Animal House (1978) Was A *WILD* Trip of a Film! - First Time Watching - Movie Reaction/Review

[@shainewhite2781]

RIP, John Belushi, he was the real party animal, on screen and off. He will be missed.

[@vancelubben5300]

He has been gone since 1982, so it's been a long time

[@SUZABELLA34]

I really wish he was still with us 💔 Imagine the laughs we would have had watching him over the decades. Ghost Busters would have been insane with him in it for sure!

[@USCFlash]

"He will be missed"? Um he's been missed for 42 years.

[@clarencewalker3925]

Let's not forget Donald Sutherland and Stephen Furst.

[@buffstraw2969]

@@clarencewalker3925 You put Furst second.

[@69UM24OSU12]

I was a college sophomore in 1978, I recall that, after this movie was released, food fights and toga parties became standard practice on campuses nationwide.

[@LordEriolTolkien]

better days...

[@paulwolffart1251]

I was a kid in 1978, but I had an uncle who went to a toga party with my aunt while he was in college with the photos to prove it.😅

[@amosglitterz2649]

'73 - '77 College was not too far off this movie! U of Pittsburgh. They made today's rules to stop what we did.😄

[@eurofritz4617]

and into the 80's, we had a school wide Animal House toga party in our basketball arena with "Otis Day and the Knights" from the movie playing. Fun Times.

[@lizmil]

Me also.

[@totallytomanimation]

The dorky guy with one line, Stork, is Douglas Kenney, the founder and editor of National Lampoon Magazine and one of the writers of this movie.

[@jeffbeaver4419]

I believe he died not long after the movie was released while on a trip to Hawaii.

[@allanalogmusicat78rpm]

@@jeffbeaver4419 It was a few years later, after Kenney's CADDYSHACK script got rewritten drastically, while being filmed. On vacation with Chevy Chase, he either fell or jumped from a seaside cliff.

[@wolfgangwolf6060]

National Lampoon was a comedy magazine. They did a memorable cover of a dog with a gun pointed at its head. The caption said "If you don't buy this magazine we'll kill this dog."

[@MarkMonforti]

National lampoons Reminds me of a comedy troup. group. Second City or groundings

[@ronalddobis6782]

​@@MarkMonfortithey were members of the Harvard Lampoon who went pro when they graduated. They took the same idea and put out one of the most iconic national humor magazines.

[@edbertoli1]

An article in a later issue simply stated the following: "You didn't. We did."

[@jefferyshute6641]

The young man that was with the under-aged girl was Tom Hulce. He starred in the film "Amadeus" where he portrayed Mozart.

[@lisathuban8969]

You guys are the perfect age to watch Animal House.

[@kevinburton3948]

23:45 You guys must have missed it- Otter read that Fawn Liebowitz had recently died on an all-girls campus (in a freak kiln accident) and used Fawn's name for his ruse.

[@TylerD288]

Savage, _but I like that!_

[@rolanddeschain965]

Based on Smith college in Northampton Massachusetts , all girls school. The other is Amherst college, super rich kids. This is actually pretty accurate for how it was back then , crazy good times😅

[@TylerD288]

The 'killed in a freak kiln accident' always hilarious, genius writing!

[@anthonywayne2754]

@@TylerD288 "Sophomore Dies in Kiln Explosion"

[@TylerD288]

@@anthonywayne2754 yes, thanks.

[@norwegianblue2017]

Fun fact: D-Day, the guy on the motorcycle, plays the sheriff in My Cousin Vinny.

[@FreddyKurganNimmo]

@@norwegianblue2017 - And the judge in _Runaway Jury_

[@RandomNonsense1985]

And Steven Seagal’s boss in Exit Wounds.

[@AlpineWoods]

And Van Damme's boss in Timecop.

[@smoothmove7566]

wasn't he in Black sheep too?

[@AlpineWoods]

Yes, he was.

[@lisakaz35]

That version of "Shout" was a staple at my dorm's parties. This was at least 5 years after the film.

[@dabreal82]

National lampoon is a whole ass thing that was around way before the vacation movies...

[@laudanum669]

For a fuller understanding of National Lampoon and it's origins I suggest the movie "A Futile and Stupid Gesture".

[@billolsen4360]

@@laudanum669 Recall NL's "The Dead Issue" and "Unwanted Foreigners" from around 1973.

[@edsmith3461-z7m]

The military part is ROTC, The Reserve Officers' Training Corps, a college program that prepares students to become officers in the U.S. military while earning a degree: still around today.

