In comedy... and horror... and any genre of film, a terrible rip-off or cash-in of a more artistic and legitimate property can be extreme fun. Here we have 'Mad Magazine's Up the Academy'. When National Lampoon had a few successful hits like "Animal House" and "Vacation", MAD churned out this odd little "Stripes for Teen Boys" picture. I think its cool the awkward cute geek role went to a black kid. Nowadays, they'd just hand this role to Michael Cera.
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