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*EvilCripple: Barry's abusive father has only one arm.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: In the TV movie, during the ridiculously comical scene where the four "boys" catch and kill the neighbor's hamster, thinking it's a sewer rat, and flush it down the toilet, a noble-sounding excerpt of the knight's procession from Music/RichardWagner's ''Parsifal'' plays.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: In the TV movie, during the ridiculously comical and ridiculous scene where the four "boys" catch and kill the neighbor's hamster, thinking it's a sewer rat, and flush it down the toilet, a noble-sounding excerpt of the knight's procession from Music/RichardWagner's ''Parsifal'' plays.
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** Arnold often refers to other people's actions as "behavior patterns".
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Barry repeatedly calls Mr. Hedges, his skeptical golf student "Mr. Hodges".
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Barry repeatedly calls Mr. Hedges, his skeptical golf student "Mr. Hodges".
Hodges" as he gives Hedges useless and nonsensical advice to improve his game.
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* VerbalTic: Not surprising for a film about the mentally handicapped:
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* VerbalTic: Not surprising for a film play about the mentally handicapped:
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* {{Catchphrase}}:
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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchPhrase:
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*AccidentalMisnaming: Barry repeatedly calls Mr. Hedges, his skeptical golf student "Mr. Hodges".
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** Arnold is obsessed with moving to Russia for some strange reason.
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** Arnold is obsessed with moving to Russia for some strange reason. In one scene, he looks at city maps in a phonebook hoping to figure out how to get to Russia.
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*{{Malaproper}}: Being a KnowNothingKnowItAll, Arnold often makes statements like this one (about a surprise party for Jack):
-->'''Arnold''': This is an angina party.
-->'''Arnold''': This is an angina party.
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* AdaptationalSympathy: Downplayed in the case of Barry's father - he's just as emotionally abusive towards his son as in the play, but in the TV movie, he never hits Barry (nor does he use racial slurs towards Lucien).
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* AdaptationalSympathy: Downplayed in the case of Barry's father - he's just as emotionally abusive towards his son as in the play, but in the TV movie, he never hits Barry (nor Barry, nor does he use racial slurs towards Lucien).
Lucien.
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*MotorMouth: Arnold speaks constantly, quickly, and tends to repeat the same sentence or phrase often.
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* ShoutOut: In the opening scene, the many heads of lettuce that Arnold bought cause Lucien to repeatedly bring up rabbits in their conversation, recalling [[Literature/OfMiceAndMen another mentally handicapped fictional character with a rabbit fixation]].
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* ShoutOut: In the opening scene, the many heads of lettuce that Arnold bought cause Lucien to repeatedly bring up rabbits in their conversation, recalling [[Literature/OfMiceAndMen another very large, mentally handicapped fictional character with a rabbit fixation]].
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*ShoutOut: In the opening scene, the many heads of lettuce that Arnold bought cause Lucien to repeatedly bring up rabbits in their conversation, recalling [[Literature/OfMiceAndMen another mentally handicapped fictional character with a rabbit fixation]].
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** "Nyet" (Russian for "No") with Arnold whenever he's flustered.
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** "Nyet" (Russian for "No") with Arnold whenever he's flustered.
flustered (even though Arnold isn't Russian, and "Nyet" is the only word in the language that he knows).
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The play has no connection to the 1985 film ''The Boys Next Door'' starring Charlie Sheen, which is about two teenagers who go on a cross-country murderous crime spree.
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The play has no connection to the 1985 film ''The Boys Next Door'' starring Charlie Sheen, Creator/CharlieSheen, which is about two teenagers who go on a cross-country murderous crime spree.
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''The Boys Next Door'' is a play by Tom Griffin, first published in 1983 under a different name (and subsequently reprinted in 1988 under the present title). Griffin's play shows a series of episodes in the lives of four mentally disabled men who live together in a group home and are looked after by the put-upon social worker Jack.
The group home residents themselves vary in the form and severity of their handicaps. Arnold has very mild cognitive deficits, but he suffers from manic depression and obsessive behavior. Barry is a young man with schizophrenia, living in a world of delusions where he is, among other things, a professional golfer. Norman is moderately mentally handicapped but is still capable of working in a donut shop and taking basic care of himself and the house. The most severely mentally disabled resident of the home is Lucien, who has (at best) the cognitive abilities of a five year old and has difficulty with basic self-care and with understanding even the simplest concepts or situations.
The group home residents themselves vary in the form and severity of their handicaps. Arnold has very mild cognitive deficits, but he suffers from manic depression and obsessive behavior. Barry is a young man with schizophrenia, living in a world of delusions where he is, among other things, a professional golfer. Norman is moderately mentally handicapped but is still capable of working in a donut shop and taking basic care of himself and the house. The most severely mentally disabled resident of the home is Lucien, who has (at best) the cognitive abilities of a five year old and has difficulty with basic self-care and with understanding even the simplest concepts or situations.
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''The Boys Next Door'' is a play by Tom Griffin, first published in 1983 under a different name (and subsequently reprinted in 1988 under the present title). Griffin's play shows a series of episodes in the lives of four mentally disabled men who live together in a group home and are looked after by the put-upon social worker Jack.Jack Palmer.
The group home residents themselves vary in the form and severity of their handicaps. Arnold Wiggins has very mild cognitive deficits, but he suffers from manic depression and obsessive behavior. Barry Klemper is a young man with schizophrenia, living in a world of delusions where he is, among other things, a professional golfer. Norman Bulanski is moderately mentally handicapped but is still capable of working in a donut shop and taking basic care of himself and the house. The most severely mentally disabled resident of the home isLucien, Lucien Smith, who has (at best) the cognitive abilities of a five year old and has difficulty with basic self-care and with understanding even the simplest concepts or situations.
The group home residents themselves vary in the form and severity of their handicaps. Arnold Wiggins has very mild cognitive deficits, but he suffers from manic depression and obsessive behavior. Barry Klemper is a young man with schizophrenia, living in a world of delusions where he is, among other things, a professional golfer. Norman Bulanski is moderately mentally handicapped but is still capable of working in a donut shop and taking basic care of himself and the house. The most severely mentally disabled resident of the home is
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!!This film provides examples of:
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!!This film play provides examples of:
