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Revenge of the Nerd
Revenge of the Nerd: Or . . . The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would Be Booger | Curtis Armstrong
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Risky Business. Revenge of the Nerds. Better Off Dead. Moonlighting. Supernatural. American Dad. New Girl. What do all of these movies and television shows have in common? Curtis Armstrong. A legendary comedic second banana to a litany of major stars, Curtis is forever cemented in the public imagination as Booger from Revenge of the Nerds. A classically trained actor, Curtis began his incredible 40-year career on stage but progressed rapidly to film and television. He was typecast early and it proved to be the best thing that could have happened. But theres more to Curtis story than that. Born and bred a nerd, he spent his early years between Detroit, a city so nerdy that the word was coined there in 1951, and, improbably, Geneva, Switzerland. His adolescence and early adulthood was spent primarily between the covers of a book and indulging his nerdy obsessions. It was only when he found his true calling, as an actor and unintentional nerd icon, that he found true happiness. With whip-smart, self-effacing humor, Armstrong takes us on a most unlikely journeyone nerds hilarious, often touching rise to the middle. He started his life as an outcast and matured into...well, an older, slightly paunchier, hopefully wiser outcast. In Hollywood, as in life, that counts as winning the game.
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MidnightBookGirl
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I love Curtis Armstong, whether he's being called Booger by nerds, snorting snow in Better Off Dead, and especially as Ack Ack in One Crazy Summer. I loved listening to his childhood tales, his love for theater, and some pretty interesting behind the scenes stories, like his dish on Tom Cruise in Risky Business. The truth behind the One Crazy Summer shoot made me sad though. Loved his addition to Supernatural and all the nerdom.

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MidnightBookGirl
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Ah, Booger! I'm a huge fan of Curtis Armstrong, from One Crazy Summer to Better Off Dead, and his biography is entertaining as hell so far. Who knew that the nerds of the 60's through the 90's would finally get their time to shine? #audiobook

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Sara_Planz
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So my impossibly cool and thoughtful son knew how upset I was that my signed Curtis Armstrong book was destroyed by Harvey, so he tweeted him and asked him to send me a new one, which I received today, personalized as such. Amazing!

Books_Wine_Repeat Very cool! 7y
Rachbb3 He'll always be Booger. 😁 7y
merelybookish Super cool kid! Super nice author! 7y
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DGRachel Wow! That's wonderful!! 7y
kspenmoll Love❤️❤️❤️ 7y
Bookzombie That's wonderful!! 7y
LeahBergen Aww! 💕💕💕 7y
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Georgette73
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Loved it! Funny, honest, and you can tell the man loves his craft (As well as books and the Beatles). Self-effacing and warm-hearted, you'll love it.

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Georgette73
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"I had never really left it, of course. From the very dawning of perception, books were vital to every aspect of my being".

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Sara_Planz
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Just finished this wonderful memoir by one of my favorite actors. Funny, warm, introspective and a love letter to his acting career and all things nerdy. If you admire Curtis and his dedication to "nerdvana" pick this up ASAP

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Sara_Planz
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Preach Curtis

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Sara_Planz
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One of my favorite actors and one of the nicest celebrities ever. This will be good.

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Sara_Planz
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I now have the book to go with my signed picture of the iconic Curtis Armstrong!

Megabooks 😎😎 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Ah! So jealous of that autograph!!!! 7y
BekahB Awesome! 7y
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Bookish_Predator
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Im 14% through this and am loving him more than I did before, I've seen him in a few things and have been drawn to him and never knew why, I think I'm finally understanding why. I will be doing a review when I've finished devouring this book, it will go way before all the other books I need to review, the ones I've read and put off reviewing but this is something I'm savouring, it's just that good. ❤️❤️❤️

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EnchantedFandom
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Revenge of the nerd!! Who else is a huge 80s nerd!???
#80s #revengeofthenerd #fairestofthemall #nerd #booknerd

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DarcysMom
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🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Bookish_Predator
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St Martins Press NEVER approve me for books on #NetGalley until now! I am so very, very excited to read this as I love Curtis Armstrong! This has made my entire month getting this! Oh the exclamation points I'm using!! ❤️❤️

maximoffs I'm so happy you got your hands on it! I'm so excited for everyone to read it 8y
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DarcysMom
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I think I am going to love this book!

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DarcysMom
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I am super excited I got approved for this one!

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maximoffs
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Look what came in the mail today! Curtis and his wife Elaine were going to stop by the hospital and bring me this ARC BUT Elaine got a cold so she couldn't come. HOWEVER she mailed it to me and look what came in the mail. Couldn't think of a better person to have a book, I spend Thanksgiving with them now and they are wonderful chosen family. Coming out in July!

Sara_Planz So looking forward to this!!! 8y
maximoffs @Sara_Planz the voice is really great! 8y
NovelGirl82 That's amazing!!!! 8y
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kyraleseberg This is awesome! My dad-in-law and I were talking about "Booger" last week!! 8y
maximoffs @NovelGirl82 I absolutely feel lucky to call them family. @kyraleseberg def pick it up! It's great and he talks about revenge of the nerds! 8y
monkeygirlsmama How fun! 😺How are you doing, btw? Haven't seen you on @hpchapteraday #hpchapteraday in ages. We miss you. 🙃 8y
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Sara_Planz
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I literally cannot wait for this book to be released this summer!

SuperPunkNinja I ❤❤❤ Booger! 8y
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