PCU: before "Old School" there was this

I think many of you are too young to even know about this movie and perhaps this photo will tell you a bit about how old it is

how many .avi's can you fit in that VCR-tape sized box?

For me, this was the first exposure i had to Jeremy Piven and I never forgot his performance. It took a while for him to break the mold of this character. As a matter of fact I don't think he ever did. When he appeared on the smash hit series Entourage (which he won multiple Emmy's for) he was essentially the same character that he played in PCU... just older.

that's right! he was young once!

This film is something that i think can be called a cult classic because it is fondly remembered but didn't really make much money (think Evil Dead.) David Spade was still a big star when it was released and he was trying very hard to have a film that didn't also have Chris Farley in it. It also had a bit role for Jon Favreau who later on went to be an incredible director and a reasonably good actor (I quite liked "Chef.")

it's only been 25 years or so

The star of this movie is meant to be Chris Young (and yeah, i had to look that up) but the real star, as is reflected on IMDB is Jeremy Piven. Jeremy plays the role of "Droz," the de-facto leader of a fraternity that has kind of become the party place on campus and while their frat is great at partying, they don't really focus on the being-in-college-to-study-and-make-a-job-for-yourself-eventually side of things too much.

He has mastered the system though: he's been in college for 6 years and has no intention of leaving saying such lines as

you can major in game-boy if you know how to bullshit

and when the main character accidentally destroys a bunch of students' thesis he is charged with replacing all of them including a guy who is majoring in Sanscrit and Droz says

Sanscrit? you are majoring in a 5,000 year old dead langauge....(digs in closet) Latin.... sorry, it's the best i can do

This film is important for people to see because of multiple reasons. David Spade never really made it and I think this was likely one of his best chances. Unfortunately for him he seems to be quite one-dimensional unless playing opposite someone. Also, multiple other people who later on went to be major stars were paid next to nothing to be in this movie.

the pillow-biters! scene

Also (and worth noting) it seems this movie accidentally predicted the social justice warrior (SJW) situation that exists, at least in the United States today, many many years ago. It presents such a situation in an absurd sense, and normalcy prevails through the introduction of parties and beer. It is kind of up to you if this is a good or a bad thing but you can't deny that over-sensitivity definitely exists in today's "triggered!" society .

have a look at the trailer

As always I welcome your comments and criticism.