Animal House * FIRST TIME WATCHING * reaction & commentary * Millennial Movie Monday

[@grahamers]

Ashleigh is 100% right - Double Secret Probation is the *worst* type of probation.

[@CraigKostelecky]

Okay. I have a habit of misreading things the first time and getting drastically different meanings... but with this one being read in my mind as double secret penetration might be the worst (or best) example ever.

[@grahamers]

@@CraigKostelecky I think that's what the dean's wife experienced?

[@brianmacdougall9200]

...especially when you don’t even know your on it! (Double Secret Probation).😏

[@darthken815]

@Graham Martin No, triple secret probation is the worst!

[@darthken815]

@Craig Kostelecky Wise man once say: "A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste"

[@magicbrownie1357]

The movie that launched ten million Toga Parties, and a billion keggers.

[@ronweber1402]

For my generation this wasn't a movie as much as it was a how-to manual for how to properly get down and party.

[@richardlong7950]

I Pledge Allegiance to the Frat!

[@jeanpaulmedellin]

TOGAAAAA!

[@michaelvalenzuela2528]

Nope we had Keggers way before this movie.

[@Wiley_Coyote]

Also, probably the origin of Shout as a big party song. It was a well known song before, but this took it to a much higher level.

[@sassmacfru]

The professor is Donald Sutherland father to Kiefer Sutherland. Donald was the president in the hunger games. He is 86 yrs old and still working!

[@ElliotNesterman]

Donald Sutherland predominantly has been in dramas, but his most iconic role is in one of the greatest war comedies ever made, _M.A.S.H._ (1970).

[@conureron3792]

Donald starred in The remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Keifer was in Lost Boys and Flatliners. Those 3 could make great additions to Hallowbeans.

[@calhig3794]

@@ElliotNesterman Oddball from "Kelly's Heroes"!

[@harrymarshall]

,, better than abyss or s/hands 4 h-beans would b Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie in ,, Don't look now (1973)

[@popculturewatch8689]

I'm sure nothing you said means anything to Ashleigh. Those who do know Donald are aware of who his son is.

[@tristramcoffin926]

I can't believe you edited out the best line in the whole movie, "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" In fact, all of Bluto's speech is iconic.

[@traceywoodward1354]

That line ranks right up there with "rosebud"..."frankly my dear I don't give a damn"..."play it again sam"

[@user-EricWatson55]

"Germans?". "Forget about it. He's on a roll.". 😂

[@mikealvarez2322]

It was also not in the script.

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@traceywoodward1354 "Play it again Sam," which is a complete myth. Bogart never said it, it is nowhere in the movie (Casablanca). What he actually said was, "You played it for her, you can play it for me. If she can stand it, I can, Play it!"

[@zappafan012]

This was a landmark movie, in that it was the first of the real "low-brow" movies that gave the bird to authoritarianism. This was before movies like Police Academy, Porky's and Revenge Of The Nerds that were so prevalent in the '80's. They were all definitely influenced by this one.

[@berserkrhadley]

I'm in that same boat, having grown up with these... But I think we can all agree, that moonwalk scene in RotN isn't going to go over well with Ashleigh, if/when she sees it. Even *I* cringe at it, nowadays.

[@zappafan012]

@@berserkrhadley The moonwalk scene? I don't see what's so bad about it. You really don't see anything with the scene cutting away before any action starts. If you're implying because the girl thought she was with someone else, then I see what you're saying. But overall it's a very harmless scene.

[@berserkrhadley]

They make it appear harmless because Lewis wins Betty over, this way, but it's still rape.

[@glenmcdonald375]

It was also the first ever college campus comedy

[@oldmcdonald9582]

@@berserkrhadley its a movie ppl. its not real.

[@victornewmanforever]

John Belushi's gluttony - as witnessed in this movie - was the inspiration for Slimer in Ghostbusters. Belushi was supposed to be one of the ghost hunters before his passing.

[@harryballsak1123]

He was supposed to be Bill Murrays roll

[@Siansonea]

Why didn't he play one of the ghosts, then? Too soon?

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Bluto also became President; presumably on the Independent ticket.

[@kathleenherron594]

John Belushi died, so he wasn't able to make Ghostbusters, Three Amigos, and a movie about Fatty Arbuckle.

[@anthonymartin9923]

Mr. Blut.. Mister Blutarski....ZERO..POINT...ZERO !

[@ohctascooby2]

What’s hilarious is frank’s dating strategy is to pick a recently deceased young woman from the newspaper and then say he was her fiancé to get a sympathy date from her best friend.

[@not.supermario]

And the fact he picked out the name Frank Lymon after famed singer Frankie Lymon made it even funnier. Out of all the names, that's one he had to pick. 🤣

[@douglassnyder214]

It was a true story.

[@ShawnRavenfire]

"A pledge pin! On your uniform!!" Same actor played the dad in Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" video. The line in that video, "A Twisted Sister pin! On your uniform!" is a callback to this movie.

[@phousefilms]

And he was the Master(first season villain of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer").

[@eddavis9704]

Of course Flounder was the principal in I Want To Rock. He does say "This is going to be so much fun" as he raises the seltzer bottle.

[@metadeth578]

If you watch the beginning of twilight zone the movie. The soldier talk about killing Niedermayer

[@eblackadder3]

@@eddavis9704 The correct line is "oh boy, is this great!"

[@marennicholson5444]

He never actually knew Fawn but saw the article and made up the story to trick her sorority sisters. Sophomore killed in kiln explosion is still my favorite line.

[@stevendavis9655]

Side note, in one of the early seasons of One Tree Hill, there was a scene where the winners of the student body elections were being announced via the school intercom, and one of the names that was mentioned was: Fawn Liebowitz.

[@FawzySimon]

She was gonna make me a pot.

[@tracertloopback]

Wanna see one that didn't age well watch porkys

[@shadynasty8729]

@@tracertloopback ' Has any body seen Mike Hunt?"

[@TylerD288]

@@tracertloopback nah, still funny.

[@EF-fc4du]

There's another name for comedies that couldn't be made today: funny.

[@ll7868]

National Lampoon was a college magazine that started out as Harvard Lampoon, it became popular and distributed as National Lampoon. They started a college radio show then the actors started doing live staged comedy shows around college campuses, those actors included John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase, Harold Ramis, Richard Beltzer, Brian Doyle Murray and yes, BILL FUCKIN' MURRAY!

[@scottboswell6406]

Also the source for many comedy writers, including for the Simpsons. Most famous Ashleigh would know - Conan O'Brien!