[@dwhorton1]

Also, a lot of schools required male students to be in it up until the end of the 1960s or so. IIRC, it was a requirement for land grant schools and maybe some others.

[@dreamhayzeeffect4888]

We had ROTC in High School not so much college anymore

[@dabreal82]

​@@dreamhayzeeffect4888that's JROTC

[@jldog134]

My cousin Dave was active Army then he went National Guard went through the ROTC at Nevada State University and got his Officers Commission.

[@dustinheese]

Most universities have ROTC

[@belvagurr403]

The cool teacher with grass is Donald Sutherland, of HUNGER GAMES and MASH.

[@stevesheroan4131]

Don’t forget the 70’s remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. One of his most famous roles.

[@johnmoreland6089]

​@stevesheroan4131 Such a great film. One of the greatest remakes. He was also fantastic in KLUTE and in ORDINARY PEOPLE, which may be his best performance.

[@FilmBuff54]

“Don’t Look Now” with Julie Christie, is one of Sutherland’s best. It’s a supernatural thriller.

[@johnmoreland6089]

@FilmBuff54 Great film. So many images that stay with you.

[@JacquelineEdinger]

And father of Keifer.

[@edsmith3461-z7m]

National Lampoon was a spinoff of the Harvard Lampoon, an undergraduate humor publication founded in 1876 by seven undergraduates at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. National Lampoon was an American humor magazine that ran from 1970 to 1998. They also did comedy albums and stage shows that included comedy stars John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Brian Doyle Murray, Harold Ramis, and Richard Belzer before they formed a movie production company. One of the founders of the National Lampoon and former Harvard Lampoon editor was Douglas Kenney, he is the nerd guy in the movie who says "what the hell we supposed do ya moron". He went on to write, produce, and perform in the influential comedies Animal House and Caddyshack before his sudden death at the age of 33.

[@RandomNonsense1985]

TIL that Munch from Law and Order once worked with a bunch of the original SNL people.

[@amberlynYT]

​@@RandomNonsense1985i knew Munch was a silent comedic killer 😂 he was always my favorite

[@BillBitterman-ny2jl]

I own a record full of the songs from their stage show National Lampoon Lemmings. It was a spoof of the Woodstock Music festival. It was called the Woodchuck Festival of Peace, Love, and Death. It included people like Belushi (did stage announcements and his Joe Cocker impression), Chevy Chase (James Taylor-like character, Christopher Guest (Bob Dylan). Writers included the people I named as well as the main guys from the National Lampoon magazine...many of whom became part of the original Saturday Night Live cast and writers.

[@edsmith3461-z7m]

@@BillBitterman-ny2jl I owned National Lampoon White Album with the KKK cover in the 80's.

[@christopherconard2831]

Intended as a parody to mock Greek culture on campuses. It ended up being a template for hundreds of fraternities during the 80's.

[@DNulrammah]

The guy playing the guitar on the stairs was Steven Bishop. He also played the "Charming Trooper" in "The Blues Brothers".

[@billolsen4360]

"I gave my love a cherry that had no stone...."

[@BobCrabtree-ev4rz]

He also wrote the Animal House theme.

[@Paul77ozee]

The bit about Babs becoming a tour guide for universal studios in a running joke in Landis films. At the end credits of some of his films there’s a pic of universal studios inviting people to visit universal studios with the caption “Ask for Babs”.

[@Aeroldoth3]

I only recall seeing that in this film.

[@footofjuniper8212]

It was also at the end of The Blues Brothers and a few more. Supposedly, for a brief period, those who asked got a free tour or some other treat.

[@Aeroldoth3]

@@footofjuniper8212 Thanks. I don't remember it at the end of BB but it's been a very long time since I've seen it.

[@boballen818]

It was at the end of every Universal film for over a decade.

[@csurampower]

Looking at the quality of people we have in Congress now, it's not really a stretch to believe Bluto could be a U.S. Senator.

[@RandySmith-e6s]

and the criminal that is going back to the WH

[@nmcd992]

This movie led to a lot of food fights in college cafeterias as well as toga parties. Don't ask how I know. This was filmed at the University of Oregon, in the town where I live. Some of the buildings are still there, although the animal house was torn down long ago. You can still see the sorority where the ladder was placed, and the cafeteria where the food fight happened is still there, although now it is filled with Starbucks and Chipotle type places. The story goes that every single college that was asked to allow filming rejected the offer except for the University of Oregon for one simple reason. The U of O was the only college that didn't read the script.

