and Stiggs is a 1987 American teen comedy film directed by Robert Altman, based on two characters that were originally featured in a series of stories published in National Lampoon magazine.

Other members of the cast include Paul Dooley, Jane Curtin, Martin Mull, Dennis Hopper, Ray Walston, Louis Nye, Melvin Van Peebles, Tina Louise, Cynthia Nixon, Jon Cryer and Bob Uecker.

Disgusted with what they see as an omnipresent culture of vulgar and vapid suburban consumerism, they spend their days slacking off and committing pranks and outright crimes victimizing their nemeses, the Schwab family.

In it, they loosely retell the story of their ultimate revenge against the Schwab clan, which they had to accomplish before the summer's end forced O.C.

They acquire an Uzi from deranged Vietnam veteran Sponson and modify a barely-functioning Studebaker Champion into an irregular, hydraulically-suspended car they call the "Gila Monster."

and Stiggs' next plot involves the participation of African pop band King Sunny Adé and His African Beats; the two, along with their friend Barney, raft and walk their way to a Mexican fiesta, where they hire Adé (and also find the time to terrorize their drama teacher Garth for his homosexuality).

and Stiggs connect with women's clothing magnate Pat Colletti, to whom they give marketing advice for his latest slumping fashion line.

In the process, they also discover an elaborate doomsday bunker under the house, filled with guns, fireworks, and videotapes featuring the political messages of ultraconservative politician Hal Phillip Walker.

and Stiggs that his fashion line has become wildly successful and pays them the first in a series of large royalty checks, which the two use to hire a 24-hour nurse for O.C.

The movie's plot was very loosely based on stories from National Lampoon magazine that were written by Ted Mann and Tod Carroll.

MGM, not wanting Paramount Pictures to do the film (as they had shown initial interest first), green-lighted it in hopes of having a youth hit, complete with having Mann and Carroll's script kept untouched.

[3] Perhaps not surprisingly, Mann detested the final product (which had test screenings in 1984 that MGM also hated), stating "Altman’s movie is not an adaptation of my work.

I consider Altman’s film of little interest and believe that the chatter of an ordinary street corner schizo is of equal weight and consequence."

[5] In 2014, Apology magazine published an article detailing the making of the film, and it was subsequently selected for inclusion in the Robert Altman Archives, which is housed at the University of Michigan.