[@ll7868]

Some of the best comedies in the late 70s and 80s like Stripes and The Great Outdoors also had SCTV alumni, SCTV was a Chicago based comedy troupe with a lot of Canadians looking to be famous in America, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis & Dave Thomas (aka The McKenzie Brothers), Catherine O'Hara and Joe Flaherty (The "You suck" guy in Happy Gilmore and he delivered Doc's letter to Marty at the end of BTTF2) all worked with SNL and National Lampoon alumni at some point. A lesser known comedy troupe produced by SNL's Lorne Michaels was Canada's The Kids In The Hall, sort of SCTV meets Monthy Python. Dave Foley (NewsRadio) is their most famous member.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

Back then Dan Akroyd had a handlebar mustache and rode a Harley.

[@ll7868]

@@Lethgar_Smith Dan was a member of SCTV in Toronto since 1973, he and Andrea Martin stayed on when it moved to Chicago in 1974 or 75 where he met John Belushi who had just left college and the Lampoon troupe and looking to join SCTV, shortly after they met Dan & John were cast in SNL original line-up. It was their friendship that brought the SNL, Lampoon and SCTV groups together for 3 movies before John's death, 1941 (directed by a young Steven Spielberg), The Blues Brothers and Neighbors. And I get that your comment was a joke but Dan was a huge reason a lot of great comedies exist.

[@pebblesanddirt]

@@ll7868 SCTV is named for Second City Television. Second City is the improv theater/troupe originally based in Chicago. SCTV was the name of the show they made. Second City also boasts alumni like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Mike Myers, and Bill Murray

[@billbabcock1833]

This movie was HUGE when it came out. The studio didn't get it and wasn't even sure if they were going to release it, until they did test screenings and the audiences went absolutely nuts.

[@trackrick]

It led to at least two spinoff TV series. I remember "Delta House" on... ABC, I think... but not the other one(s.) None of them lasted long, being as broadcast TV (the only kind of TV back then) didn't really allow for what made Animal House so interesting.

[@Madbandit77]

@@trackrick They weren't spin-offs ("Brothers & Sisters" on NBC, "Co-Ed Fever" on CBS), but rip-offs.

[@stantheman9072]

The studio also refused to release it until the Dexter Lake Club scene was deleted and the Richard Pryor told the studio to keep it, it was funny, and that white people are crazy. Pryor went three for three that day.

[@mrcydonia]

Food fights were a real thing. There was an absolutely epic one at my high school. I remember looking up and seeing arcs of trays and food sailing through the air. I was lucky enough not to get hit.

[@jbjacobs9514]

I had an epic food fight in the 6th grade. Took forever to get rid of all the corn...

[@chuckleezodiac24]

i was involved in a few: cafeteria, movie theater and college stadium. during a football game, my cousin jumped up and accidentally threw his hot dog about 40 rows behind us & hit somebody who started throwing shit at us. Soon food started flying through the whole section. it was cool...

[@greygorthegoateedgeek5350]

In the 80s Animal House was one of the most rented movies ever amonst teens, everybody watched, everybody knew it. It was a staple on Video Nights along with The Warriors, The Thing, Blues Brothers, 48 Hours, Nightmare on Elm Street, Porkies 1 & 2, etc. You were just born to late for that, but for those of us who were there, fond memories.

Says who? 😂🤣

[@bhecker715]

We gave them a hellava run

[@yournamehere6002]

It's a classic, and it's too bad that people watch comedies as if they're documentaries.

[@pani40]

Don't forget the lost boys another great 80s movie 👌

[@Phx_Phreak]

Porky's rules!!

[@paulobrien9572]

This is Kevin Bacon's first role and the source of one of his most famous lines Thank you sir may I have another. In the Super Market scene Flounder caught those groceries in one take

[@briantaulbee5744]

And a key film in the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" game, since this movie had a TON of people in it.

[@paulobrien9572]

@@briantaulbee5744 I've often thought it should have been 6degrees of Donald Sutherland because if you play Donald was more than often the last link to Bacon

[@danball45]

Kevin Bacon's first role was Friday the 13th

[@atlatin417]

@@briantaulbee5744 with respect.. THE Kevin Bacon Movie is JFK

[@briantaulbee5744]

@@atlatin417 You're not lying.

[@greghampton71]

This movie and Caddyshack are two famous comedies where the cast and crew spent more time partying after filming for the day yet still were able to show up day after day and film. Such great chemistry between the actors and writers for this film that it has become a comedy classic.

[@shannonparker4239]

Can't believe you left out Bluto's speech! "Germans? Forget it, he's rollin".

[@richardlong7950]

Ya, it begs the question if Ashley could pick the right country that attacked Peal Harbor.

[@jasonlmeadows]

Forget it, she was rolling!

[@vincentlyon7448]

And left out his zit impression.

[@zedwpd]

@@vincentlyon7448 I saw it. Go re-watch

[@Dogvinity]

I missed the wink when they say "we did" to the Dean Wormer at the trial. :-)

[@EllisThings]

On a roll with spotting these actors! "that's the girl from Pulp Fiction" "that's the girl from Indiana Jones" You go Ashleigh!

[@Paul77ozee]

When l first saw this as a young kid, l didn’t realise it was Blufo’s arection that causes him to fall back on the ladder.

[@carlsage8198]

BTW, Tom Hulce - Larry Kroger AKA Pinto, the "cutie pledge" - was in 'Amadeus'....in fact he was the title character

[@frednich9603]

I'm surprised she didn't recognize him, or apparently John Belushi

[@tempsitch5632]

Good in Parenthood.

[@roy19491]

she missed Karen Allen, who played Marian Ravenwood in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and Claire in "Scrooged".....

[@frednich9603]

@@roy19491 she mentioned her in the review

[@wendyeverett4768]

Ashleigh, please see Parenthood! Steve Martin, Tom Hulce, Keanu Reeves, Martha Plimpton, Dianne Wiest, Rick Moranis, and even a young Joaquin Phoenix!

[@sparkysjoint1616]

My aunt was attending University of Oregon when they filmed this there. She went to a campus party where Kevin Bacon showed up and asked her to dance. She said no, because she thought Bacon was gross and creepy, lol. She didn't know who he was. About a year later, she watched animal house in the theatre and immediately recognized him in the movie.

[@taoist32]

Some things are meant to be. Kyra is perfect for him.

[@phousefilms]

Not the first time Bacon got screwed over. He wasn't allowed to sit with the rest of the cast at the premiere because the theatre staff didn't believe he was in the movie, lol.

[@thekpmckay]

In "The Making Of" he says it was his first film role and he almost didn't take it because he would have to cut his hair.

