Buffalo Pierce Arrow museum creates Hall of Fame Oct 23, 2009
SUSAN CLARK: The future co-star of "Webster" and "Porky's" starred in "Amelia Earhart," a 1976 NBC-TV biopic for which she earned an Emmy nomination. DIANE KEATON: Keaton also garnered an Emmy nod for the TNT movie "Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight" (1994). (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Hanford church welcomes parishioners' pets Sep 26, 2009
She was an exotic dancer at a Miami strip club called Porky's. He showed up wearing a Hawaiian shirt, eager to share a night in the VIP lounge. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Clinton, Bird among mourners at Simon funeral Sep 19, 2009
Simon and his wife, Bren, were major Democratic Party donors and he produced several films, most notably the 1980s teen comedy "Porky's.". Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Pacers owner, Porky's producer Simon dies Sep 17, 2009
Pacers owner, Porky's producer Simon dies - NBA- nbcsports ... Pacers owner, Porky's producer Simon dies. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Obituaries in the news Sep 17, 2009
He and his wife were major Democratic Party donors, and he was best known in Hollywood for producing the raunchy teen comedy "Porky's.". The Simon brothers were credited with keeping professional basketball in Indianapolis when they bought the Pacers in 1983 at the behest of city leaders to head off a deal that could have seen the team move less than a year before the NFL's Colts moved to the city from Baltimore. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Shopping-mall pioneer Melvin Simon dies Sep 17, 2009
He produced hit films such as the teen comedy "Porky's," but also flops like "Zorro, the Gay Blade" and "Chu Chu and the Philly Flash.". pmoore@bizjournals. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Mel Simon dies; co-owned Pacers with brother Sep 17, 2009
He and his wife were major Democratic Party donors, and he was best known in Hollywood for producing the raunchy teen comedy "Porky's." ... Simon said he was "absolutely flabbergasted" when "Porky's" -- with its scenes of teenage boys spying on girls in a locker room shower and visiting a brothel named Porky's -- became a big hit in 1982. (ESPN -- Basketball)
•NEW: Pacers owner Mel Simon dies Sep 17, 2009
Simon also was a Hollywood movie producer in the 1970s and '80s, when he scored a big hit with the raunchy teen comedy "Porky's," but he had many more flops. Simon's business of building and operating hundreds of suburban shopping malls across the country earned him a fortune that Forbes magazine estimated this year at $1. (The Daily Journal)
Oregon Lottery game goes haywire, pays out big jackpots Sep 3, 2009
Jim Trunnell, the owner of Porky's Palace barbecue restaurant on Highway 99 in west Eugene, said players caught onto the game's generosity well before lottery officials. It was so obvious that some people warned him to shut off the machine because the payouts were too good, he said. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
From all us misfits, geeks and outsiders, thank you, John Aug 18, 2009
Unlike some of the other teen genre films of the era, such as Porky's and Revenge of the Nerds, most of his films appealed to both genders, starred actual teens and, crucially for the 98 per cent of us who aren't rich, blonde and popular, they championed the outsiders and/or working-class teens who were usually mocked by the popular and/or wealthy kids. Sure, everyone was good-looking and witty, the high schools looked like gleaming university campuses compared with our dusty quadrangles, and... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Exclusive: John Hughes Opens Up In Unpublished 1997 Interview Aug 8, 2009
Though he is credited with making some of the all-time classic modern teen movies, Hughes blanched at the notion that he was a pioneer of the genre, pointing to such cheeseball films as 1982's "Porky's" as predecessors of his work. "It always starts with the cheesy things, because the movies are one of the few places a teenager can go sit by themselves or with friends and not have to deal with their parents," he said. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Judd, Seriously Jul 30, 2009
Imagine Porky's if, instead of getting revenge on the strip club, Pee Wee and Meat had a long talk about life goals, met nice girls and raised children. Apatow's new movie, Funny People, is the one he hopes will turn him from a mass producer of comedies into a filmmaker. (Time.com)
Read Peter Hartlaub's review Jul 13, 2009
Just as John Hughes put the "Porky's" franchise out of business, the Judd Apatow-produced "Superbad" makes "I Love You, Beth Cooper" seem quaint and a bit out of style. "Beth Cooper" isn't a terrible addition to the teen coming-of-age party movie catalog. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Is Hollywood Finally Promoting Traditional Values? May 21, 2009
For decades, America's perspective on teen sex has been shaped by idiotic fare like "American Pie" and "Porky's." American teens, with the tacit or explicit encouragement of their 1960s-era parents, have bought into the "mindless sex" value system. But with 40 percent of American children now born to single mothers, with high suicide rates among sexually active teenage girls a tragic reality, with the explosion of sexually transmitted disease -- and most of all, with the loss of emotional and... (Human Events Online)
Entertainment Briefs: Eddie Spaghetti performs Saturday at Porky's Apr 30, 2009
He'll perform a solo act Saturday at Porky's ... Eddie Spaghetti performs Saturday at Porky's. (Longview Daily News, WA)
You know. He's that guy from that show Feb 20, 2009
When I first started out, there was this movie, one of my first, a kind of Porky's movie ... Seemed like a good idea at the time Keleghan starred in the 1983 comedy Screwballs, a "kind of Porky's movie" that features such memorable characters as Bootsie Goodhead, the wicked Purity Busch and the lovable Melvin Jerkovski. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Passchendaele gets 6 Genie nods, but not for director Feb 12, 2009
The two highest-grossing Canadian films of all time are Porky's, which took in $11. 2 million in Canada, and Bon Cop, Bad Cop, which earned $12 million. (Calgary Herald)
