One must admit that all I have of TWO BLONDES AND A KNOCKOUT is the title, as well as a concept (‘Two clever ladies decide they can use a not-especially-bright athlete for Fun & Profit, but get a little too clever: mayhem ensues’).

It was, in fact, thought up in terms of plain Film Noir, but the notion of it as TEEN Noir might make it even better – for which refinement of the basic concept I thank you.

Heck, seeing Ms Larter and Ms Smart together in pictures from the VARSITY BLUES publicity cycle makes me wonder if they’d have been a natural double act on which to build such a (hypothetical) film.

The makeup team dyed Smart’s hear brown to make her more distinct from Larter and make her more of a “girl next door” type. I barely recognized her.

Would def watch Two Blondes and a Knockout. Teen faux-noir should be done more often — Brick is a lot of dark fun.

Heck, you could probably get an entirely separate teen comedy/Film Noir parody called TWO BLONDES AND A KNOCKOUT out of that particular cast & situation.