Exclusive Book Excerpt: How Two Unknown Kids Wrote ‘Superbad’
“Holy shit, we could write a movie better than this.”
That’s what 13-year-olds Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg thought anytime they rented a crappy movie, and as it turned out, they were right. In his new book, I Am McLovin: How Superbad Became the Biggest Comedy Hit of Its Generation, author Andrew Buss does a deep-dive into the young friends’ 10-year journey to creating one of the last comedy-movie blockbusters.
In this exclusive excerpt from I Am McLovin, out on February 18th, find out how two comic-book-loving teens with no industry connections wrote a story that proved “as surprisingly touching as it was downright filthy.” Many of the film’s stories were based on their actual experiences — and in the case of one party, real life was much crazier than the movie version.
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. Both were heavily influenced by...
That’s what 13-year-olds Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg thought anytime they rented a crappy movie, and as it turned out, they were right. In his new book, I Am McLovin: How Superbad Became the Biggest Comedy Hit of Its Generation, author Andrew Buss does a deep-dive into the young friends’ 10-year journey to creating one of the last comedy-movie blockbusters.
In this exclusive excerpt from I Am McLovin, out on February 18th, find out how two comic-book-loving teens with no industry connections wrote a story that proved “as surprisingly touching as it was downright filthy.” Many of the film’s stories were based on their actual experiences — and in the case of one party, real life was much crazier than the movie version.
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. Both were heavily influenced by...
- 2/11/2025
- Cracked
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