Good Burger
A 1997 Nickelodeon spin-off comedy about a fast-food rivalry.
The film is a comedy starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell as a duo working at a struggling burger joint.[1] Nickelodeon Movies and Tollin/Robbins Productions were the production companies behind the film.[2] Paramount Pictures handled the worldwide release of the film on July 25, 1997, after its initial premiere on July 19, 1997.[2]
Quick Facts
- Director
- Brian Robbins
- Writer
- Dan Schneider
- Kevin Kopelow
- Heath Seifert
- Based on
- All That
- Michael Tollin
- Brian Robbins; Characters created
- Dan Schneider
- Kevin Kopelow
- Heath Seifert
- Producer
- Michael Tollin; Brian Robbins
- Starring
- Kenan Thompson
- Kel Mitchell
- Abe Vigoda
- Cinematography
- Mac Ahlberg
- Editing
- Anita Brandt-Burgoyne
- Music
- Stewart Copeland
Facts from the source article.
Key facts and history
Filming took place over six weeks from March 9 to April 21, 1997.[3] Paramount Home Video released the film on VHS on February 17, 1998, on orange plastic cassettes.[4] Jan Schweiterman, who passed away on February 28, 2025, was cast as the character Kurt Bozwell.[3] Worldwide, the film's total box office earnings reached $23.7 million.[5]
February 16, 2021, was the date the film became available on Blu-ray.[6] On November 22, 2023, Paramount+ began streaming Good Burger 2, a follow-up film.[7][8]
What the cited sources add
A Cinemaholic article notes that Ed's catchphrase "Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order?" has stuck with audiences.[1] The same source states that a restaurant called Good Burger was set up in Los Angeles in 2019 as a tribute.[1] The Good Burger set was created at Manny's El Loco, a Mexican food joint at 437 Glendora Avenue.[1] The Mondo Burger set was a fabrication credited to remodeling the Samantha Courtyard shopping center at 450 South Glendora Avenue.[1]
A San Gabriel Valley Tribune article identifies Peter's El Loco as the site where Nickelodeon filmed the movie in the 1990s.[9] The same article notes that "Good Burger" was the last big project to film extensively in West Covina.[9]
References
- Dutta, "Where Was Good Burger Filmed?", Cinemaholic, January 9, 2021. facts only, no text reused. thecinemaholic.com
- Wikipedia, "Good Burger" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Good Burger", American Film Institute (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Good Burger" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Dutta, "Where Was Good Burger Filmed?", Cinemaholic, January 9, 2021; Henry, "Showtime's 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' pilot might boost West Covina's coffers", San Gabriel Valley Tribune, July 28, 2014; "Jan Schwieterman Obituary", Toedtmann & Grosse Funeral Home (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Good Burger" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hettrick, "'Good Burger' video bad, with R-rated trailers.", The Hollywood Reporter, February 17, 1998; Tyner, "Good Burger", DVD Talk, June 5, 2003 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Good Burger" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Good Burger (1997) - Box Office Mojo"; "Weekend box office 13th February 1998 - 15th February 1998", www.25thframe.co.uk (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Good Burger" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Good Burger Blu-ray", Blu-ray.com, 7 December 2020 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Good Burger" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "'Good Burger 2' Set at Paramount+, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell Returning", Variety, 18 March 2023 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Good Burger" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Murphy, "Good Burger 2 Returning Cast", Variety, June 29, 2023 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Henry, "Showtime's 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' pilot might boost West Covina's coffers", San Gabriel Valley Tribune, July 28, 2014. facts only, no text reused. sgvtribune.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Good Burger (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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