Porky's (One Size Fits All Collection)

Reviewed by:
Gene Newman

Porky's is one of the most influential teen comedy trilogies ever conceived, representing a time when R-rated movies lived up to their billing. Filled with plenty of nudity and tasteless gags, like the nasty female gym teacher practically pulling a student's dick off after he sticks it through a hole in the girl's shower, this three-disc box set makes us long for a time before the dreaded PG-13 rating was created. Porky's and Porky's Revenge are about a horny group of high schoolers feuding with the fat owner of a local strip club. The second one, Porky's II: The Next Day, has nothing to do with the strip club and just sucks. The only special features are on the first disc and include a few featurettes and a commentary with the director, Bob Clark, who recently died tragically in a car wreck. (He also directed another classic: A Christmas Story.) We hate to end a review about such great comedies on a down note, but at least Clark got a chance to tell us more about a franchise that kick-started puberty for millions of guys before the luxury of Internet porn. Next time you watch American Pie, pour a little (of your drink) out for Bobby.