[@bfdidc6604]

I remember the odd food fight in college.

[@ladysky2883]

First of all LOVE LOVE LOVE this reaction!!!!!! I was in college in the early 80's. I was a Little Sister to a fraternity (I wont name for obvious reasons) that was just like this movie. They had toga parties, and all of this other shenanigans going on. I witnessed them myself. That particular fraternity was asked to leave the school and was banned. The physical house was condemned. I lived this movie in real life. Many fond memories.

[@robertbunting3117]

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" "The Germans???" For a follow up frat movie you could try 'P.C.U.' from '94

[@blowba]

P..C.U. was so good. It's a travesty that it's not streaming!

[@brina4058]

​@blowba my hubby and I looked into trying to find PCU, Disney own' the rights to it. We were only able to find the DVD on Amaon...it was like $30.

[@JP-ef4dv]

Can you blow me where the pampers is?

[@bigdaddymosh1964]

FINALLY. Literally the ONLY channel to ever react to this classic movie on KZbin.

[@pyrodiscoflash6115]

They definitely don't make Movies like this anymore, What a Absolute Wild Ride of Pure Fun

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

Karen Allen, who played Katy, was everybody's crush and was later seen as Marion in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[@annewoodard6803]

I was a Freshman in College when this came out and yes we had toga parties for the next two years. They don't make movies like this anymore and that's a shame, LOL.

[@andrewward5891]

The skinny guy with the glasses (Stork) who had only one line was played by Doug Kenney. Doug was one of the writers and a co founder of National Lampon. The studio banned writers from the film location so he wrote a character for him to play so he could be on set.

[@Blackferret66]

The actor who played the Dean, John Vernon, did a lot of villain roles, many comedic, but was a great guy in real life. He was a brilliant actor.

[@angelagraves865]

He reminds me of Dilbert's boss.

[@aaronlane1391]

Loved him in The Outlaw Josie Wales "Don't piss down my neck and tell me its raining."

[@joecarr5412]

Was voice of Iron Man & Sub-Mariner in 60's Marvel Cartoons

[@Blackferret66]

@@joecarr5412 Yep. He was also Rupert Thorne in the Batman Animate Series.

[@stereo999]

He was great in KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE

[@gregoryleek1471]

Animal House was filmed on my campus (University of Oregon) while I was going there. 2 of my fraternity brothers and a friend were in it. Ahmet in the turban is still a good friend.

[@StaffyMum85]

Haha your laugh during the death of the horse was so funny. When it's legs were sticking up, you was in hysterics...I couldn't stop laughing 😂😂

[@emsleywyatt3400]

I went to college in the early seventies and I'd swear I knew every one of those guys.

[@BossNerd]

I lived in a dorm on the mid-80s. We were not a frat but the guys used to get together and watch this on Friday afternoons and try to do stuff out of the movie. You might be surprised at how much of this stuff we got away with. The school did make everyone move off campus after 2 years of non-stop destruction. I only lived there one year - it was great! Two guys even decorated their room to look like Otto & Boon's room.

[@Yourstrulyava]

This movie is a riot and I LOVE seeing you guys burst into laughter 😅 it's contagious

[@quasiscorner2589]

One of the Mt. Rushmore's of comedy

[@belvagurr403]

The guy with the shopping cart is Tom Hulce star of AMADEUS.

[@InjuredRobot.]

This was Kevin Bacons first movie. He had only done a few TV parts before. He was late to the red carpet premier event and security wouldn't let him get close to any of the other actors or anyone who might have recognized him to let him in. He stuck around for a while but eventually gave up and went home.

[@dlxmarks]

Also because his character didn't really stand out in his scenes, a lot of people didn't believe him at the time when he said he was in the movie.

[@eugeneodonnell4680]

Saw this at the theater in the summer of 1978 when I had just turned 11. My 17 year old sister had seen it with her boyfriend and wanted to see it again. Sis talked my mom into bringing her and me and my 12 year old brother by conning Mom into thinking it was a nostalgic movie like "American Graffiti." My mom at some point gave up trying to cover our eyes!

[@markgettemeyer1145]

National Lampoon was a humor magazine that branched their brand out into productions - the Vacation movies were part of that, and then there was Animal House. This movie is an absolute comedic classic that spurred toga parties on campuses all over the country back when it came out.

