Nickelodeon Movies · Tollin/Robbins Productions · 103 min
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FILM NOTES
Good Burger arrived from Paramount in 1997, a big-screen spin-off of the beloved All That sketch on Nickelodeon, riding the momentum of the network's late-nineties comedy boom. Built around the manic chemistry of Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, it turned a fast-food counter into a stage for absurdist teen comedy, and its low-budget charm helped cement both stars as icons of 90s kids' entertainment. The film's lasting cult following has kept its imagery, props, and side characters alive in collector circles decades later.
This cell centers on Fizz, the rival fast-food chain's overcaffeinated signature drink pitchman, played by Josh Server, a recognizable face from the same Nickelodeon ensemble that powered the film. Fizz at the Counter marks a scene of direct engagement, the counter being Good Burger's central stage where comedic conflict and commerce collide. For collectors, this frame captures a piece of the film's broader satire on fast-food culture and sibling rivalry between eateries, a small but memorable thread in the story's fabric.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Good Burger (1997).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges; spacing appears even and the punched edges appear clean with no torn or missing perforations visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, appearing as a single bilateral variable-area track.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at the resolution and orientation shown.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight warm-neutral tint; the dye image shows no obvious fading or strong colour shift.
Projection history
Light vertical scratching is visible across the frame area, consistent with a print that has passed through a projector gate.
Picture
Positive colour image; the three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot and the setting is consistent with the fast-food restaurant environment associated with Good Burger (1997).
Era check
A single bilateral variable-area optical track on a 35mm colour positive base is consistent with a mid-1990s theatrical release print, matching the 1997 release date of the film on record.
Read from the original intake capture shown below. Observations only — film is authenticated, not graded.
This original motion picture film element has been examined and authenticated by Crown Grading in partnership with National Film Vault, and encapsulated for archival preservation.
Why so little survivesRelease prints were leased to theaters, not sold. When the run ended they went back to the distributor to be destroyed, and most were. What collectors hold today came from the prints that escaped that order, and no new 35mm prints of these films are being struck.
CROWN SERIAL 000062548
Original Film CaptureAs received
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