Fat guys in little coats, and everyone else, can salute 'Tommy Boy' in Sandusky | Ideastream

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Photo: Paramount Pictures "Tommy Boy," starring Chris Farley (right) and David Spade, was a moderate box office hit in 1995. Its popularity later exploded on home video, and endures 30 years later. Although it was shot elsewhere, the film is set in Sandusky, Ohio, which is saluting the movie with a festival in August.

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June 9th, 2025

Callahan Auto Parts in Sandusky does not exist, never has, and the movie "Tommy Boy" was not filmed there, either. But is that going to stop Sandusky from hosting a Tommy Boy Festival?

In Sandusky, they don't take no for an answer. Tommy Boy Fest is on, August 7-9.

The Northwest Ohio city was the setting, though not the location, for the 1995 film starring Chris Farley as Tom "Tommy Boy" Callahan III, trying to save his father's auto parts company with the help of snide sidekick David Spade.

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