[@ksepton]

I don't know if anybody else already mentioned this, but this was filmed at the University of Oregon, in Eugene, Oregon. I was attending that school when this movie was being filmed there. So, to me, this movie is always special, as I can watch it and see parts of the U of O campus as it looked at that time, and it brings back a lot of memories. That includes the fraternities used in the filming, and the building used as the Delta fraternity. (Which has since been torn down, but there is a plaque there about the movie being filmed there.) Also, if nobody else had mentioned, this movie was actually selected for the United States Library of Congress, as it was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". 😀

[@Asher8328]

Not a lot of older comedies age well imo. One that does for me, though, is "This is Spinal Tap." If you haven't seen it, you definitely should.

[@declanburke6999]

Saw it when it came out I regret not buying the tour tee shirt in the cinema!

[@cohnhead65]

She should see it with “Hubbins”

[@declanburke6999]

@@cohnhead65... Nigel is not happy with that!

[@cohnhead65]

@@declanburke6999 well that’s just Tuf(nel)

[@harryballsak1123]

Comedy in general doesn't age well and actually that's how it's supposed to be

[@gregthebaritone]

Karen Allen was also Bill Murray's girlfriend in Scrooged -- the one that called him Lumpy.

[@trikkerman1]

Karen Allen was also in the 1979 movie, The Wanderers.

[@grega8586]

@@trikkerman1 ...and a little movie called Raiders Of The Lost Ark ;-)

[@devodavis6747]

She was also in Starman. I sure wish Ashleigh would watch that with us!

[@gregthebaritone]

@@devodavis6747 I recommended that one for February Valentines movies

[@douglasthomashayden2566]

@@devodavis6747 "Green means 'Go, Red means 'Stop'...." ;-)

[@dadoctah]

Fun trivia fact: John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd were virtually inseparable before Belushii died. Aykroyd was the original choice to play D-Day in Animal House (he was a huge motorcycle fan at the time) but was unable to do it for some reason or another, and that's how Bruce McGill got the part instead, auditioning by playing the William Tell Overture on his throat, a talent that they used in the film and again later in an episode of MacGyver on TV.

[@greenmonsterprod]

Aykroyd couldn't play D-Day because Lorne Michaels wouldn't allow him the needed time off from "Saturday Night Live". As it was, Belush had to shuttle back & forth between the movie set and the TV show throughout the production.

[@charlesrense5199]

"Were food fights really a thing?" Look, it was a rougher and more violent time, okay? Sometimes people has to do awful things just to survive. Be thankful you live in a relatively food-peaceful era.

[@breakingames7772]

and she said that was a printer lol ...That is not a PRINTER that is whats called a DITTO MACHINE, and the ink smells great

[@Khadharphak]

She clearly never had to fight in Viet-nom.

[@charlesrense5199]

@@Khadharphak or dessert storm.

[@timcarder2170]

or fight for Turkey, or Chili...or in Hamburg....or try to avoid "The Battle Of The Bulge"😏😁

[@timcarder2170]

And just for clarification, there were several food fights in my high school cafeteria. (was a few in a nearby mcdonalds, and a local greasy spoon as well....small town teens...we blew of steam in a lot of different ways....lmao)

[@christopherterry4216]

At the very end of the credits it tells audience members to "Ask for Babs" when visiting Universal Studios. Up until about ten years ago, people who did so received 50-100% off park admission. It was a double secret promotion, and people who got that were sworn to secrecy.

[@bradleywalker8468]

The line was repeated on other Landis movies, cf. The Blues Brothers.

[@christopherterry4216]

@@bradleywalker8468 Landis also tries to squeeze the line "See you next Wednesday" into many of his films.

[@DavidSmith-pg1ob]

@@christopherterry4216 Is this a play on the line "See you next Tuesday" which means something completely different? (hint: replace "see" and "you" with their letters and take the first letters of the remaining words) And, yes, sadly I learned this from The Mick.

[@christopherterry4216]

@@DavidSmith-pg1ob No, Landis has said that he lifted the quote from a line of dialog in "2001: A Space Odyssey," actually!

[@charlesballard5251]

@@christopherterry4216 I have 2001 on DVD and watched it multiple times when I first got it back in '98. I watch it every few years now. I never caught the "See you next Wednesday" line in it until a few months ago and it hit me like a lightning bolt. And I noticed the line popping up in Landis' work back in the early 80's when I was still in high school. I figured he might have gotten it from 2001. Now you have confirmed it. Thanks.

[@dirus3142]

Thanks for understanding the humor, and trying to see why people might find it funny. Especially the parts you did not like. Being honest, saying it's not your thing, and letting it be of it's time is important. Instead of getting holier than thou which is the fashion today. That is a great quality in a person.

[@missmartylynn]

Abso-bloomin'-lutely!

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

It's one of my favorite comedies of all time but it's not for everyone. I'm finding some of the movies that were the biggest of their time are not well received by Ashleigh. I like that she is honest about her opinion instead of the holier than thou OR the pretending to like something because she might think she's supposed to. There are times in these response videos that you can tell someone is pretending they like something (the emperor's new clothes syndrome) and it comes across as disingenuous.

[@scrimshaw848]

shes just politically correct... "letting it be of its time" is bullshit, shes definitely on board with cancel culture

[@bad-people6510]

I have no problems with someone not enjoying the humor. I just object to the "That didn't age well" or "you couldn't do that today" mentality as if people didn't take offence to the humor in 1978. The difference is counter-culture had a voice in 78 instead of the cowards that think film has a duty to conform to the sensibilities of the most sensitive little buttholes in the audience.

[@alansnow1129]

It can be done today. Just too many cowards who won’t. That’s why they teenagers and young adults rebelled in the 60s and 70s.

[@magicbrownie1357]

And Ashleigh, YES, food fights were real. We had one in our high school cafeteria. It was amazing. Of course, the local media got their wires crossed and called it a "riot" on the radio. Grown ups!

[@jimgallahue8746]

Oh my God! We had a food fight weekly, even before this movie came out. You would hear this kinda rumble then food went flying. When you heard the rumble, you went for under the table. Vice Principal got hit in the chest with a shake.

[@matthewchewning3822]

Had one senior year but no media coverage.

[@eluv9660]

This movie did not invent food fights, but they did make them a national thing. I thought Ashley was not all there during this reaction. She couldn't seem to connect the Professor's subject matter in the classroom and how they brilliantly carried it into his interactions outside the classroom. No matter Ashley's rating, the best and most original sophomoric comedy of all time. This movie ranks 35th in box office revenue of all movies of all time. Not comedy movies, ALL MOVIES.

[@kathyastrom1315]

We had a food fight at home with the remains of our spaghetti dinner, but only after Mom left to run errands and told us kids to clean up the dishes. She found a noodle on the stairwell wall opposite the dining table a few weeks later, that we missed in our post-fight cleanup.

