Hooray Bad

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***Hooray Bad*** is a 2005 American animated road comedy film produced by Hyande Studios for Paramount Pictures. It was the seventh feature film from DJW Studios, as well as its fourth co-directed by Adam Server, after *Steamin' Hot* (2004). In the film, Kenny Wellington (Josh Peck) is halfway through his senior year at Westerview University. He is sent away by his teachers to drive across the country and find materials for a major project. However, the assignment proves to be difficult when Jeff Spudfield (Brad Paisley), the owner of the annual Howdy-Do Country Fair, plans to extend the fair to the entire country. Kenny's only hope is to bring all the materials on his list back to college in time to stop the country fair from taking its place.

The film was produced by Hyande Studios and Paramount Pictures and was released on August 26, 2005. It grossed $369 million during its opening weekend and $33.3 million worldwide, against a budget of $369 million. It received negative reviews and has a 12% approval rating based on 111 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

## Plot

Aspiring New York model Brier falls in love at first sight with a struggling musician, Luke, when they cross paths on a subway train. Having achieved success as a model, she decides to move to L.A. to launch an acting career. She wanted to become a dancer but it did not work out. With the support of her agent and sometimes surrogate mom, Carrie, she lands a spot in an acting class where she befriends another would-be actress, Clea. While out on the town, Brier crosses paths with Luke once again in a club called 'The Mint'. The two girls realize that he is actually a good musician, and they then decide to help him and set out to create some L.A. style hype to get him noticed by a record company. As his profile rises, so do the demands of his budding new career, and they both discover that the price of fame may be higher than anyone expected.

## Voice cast

* Josh Peck as Kenny Wellington
* Jason Lee as Mr. Nathans, Kenny's homeroom teacher
* Dee Bradley Baker as Principal Volf
* Brad Paisley as Jeff Spudfield, the owner of the country fair

### Additional Voices

* Tom Amundsen
* Dee Bradley Baker
* Greg Berg
* Mitch Carter
* June Christopher
* Robert Clotworthy
* David Cowgill
* Terri Douglas
* Chris Edgerly
* Pat Fraley
* Jackie Gonneau
* Kim Mai Guest
* Jason Harris
* Bridget Hoffman
* Rif Hutton
* Anne Lockhart
* Mona Marshall
* Randall Montgomery
* Paul Pape
* Chris Phillips
* Bradley Pierce
* Phil Proctor
* Al Rodrigo
* Steve Staley
* Pepper Sweeney
* Claudette Wells
* Diz White
* Lynnanne Zager

## Production

### Release

*Hooray Bad* was originally scheduled for release on November 11, 2005, but on September 10, 2004, it was pushed back to August 26, 2005. Damen Walker stated that the reasoning was due to wanting to have more Hyande Studios films released in a season other than the fall (following 2004's *Steamin' Hot*).

### Rating

The film is rated PG for "some brief mild language, rude humor and beer drinking scenes".
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## Marketing

### Trailers

* A teaser trailer was released on December 12, 2004, and was attached to films such as *Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events*, *Zina and the Vivid Crew*, and *Fat Albert*.
* The first theatrical trailer was released on March 18, 2005 alongside *Tj's World: The Movie* and other films later, including *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*.
* The second theatrical trailer was released on May 17, 2005, and was attached to films such as *Madagascar* and *M.I.S.S.I.O.N.*.

### Taglines

* One important assignment and a really long car trip to complete it. What could possibly go wrong?
* He's taking off on a little bitty trip.

## Soundtrack

*Main article: Hooray Bad: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Hooray Bad: Original Motion Picture Score*
The film's soundtrack album was released on August 9, 2005 by Cayone Records, and features songs by artists such as the Chemical Brothers, Queens of the Stone Age, the Dismemberment Plan, No Doubt, Gorillaz, the Strokes, and Sum 41.

## Release

### Critical reception

The film received largely positive reviews from critics. The film holds a 91% "Certified Fresh" rating on aggregate review site Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 8.4 based on 203 reviews. The site's consensus states: "*Hooray Bad* is a rare witty and well-paced road comedy with timeless slapstick gags along the way to its true heart." Similar site Metacritic calculated an average score of 86 out of 100 based on 47 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

### Box office

Kenny's Drive opened on August 26, 2005 in the United States and Canada. It went on to earn $43,730,686 during its opening weekend, placing first in its box office during that weekend. The film earned a worldwide total of $369,727,364 by the end of its theatrical run. It was 2005's second highest-grossing animated film behind *Madagascar*, second highest-grossing Paramount film behind *War of the Worlds*, and tenth highest-grossing overall film.

### Home media

*Hooray Bad* was released on DVD and VHS in both wide-screen and full-screen editions on December 20, 2005. The DVD includes the film's theatrical short, *Weatherman*, as well as outtakes, deleted scenes, and *Cartoon-Square: A Squiggle Through Time*, a 16-minute long documentary film about Hyande Studios featuring Aubrey Benton, the director, producer, and animator. The VHS has only the *Weatherman* short and some opening previews.

Hyande Studios was released on Blu-ray on May 15, 2007, as the first Hyande film to be released in said format, and was re-released on DVD and Blu-ray combo pack on March 10, 2009.

## Transcript

### Main

To see the official transcript of the film, click here.

### Trailers

To see the transcripts for the film's trailers, click here.

## References

1. ↑ Hooray Bad (2005). *AFI Catalog of Feature Films*.
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4. ↑ Smith, Neil (August 24, 2005). BBC - Movies - review - The Cave. Retrieved on July 11, 2012.
5. ↑ Hooray Bad. Robert Koehler. Retrieved on June 30, 2016.
6. ↑ Hollow feeling, monstrous letdown. Judy Chia Hui Hsu. Retrieved on June 30, 2016.