[@edsmith3461-z7m]

Did you miss the part in the car ride over where he looks at the obituaries in the newspaper and says where Fawn WAS from. He never met Fawn. Just a ruse to get her bereaved girlfriends.

[@michaeldickman1460]

I was a freshman in college in 78 and for the next year every other party on campus was a toga party. Also remember posters in '80 Blutarstky for President.

[@gmunden1]

Takes place in the early 60's university. It's one of the original National Lampoon's magazine themes. There is an actual National Lampoon's High School Yearbook which is hilarious.

[@p.d.stanhope7088]

Faber College is suppose to be Vanderbilt University in the early 1960's. One of the screenwriters based the antics of the Delta Tau Chi on his Alpha Delti Phi fraternity at Dartmouth. His fraternity nickname was also Pinto.

[@josepha4944]

24:00 I learned about this well after I saw the movie. The guys would look up in the obituaries of someone who had died young and was in college. They would show up pretending to be a fiance or boyfriend. After they got the news that their "girlfriend" had died, they'd tell the girls who were there that, "I'm so sad I don't want to be alone tonight, aaand could you find three dates for my friends." 😂😂😂

[@2o4tom]

We never had to do anything weird, we just had to clean the house. And egg Kappa Kappa Gamma.

[@vincentsaia6545]

The movie was filmed at the University of Oregon. SNL was in production at the time so John Belushi would shoot his scenes on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, take the red eye to New York, rehears the show and perform Thursday-Saturday, and fly back to Oregon on Sunday bringing with him bagels from New York for the cast and crew.

[@edsmith3461-z7m]

A LOT of future stars: Belushi was already a star from SNL but went on to do The Blues Brothers, also directed by John Landis. Tom Hulce (Pinto) was in Amadeus (1984) nominated for best actor Oscar. Tim Matheson (Otter) has been in a million things. Kevin Bacon's first movie role. Peter Riegert (Schoenstein) has been in a million things. Bruce McGil (D-Day) has been in a million things. Karen Allen (Katy) Raiders of the Lost Ark

[@angelagraves865]

Stephen Furst (Flounder) was Vir Cotto on Babylon 5. Great character.

[@stevesheroan4131]

Bruce McGill has been in so many things that I think he might be in one of my wedding pictures.

[@carriemilito2851]

Donald Sutherland played the professor who was having a fling with Katy.

[@RandomNonsense1985]

Matheson was Van Wilder’s dad.

[@bfdidc6604]

@@carriemilito2851 Yes, he has a classic filmography of his own.

[@AWBepi]

My large group of friends and I spent our teenage years impersonating this movie, we had the time of our lives.

[@conureron3792]

When I saw it in the theaters, the laughter was so raucous when the devil popped on the one Delt’s shoulder, I never knew what was being said. But we have all had those internal debates that we all sorta knew. Honestly, this is the first time I actually heard the devil and angel’s dialogue.

[@allenmccreary2359]

The Bluto guitar smashing scene was improved. One of the many Belushi improvisations. Comic genius

[@GlennWH26]

The "I'm only thirteen" line has an interesting story. The script had her saying "I'm only sixteen", but Landis was afraid the MPAA would order the line cut. So he filmed two versions of the scene, one with thirteen and one with sixteen. The idea was when the censors freaked out over thirteen, they could offer sixteen as an alternative ("Okay, that's not so bad..."). Except the MPAA let thirteen pass without comment.

[@kathyastrom1315]

At the end of the closing credits, Landis included a button screen that said, “When in Hollywood, visit Universal Studios. Ask for Babs,” referring to the character’s post-film job as a Universal Studios tour guide. Landis went on to include that card at the end of all of his Universal films.

[@gmunden1]

Bluto ( John Belushi) was one of the original cast members of SNL in the 70's. D-Day stars as the sheriff in the film, "My Cousin Vinny. "

[@audraross3012]

National Lampoon was a 1970s comedic magazine of the boundary pushing humor variety - they expanded into shows and films, and a couple of its writers were also the first head writers of Saturday Night Live.

[@LCCWPresents]

26:05 and that is the reason I never got a car during college. You become everyone’s caddie for everything.

[@horseshoe2blah201]

You guys missed the part where the Deltas on their way to the girl's school were reading the Girl's school paper in the car looking for an "in". They found a story about Von Liebowitz who was killed in a kiln explosion. The Deltas ruthlessly used the information to get five dates.

[@TylerD288]

"Fawn"

[@user-jb8qq9fk6m]

At the very end, D-Day driving off in the police car to parts unknown - until he showed up in the perfect inside joke as Sheriff Farley in Alabama in My Cousin Vinny.

[@sweisbrod6109]

Oh, i forgot..... Bluto was on the ladder looking into the sorority house bedrooms. He had both hands on the ladder. What caused the ladder to be pushed away from the wall so that he fell over backwards? Hint: its also how he got tge girl in tge end. 😉

[@Broom-SSN]

Great reaction guys. Animal House was a ground-breaking comedy that kicked-off an entire genre of ridiculous, rowdy, slap-sticky, very adult humor

[@hollywhite7449]

You guys made my night! You almost me forget how old I am!

[@herbyragan8686]

FYI, "National Lampoon" was a satirical magazine in the sixties and seventies. They eventually branched off into movies like Animal House and Vacation. Unfortunately, when the magazine folded, the name was sold off, and lots of terrible parody films had the NT name.

[@craigplatel813]

Plus this movie is an extrapolation of the story "Night of the 7 fires" which tells about the initial night of pinto and flounder. It's s hilarious story. I remember reading it in my high school library back in 73-74 timeframe. The library ladies kept sushing me from laughing to much.

[@herbyragan8686]

@craigplatel813 that was me with the "National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook"

[@alanfoster6589]

Trivia note: the music playing at about 30:00 is Brahm's "Academic Festival Overture", a great piece of classical music that has at its center...a German students' drinking song. Who says this movie isn't educational?

[@paulockenden4278]

Wow now here we have the original college movie for which all others were inspired by. Animal House here we go ❤

[@blindlemonpledge2556]

" Knowledge is good." Emil Faber

[@angelagraves865]

The horse part is funny no matter how many times I see this. They were hoping the sound of the gunshot would scare the literal 💩out of it. The first time I saw this movie I almost wet myself when it stretched its neck out and made that noise and keeled over. 🤣🤣🤣 When I was living in the dorms at SFSU there was a guy who, like Bluto, was older than everyone else and was still living there, kind of a professional student. Everyone called him BOMA for boil on my ass. He was just...there, like a boil on the ass of the school. This was in 1987. He's probably still there.

[@Paul77ozee]

Sounds like the character Droz in PCU (1994).

[@bryanparker2925]

After this movie, now you can watch Twisted Sister music videos

[@jayconant3816]

I wanna rock!

[@DR-mq1vn]

The Great John Belushi! Taken from us way too soon.

[@wreckingKREW1]

A couple years later,John Landis directed one of the segments in the Twilight Zone movie and there's a part in his segment with a lost platoon in Vietnam and one of the soldiers says to another,"Man,I told you we shouldn't have killed Lt. Niedermayer."

[@vincentsaia6545]

The band featured in the movie got so popular from appearing in the movie that they changed their name to the name of the fictional band in the movie and performed successfully for years afterwards.

[@mattsnyderARTIST]

I watched this multiple times growing up as a kid in the 70's. For a very short stint there was a tv show called Delta House too.

[@mikejankowski6321]

I was thrilled to see you had reacted to this, and had to click right away. I was in college when this came out, not in a frat. Back then they didn't hold back making movies. This is pretty much the granddad of the late 70s-early 80s outrageous and raunchy comedies. When I encounter a real catastrophe at work, I refer to it as "dead horse in the dean's office" event. Even used a screenshot of Bluto's perfect "holy shit" moment on a picture of the catastrophe. By the way, that scene on the stairs with the guitar is so iconic that they repeated it in an episode of Star Trek The Next Generation. I always felt this was a very well balanced ensemble story, everyone contributing in some way proportional to their place. How much would we have missed if we only followed Larry and Kent, after all? Loved your reaction, practically falling out of your chairs laughing. I've done that myself in the best of times. Edit: The whole premise of this movie was also parodied in Futurama where they had a robot fraternity at Mars University.

[@captainkangaroo4301]

I used to work at a bar called the Harvester in Eugene right across Franklin Avenue (Hwy 99) from the University of Oregon when they were filming this movie. Some of the cast would stop in frequently after work.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

ROTC (college military training) used to be mandatory nationwide for men. Even though this takes place before Vietnam, you can imagine how popular that fact would have been in 1978. Wasn't there myself, but boy have I heard some strong opinions from that generation.

