Three Cheers

As I recollect, it was Dennis Cozzalio's blog that got me to watch Revenge of the Cheerleaders. Not just because it's a teen sex comedy with lots of topless- and bottomlessness.

Anyway, he's right - this is a sweet film that's a lot of fun and has a lot of topless and bottomlessness. I can't believe that it was released when I was in high school, and that I knew nothing about it. I will not dignify the "plot" with a synopsis, just let you know it involved the screwy cheerleaders of Aloha High, their stuck-up rivals, the tough kids at Lincoln Vocational, corrupt land developers, um... school board something, new principal something something, drugs in the spaghetti, oh I give up.

The titular (obligatory pun) cheerleaders spend as much time as possible naked and/or simulating sex. Their boyfriends on the basketball team are pretty inert, including David Hasselhof as "Boner" - too much sex makes them groggy, I think.

The girls aren't all that easy to tell apart, either, except:

• One is Asian-American
  
• One is African-American
• One is pregnant

The knocked up cheerleader, played by Rainbeaux Smith, is one of the reasons this film is so well liked. She is not scorned, or fawned over, she's just another kid. That non-judgmental attitude prevails throughout - it's sweet fun to watch, although it helps if you enjoy seeing undressed cheerleaders - and David Hasselhof (without a boner, though).

But our favorite part is the beloved principal, Professor Ivory, played by Carl Ballantine - Gruber from McHale's Navy! He seems to be having a great time, although he sets his office on fire early on and doesn't get to come back until the end of the movie.

In conclusion: Best teen sexploitation film I've seen. And now we want to see McHale's Navy.