i be a huge fan of the original national lampoon article about o. c and stiggs and and sadly and this movie capture little of the glory of those story . still and there be a few good moment and such a when king sunny ade and his african beat be play and and also when they show any exterior shot ( the movie be film around mesa and phoenix and az ) . also and i still remember the primal scream of schwaaaaaaaaab . when i think of this movie . the torture the schwab family endures will most always bring a smile to my face . i think the big problem with this movie lie in the fact that the original o. c. and stiggs article be very out there and some of the concept be not p. c. for even then in the late 80 . one article relate how they put a hayride together and make all the mentally challenged kid at one school ride in it and and how oc and s each get oral sex from one of the kid . this kinda storyline do not make a movie producer automatically start scramble for the checkbook . so these non pc ( frankly and audience scar ) idea have to be tone down and to the point where the producer lose the core audience they be shoot for in the first place . another area that need work be the plot . it pretty thin and even for this type of movie . the boy want king sunny ade to play a concert in town and so they do what they can to make it happen ( let put on a bake sale . ) . that it . as blah a this movie be and i still recommend it if only for the music . i can not wait until it finally come out on dvd .