[@GaOutlawVinyl]

National Lampoon started as a magazine at a college. The people who were part of it went on to be apart of the original SNL cast. Animal House was the first of many movies they made together.

[@lisathuban8969]

The college is Harvard. The Harvard Lampoon is the longest running humor publication EVER. It was started in 1876. Some of its former staff from the 1960's started the "National Lampoon". The Harvard Lampoon is still being published.

[@laudanum669]

Donald Sutherland was offered $50,000 for two days work or 2% of the movies gross revenue. Sutherland thought the movie would flop so he took the $50K had he taken the 2% it would have paid him 14 Million. After Sutherland John Belushi and Neidermeyer's horse, Junior were the highest paid each received $40,000.

[@TimSmith-uc4pk]

R.I.P. John Belushi and Donald Sutherland.

[@paratus04]

23:11 my freshman year roommate did this. Except it took him an hour to finish the 5th of Jack. We ended up having to call an ambulance for him.

[@theheretic569]

Holy crap, someone finally reacts to Animal House, awesome. 👍 This was the first real "school" comedy movie and it set the bar high.

[@Bfdidc]

It's suffered a little because it's had so many imitators.

[@bryanneal939]

Animal house, revenge of the nerds, and Porky’s are legendary. Side note: while messed up, bro got with a 13 yr old and got away with it and the other did the deans wife haha

[@ElDuderino84]

The “whiskey” that Belushi drank, was actually tea. The producers had to switch it, just so that he would be sober the entire time. Because he was the animal house of the animal house in Animal House.

[@chefskiss6179]

Loving this watchlaong with you two already(!) 😂 Interesting part of seeing earlier ensemble flicks like this one, The Right Stuff, The Big Chill, while growing up is seeing the cast getting older in other roles... for starters, the biker in the beginning going up the stairs... is the straight-laced main cop in My Cousin Vinny...!

[@angelagraves865]

The Big Chill is a great movie. Very funny.

[@kevinburton3948]

4:47 Best introduction of a character ever!

[@rolanddeschain965]

This is based on Amherst college , super rich kids , and Smith college all girls school in massachusetts. I grew up there in the 70s and this is really pretty accurate😅

[@VOTOG-ic6hm]

These are the types of movies us baby boomers grew up on. There are no substitutes. Enjoy. You would absolutely love The Hollywood Knights!!!

[@dlxmarks]

Weren't most Boomers well into their 20s or even early 30s by 1978?

[@VOTOG-ic6hm]

@ I guess I’m speaking for myself mostly. I was 17 but boomers were from 1946-1964. I was on the tail end. But as far as I’m concerned, boomers never grow old. 😂

[@dlxmarks]

@@VOTOG-ic6hm Yeah, I've felt there should be a cusp generation between Boomers and Gen X (my cohort) because that's always seemed to be a long stretch. It's the same as saying a baby born today is in the same generation as a current high school senior (who is also biologically old enough to be the baby's parent) 🤔 My thought is that if someone doesn't have clear memories of life in the 1950s, they aren't really old enough to be a Boomer.

[@VOTOG-ic6hm]

@ I really wish I’d been a teen in the 50’s or 60’s.

[@chudwickmt]

The chainsaw processing the dead horse killed me🤣

[@philpaine3068]

John Vernon (born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz in Zehner, Saskatchewan) played the villainous Dean Vernon Wormer. Well known as a really nice guy, he got steady work in Hollywood playing villains. In his native Canada, he was more famous for playing a medical detective in the popular series Wojeck. A thorough professional, he could effortlessly play anything from a major Shakespeare role to broad farce, or western action roles.

[@anthonymunn8633]

He was also the first person to play Tony Stark/Iron Man,in the 60s Marvel Heroes cartoon series.

[@Fred-vy1hm]

Everybody's favorite comedy when I was in high school, kudos to you guys for being one of the few channels to react to it. 😂

[@IsraelShekelberg]

He knew Fawn was dead. That was the ploy.

[@davidharrison9111]

John Belushi in the blues brothers, 1941 he was incredible guys

[@wallyllama2926]

You may want to check out Amadeus. The guy who plays Pinto in this stars as Mozart and I believe he won an Oscar for his performance. It’s a fantastic movie.

[@edsmith3461-z7m]

The cheese is the big cheese, the boss.

[@warner13faulk28]

i was a young innocent teenager and i saw Animal House in a packed theater. It was amazing. John Belushi was a superstar before he O.D. Belushi was on SNL and you'll have to check out the "Blues Brothers" movie. This movie is why we have togo parties.

