Now that Ted Kennedy is beyond any earthly judgment, the stories may be told, but the whole truth may never be known. Not that Teddy would have ever made a full accounting before men, but he had to make one before his Maker, and while we do not have the transcripts, we can fill in a lot of blanks.
Fat, drunk and stupid, like Bluto from Animal House, is no way to go through life.
“Fat, drunk and stupid, like Bluto from Animal House, is no way to go through life.”
Dean Wormer’s “fat, drunk, and stupid” line was directed at the Kent Dorfman/Flounder character, played by the recently-deceased Stephen Furst. John Blutarsky/Bluto, played by John Belushi, is shown driving away in a closing credit as achieving exactly what Teddy did: US Senator with a trophy wife. Humor always requires an element of “truth” in order to be really funny.