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Happy McLovin Day! Yes, it's a made up holiday

This iconic Superbad character “turns” 41 today and he’s based on Vancouverite Seth Rogen’s real-life friend. Here are four fun facts about the flick.
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Happy birthday dude! Photo: Sony Pictures

Chicka chicka yeah! McLovin of Superbad fame (not to mention Honolulu resident and organ donor) turns 41 today, June 3, according to his famous fake I.D.

Vancouver’s favourite funny guy and Superbad writer Seth Rogen marked this momentous occasion on Twitter, inspiring us to gather a few fun facts about Rogen’s hometown-inspired flick. 

Sam Fogell AKA McLovin is a real guy 

In the movie, he’s portrayed by Christopher Mintz-Plasse but IRL he attended Point Grey Secondary School and was best friends with Rogen and fellow Superbad writer Evan Goldberg. Supposedly he even had a fake ID but no word on if it read "McLovin" or not.  

More than just McLovin! 

According to a 2017 tweet from Rogen, most of the characters' names are real from his adolescence. Even a throwaway one-liner about a kid who eats lunch alone resonates with fans today. The punchline of the joke, Steven Glanzberg, still has people ask him about the reference but apparently, he doesn't find it too funny

It’s all in the family 

Rogen’s dad Mark appears in the film as “Father with Bat,” an underwear-clad character who chases the main trio while wielding a baseball bat. And Goldberg’s brother Dave drew the many phallic cartoons seen in Superbad

Superbad was long in the making 

Rogen and Goldberg started their first draft of the screenplay as teenagers. The pair originally met as 12-year-olds in a bar mitzvah class. They wrote the Superbad script based on their experiences as Point Grey Secondary students— nearly 10 years after putting pen to paper, the movie made it to the silver screen. 

Now go watch Superbad—it holds up!