Who delivered the medical-school cadavers to the alumni dinner? Here's our take on what's good and what's not so good about "Animal House" 40 years after audiences first saw Belushi stuff his face, blow it out, and announce, "I'm a zit! Blutarsky... Tell Mr. Stratton and Mr. Schoenstein exactly what l'm about to tell you. Katy: Honestly, Boon, you're 21-years old. Larry Kroger is now a pledge to Delta. What happened to you? They're each outstanding in their own way. You're a goddamned disgrace! 2 grade point average. Fat dumb and stupid animal house hotel. This is the guy l told you about. With heavy emphasis] Zero. Romantic song continues) (Clorette moaning) (Romantic instrumental music) (lce cube hits the floor) (Glass shattering) I think it's locked or something. Flounder, you can't spend your whole life worrying about your mistakes!
You girls come here often? Marion Wormer: What a coincidence. Otter: Take it easy man, I'm in pre-law. I'm sure l don't know.
It's moving too fast. Can we take a walk or something? Sighs) (Boon hooting) BOON: Where did he get the wheels? I really shouldn't impose on you. DOUG: You're all worthless and weak! Wormer just got our grades. You know she wants it. They're each outstanding in their own way-- Cut the horseshit, son. Microphone hums shrilly) Testing. Bell rings, students rise to leave]. Boon, come check this out.
Whistling) (Classical music playing faintly) OTTER: Excuse me. He wants it back by Sunday. What's on our dishonor list (hint: Madonna makes an appearance)? Find me a way to revoke Delta's charter. He doesn't translate well to our generation, and his jokes are terrible. Well.... Do you know the Rainbow Motel on Old Mill Road? 40 years later, can we still stomach 'Animal House'? - .com. I don't think the Deltas will be giving us any more trouble. That's National Lampoon, as in the magazine spinoff of the Harvard Lampoon, the humor publication created by students at Harvard University, known more for its big-deal Ivy League alumni (Conan O'Brien, Colin Jost of "Saturday Night Live, " "Spy" magazine cofounder Kurt Andersen, etc. ) OTTER: Look at my thumb. Midterm examination week. So if you're not busy, you want to go to a fraternity party? Note: the bolded line is ranked #82 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.
Photo: The Oregonian/file. I've been downstairs entertaining some kid from Pig's Knuckle, Arkansas. No, you just got here. Otter, you are the rush chairman. Puts mashed potatoes in his mouth, then squeezes his cheeks, spraying them] I'm a zit. Fat dumb and stupid animal house of cards. I have it right here. I knew it, I knew it, I knew it. Did you get the Deltas' grade reports? Cute, but l think l'll pass this time. I didn't get that, son, what was that?
L'm trying to figure-- If you're not even going to try, l'm going to stop. You're at the top of the Delta pledge class. Now I'm waiting for reports from some of you... How long have you been working on it? Fat dumb and stupid animal house blog. He's probably upstairs talking to Otter. The Toga Party on Aug. 18 will include a parade in downtown Cottage Grove, a Toga Party concert at Bohemia Park (featuring the Kingsmen, known for "Louie Louie, " and Otis Day, aka DeWayne Jessie).
Deltas cheering) I don't think you can fully judge a fraternity... without looking at the positive qualities of the people in it. The other Deltas start chanting "Eat me"]. We're the only white people here. It's set in 1962, when John F. Kennedy was president, and since it was filmed in 1977, it offers a window through which we see attitudes about what was funny back then, even if they make us raise our eyebrows now. They're well-known homosexuals. I'll swear you were doing a great job taking care of his car, but... you parked it out back last night, and this morning, it was gone. Put Neidermeyer on it.
Hoover says we can't even enter a float in the homecoming parade. We're on "double-secret probation, " whatever the hell that is. Bluto runs out with them. If you mention extortion again... Hoover: Don't screw this up, they're serious this time. Its story of the nonconformist, boisterous members of the Delta House fraternity and their uptight antagonists – the militaristic creeps of Omega House, the sneering Dean Wormer – was unpretentious, anarchic comedy.
L never shot anything before in my life. Looks like we're a couple flowers short, so some of you boys will have to-- Where are the other two? You're talking about Delta, sir. Could you come down here? You can't take the car! I'll pick you up-- My dad would kill me if he knew l was going to a frat house. You guys playing cards? Watching from afar] A vicious mother, isn't he?
OTTER: (Effeminately) Who is it?