[@wallyllama2926]

Loved Cam giggling throughout the dead horse scene 😂

[@thunderstruck5484]

Saw at the theater, classic! started a whole genre! Thanks guys

[@toochangz]

Was filmed on Oregon Ducks campus, was a real frat house that was fixed up for the movie. Oregon Ducks incorporate the Shout scene every 3rd quarter at home

[@jimtatro6550]

This was the first R-rated movie I ever saw theatrically, I was 11 years old😂😊

[@TheKaylaGayle]

Me too. Sneaked away from Benjy to see this

[@jimtatro6550]

@ 😂👍

[@kevinehle6637]

Favorite John Belushi movie......the epic insane film.... "Blue Brothers".

[@Dylan_Platt]

My Dad went to college in the 60s, when this is set. I was born in the 80s, not long after this came out. It was one of the first VHS tapes we owned, and on a given Saturday afternoon, chances are it was on our TV. Great reaction.

[@meyerhave]

It's NOT set in the "the late 60s", but in the early sixties - at FABER COLLEGE 1962 - during the administration of President Kennedy, January 20, 1961-November 22, 1963.

[@Dylan_Platt]

@@meyerhave you're absolutely right. My bad.

[@TylerD288]

Same with my dad, he graduated in '66 and went on to become a college prof. and administrator. He got a kick out of this movie, the parts he saw, especially the Dean. I joked with him I was going to act like the Delta's when i went to college.

[@PinkMartiniAZ]

Guys being guys. I love it. God bless it. Classic goofy comedy. First time seeing your channel.

[@greenwidow]

I love this movie, back before everyone got so dang offended at everything & could lighten up & laugh. Watch Meatballs and Stripes if you haven't already, also Police Academy.

[@laurenherda2415]

Absolutely, add Revenge Of The Nerds on that list too

[@davidstevenson1933]

George Carlin was arrested on stage 6 years before this movie came out. Richard pryor was arrested on stage 4 years prior to this movie coming out. John Bowley and John Wilson were arrested onstage 3 years after this movie came out. Andrew Dice Clay cancelled a show to avoid arrest 12 years after this movie came out. Comedians have never been more free than they are now.

[@melissabrecosky6520]

It was purposely offensive, so of course, it went against the norms.

[@keywesttexmex1]

Old school is a modern version of this

[@maingate7672]

There is so much about this legendary movie that you don't know, it's a Google library of its own.

[@williamjones6031]

1. Donald Sutherland was so convinced of the movie's lack of potential that, when offered a percent of the gross or a flat fee of $75,000 for his three days' work, he took the upfront payment. Had he taken the gross percentage, he would have been worth an additional $3-4 million. He also said he had the most fun in this film than anything else he's ever done. 2. Landis wanted Dan Ackroyd to play D Day/Bruce McGill got the part. Lorne Michaels of Saturday Night Live fame threatened to fire him if he took the part. 3. "Charming guy" with the guitar that gets smashed by Bluto is Steven Bishop a real musician at the time who had just put out his one hit wonder "On and on". 4. John Belushi stayed in a separate motel to keep him away from the drinking and drugs the other Delta cast members were participating in. 5. Douglas Kenny was part of the National Lampoon's writing team. He got the part of Stork so he could be in the movie. 6. Had Belushi not been available to play Bluto Meatloaf would have taken his place. 7. The Jack Daniels Bluto chugged was iced tea. 9. John Vernon/Dean Wormer😇 had the best pipes and there couldn't have been a better choice than to cast him. NOTE: He also played the Mayor in "Dirty Harry". 10. Trombones aren't placed in the front of the marching band (because it changes the dynamic of the unit It was put in for creative purposes. 11. This was a movie that if you watched it in the theater, it's likely you had to see it at least twice because the follow-on stuff is often covered up by other's laughter. Not to mention the little items slipped in. 12. Luckily, I was working in a movie theater when this was released.😎 13. It's impossible to NOT unsee the old guy sitting on the bleacher making weird faces. 14. James Widdoes/Hoover recently directed many "Two and a half men" episodes. 15. Check out "Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke". It also came out in 1978.

[@jshizzle6866]

Great reaction fellas. Most reactors don’t do this film justice like you guys did. It’s National Lampoons, it’s all about having fun and a laugh. This was the University of Oregon’s claim to fame before Nike.