Reminded me of when I pledged at Fairleigh Dickenson University, Teaneck NJ campus, in 1962. So many similarities. I’m not sure of the Greek symbols the frat house used. However it was known as the ‘SOB’s.
Funny, they forget DDay. He has had, aside from Bacon, one of the most prolific and continuous careers.
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No mention that Robert Cray was a guitarist for Otis Day and the Knights.
Had a long discussion about this with my cousin’s husband. We agreed that every generation thinks they invented two things - sex and comedy films.
Finally saw this film on TV about 15 years ago. Waste of my time.
What about the Fritz the Cat cast?
Animal House was released during my second year in college—I won’t say that we did anything in the movie . . . but I do remember having a couple of cold beverages in the sleeve of my coat while at the theater.
Foooooood fight!!
Who dumped a whole truckload of fizzies into the swim meet?
Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner? Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring the toilets explode.
I saw this when it first came out. It instantly took me back to the hilarious, gross, tremendously fun years I had in a fraternity while in college. I howled with delirious laughter the whole time. It was really accurate because it took all of the wonderful craziness of those four years and compressed it into 90 wonderful, unforgettable minutes. The lovers’ lane scene where the girl removes a rubber glove after doing an unspeakable to her boy friend immediately took me back to the legend of “the girl with the golden arm.” I leave the rest to your imaginations.
In the ‘Double Secret Probation Edition’ DVD, John Landis got a bunch of the former cast members together to do a “Where Are They Now?” short film.
Hoover was an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Baltimore.
Otter was still a gynecologist in Los Angeles.
Flounder still does EST counseling in Cleveland.
Dean & Mrs. Wormer divorced. Dean Wormer was in a retirement community in Florida. Mrs. Wormer is a barfly in New York.
They caught up with D-Day in California, but he ran away.
And Bluto & Mandy....became President John Blutarsky and the First Lady.