[@themosh54]

At Texas A & M in the early 90s they had "Viking Night". My freshman year I had no idea what it was so I was peacefully eating dinner one night, minding my own business when a bunch of students came down to the dining hall in their bonfire clothes. Since it was fall semester and the bonfire build was in full swing, I didn't think anything of it. Turns out they were dressed that way because it was Viking Night which was what they called the massive food fight that came next. After it was over I'll never forget the way they cleaned off the tables. Someone would lay down on the table with one person grabbing their arms and another grabbing their legs, and they were dragged down the table like a human squeegee. One of the funniest things I'd ever seen.

[@JDdiGriz]

This movie was a major step in motion picture hstory, before this movie came out the Deltas would have been the bad guys. It was rare to see the slobs as the heroes in an major studio motion picture. There was actually some confusion in the audience when the Omegas were not the heroes. Aimal House was a sign on the movie highway that read, "Next Exit: Slob Comedy" and it opened up a whole new genre of movies. There may have been slob comedies before Animal House, but this was the hit hat meade the genre go mainstream. As to it not aging well, the writers of National Lampoon have said that it was based on actual events (exagerrated for the sake of comedy of course) that happened to all of them while they were in college, and that there will always be uncomfortable parts of history. I guess it's better laugh at it and then learn from it while you're laughing.

[@brianhammond2832]

And I believe the college was Dartmouth

[@gawainethefirst]

It was one of the movies that marked the end of the Hayz Code in Hollywood.

[@stevenbergom3415]

And Animal House begat Revenge of the Nerds and PCU. Aaaahh, the classics!

[@billcame6991]

@@gawainethefirst, the Hayes Code was gone a decade earlier.

[@craigplatel813]

I believe it was an expansion of the story from national lampoon called "Night of the seven fires" it's about flounders and pintos initiation night. My high school library had a National Lampoon subscription. Use to read it when they magazine arrived. I laughed so load reading that story the librarian had to shoot me several timed

[@stephenmason2151]

Animal House was the "R" rated movie every underage kid tried to sneak into when it was in theatres.

[@MrDeathpilot]

I went on a double date when this movie was in theatres and we were denied admission because the girls were too young. We ended up going to a nearby park instead, and what we did there was beyond a R rating. Thanks MPAA!

[@charlesballard5251]

I saw it on cable in a hotel room in Cheyenne, Wyoming the summer after it came out. My mother and grandparents were playing Yahtzee and I turned on the t.v. and the screen said, "Next up: ANIMAL HOUSE". I was like, "YEAH!!!!". At some point I heard my grandmother say, "Donna, you shouldn't be letting him watch THAT!!!" I said, "Try stopping me!!!!! I'm watching it and I don't want to hear any guff. Play your game and leave me alone". Old people. I think I was 12 at the time.

[@jamesgardner2101]

I grew up in a small town, where I could get into any movie they would show at 10 years old. This one didn't come out until I was twelve. Went to the 10 o'clock show.

[@TylerD288]

@@jamesgardner2101 for shame!

[@LarryGonzalez00]

I saw it during its 1979 re-release. It was the first R-rated movie I ever saw. I was 14. I love it to this day.

[@jsapcakrrow]

The professor is played by Donald Sutherland so now you need to watch “Invasion of the Bodysnatchers” with Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum & Leonard Nemoy.

[@charlesrense5199]

My favorite Sutherland role is Kelly's Heroes. Also good in The Dirty Dozen and Johnny Got His Gun, sticking with the war movie theme.

[@doomranger6047]

Oh yeah that’s a truly scary movie. Definitely the best version of that movie too. Don’t Look Now is also a good horror film with him in it

[@joshritz7067]

Donald Sutherland? First movie that comes to mind is MASH

[@charlesrense5199]

@@joshritz7067 I'm not sure Ashleigh would connect with Robert Altman's style.

[@Redfern42]

There's also the theatrical version of "M*A*S*H" when he played the lead character, Hawkeye Pierce (arguably made more famous when Alan Alda played him the the TV series).

[@laudanum669]

National Lampoon started as a magazine created by students from Harvard. Then a radio show followed with the likes of John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner and many others. One of the major forces behind it all was the late Doug Kenny who co-wrote this film and Caddy Shack. He has a small role as "Stork" in Animal House which allowed him to be on set, as writer's weren't allowed on set but actors were.

[@donovanmedieval]

Otter's name isn't "Frank," it's Eric. He never knew Fawn, he knows she's dead when he shows up at the dorm, or sorority. It's all a trick to get her friends in the sack.

[@agentrobtaylor]

Eric Stratton...damn glad to meet you

[@brucechmiel7964]

@@agentrobtaylor That was Eric Stratton. He was damn glad to meet you.

[@asaking5795]

“I think Karen Alan was in one of the Indiana Jones movie. NOPE she was in Raiders of the lost Ark “😂😂😂😂

[@michaeltocci3504]

She was "nope" - ing the part where she started to doubt herself

[@metadeth578]

She was also in Indiana Jones and Crystal skull

[@Morris1581]

Indy 1 and 4

[@mryan22]

But funny she didn’t recognize Tom Hulce, who had the title role in Amadeus which had already reviewed?

[@veot.2869]

You had one job Ashleigh!! When John Belushi yelled *FOOD FIGHT!!!!!* we were supposed to hear it!!!!! 😖😖😖😲😭

[@popculturewatch8689]

"This is my first time seeing national lampoon anything" Ashleigh always makes me feel old and just confused at the same time.

[@fzoid3534]

I'll be totally honest. This is the first time I looked up National Lampoon. I know all the movies with Chevy Chase by heart but not this one here. So National Lampoon was an American humor magazine and due to their success they also had radio shows, books and movies and many more and Animal House was their first movie.

[@anthonymunn8633]

@@fzoid3534 if you're so inclined I recommend the documentary "Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead" which tells the story of the magazine and its "offend everybody" stance.

[@utility63]

@@anthonymunn8633 Or "A Futile and Stupid Gesture" is another one.

[@ririschannelx]

Did ya ever think it’s because these movies are old

[@popculturewatch8689]

@@ririschannelx I guess...that's why I said it makes me feel old...maybe?

[@mrrobotreads]

Animal House was a zeitgeist film: There's a world before it and a world after. It was the final deconstruction of the 1950s, a decade portrayed as an idyllic Wonderland in television and movies, into what it really was: Just another 10 year period of war, grift, cultural dissatisfaction and ennui, civil rights battles (that war is ongoing even today), predatory guardians, and capos M*A*S*H (1970), the movie, started the trend of "we remember periods of Hell interspersed with brief moments of laughing so we don't scream"

[@MrJTBolt]

Yeah but this was a movie set in the 60s

[@Dularr]

Historically this movie is represents the end of the 1970s. The death of DISCO and the exclusive dance clubs, celebrating the end of the Vietnam war. With the move to the "greed is good" decade of the 1980. Where sixties radicals, seventies folk music faded away to American growing up and getting back to work. Animal House represented that one last party before you became an adult.

[@billcame6991]

I would say a bigger change would occur a few years later when the folks who started out directing music videos for MTV moved on to making movies. Editing and in particular pacing (in some cases, lack of it) changed in a big way.

[@mikejankowski6321]

@@MrJTBolt Specifically, 1962, which is close enough to the 50s to still have that taste in your mouth. Kennedy had not been shot yet, the hippies had not taken root, the Beatles had not invaded yet. Vietnam was not on the map for the general population. Anti-authoritarian movements were not yet much of a thing. As to when it was made, the 70s had a lot that pushed boundaries farther than work in the 60s had, and comedy was one venue. SNL had just started and boy did it get noticed fast. I was in college at the time; this was a parody (of sorts) of the generation before me. This movie worked then and it has not aged badly with its original audience as far as I know.

[@jdeang3531]

1950’s was a great decade compared to what followed- destruction of society.

[@wxgrad]

Ashleigh, "Karren Allen... I think she was in one of the Indiana Jones?" Ten seconds later, "Nope, she was in Raiders of the Lost Ark!" Cracks me up!

[@jeknechtphotography7106]

That got me too.

[@GAkers]

😂😂😂😂

[@jeffbrehove2614]

Excuse me I got to go slam my head against the wall

[@brianspencer2517]

She was in both

[@bleedingreen4018]

So proud Ashleigh is noticing who more and more actors/actresses are.

[@missmartylynn]

She missed Belushi from The Blues Brothers though...

[@iKvetch558]

....Aaaaand this is me unable to keep my coffee in my mouth after dear Ashleigh said that Donald Sutherland is "a bit creepy". And now I want her to watch Kelly's Heroes just to see him playing Oddball...and she definitely MUST see him in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), that one has Jeff Goldblum too! ✌💯😁

[@awkwardashleigh]

😂😂😂

[@christopherobrien8105]

"Invasion" (1978) would be GREAT for HallowBeans!!!

[@theman4884]

@@awkwardashleigh Yes, do a review of Kelly's Heroes. It is really good.

[@jamesmoyner7499]

Well the 50’s one and then the one from the 70’s.

[@Nangleator22]

@@jamesmoyner7499 Jesus, there was a 50s one??

[@ThreadBomb]

"Was she in Indiana Jones? No! She was in Raiders of the Lost Ark." LOL

[@TheNadzed]

Indiana Jones was in her

[@usmcmech96]

Fun fact: The band, Otis Day and The Knights, was formed for the movie and performed that song for over 20 years.

[@scottboswell6406]

I saw them when they played at Penn State in '85!!

[@bobfilarowski1264]

And STILL performing it! The guy who played Otis, Dwayne Jessie, actually bought the rights to use the band name, and the fun continues!

[@LibraKing3121]

"Wait till Otis sees us, he LOVES us!" Otis: 🙄

[@rondanakamura2655]

I loved your take on what aged well and what didn't. It was a "must see" back then because it pushed (HARD) on the envelope in regards to what would be ALLOWED to be shown.

[@salvationsplace]

ya - really weird to see a generation rebel by wagging their fingers at what was rebellion from the wagging fingers .... kinda makes ya take it ALL less seriously

[@rondanakamura2655]

@@salvationsplace O, you modern sage!

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@rondanakamura2655 We live in the most boring fuddy-duddy era ever.

[@mojowebs]

This was cutting edge comedy at the time. Surprised you didn't recognize the late great John Belushi, brother of Jim Belushi, and samurai master of the SNL legacy cast. He was one of the Blues Brothers.

[@Wiley_Coyote]

She has no familiarity with ANY of those references. Not a one.

[@woodysthoughts4032]

She wasn't born yet.

[@erickyoung8331]

It's funny when someone younger knows all the tropes, like toga parties and the song Shout (and dancing to it that way), so doesn't connect that it was a movie like this that literally created the thing in the first place. She's seen it in so many other things, to her, this is just another one of those movies with the trope in it. :-)

[@chipparmley]

The movie, "It Happened One Night" is full of those tropes that it invented.

[@chadberles2056]

That's why we love watching her it's so awesome

[@TheMikeMase]

since this movie was filmed at university of oregon, we play shout before the fourth quarter of every football game. its a real party and such a fun tradition. go ducks baby!

[@ubermac85]

Pinto also played Mozart in Amadeus. Nedermyer is the dad from the “We’re Not Gonna Take It” video.

[@mikejankowski6321]

The movie that inspired a music video!

[@lostmyshoe2294]

For any Buffy fans, Nedermyer also plays the Master

[@dan_hitchman007]

Nedermyer was also the maestro on Seinfeld.

[@rs8461]

@@mikejankowski6321 2 music videos

[@jtilton5]

Also "Flounder" played Vir Kotto on Babaylon 5.

[@keith6485]

"National Lampoon" started out as a monthly magazine of irreverent humor and societal commentary. I think this was their first foray into motion pictures, and they hit it our of the park. There's even a call-back to this movie in the "Twilight Zone" movie. In one of the scenes where some very frighted troops are wading through a marshy river in Viet Nam, one of them says "I told you guys we shouldn't of shot Lieutenant Neidermeyer". 😁 This movie is definitely a product of its time.

[@bobszejk9620]

Part of the reason the movie is so iconic is because John Belushi was so iconic at the time. After just 2 yrs as one of the SNL originals, his popularity was at it's peak.

[@vizh]

Another Animal House reference you've probably heard before: Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" includes quotes from Animal House at the end and the video features the actor who played Neidermeyer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqnQlJ6Ni7WFl6s

[@russevans3586]

YES!

[@stevendavis9655]

Twisted Sister's "I Wanna Rock" also featured the Neidermeyer character. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYPao5pmmceSsLs

[@emteemac]

In the category "S**t I've heard that I really want to be true." When they were casting the video, the director said that he really wanted someone like Neidermyer from Animal House to play the part. And someone said something like "Well... what is Neidermeyer from Animal House doing these days?" He apparently was available.

[@losthor1zon]

Creepy professor is Donald Sutherland (father of Kiefer Sutherland). Also had roles in MASH (the movie, not the show), Kelly's Heroes, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (the 80s version), and lately in the Hunger Games. Among other things.

[@toriblake9862]

"Okay, that's intimate" -- Ashleigh, girl, you're murdering me!! Your reactions never get old, you're so damn funny.

[@awkwardashleigh]

❤️❤️❤️

[@waltersvg]

There was a modernized retake on the "Animal House" formula in the 90's called "PCU". The offensive jokes in that one last the test of time so far and it has the director of Iron Man playing a role. Highly recommend.

[@mattbriddell9246]

I'd say that Old School with Will Ferrell also definitely follows in the spirit of Animal House as well.

[@fakereality96]

@@mattbriddell9246 The best part of PCU and Old School was Jeremy Piven going full circle.

[@Wellch]

PCU suxed.

[@curtis8966]

@@Wellch don’t be that guy..

[@cbcook1240]

@@Wellch So did your mom.

[@Hiraghm]

This takes place about 26 years after Raiders of the Lost Ark. Marion's aged very very well...

[@theman4884]

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? - still a great quote.

[@RussVerbofsky]

you beat me to it. :D

[@phredphlintstone6455]

I've used that before

[@jasonlmeadows]

Germans?

[@matthewchewning3822]

@@jasonlmeadows forget it he's rolling.

[@richardcutts196]

Besides being a funny joke there actually were some people who believed that there were German planes attacking at Pearl Harbor because they refused to believe the Japanese could have done it by themselves.

[@jbacunn]

I find Ashleigh's inability to recognize younger famous actors amusing. It's a recurring theme.

[@goldilox369]

Yes, "that one in the left IS just a cutie!" His name is Tom Hulce & he played Mozart in Amadeus. You should watch that film. He won't be such a cutie after you hear THAT giggle. 🤭 😱

[@tialori5815]

@@goldilox369she watched the film and didn't like it. I am surprised she didn't recognize him

[@goldilox369]

@@tialori5815 well sh*t. I guess I missed that one. Have to go watch it now.

[@fakereality96]

Well she is a...wait for it...a millennial. I'm willing to bet the have a hard time with young OG actors.

[@dan2007kohn]

Yeah stared straight into Kevin Bacon’s face during the induction scene and didn’t recognize him then a few minutes later during the ROTC scene it finally clicked lol

[@karlsmith2570]

Another Fun Fact for you Ashleigh: The Clerk who flounder requested 10,000 marbles from was the real-life wife of Stephen Furst, the actor who played Flounder

[@deathsurge666]

In case it wasn't already mentioned, The "Cutie on the left" is Tom Hulce, the star of Amadeus (which you reviewed)

[@Wellch]

The young boy who said “Thank You, God” actually became a pastor.

[@jamesfowler5100]

Really?

[@1805movie]

There you are.

[@stantheman9072]

It would be perfect if he had married a former bunny.

[@big106razor]

Food fights were REAL! I was part of several, not only at school but at a couple of concerts when the band wasn't on time.

[@mcgilj1]

He never had to get over Fawn.. Otter is horrible and knew about Fawn from the newspaper and was cynically trying to pick up girls. He's a genius..a sick sick individual.. But a genius.

[@theman4884]

Reminds me of the DENNIS System. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJiYi6WhlqyffKM

[@mcgilj1]

@@theman4884 I don't think Otter is quite as pathological as Dennis but .. is a case you could make. Lol

[@tomfrazier1103]

Playas are an eternal verity.

[@bozzutoman]

8:51 - I was in a food fight once, at elementary lunch, back in the 70s. It started at the table next to me, and quickly escalated to all the surrounding tables. I threw my half-eaten PB&J into the center of battle, narrowly dodged a barrage of orange slices, but then got splattered by an exploding pudding-cup grenade just before the teachers finally regained order. It was glorious.

[@FeralRubberDuckie]

Ashleigh: “Who’s that little cutie on the left?” My brain in F. Murray Abraham’s voice: “That was Mozart. Wolfgang…Amadeus…Mozart.”

[@GRIMRPR6942]

Ashleigh: "What are ya gonna do, blow up the place..." Me giggling with anticipation...

[@lynnevetter]

You should donate your extra dvds to your public library if they have a "book/movie sale" to support the library.

[@macmcleod1188]

Actually, donating to the public library is great all the time. You can check out dvd's from all the libraries in my area.

[@lynnevetter]

@@macmcleod1188 right some libraries, like all the ones I have been to in Massachusetts so far, have a little section of the library where they sell books and dvds..year round. It's awesome too.

[@sanddab]

“Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?” LOL…best line in the movie.

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

I'm very sad she didn't show that line as one of the clips. Every time I hear it I laugh like it's the first time hearing it.

[@sanddab]

@@mortimerbrewster3671 Agreed!!

[@Hobbes1025]

"The Mayor's daughter" was played by Sarah Holcomb.., who played Danny's girlfriend in CADDYSHACK. The one that said, "I'm pregnant!"

[@matthewdunham1689]

No shit?? WOW didn't knows that!

[@Chrisdrumz]

"Tanks fer nuttin!"

[@davidstrange6759]

Ok, national lampoon was a comedy magazine that later branched into radio and film. A lot of the writers and performers became big names in Hollywood like Harold Ramis, John Belushi, and, maybe the biggest, John Hughes

[@msmrsro]

Didn’t it originate from the Harvard Lampoon?

[@davidstrange6759]

@@msmrsro yep, it was a spin off by some Harvard graduates

[@tempsitch5632]

I’d call Conan the biggest name.

[@Mr.Ekshin]

@@tempsitch5632 - The barbarian?

[@Mr.Ekshin]

@@tempsitch5632 - If you're referring to Conan O'Brien, he never worked with National Lampoon.

[@BarnDoorProductions]

In the National Lampoon Kefauver High Yearbook, which tells the story of Pinto's senior year in high school, we find out that his nickname is Pinto because of an unfortunate accident with a few drops of hot tar as a young boy, which left him with a permanent dapple coloration to his member. That was too much for even the Animal House movie writers to reveal.

[@firstname4337]

you know the whole Fawn thing was a setup, right ? he never knew the girl, he just read the story in the paper and decided to play the grieving boyfriend so he could get "comforted"

[@PhilBagels]

Yeah. How do you watch this movie and miss that?

[@horseshoe2blah201]

That gag, which is one of the best in cinematic history, seemed to blow right past her. I was going to make the same query.

[@rs8461]

and the scene of the girls walking back to the house was put in so people would know the girl were ok after the guys left them

[@luvlgs1]

i don't know how much she actually watched since she was babbling the whole time...

[@Brian-dx5br]

@@luvlgs1 Thank you

[@laurenherda2415]

The best part is the scene when they guy is playing the acoustic guitar on the stairs and Belushi is just staring at him and all of a sudden grabs it and destroys it then says "sorry" 🤣🤣🤣

[@theman4884]

The guy playing the guitar is none other than Stephen Bishop, who had a 1977 hit titled "On and On" and is a very talented song writer.

[@jhilal2385]

The "creepy professor" was played by Donald Sutherland, who was a big name in the '60's, '70's and '80's, and is the father of Kiefer Sutherland (Jack Bauer from "24"). Other Donald Sutherland films that you might like: "The Dirty Dozen" (1967) w/ Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, "Kelly's Heroes" (1970) w/ Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Conner "The Italian Job" (2003 remake) w/ Mark Wahlberg, Jason Statham, Charlize Theron, Seth Green, Mos Def, Ed Norton "Space Cowboys" (2000) w/Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, James Garner, James Cromwell "Fallen" (1998) w/ Denzel Washington "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" (1992, film that inspired the TV show) w/ Kristy Swanson, Rutger Hauer, Luke Perry, Paul Reubens (aka PeeWee Herman), Ben Affleck "Backdraft" (1991) w/Kurt Russel, Robert DeNiro, Scott Glenn "The Mechanic" (2011 remake) w/ Jason Statham "MASH" (1970, film that inspired the TV show) w/Robert Duvall, Fred Williamson "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1978) w/ Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy "The Puppet Masters" (1994) w/ Kieth David, Will Patton, Richard Belzer, Yaphet Kotto he was also in all of the Hunger Games movies.

[@johnmunro4952]

It's a pioneering movie that has had a huge cultural influence.

[@mcgilj1]

Belushi's reaction when they take the bar.. Is just so damn classic..

[@alanholck7995]

John Belushi was essentially playing himself.

[@mikejankowski6321]

@@alanholck7995 And he did it so well. Becoming a senator was the perfect destiny for Bluto.

[@karlsmith2570]

11:22 "Is She A Girl That Was In Indiana Jones?" Bingo, Ashleigh. That's Karen Allen, who played Marion Ravenwood in Raiders Of The Lost Ark and later in Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull and Dial Of Destiny

[@firefly24601]

"Creepy _______" is basically Donald Sutherland's whole aesthetic.

[@michaelhackfeld9725]

He passed on the creepy aesthetic to Kiefer also. Kiefer was a good bad/creepy guy in Freeway.

[@Johonnac]

@@michaelhackfeld9725 THAT’S a hilarious movie! 😆

[@mikejankowski6321]

He was not a bit creepy in Kelly's Heroes. He was just a hippie ahead of his time.

[@phil8821]

Always with those negative waves....

[@Dr3amtime]

I was in high school in Texas when this came out. You have no idea how influential that food fight scene was, to the dismay of school cafeteria personnel across the country. Later, I spent much of my life in and around the memorial union building of the University of Oregon in Eugene; the "Fishbowl" cafeteria where that fight was filmed is still there. (Much of the movie was made in and around Eugene.) They were giving away the original benches from the cafeteria at one point in the 90's, and I snagged one for my kids to play on in the yard, for the sake of nostalgia.

[@karlsmith2570]

Yeah, the house that served as Delta House is no longer there, it got demolished and turned into a parking lot There's a plaque in the site that memorializes that Delta House stood on that site however

[@sarahdaw6648]

Yes, I graduated in 1984....Food fights were more than a thing....it was a legit threat. I went to an out festival concert in 1980, 70,000 people food fight that began with the battle cry "FOOD FIGHT". Toga parties were thrown as a direct result of this movie. And John Belushi was our god of Gluttony. This movie effected many layers of social fabric in the 1980s and beyond.

[@phousefilms]

Donald Sutherland(the weird teacher) is in the remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", which you should watch. Also was President Snow in "The Hunger Games", great villain. Some of the jokes are a little out of date(date rape joke and such, or the girl being underage) but it's like "Blazing Saddles", you could never make a movie like these today. Just accept it as being a product of the times. Otter knew about the girl Fawn dying in the obituaries, he wasn't actually her boyfriend, he looked it up in the paper and went to get sympathy. "May I have ten thousand marbles please?" is one of the greatest and best delivered lines in history.

[@davidgrover3860]

I went to college in 84, after this movie food fights became a thing, during orientation the cafeterias would discuss how they had a procedure to lock the doors, seal everyone in, and bring in the police to investigate if a food fight started. This movie also started a trend of frats getting wilder. The year before I hit college, 1 frat at UMaine had burned their house down during a wild party and a private college in Maine had all frats revoked after they started a huge bonfire in the center of fraternity row during a drunken weekend.

[@talan123]

For the 1980's, honestly that is pretty tame.

[@anthonymunn8633]

By the time I got to college about 88,the whole "wild and crazy" frat parties were over,and the ones I went to were dull as dishwater.

[@Wellch]

True, start a food fight.they will lock down the cafe and make YOU clean it up.

[@billcame6991]

My brother attended a different high school (same sex parochial college prep) than me (elite coed public exam). He told me they would have food fights occasionally that were a complete mess. Everything would including students would be covered in milk.

[@phoenixman8569]

You just described an scene, in the early 80s movie revenge of the nerds....

[@JoeJanesic]

"Bluto" is John Belushi, one of the funniest members to ever come out of Saturday Night Live. "Otter" is Tim Matheson, perhaps best known as the Vice-President in the TV show "The West Wing" and he sort of reprised his role-playing as the father in "National Lampoon's Van Wilder". Matherson has been in over 40 feature films including the cult classic "1941" as Captain Loomis Birkhead.

[@robertneblett4477]

He was also the voice of Johnny Quest in the 1960’s cartoon.

[@paulmcateer1595]

Ashleigh has already seen John Belushi as Jake in “The Blues Brothers”.

[@mikejankowski6321]

You missed Pinto, Larry Kroger, played by Tom Hulce who went on to portray Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

[@spamviking]

Has someone suggested 1941 to her?

[@JoeJanesic]

@@spamviking I have suggested it a few times but I think she has a backlog from other Patrons.

[@TheLightSideReactions]

National Lampoon was a popular comedy magazine that released a lot of movies from the '70s through the early 2000s, featuring SNL-style comedians. They were known for pushing the boundaries in sex-related humor, especially with college-aged characters.

[@jimtatro6550]

This was the first R rated movie I ever saw. I was 11 years old and a friend’s older sister took us, my parents didn’t know it was rated R. To this day it’s my favorite movie of all time.😂

[@dan_hitchman007]

Mine was Airplane! though it was PG, but it had a lot of adult jokes and titties!

