We continue #HAHAugust, our celebration of the comedies of New World Pictures, with an interview about one of classic comedies to emerge from Roger Corman’s New World Pictures, 1979’s ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL! Joining us to talk about the film is author Stephen B. Armstrong, who just wrote a book on the subject called I Want You Around: The Ramones and the Making of Rock ‘n’ Roll High School, editor Mark Helfrich, who got his start on the movie as a production assistant and assistant editor, and the movie’s director, Allan Arkush, who also spent years working at New World editing trailers for the company.  If you are a fan of this movie, you don’t want to miss this episode! We discuss the many iterations of the script, Arkush’s journey with the Ramones, how New World fought the movie internally, and much more! 

For more about Stephen, visit his website, https://stephen-b-armstrong.com/, and buy his book wherever books are sold! 

For the video about The Wiltern mentioned by Mark and Allan, head here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti49ckZZNFI

And for the GET CRAZY video Allan mentions on the episode, go here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMlpF76gRz0

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