Campus Man was a decent late 80s college flick. Todd Barrett, a lick, amateur businessman who, for some reason always tucked his pants into his socks, learns that he is denied a scholarship the day after the loan deadlines. He needs to come up with ten thousand dollars for tuition or risk getting thrown out (the financial counselor said the official term was expulsion...but doesn't that conjure up connotations of wrong-doing outside of defaulting on tuition?).
So, he decides to produce a calendar featuring some of the University's athletes, which he would then sell on campus. In order to do this, of course, he needs twelve thousand dollars as start-up capital. And, being unable to convince formal institutions to do this, a strange pool hall fellow of the name Cactus Jack (who advertises on phone booths of all things) lends him the money. What follows next is a series of misunderstandings and miscalculations that threaten his chances of paying back the rather irritable Cactus Jack, but also potentially ruining the diving career of his close friend, Brett Wilson.
'Campus Man' lacks some of the 80s predictability because it throws more curve balls than may be expected and at least strives for some creativity here and there. Although, the two leads (John Dye and Steve Lyon) sometimes got in these weird silent movies where they looked like they wanted to jump each other. But, there is a pretty steady pace of story, plus and excellent soundtrack (featuring Michael Sembello's "Rock Until You Drop" which some might from 'The Monster Squad').
Recommended for your lazy afternoon 80s viewing pleasure.
