'Superbad' 10th anniversary: Seth Rogen says 'Jersey Shore' cast got phrase 'DTF' from movie
It has been 10 years to the day since Superbad was unleashed in theaters, which makes the outrageous, scrappy, and endearing comedy — about two best friends (Jonah Hill and Michael Cera) trying to graduate high school with a bang — still 11 years too young to legally drink but old enough… to party.
To honor the occasion, Seth Rogen, who co-wrote the screenplay with Evan Goldberg and is one of the film’s stars, answered some fan questions on Twitter. (Why was “Panama” featured in the movie? Because “Bill Hader sang it as an improv and we put it in,” he explained.) And then he did something much less labor-intensive than throwing in a DVD and listening to a commentary track: He tweeted out an intriguing assortment of factoids about the movie. For example, did you know Goldberg’s brother drew all the penises featured in Seth’s notebooks? Or that the big house party at the end of the movie was filmed “about half a block from the OJ murder house”? Or that Rogen’s mother came up the joke that McLovin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) gets arrested for statutory rape?
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You also should know that in addition to its impressive box office haul (almost $170 million worldwide) and 88 percent approval on Rotten Tomatoes, Superbad is owed a tremendous catchphrase debt by the men and women of popular — and soon-to-be rebooted — MTV reality show. “The cast of Jersey Shore confirmed to me that the phrase ‘D.T.F’ or ‘Down To F—‘ is from Superbad,” Rogen tweeted.
Now you can know these things forever, because, you know, people don’t forget. Check out all of Rogen’s tweets below.
Some Superbad trivia for its ten year anniversary. I don't assume anyone cares that much but why not:
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 18, 2017
Danny Mcbride is an extra in the background of the first party scene in Superbad.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 18, 2017
Evan Goldberg's brother Dave drew all the dick drawings in Superbad.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 18, 2017
Almost all the names in Superbad are people we went to high school with and lots of the stuff in the movie really happened to us.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 18, 2017
The period blood on the leg scene in Superbad actually happened to my friend at a high school dance and we discovered it after the dance.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 18, 2017
Just like in Superbad, Mike Snider actually was the first guy to get a fake ID and it was awesome.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 18, 2017
My good friend @mrDaveKrumholtz came up with the title Superbad while we were smoking weed at the oakwood
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 18, 2017
During the MPAA screenings of Superbad they said we were the first movie to say "fingerfuck"
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 18, 2017
The end house party in Superbad was filmed about half a block from the OJ murder house.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 18, 2017
My mother came up with the joke that Mclovin gets arrested for statutory rape at the end of Superbad.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 18, 2017
The cast of Jersey Shore confirmed to me that the phrase "D.T.F" or "Down To Fuck" is from Superbad.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 18, 2017
Anyway, if you dig Superbad, thanks for digging it. I wrote it with my best friend in high school and we still write together. It's lovely.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 18, 2017
Watch: Seth Rogen seeks to take back "DTF" from Jersey Shore: