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Auggie Hamilton is all about making that fast buck. He's just been kicked out of college for a gambling and drinking party after being there for way longer than four years, as well as trying to sleep with the dean's daughter. What's he going to do now?

So when he learns that his friend Samantha (Tracy Griffith, Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland) is about to sell her father's garage to make way for Wrangler Bob Bundy (Jim Varney, yes, the Ernest P. Worrell playing, Slinky Dog voicing Jim Varney. Trivia note: Blake Clark, who is also in this movie, was friends with Varney and took over the voice of Slinky after Varney's death) and his constantly growing burger empire.

How do you defeat a megacorporation? Well, you go get some drugs that make people horny and put them in your burgers, that's how. And if you're wondering how they get that drug, one of the way they get women in bed is to sneak them into a lab where men suffer from non-stop erections. The girls see all these bald-headed yogurt slingers and the next thing you know, they're in bed with the guys. Because you know - that's totally how romance works. Movies like this are why I didn't get laid until I was 24.

How does the new fast food place get successful? Well, beyond the date rape drugs in the special sauce, they also cater a fancy preppie sorority bash been thrown by Mary Beth Bensen, who is played by the same person who played the grown-up Angela in Sleepaway Camp II and Sleepaway Camp III. That's Pamela Springsteen and yes, she's the Boss's sister.

Stick around - Traci Lords also shows up as an industrial spy, sent by Wrangler Bob to ruin our heroes. And oh yeah - the judge of their big case is played Kevin McCarthy from Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Michael J. Pollard shows up, too.

This isn't a movie you'd be proud to talk about with anyone, but who cares? Varney is great, Traci Lords is Traci Lords and burgers cause people to get laid. You could do much worse.

I probably wouldn't have purchased this DVD if Varney wasn't in it. He's excellent as uptight and mean Wrangler Bob Bundy and it was great seeing him in a different role. Although, when I was enjoying a mouthful of my soda, the movie cut to a scene with Wrangler Bob Bundy(Varney) in his office and, beat it all, he was riding one of those mechanical horses where you put the quarter into the little slot. I almost choked to death on my soda, some of it coming out of my nose. It totally caught me off guard because I wasn't expecting Bob Bundy to be funny because he was more of a bad guy. Only Varney, who was 40 at the time, could pull off that kind of scene. Any one else would've looked ridiculous. With Varney, it was a laugh-until-I-hurt funny. Yes, this was a B-movie but it was pretty entertaining. The secret's in the sauce and I wonder what was in it. It certainly made that uptight sorority girl loosen up. I was surprised that I found myself to like this one. Maybe I'm biased, I don't know. I tend to be if Varney is in the movie. This movie really doesn't have too much crude humor or bad language and actually did have a message. Auggie always tried to take the easy way out, thinking he could coast through life on his charm, but figured out that he was really good at running a business. When he finally took life seriously and buckled down, he found out that hard work does pay off. All in all, I'm glad I bought the movie.

An enjoyable little film that might not be as well know as it should. One of the reasons I saw this film was because some of the cast(including Pamela Springsteen) where in this film and that sparked my interest. At first everyone told me this film was not going to be very good, good thing I didnt listen to them, because this film is one of the better teen comedies from the late 80's.

Before I start with the review, I'm going to summarise the plot for those that havent seen it.

Auggie and his pal Drew graduated from college and now have to find a job. Drew's cousin Sam owns a run down gas station that is the target of Wrangler Bob for one of his new fast food joints. Instead of selling, Auggie takes out a loan so they can turn the gas station into a fast food joint of their own. Auggie spikes the secret sauce with a powerful aphrodisiac, after that hilarity ensues. Thats all I'm saying, for the rest you must see the film for yourself.

Now for my review(unlike the summary this does contain Spoilers, you have been warned).

Don't listen to critics, this is a really funny film, eact actor in the film gives a great performance. The direction from Micheal A. Simpson is great and I thinkg Simpson could have been a big director, but the things that he's done aint that bad either. The film does get a bit bogged down in end with the courtroom scene and never quite picks up after that, but since the films about over anyway, its a minor flaw. My favourite part of the film is when they catar a sorority party and unleash the burgers on the crowd(the party consists of stuck of rich kids, and my favourite actress: Pamela Springsteen. Not much of a review, but thats my thoughts on the fillm, it is a bit hard to find(I had to purchase it online), but if you can find it, I definitely recommend seeing it.

Immature and irresponsible Auggie Hamilton (affable Clark Brandon) gets tossed out of college for his constant morally dubious antics. Auggie and his loyal best friend Drew Taylor (the equally engaging Randal Patrick) transform a gas station owned by the spunky and independent Samantha Brooks (a delightful portrayal by the adorable Tracy Griffith) into a fast food restaurant. Unbeknownst to Samantha and Drew, Auggie laces the special sauce with a potent aphrodisiac. Naturally, the restaurant proves to be a huge success. Ruthless fast food tycoon Wrangler Bob Bundy (marvelously played to the deliciously obnoxious hilt by Jim Vraney) resorts to drastic measures to find out the secret of the sauce. Director Michael A. Simpson, working from a cheerfully inane script by Brandon and Lanny Horn (Horn also acts in the picture as bespectacled science nerd Calvin), relates the amusingly silly story at a constant zippy pace and maintains an infectiously light and breezy tone throughout. The lowbrow humor won't ever win any awards for wit or subtlety, but gets a sizable number of big laughs just the same (the scenes with folks cutting loose under the liberating influence of the sauce are hilarious and Wrangler Bob's unctuous TV commercials are total hoots). This movie further benefits from animated acting by a game and appealing cast: Hamilton and Griffith make for likable leads, Vraney has a ball in a rare juicy bad guy role, plus there are neat turns by Michael J. Pollard as supportive burger joint employee Bud, Blake Clark as Wrangler Bob's bumbling henchman E.G. McCormick, Traci Lords as sexy spy Dixie Love, Pamela Springsteen as uptight sorority sister Mary Beth Bensen, and Kevin McCarthy as the stern Judge Reinholte. Moreover, the bouncy soundtrack and the overall good-natured sensibility add immensely to the film's considerable goofy charm. A real riot.