Early William Shatner goodtime. He stars as "Peter Gifford, a teacher who wants to teach high school students to think for themselves". Says Wikipedia.
So now someone tells me there's a movie that stars Captain Kirk (Star Trek), The Chief (Get Smart) and Chief O'Hara (Batman) together???? New fave movie!!!!!!!
Fliimed at the original Mesa high which tragically was burned down due to chemical fire 🔥 in science lab in 1967 if the structure still stood it would be the oldest high school in the state of Arizona to date. Mesa Hjgh Jackrabbit is a united community very rich in tradition alot of the alumni just found out about this movie being filmed on location in 1960. Nice to have a memory of the Old Main as they referred to the school in those days...Carry On Mesa !!
3:40 , reminds me of when my Sister was a Senior and her friends wanted her to go partying, she was talking on the phone to her friend and asked our Mother if she could go, and Mom said no, because she didn't know who any of the Boys were, then my Sister says to her friend on the phone, "I swear my mother thinks I'm a Slut!!" My Mother was shocked, and I was rolling on the floor laughing.
This is interesting to me because where I grew up, (in South East London, England, UK) life, school etc, was _not_ at all like this...🥺 !! 🤔🏴🙂🇬🇧😏🖖
Twenty years later on the Happy Days episode, Fonzie the Substitute, released November 17, 1981, Fonzie subs for hygiene teacher, Roger Phillips, and the students trick Fonz into discussing sex education, causing Roger to almost lose his job.
@11:06, you see a glimpse of 'Kenneth Preston' from The Defenders playing a teacher and saying a few lines! Definitely him! (great series, hope they all come out on dvd, not just the First Season!)
People have some sort of fond memory connected to this film. That's fine, we all have our weaknesses. Still... This movie sucked when it came out. Sucked a decade after it came out. And STILL Sucks today!
But Robin Williams had to leave....I had a professor who was kicked out of Harvard for being too much of a student advocate, this was back in early 70s.....
Squares vs Rebels before the pill, with sympathy to both sides and an unintentionally patronizing earnestness that is as charming as stultifying as the shallow middle class suburban culture it depicts must have been. A fascinating artifact and more entertaining than I expected. It’s worth seeing just for the appealing lead performance by a 29 year-old William Shatner, a few years before his Star Trek role.
Why are musical scores In most of these early youth movies completely different from the music of their time. “Beat Generation” is plastered all over the wall Yet the music they are dancing to is way too dated for the time!
All movies played what the studios thought sounded like rrock n roll. Not just for the record rights but so parents didn't complain about the "nasty" music. And believe me, they had some horrifying names for simple rock n roll.
My teens were 10 years after The Explosive Generation but still a lot like this. In 1970s Houston, kids were starting to talk and act like hippies. The 1950s goody-two-shoes dress was transitioning into today's casual dress, and not without a lot of fights. We had racial tension in our mix too. In 1972, the arrest of a student for possession of a joint blew up into a demonstration and then lockdown of my high school, and we got to see the lies of the police, school, media, and fellow students in all their glory. Mild in terms of unrest, but it shaped me. The Explosive Generation is forward looking, optimistic, and does a good job explaining to angry, scared parents why kids were pushing out of their strait jackets.
Thank you. I often have wondered what it was like lto have society leave the " goody two shoes" clothes and music of the 50s and go into the dress and music that resembles what we know today.
Shatner is simply awesome in everything he does!
So now someone tells me there's a movie that stars Captain Kirk (Star Trek), The Chief (Get Smart) and Chief O'Hara (Batman) together???? New fave movie!!!!!!!
Also Beau Bridges and Billy Gray, who was 'Bud' in Father Knows Best.
@@-oiiio-3993Billy Gray was also Bobby, the boy who discovered who Klaatu was in The Day the Earth Stood Still.
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Indeed.
Parents were just as delusional 60 years ago!!’😹😹😹
Fliimed at the original Mesa high which tragically was burned down due to chemical fire 🔥 in science lab in 1967 if the structure still stood it would be the oldest high school in the state of Arizona to date. Mesa Hjgh Jackrabbit is a united community very rich in tradition alot of the alumni just found out about this movie being filmed on location in 1960. Nice to have a memory of the Old Main as they referred to the school in those days...Carry On Mesa !!
