Back To School is where Rodney Dangerfield is going. Heeding the advice of his
father who said that no matter how successful you are, you are not a well rounded
person without some education. Wish his dad was running the Department Of
Education today. Dangerfield who is a multi-millionaire tycoon in the clothing
business knows that money talks and he gets it to speak volumes. It's called an
endowment and Ned Beatty as Dean Martin admits him.
Dangerfield thinks it would be nice if he and his son Keith Gordon did the college thing together. But Keith resents dad just moving in and taking over. So does business teacher Paxton Whitehead. Whitehead is one of those who lives up to the motto, those who can't teach. Whitehead is also jealous that Dangerfield making time with English teacher Sally Kellerman.
In her own way Kellerman conveys the same message to him, but it sure is packaged better.
It's a Dangerfield production and all in the cast kind of play his straight men. Some of the others include Burt Young who knew Rodney way back when and is his chauffeur and general fixer of all things, Robert Downey, Jr., as Gordon's friend and roommate who is loving being part of a faster lifestyle and William Zabka, bad kid in the Karate Kid who makes life miserable for Gordon.
Two small but indelible roles are Sam Kinison as a most unorthodox history professor and Adrienne Barbeau who is brilliant as the cheating trophy wife of Dangerfield. How he handles her is priceless.
A must for Rodney Dangerfield fans.
Dangerfield thinks it would be nice if he and his son Keith Gordon did the college thing together. But Keith resents dad just moving in and taking over. So does business teacher Paxton Whitehead. Whitehead is one of those who lives up to the motto, those who can't teach. Whitehead is also jealous that Dangerfield making time with English teacher Sally Kellerman.
In her own way Kellerman conveys the same message to him, but it sure is packaged better.
It's a Dangerfield production and all in the cast kind of play his straight men. Some of the others include Burt Young who knew Rodney way back when and is his chauffeur and general fixer of all things, Robert Downey, Jr., as Gordon's friend and roommate who is loving being part of a faster lifestyle and William Zabka, bad kid in the Karate Kid who makes life miserable for Gordon.
Two small but indelible roles are Sam Kinison as a most unorthodox history professor and Adrienne Barbeau who is brilliant as the cheating trophy wife of Dangerfield. How he handles her is priceless.
A must for Rodney Dangerfield fans.