Meatballs bounced onto the screen

June 29, 1979
Ivan Reitman’s directorial debut, Meatballs, featuring Bill Murray, in his first starring role, premiered in the US on this date.

Additional scenes had to be shot after the initial filming ended. During the time off, Chris Makepeace had entered puberty and had the beginnings of a mustache. Bill Murray decided that it had to go so he took Makepeace over to a sink, lathered him up with soap and shaved off his mustache. So Makepeace received his first ever shave from Murray.



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