. A scene was filmed in our cafe that ended up on the editing floor, but the film production created a sign to cover up our sign and I still have it after all these years in my garage. I feel it’s a nice piece of hidden trivia that only me and my wife know about.

[@chadmears136]

This movie was a true 80's classic. Awesome video n thanks for sharing. One Super Funny Movie

[@NavyCopMA1]

On a bit of a rabbit hole with the Internet when I came across your videos... This one, in particular, hits home for me as I was a student at the U of A in 1986-1987 (a highly unsuccessful student!) but I Graham Greenlee dorm, just a building or two from the stadium, walked the grassy mall to the Student Union and Old Main, and visited many of the buildings depicted. On a side note, my claim to fame was turning 18 on campus and a few of the guys at the dorm threw me a party (it was a Tuesday or Wednesday night I believe) with jungle juice a few other additions... I had never drank or partied when I was younger so it was a new experience... Anyway, got blitzed through the evening and ended up going out to the Old Main to 'play football' or so I was told and we ended up at the fountain. Got pantsed and thrown into that very same fountain, climbed to the top and sang, something, with everyone else singing as well all while being spot lit by a police helicopter from overhead! It was an interesting night!

[@elvisisalive2716]

how on earth were you 17 in University?

[@vectorhold6489]

Oh snap!! NICE MAN! A true American classic. This rules so hard.

[@highdesert420]

I live near Tucson and drive Uber there all the time, often on campus and nearby. Every time I think about Revenge of the Nerds for some reason. I was a kid when I saw it in the theater, and of course it just stuck with me. Thank you for making this video. Tucson is a great city, especially near the college...

[@timdaugherty5921]

I am really enjoying these series!!! Hello from Scotland!!

[@namelessjedi2242]

How cool. Nice to see so many of the buildings still intact.

[@johnmartin7182]

Awesome content 👍 no matter what kind of weather is thanks

[@frankm8533]

Excellent work. Love these movies think I may have a few beers tonight and watch this

[@r000tbeer]

Awesome! One of my favorite movies from the 80s, thank you for dealing with the weather to make this happen.

[@MrBigdavehd97]

You are the catalist of 80s awesomeness

[@paulcebek9506]

i love this movie. Great video!!!

[@MichaelDooleyProject]

Great video man. What a time trip. Grew up watching this movie before I probably should have. 😂

[@rickygarlington8891]

So cool seeing these spots now. Loved this movie so much. Me and my buddy watched it over and over again as kids, thanks for the video.

[@bribriboy]

Great Video and Great Job!! :)

[@BackTheARay]

lived in Tucson my whole life this video is awesome... Sorry for the monsoon weather!

[@DB-hv3fn]

Thanks for all the hard work you put in,I really appreciate it🇮🇪

[@trumpsmessage7777]

I was in Tucson in January 1984 when filming began for this movie. I lived over on 29th street a few miles southeast.

[@sireastside6210]

Was 29th st bad back then?

[@pfink70]

4:56 - I lived in Cochise Hall when I was a freshman in '88-'89. The jocks did not kick me out. Gotta say I still miss Greasy Tony's.

[@everettrhay4855]

No charge for extra grease!

[@hectorlopez1069]

One of the greatest movies of the 80s. What an interesting movie it was for the nerds.

[@deanhagerman6843]

Awesome job, one of the best movies of all time

[@angelsWin5109]

Hell ya revenge of the nerds . Amazing Job

[@dustman96]

That's my town! Nice job finding all that.

[@justinbegay3526]

I currently study at the University of Arizona and have taken classes in all the buildings seen at the beginning when they are being dropped off. The back half of the Bear Down Gym is a tutoring center and I'm amazed at the overhead shot in the movie at the start of the Greek Games: the stadium then looks like a skeleton, but the main library is definitely recognizable. You are correct that the old location of Greasy Tony's, which was before my time, is now student housing.

[@elvisisalive2716]

according to your username you would have been in the Javelin competition with Lamarr

[@angelalinderman9985]

I LOVE this movie so much! It's funny but also heartwarming at the same time!❤️💜👍 Thanks Kurt!

