โ Scribed by Matty Simmons
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In 1976 the creators of National Lampoon , America's most popular humor magazine, decided to make a movie. It would be set on a college campus in the 1960s, loosely based on the experiences of Lampoon writers Chris Miller and Harold Ramis and Lampoon editor Doug Kenney. They named it Animal House , in honor of Miller's fraternity at Dartmouth, where the members had been nicknamed after animals.
Miller, Ramis, and Kenney wrote a film treatment that was rejected and ridiculed by Hollywood studios--until at last Universal Pictures agreed to produce the film, with a budget of $3 million.
A cast was assembled, made up almost completely of unknowns. Stephen Furst, who played Flounder, had been delivering pizzas. Kevin Bacon was a waiter in Manhattan when he was hired to play Chip. Chevy Chase was considered for the role of Otter, but it wound up going to the lesser-known Tim Matheson. John Belushi, for his...
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