I first saw Armstrong in Revenge of the Nerds, an under appreciated 80's comedy. The film has nerds, jocks, hair pie, everything an 80's comedy needs, but it also has heart. It's made a generation of nerds be able to say "I'm a nerd, and I'm pretty proud of it."
I always thought Booger was a strange choice for a nerd character. He's never shown doing anything smart, or nerdy. He picks bios nose, smokes wonder joints, and wins belching contests:
Booger is part of the nerd fraternity Lambda Lambda Lambda, and LLL would be a lot less without him. He was always wearing funny tee shirts, i.e. "Give me head 'till I'm dead," or the classic "Who Farted?" He was also Booger Presley in the talent contest.
After Nerds, Armstrong appeared in Better Off Dead as Charles De Mar; one of my favorite movie characters. I never get sick of quoting De Mar.
"This is pure snow! It's everywhere! Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is?"
"I've been going to this high school for seven and a half years. I'm no dummy."
And my favorite "Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."
Armstrong is the voice of Snot on American Dad. He's played Booger and Snot.
He has 137 credits on IMDB. I see him most recently on King of the Nerds on TBS. I often wonder if anyone else watches it. King of the Nerds is an hour-long reality series where self proclaimed nerds live in a house and compete in nerdy challenges, eliminating a nerd every week. Eventually there will be one left, and they win $100K.
Armstrong co-hosts the show with Robert Carradine, Lewis Skolnick from Revenge of the Nerds. I feel Carradine is only there because he was the main character of the film. He doesn't really add much to King of the Nerds. Armstrong really carries the hosting duties, and that's just fine. He's hilarious, and I love him in everything I've ever seen him in.
Curtis Armstrong. Nerd Dad's King of the Nerds.
His work in Risky business is classic
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