[@chain_sawyer7469]

Awesome video Kurt,the nerds rule!!

[@Latnman101]

I went to the U of A and boy I absolutely loved your video. My old neighborhood.

[@80sLife]

😁 Awesome! Thank you so much!!

[@davidschneider129]

Another great video! Timely, I actually just recently finished reading Curtis Armstrong’s memoir, “Revenge of the Nerd”. Lots of interesting stories about the filming of this, along with the rest of his career. Highly recommended!

[@mcsmoothie7052]

Maybe I’ll check the book out. I watched this movie a few years back with the commentary track on, and Curtis Armstrong seemed a little embarrassed by the movie now, and also didn’t even seem to fully have a grasp of his own character in the film.

[@L-I-V-I-N]

Love this movie.. can’t find it online… Just watched High School USA where Gilbert ( Anthony Edwards) was the coolest Porsche driving dude in high school filmed a year before Revenge of The Nerds… Great job on this video!!

[@klaasj7808]

Stremio is your answer

[@mannyc215]

Excellent cool video and the movie 🎥 classic……👍

[@scottc.5142]

One of my fav movies of all time...movie was almost life changing for me...

[@80sLife]

Awesome! Thank you for watching

[@davidtaylor6663]

Another home run Kurt Crucial! Well done despite the challenges

[@NemeanLion-]

Revenge of the Nerds! Awesome!

[@PREPFORIT]

I Love this movie Thank you for this !

[@tomking7080]

I went to UOFA in 1995 and I had a awesome time in college. UOFA is a bad ass college

[@SPIKE-0000]

4:16 The guy hanging someone over the balcony "Donald Gibb"...he played "Jackson" in "Blood Sport" alongside Van Damme...He also went on to play "Ogre" in the next instalments of the "Revenge Of The Nerds" franchise....

[@malcolmbaldwin5735]

thanks

[@Rockhound6165]

Ogre's given name in the movies was Frederick Aloysius Palowski and he ended up joining the Tri Lams at the end of 2.

[@LinkMassing]

Kurt, this movie was such a staple of my earliest childhood. Thank you so very much for all your videos I have enjoyed them all!

[@sunnyvale104]

Well done that was great

[@JohnQPublic345]

kurt, you never disappoint. one of my favorite movies . I was in high school when it came out. NERRRRRRDS!

[@alansmith6376]

I went to the University of Arizona and studied film and theater. In fact, one of my professors was one of the girls in the Row Row Row your boat scene. She told me that the University did not know the details (mainly the explicit sexual content ) of the plot and tried to pull the plug halfway through the production, but since they already signed the contract, there was nothing the University could do.

[@NH-7]

I love this channel… great job man! So many memories 👍👍

[@gregsachse7123]

I went to UofA during the filming and was on camera for about a half second. You are correct, the carnival was in the "mall' which was the grass area in the middle of campus. They had an annual "Spring Fling" carnival there every year.

[@everettrhay4855]

I remember Spring Fling, went every year.

[@vincentcasolaro]

Love all your nostalgic videos You're the best.

[@michaeltoste3987]

Great video. Love this movie! Your voice sounds just like the late great Norm McDonald.

[@RollerCoasterLineProductions]

Always enjoy these videos

[@rockstarfriend2049]

Great video!!! I am a Tucson native and a graduate of the University of Arizona. So many awesome memories...

[@TheSharter]

As a 80's kid I love these vids. New to the channel. Have you done any vids on One crazy summer or Better off dead? On another note those were the first 2 80's movies that came to mind. Total coincidence that they are Cusack movies.

[@hankyler4129]

Great video! I was there when this was filmed. It was something to see. A little update for you. The scene with the festival was filmed in the are close to where you thought. It was actually on the south side of University Blvd. Just north or McKale center and the aquatic center and east of the Optical sciences building. That is the same location where they used to have Spring Fling back in the day.

[@jasonsoutthere7733]

The tricycle race still cracks me up! "Daichee-"Dachiee"🎹

[@Orrickman]

Great video once again. Your care for details is just amazing!

