Buddy Boys:
The Complete Collection
This section of the site is devoted to the multimedia collection which spawned a friendship and launched a production company.

This is a scan of a piece of toilet paper. It is from the original roll the guys used on their very first job together back in 1989.

 

 

History

The winter of 1989 would change the lives of Bill Shute, Michael Mowery and Joe McGroarty forever. To this point Bill and Mike have known each other for many years. They have always had a friendship, but this year things would become special.

Bill began acting the previous year and enjoyed it very much. When Mike was searching for a course to take, Bill suggested acting. Public speaking and putting himself on display was something that Mike was uncomfortable with as he was a bit shy and had not broken out of his shell yet. Still Mike signed up for the course.

While in the class, Mike realized that he was one of only four guys in the course. While being in a class that was predominately female had its advantages, Mike realized that he would have to act a lot more than he thought he would. A strange thing happened one day. The teacher put Mike and another student into a play. Neither guy really wanted to do it. That other guy was Joe McGroarty.

Joe had just moved to New Jersey from Arizona. Not knowing many people in the school, Joe and Mike became friends. After realizing that the acting thing wasn't all that bad, Joe and Mike joined Bill in auditioning for the schools musical, West Side Story.

All three gentleman were casted in the show. The many hours of rehearsal allowed the guys to develop a close relationship both on and off stage. For a long time to come, the guys were inseparable. They got involved in many projects. Then the day that would change their lives occurred. Joe introduced Bill and Mike to the art of TPing. This started out as a way that the newly formed "T.P. Gang" showed appreciation for fellow cast mates. This however turned into something more than they could have possibly conceived.

Pictures from 1989's
West Side Story

Joe McGroarty as Riff
Bill Shute as Bernardo
Michael Mowery as Krupke

 

Audio Tape Collection

Buddy Boys Tapes
One of the ways Michael Mowery attempted to show his admiration and feelings towards his friends was by creating an audio cassette for them. The tape was full of songs that reminded him of the guys or had special meanings for them as a group. From 1989 - 1992, 5 tapes were created. Below you can click on and listen to a few of the songs that appeared on the tapes
This Bryan Adams song was dubbed early on as "The T.P. Theme Song". It was on every Buddy Boys tape, appeared as the music bed for the Original T.P. Video and was used as the music bed for the car chase scene in Buddy Boys: The Movie It's Always Raining One of my favorite songs is from this Canadian based band. I introduced it to the guys on the first tape. Though the song never made it into a Buddy Boys film, it still holds a special meaning for the group.
A Song by Jon Bon Jovi which was used in the Young Guns 2 soundtrack became very special to the group. It was used in the fourth tape and later served as the end credit music for Buddy Boys: The Movie. Something To Believe In Although this Posion song did appear on a Buddy Boys tape, it came into its own in Buddy Boys: The Movie. The song actually never appeared on film. It was supposed to be the music bed for the now infamous scene 23 in TP Headquarters. The scene created a numerous amount of bloopers and took two days to film. The song brings back a lot of good memories for the guys.
A second Bon Jovi song which capture the attitude of the guys when they are out on their missions The End of The Innocence This Don Henley song appeared in two buddy boy tapes. It is a timeless song with a deep personal meaning for the guys.
Training Montage The training Montage was used as the music bed of the training sequence for the Desert Training. It then appeared on the forth tape.    

 

Featured Films
Buddy Boys:
The Movie
Buddy Boys:
The Movie
Director's Cut
Buddy Boys:
The Movie II
The Search For The Golden Roll
Buddy Boys:
The Epic Adventure

 

Buddy Boys: The Movie was the first studio released film for Golden Roll Productions. The film itself was written by Michael W. Mowery in his dorm room at William Paterson College (Wayne, NJ). The film was written between October and December of 1990.

The filming took nine months and another month for editing. The film was premiered on August 30, 1991.

Below are some of the production materials collected during the production process.

Original film Logo

Early Poster Designs and Promotional Materials
The first draft of the movie poster - designed by Bill Shute
The second designed by Michael Mowery featured a modified roll and credits
The third design by Bill Shute was used as a promotional flyer
The forth design sketch by Michael Mowery was for a new concept including the T.P. Gang in the poster
The final design is the promotional poster used for the jewel cases and all further advertising

 

Audio Releases from the film
The official movie soundtrack seen here was released on a 90 minute cassette shortly after the films release. The soundtrack featured audio captures from the film as well as the most popular songs from the movie.
A special release was project was the audio soundtrack. The tape contains the audio taken directly from the film. It was done in the "spirit" of audio books on tape.

Other Promotional Materials
This is the official movie ticket which was sent to the cast and crew inviting them to the world premiere.
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This is a copy of the memo sent out announcing the premiere party event. It was written on the company letterhead.

 

Buddy Boys: The Movie II - memorabilia
Original Draft of the Movie Poster for BBTM2
The title slate used in the opening credits. To see how it appeared differently on film, you will need to check out the BBTM2 DVD and listen to the commentary track.


 
A section of the Philadelphia map
A section of the Washington, DC map