Kids who blame boomers for all their problems need to watch this movie.
3:40 , reminds me of when my Sister was a Senior and her friends wanted her to go partying, she was talking on the phone to her friend and asked our Mother if she could go, and Mom said no, because she didn't know who any of the Boys were, then my Sister says to her friend on the phone, "I swear my mother thinks I'm a Slut!!"
My Mother was shocked, and I was rolling on the floor laughing.
my grandfather wrote this movie lmaooo
This is interesting to me because where I grew up, (in South East London, England, UK) life, school etc, was _not_ at all like this...🥺 !! 🤔🏴🙂🇬🇧😏🖖
Nice movie thanks for posting
Twenty years later on the Happy Days episode, Fonzie the Substitute, released November 17, 1981, Fonzie subs for hygiene teacher, Roger Phillips, and the students trick Fonz into discussing sex education, causing Roger to almost lose his job.
Good movie, they are right.we have to talk about things they need to know growing up.
Happy 92nth Captain.
Some of this was filmed in Mesa, AZ
"Pump Up the Volume" in 1961?
Yeah, Shatner shines in this one.
@11:06, you see a glimpse of 'Kenneth Preston' from The Defenders playing a teacher and saying a few lines! Definitely him! (great series, hope they all come out on dvd, not just the First Season!)
Beam me up Scotty.
Beau Bridges is in this so is the kid whom played Bud in Father knows Best
People have some sort of fond memory connected to this film. That's fine, we all have our weaknesses. Still... This movie sucked when it came out. Sucked a decade after it came out. And STILL Sucks today!
Yours was the only negative revue this movie, going to watch it this week and find out. 6:39
Hilarious! I agree-
😳 all of a sudden the movie speed it up.. it looked like the parents were having some kind of " seizures" 😵😵💫😵😵💫😵😵💫 😂😂😂😂😂
O CAPTAIN ! MY CAPTAIN !
But Robin Williams had to leave....I had a professor who was kicked out of Harvard for being too much of a student advocate, this was back in early 70s.....
@@yodservant OK
Spock let the boom mike slip a bit at 11:00.
Squares vs Rebels before the pill, with sympathy to both sides and an unintentionally patronizing earnestness that is as charming as stultifying as the shallow middle class suburban culture it depicts must have been. A fascinating artifact and more entertaining than I expected. It’s worth seeing just for the appealing lead performance by a 29 year-old William Shatner, a few years before his Star Trek role.
Fot me, its worth seeing for Patty MacCormack and Billy Gray. Not a fan of Shatner before or after Trek. He has pretty eyes though
Why are musical scores In most of these early youth movies completely different from the music of their time.
“Beat Generation” is plastered all over the wall Yet the music they are dancing to is way too dated for the time!
Copyright issues, it’s cheaper to use knock-off music you commission and own.
All movies played what the studios thought sounded like rrock n roll. Not just for the record rights but so parents didn't complain about the "nasty" music. And believe me, they had some horrifying names for simple rock n roll.
In 1960s Houston, it would've been Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, and Ernest Tubb.
Civil disobedience! Ya gotta love it!
My teens were 10 years after The Explosive Generation but still a lot like this. In 1970s Houston, kids were starting to talk and act like hippies. The 1950s goody-two-shoes dress was transitioning into today's casual dress, and not without a lot of fights. We had racial tension in our mix too. In 1972, the arrest of a student for possession of a joint blew up into a demonstration and then lockdown of my high school, and we got to see the lies of the police, school, media, and fellow students in all their glory. Mild in terms of unrest, but it shaped me.
The Explosive Generation is forward looking, optimistic, and does a good job explaining to angry, scared parents why kids were pushing out of their strait jackets.
Thank you. I often have wondered what it was like lto have society leave the " goody two shoes" clothes and music of the 50s and go into the dress and music that resembles what we know today.
Really good movie and despite the music it represented the era very well. Much better than The Graduate.