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much! I try.

[@kuriaki71]

Love your work.

[@tristatefullautoshootandtr5676]

My grandfather was Construction Coordinator on that movie. I remember him being on location in Tuscon and calling my mom telling her about the "dumb college movie" he was working on. LOL! Great video!

[@dtrain5171]

Tucson native. Raised near the college. I remember seeing them film at the Sorority house. Thanks for the nostalgia.

[@anthonysams7534]

Love a “Jackin Dabox” sighting. Great videos, thanks!!

[@80sLife]

Ha. Thank you!

[@timkeller3907]

This great movie came out my senior year in high school.... went with my buddy to the theater to see it, and laughed our butts off lol

[@andrewcrenshaw2459]

Clap your hands everybody, and everybody clap your hands. We're Lambda Lambda Lambda and Omega Mu. We come here on stage tonight to do our show for you. We got a rockin' rhythm and a hi-tech sound that'll make you move your body down to the ground. We got Poindexter on the violin, and Lewis and Gilbert will be joining in. We got Booger Presley on the mean guitar and a rap by little ol' me Lamar. We got Takashi beating on his gong, the boys and the Mu's are clapping along. And just when you thought, ya seen it all, along comes a Lambda four foot tall. So Wormser come on out here on the floor, so we can move our bodies, like never before. Break!

[@billyboshanski2540]

From memory or not?

[@SuperLeroy66]

Dope

[@hatednyc]

😂😂

[@danielgallegos8869]

One of my favorites growing up.

[@80sLife]

😁 thank you for watching

[@haweater1555]

Watching this movie in the theater at age 16 was life-changing for me. Best scene was during the party where they were trying to impress the Tri Lamb officials, Lewis puts on the record "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" , to which Lamar removes nearly right away. The apologetic expression on his face says: "𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦."

[@billybudd8085]

Thanx for this.I was gonna tell you about this when I saw the Can't Buy Me Love video.Awesome man.Sux about the rain.

[@__charles__]

awesome one! love this movie! tend to watch it a few times a year. such a classic!

[@digital138]

This movie is an American treasure

[@mr_jake.y8348]

You make some good videos. That's the years I grew up in.

[@80sLife]

Awesome. So glad you enjoy them

[@Gcar-Squad]

I always like the video before I watch it because there is no way you will ever make a bad video.

[@80sLife]

Ah wow. Thank you so much for that!!

[@tpatrickl9539]

When they came in to Tucson in the opening scenes, they came in on speedway. You can see a yellow building. That used to be a strip bar. It was called the Follies. The burning fraternity house was filmed right next-door to the alpha-beta house. The fraternity that owned that house had a vacant lot right next to their building. They constructed the burnt out building in the vacant lot on the east side of the alpha-beta house. Alpha Beta was a tongue in cheek joke. There was a supermarket chain across Southern California, Arizona, and Las Vegas called alpha-beta.

[@everettrhay4855]

I remember the black and yellow strip bar at the bottom of the exit ramp. I lived off Euclid not far from Tony’s unbelievable cheese steaks.

[@jwill636]

Great job. Always killing it with these filming location videos.

[@witblitsfilm]

Fantastic video man. And this is like having your favourite movie locations being narrated by Norm MacDonald....

[@NerdThingsAndMore]

Good video and info thanks

[@eltonjohnson1724]

Thanks. I always thought that "Revenge of the Nerds" was filmed in California. I was wrong. I love this movie!!!

[@Brianthomas24]

Great video! Love this movie! Always blows my mind James Cromwell was Mr. Skolnik! 😂

[@Rockhound6165]

I lived in Tucson from 1998-2001. Cool to see stuff filmed on E. Speedway. I lived on the other side of town from Greasy Tony's on E. Speedway as Speedway went through the entire city. I never knew the movie was filmed at U of A. Cool stuff. If you like Tucson, you should do Major League if you haven't already as the spring training stuff was filmed at High Corbett Field. When I lived there the Colorado Rockies had their spring training there. Sadly no MLB is there anymore. Oh, incidentally, Curtis Armstrong aka Booger just turned 70.

