# Roomies (1987)

The series centered on Nick Chase (Burt Young), a 42-year old former drill instructor who has retired from the marines and is now taking advantage of the GI Bill to attend Saginaw University. He gets assigned to room with Matthew Wiggins (Corey Haim), 14-year old "boy genius", who has also enrolled at Saginaw to study marine biology. Nick does not like this arrangement at first, but when he sees Matthew is serious about his studies, he appreciates avoiding the stereotypical rauchiness and zaniness associated with college students and sees the same discipline in Matthew that he saw in his recruits, and the two form a partnership, trying to help each other out. Among those shown were a trio of 'Singing Freshman' who sang through the hallways. Some of these are duplicated from the subsequent Saturday morning broadcast of the show and include original commercials.

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1987
- By: Swany Inc. Productions
- Genres: Comedy
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/Roomies_1987)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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