Every other Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!


There were some really great suggestions for last week's challenge, the recast of the Nickelodeon '80s hit Hey Dude. I had a feeling this recast would get a lot of folks who were kids during that era of television feeling nostalgic, and I'm so excited most of you remembered the characters! I had a great time thinking about new cast members, too, but mostly I just couldn't get the theme song out of my head all week.

I really loved the ideas of of Rainn Wilson as Mr. Ernst and Greek's Spencer Grammer as Melody that azulskies suggested. The more I think about it, the more Spencer looks like a young Christine Taylor to me, and they already have similar careers — both getting their starts on TV as the nice girl.

I thought that the somewhat nerdy Buddy Ernst would be tough to cast, but ladyelephant's suggestion of Haley Joel Osment is creative and I think it would work well. A young Freddie Muniz would be fun too, as bratty3000 pointed out. And I'm glad we all agreed last week that David Lascher was such a crush-worthy Ted McGriff, but I see kendallina's point that Ben McKenzie would give David a run for his money.

Thank you to everyone for your great suggestions! There was one cast that was right on with the innocent Melody and the rich girl Brad, not to mention a totally hilarious suggestion for Mr. Ernst that I just couldn't resist. Congrats to khowell!

To see who khowell picked, along with a new cast photo, read more.

khowell's cast:
Mr. Ernst — Stephen Colbert
Bradley "Brad" Taylor — Leighton Meester
Ted McGriff — Jared Padalecki
Melody Hanson — Jamie Lynn Spears
Benjamin "Buddy" Ernst — Seth Green
Danny Lightfoot — Wilmer Valderrama

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