[@kokosnood]

Another great video. Your introduction made me think it wouldn't be as good as some others but it was top notch! I heard somewhere that they used a walrus or some other large marine mammal's noise for Booger's burp.

[@JIVETURKEY600]

Thanks for these...

[@luiz-figueiredo-72]

I met Brian Tochi (Takashi) last Saturday at the Florida Ultracon., amazing guy, one of the coolest celebrities I ever met.

[@bobdroll6381]

"And Lewis is talking to Betty who's sitting on the front porch, and it's kind of hard to see now because of the bushes in front of it..."

[@kokosnood]

LOL

[@everettrhay4855]

They were the Pi’s after all

[@georges8200]

Im in Tucson. this is pretty cool to see.

[@thejimshepard9982]

I'm digging your filming location videos.... how do you find all the locations? Very cool.

[@maxmt4325]

I wish you could do filming locations for part two. But unfortunately it's in Florida. Some people have done it but they aren't great. You line up shots perfectly

[@80sLife]

Thank you! I would love to do part 2. Maybe one day

[@tallywhacker1]

I'd love to see you do the locations for Heat 1995. That would be epic! Love your videos!

[@smallberries]

My kid lives in that exact dorm right now. Small world. The interiors of the rooms look exactly the same still.

[@80sLife]

That's amazing! You should get them to take a photo at the same angle so we can match it with the movie. Too cool!

[@deco983]

Great video!!!

[@Horror_Guns_Girls_Gym]

So cool man my favorite is actually part 2. It was Filmed in Florida.

[@trickolas78]

“We’ve got bush!”

[@wackawacka4624]

oh man glad you did this but yeah bro man, flash floods and monsoons are real in AZ -- mainly from June/July through Aug/Sept. if you film in AZ from about Oct - May, you're golden.

[@Michael-wh6nl]

My cousin was an extra in the crowd for the games..she was a student from Tucson High..she can be seen cheering in a light blue sweater with brown rim glasses..near the bleachers..as the crowd rise.. during the javelin throw..😊 from Lamar..

[@jokeroneninesevenzero]

Awesome!

[@dylanjenniges3709]

I really enjoy your videos. I am a nerd about learning filming locations. This one was especially nice since it was in Tucson, a town I love. I know you said weather and time constraints hindered you from doing 4 movies, and you did 2 instead. May I ask, was The Wraith one of the other 2? I hope so. And I hope you get to Tuscon again someday and knock out that 80's classic. Because, frankly, I am too lazy to find out all this stuff myself. :)

[@ChipWhitingtonIII]

Good stuff as always. Were one of the other movies you didn't get to shoot for The Wraith?

[@steveferguson823]

Thanks for putting on you. Tube.

[@frankiehernandez2066]

One of my favorite movies 👍😎

[@ljviper8460]

What were the other two films you were planning on filming? I know a lot of shots from Stir Crazy were filmed in Tucson. That would've been great. I think parts of Back to School were filmed there as well.

[@TheLoneStranger213]

Good stuff.

[@randomchaos5139]

I like these kind of videos. Funny now days its cool to be a nerd, in the 80s it wasn't....my high school days 😅😂😆 part two of Nerds i laughed when Ogre sats "What if C-A-T really spelled DOG? When he was hanging with the nerds on the island

[@101kmontgomery]

What were the other two movies you left out? I've seen them all so just wondering...

[@hectorlopez1069]

I heard they told Ogre to shave his beard and mustache so he would look like a college student. He was in Bloodsport with his beard and mustache.

[@steveferguson823]

What part of Tuson

[@giorgiogazzola5972]

Booger owned Ogre in that burping contest. One of my favorite movies growing up.

[@80sLife]

Absolutely! Thank you for watching

[@J_J_P_]

Greasy Tonys might be the eLoft hotel. I can't be 100% sure but I live in Tucson and also happen to be a huge fan!

[@markwilliams9718]

I seen that movie a long time ago so I don't really remember a lot of it I keep thinking about what were the other two movies though

[@LikeNoOther77]

The pies!!! 🤣😂🤓