We bow to you before the altar of the stage of The Palace, the faux-Phoenix, Arizona, rock club where you showed the world your rock ‘n’ roll “balbricks.” You are worthy, for you rawketh our analog, teenaged memories.īorn in New Orleans, on October 8, 1956, actor Wilson came to notice at the age of 25 in his first starring role as “Mickey” in the hugely successful Animal House -inspired comedies Porky’s (1981) and Porky’s II: The Next Day (1983).Īs with Lane Caudell (with his own rock flick, Hanging on a Star), Kim Milford (with his rock flick, Song of the Succubus), and Rick Springfield (a rock star in the bomb Hard to Hold) before him, Wilson was an aspiring and accomplished rock ‘n’ roller who fronted a band called Num for several years. It’s been many, many years Roger, and we, the now low testosterone, hair-thinned curmudgeons of the VHS and vinyl epoch, continue to worship you in a Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar-tribute. No matter how good or bad the movie: you saw either of their names on the box, you rented the flick.Ĭhiller, Cutting Class, Popcorn, Rich Girl, and The Stepfather for Jill Schoelen-check.Īmityville II: The Possession, Better Off Dead, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, The Last American Virgin, and Terrorvision for Diane Franklin-check.Īnd the subject of this Scarecrow Challenge review, Roger Wilson, hit casting gold by being cast with both of them in Thunder Alley and Second Time Lucky.
Day 16 Rock ‘n’ Roll Miscreants: Give some screen time to the punks and/or metal headsĪsk any male teenager haunting the racks of video stores in the ‘80s who their two favorite actresses were-this writer included-and the answer inevitably comes back: Diane Franklin and Jill Schoelen.
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