It's not pretty, but 'Animal House' defines a generation

Miami Herald ^ | 08/24/03 | GLEN GARVIN

[fnord]

One of the great comedy classics of the 70's, along with Blazing Saddles, Pink Panther, Holy Grail, American Graffiti ...

``We articulated that among ourselves while we were making it, that this was a movie for us. Remember, comedy back then was still Doris Day and Phyllis Diller. There was very little being made for this generation.''

This guy is really full of himself, aint he? Guess he never heard of Mel Brooks, Monty Python, George Carlin, etc etc.

And John Belushi was a hugely popular and well-known star.

(It was finally shot at the University of Oregon where the president OK'd it without reading the script -- he was still sick over saying no to The Graduate because he thought it was dirty, and had concluded he didn't know how to read screenplays.)

LOL.

Still, Bacon was a model of sophistication next to Stephen Furst, signed to play the hapless Delta pledge Flounder. Furst, a Hollywood pizza delivery boy, stuffed his picture and résumé inside every pie he delivered -- an impossibly unlikely strategy that paid off when he delivered a double pepperoni to National Lampoon publisher Matty Simmons.

Wow, what a cool story.

a beer keg bursting out of the forehead of a paper-mache replica of President Kennedy on a homecoming float ...

Oh they should have left that in !

... and jokes about Bob Dylan and Norway's King Olav IV (don't ask).

Do tell, do tell ...

But when the final arguments about the script were over, the actual filming -- just 32 days -- went smoothly, if exhaustingly. (Especially the memorable toga party scene, which lasted for two 12-hour days.)

I've been to toga parties that lasted longer :-)

[45semi]

Fawn Lebowitz...

[G-Bear]

Don't forget the ether!

[Fresh Wind]

Does yo mind if I dance wif yo dates?

[bert]

I was there.

We're having our 39th reunion week after next.

[freebilly]

Thank God because the acid allowed me to pour beer down my throat like water down a spout!

We felt it coming on. We fished the Russian River. We drank about a ton of beer. We talked about baseball so much our jaws ached. We stayed on through the night and the sun came up....

[E Rocc]

''The greatest tragedy is that there's a generation out there that doesn't know John Belushi and what he could do,'' Matheson declares. 'You hear kids say, `Hey, don't you mean Jim?' And it's just not right.''

If there's anyone from the cast who's made a career out of "those" kinds of movies it's Matheson. Belushi, as we all know, was destined for the US Senate. >:)

I have two very authentic looking "Faber College" golf shirts. It's amazing how few people get it.

-Eric

[prarie earth]

One of my all time favorite comedic scenes in a film when Belushi smashes the faux-hippies guitar on the stairs..it still makes me laugh!

And If you look close enough, Belushis wife is one of the women 'swooning' over the 'I gave my love a cherry' guy

[jws3sticks]

Bluto:What?! Over? Did you say over? NOTHING is over until WE decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? HELL, NO!

Otter: Germans?

Boon: Forget it, he's rolling.

Bluto: It ain't over now! For when the goin' gets tough,..............the tough get going! Who's with me!? LET'S GO! C'MON! OOOOOOOOOOOO!

[jws3sticks]

Here is a great collection of sound bites from Animal House. Just click HERE to go to a website with lots of WAV files.

My notice of new email is the Kevin Bacon line: "Thank you, Sir, may I have another."

[jws3sticks]

[Corin Stormhands]

If you want to really have a mind streching experience...read "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter Thompson.

Ping

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Gator!!!!!!!!!!!

[Biblebelter]

My absolute favorite scene in Animal House mixes visual and auditory humor. It is the scene in Dean Wormer's office after the horse has had a heart attack. In the background you can see some carpenter type modeled after I'm Dickens, He's Fenster, measuring the carcass which cannot be seen except for four feet and hooves sticking up in the air. And as the scene ends you simply hear chainsaw.

[HairOfTheDog]

Ignore the nightmare in the bathroom.
Just another ugly refugee from the
Love Generation.

[Nitro]

I'll have you know I cleaned that up!

I don't know what the hell it was, but.......?

I think it came back.

[prarie earth]

[WhiteGuy]

Animal House literally changed my life.

(I had ALOT more fun in college)

[CathyRyan]

The horse having a heart attack in Dean Wormer's office. ROFL

[Mr. Mojo]

I was 13 or 14 when it came out.

I was exactly that age as well, and almost died laughing in the theatre. ....especially when Belushi started the food fight by stuffing the whole large burger down his face in one bite and then doing likewise with a jelly pastry, which he then blasted all over his stuffy, preppy tablemates by smashing his cheeks together and proclaiming "I'm a zit, get it?"