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Curtis Armstrong

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Curtis Armstrong was born in Michigan in 1953. He divided his early years between Detroit—a town apparently so nerdy that the word “nerd” was coined there in 1949--and Geneva, Switzerland, which by comparison, wasn’t nerdy at all. Following a childhood spent mainly between the covers of books, Armstrong discovered the theatre.

He studied at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rochester, Michigan, which led to a forty-plus year acting career that shows no signs of slowing. After eight years of stage work in New York and around the country, Armstrong was cast in his first film, Risky Business, starring Tom Cruise. It was the beginning of a string of classic comedy films and television shows, including Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer, TV’s Moonl ...more

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Over a year since my last post? I guess there may have been some issues that have prevented me from indulging in the old blog. (Personal, professional, familial, good, bad, horrible...) I'll try to catch up a little on a few bookish things here...

I find that as the darkness closes in, books and reading (and re-reading) become my medication. Fortunately, I'm someone who buys books--many and often. Read more of this blog post »

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	Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever by Nick de Semlyen (Goodreads Author), Curtis Armstrong (Goodreads Author) (narrator), Macmillan Audio (publisher) 4.06 avg rating — 3,239 ratings — published 2019 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blind Man's Bluff: A Memoir by James Tate Hill (Goodreads Author), Curtis Armstrong (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.78 avg rating — 514 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revenge of the Nerd: Or . . . The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would Be Booger 3.96 avg rating — 483 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Plum Assignment: Discourses on P. G. Wodehouse and His World by Curtis Armstrong (Goodreads Author), Elliott Milstein, Ashley D. Polasek (Editor) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rip Van Winkle’s Republic: Washington Irving in History and Memory by Curtis Armstrong (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Elizabeth Bradley (Contributor), Matthew Dennis (Contributor) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Noir: The Assassination of Anton Cermak by Max Allan Collins (Goodreads Author), Anthony Lapaglia (Reader), Renee Taylor (Reader) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blind Man's Bluff by James Tate Hill (Goodreads Author), Curtis Armstrong (Goodreads Author) (Reader) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Noir: The Assassination of Anton Cermak by Max Allan Collins (Goodreads Author), Anthony Lapaglia (Reader), Renee Taylor (Reader) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Booger looms large in my legend, so I want to get something clear before we go any further: I hated him on sight.”
― Curtis Armstrong, Revenge of the Nerd: Or . . . The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would Be Booger

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“Sometimes you gotta say "What the fuck". If you can't say it, you can't do it.”
― Curtis Armstrong, Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever

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