So, back in the mid 80s we were blessed with one of the cheesiest movies of all time...but yet, it was actually sort of ahead of it's time with the prevalence of Extreme Sports today: Rad. Finally, a movie about a paperboy who becomes a BMX champion.
I once railed for The Monster Squad to get a DVD release, I now focus my attention for Rad. Thank god for YouTube, though, because you can see some cheese-tastic clips including the opening sequence:
The climactic final race on the "Hell Track:"
The cheesiest scene in film history (though if you get through it, you get to my favorite part of the movie..."You over-rotated..." "...no...shit.")
Yes, that's the girl that would eventually grow up to marry Uncle Jessie on Full House.
Also, it was casting genius to get Olympic gymnast Bart Connor to play a blonde egotistical pretty boy hotshot all-star bike rider...I guess William Zabka was busy.
And to finish off, a silly little tribute video, which kinda repeats some thing I already put, but I laugh at the little fake quotes at the beginning:
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