[@Uncultured_Barbarian465]

Loved Bruce McGill in this movie. When ESPN did a featurette on Animal House for it's College Gameday broadcast a couple/few years ago, they interviewed him and other people. And he can still play that tune on his neck. . Edit: Yes, Food Fights were a thing. When I was a Sophomore in High School, the Seniors had a food fight. I was standing in line when the lights went out, and I heard lots of screams and the sounds of food flying. It was taco day, so when the lights came back on, there was food all over the place. I just shrugged and went and made a taco salad, and found a clean place to eat. The Principal lost his crap on the entire student body after that, and mad parents whose kids had nothing to do with it called the school board and got him fired. Didn't bother me, he was only Principal for 2 years at that point, and he was a jerk. . Later that year at Graduation, the class speaker ended his speech with "Just remember, the world is your taco, don't throw it away!", and laughter ensued.

[@rmhartman]

What I don't know is whether food fights were a thing before animal house.

[@mikejankowski6321]

@@rmhartman Yes. Read the other comments.

[@i8rmnky]

Animal House was THE party film when it came out. It set the bar for every high school and college party for the next decade.

[@shainewhite2781]

YES!!! RIP, John Belushi. He was hilarious and awesome in this movie and The Blues Brothers.

[@theman4884]

I think what Animal House did so well was that is wasn't all about Belushi. He arguable wasn't even the lead, but a supporting character.

[@richardb6260]

Ashleigh didn't like The Blues Brothers. I know! Right?

[@michaelmcfarland1716]

@@richardb6260 i think she was just disappointed by the looong asss car chase. She was good with a lot of it, if not confused by what was really happining from scene to scene. It does cover a lot of different things happening.

[@MountainVibespodcast]

I agree, John was at his best on Saturday Night Live. Where you could get him in small doses.

[@LibraKing3121]

John Landis directed this too. Perhaps she just doesn't like his work. I know what will make her a John Landis TOP fan! "AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON!" ...that & if she ever watches the Michael Jackson video "Thriller!"

[@Lethgar_Smith]

The character of D-Day is based on Dan Ackroyd. He was a gearhead who had a Harley Davidson and a handlebar mustache. Most of the events in the movie were based on someone's college story.

[@pebblesanddirt]

Originally this film would’ve starred more SNL (and national lampoon) actors. Chevy Chase was to be Otter, D-Day played by Akroyd etc

[@maxnorton1209]

I agree many parts didn’t age well, but there’s enough that translates, and is hilarious to recommend it. All I can say is that it’s called a classic for a reason. It was the highest grossing comedy in box office history for a long time.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

I think the times we live in have pre-aged most cheesily.

[@teksnotdead902]

The shout toga party scene puts an immediate smile on the face.

[@bartondonnelly5293]

24:05 Karen Allen (Miriam from Raiders of the Lost Ark) is very much alive.

[@tjolsonmcse]

When she said that, I thought "She did?!"

[@reconsoldier135]

My straight laced, suit wearing, uptight father absolutely loves this movie Also I’m pretty sure seeing Mrs. Wormer and her lingerie at a young age is why I’ve been into older women my whole life

[@bobbabai]

HUGE cultural touchstone when it came out. I was in my third year of college that year. Some of the jokes still hold up and some of the characters are still great, I don't think it ages very well, and not just because of the misogynistic and borderline racist stuff. 5 or 10 years after I first saw it I noticed that the funny took a pretty big dip about a third of the way or maybe halfway into the movie.

[@RetrofanFilms]

24:11 Ashleigh, Karen Allen didn’t pass away. She’s very much alive and will turn 70 this October.

[@terryfloyd3505]

maybe shes confusing Marion with Mary Anne(Dawn Wells) or maybe Margot Kidder or Carrie Fisher, who both died couple yrs ago

[@dorisbove2210]

@@terryfloyd3505 that makes no sense because Karen Allen is alive still working and she isn't them

[@badmoonrising7012]

Ok so 1978 was my first year of college and this movie hit college campuses like a steam locomotive. Toga parties erupted like Mount Vesuvius at fraternities as well as dorms, bars, etc. Toga, Toga, TOGA! Watching this takes right back there!!!

[@sopdox]

The “cutie on the left” is Tom Hulce who was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Mozart in the movie Amadeus. He was also Quasimodo in the Disney movie The Hunchback of Norte Dame. Mark Metcalf re-enacts his Niedermeyer persona in a Twisted Sister video.

[@ffjsb]

TWO Twisted Sisters videos actually. "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock".

[@hughdavidvisor1769]

Metcalf was also the Maestro on Seinfeld.

[@AstroXeno]

There's a story about the cafeteria scene: It was what they call a 'one take'. That is a scene that, for one reason or another you only get one chance to get right (The Gatling gun scene in The Wild Bunch is another famous example) In this case, John Belushi showed up for the shoot out of his mind on drugs, and the director made an executive decision to just turn him loose and hope for the best...

[@charlesrense5199]

A food fight is a one-shot because it would take hours to reset the scene to go again, what with all the food everywhere.

[@Hiraghm]

The actor playing Kent Dorfman, Stephen Furst, went on to play a key character in the science fiction series "Babylon 5"

[@greenmonsterprod]

And he had a wonderful answer to, "What do you want, Vir?"

[@russevans3586]

Graduated high school in '78. This movie prepared me for college life.

[@failuremagnet]

Graduated in 79. Didn't go to college (directly), but this movie did prepare me for mall retail management...

[@Geekchorus42]

I can personally testify to the fact the fact that yes, food fights in school cafeterias was a "thing" in the 70's and 80's, especially after Animal House came out

[@shidek1969]

This movie was filmed in my hometown of Eugene Oregon. WE still have reunion get togethers at the Dexter Lake Club.

[@brom00]

Ashleigh, that least you gives a fair shake and put them in context of when they were made. Animal House was a success when it was released and is considered a classic. It made John Belushi a star. I can attist, being a frat boy myself in 1982, this film pretty much nailed it. :-)

[@Wizardofgosz]

Classic? Really? CLASSIC????

[@outtheredude]

I'm still coming to terms with everything from 1996 back being "vintage". Brought up in the '80s & '90s when "classic" was black & white.

[@macmcleod1188]

@@Wizardofgosz Yup... It's on the National Film Registry Listing. Only 25 films are chosen from each year to be on that list. Other films from 1978 include : The Deer Hunter, Grease, and Halloween.

[@Wizardofgosz]

@@macmcleod1188 But is it really???? It's a funny toxically male bro film from our childhood.

[@macmcleod1188]

@@Wizardofgosz Uh... yes... It's really on the National Film Registry Listing. Anyone can verify that.