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The story was originally set in a high school. John Landis said the following in a recent article: " [...]	D
In the scene where Otter returns to the Delta House after being beaten up by the Omegas, there are t [...]	D
Chris Miller based Pinto on himself as a Dartmouth sophomore, as "Pinto" had been his frat nickname, [...]	D
DeWayne Jessie's performance as "Otis Day" was so successful that he legally changed his name to Oti [...]	D
This is the film debut of the popular actors Kevin Bacon and Karen Allen.	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 G [...]	D
John Belushi's performance in the cafeteria scene was entirely improvised. When he began piling food [...]	D
Donald Sutherland was so convinced of the movie's lack of potential that, when offered a percent of [...]	D
The noble brass theme heard when the Faber campus is first shown is an excerpt from Johannes Brahms' [...]	D
The tune that Otter whistles throughout the movie, is the main theme ("Peter's Theme") from Sergei P [...]	D
When looking for colleges to film at, the script was sent to over 250 schools. It was unanimously re [...]	D
Before Donald Sutherland was brought on board, John Belushi was the highest-paid actor in the cast a [...]	D
There was originally a scene that was cut from the script in which, as part of the Delta initiation, [...]	D
The Delta House actors partied together every night, but John Landis kept John Belushi separated fro [...]	D
John Landis tried to create animadversion between the actors who played Delta members and Omega memb [...]	D
The scene in which Bluto crushes a beer can against his forehead and smashes a beer bottle over his [...]	D
During filming, John Belushi would often go to local nightclubs to check out the various bands. He w [...]	D
Stacy Grooman, Flounder's girlfriend Sissy, was actually a student at the University of Oregon at th [...]	D
Final theatrical film role of Cesare Danova, who worked exclusively in TV for the remainder of his l [...]	D
The film was inspired by co-writer Chris Miller's short stories in "National Lampoon", drawn from hi [...]	D
The toga party band's real name is Carl Holmes and The Commanders.	D
Principal photography was completed in 32 days.	D
Spawned a short-lived ABC television series, Delta House (1979); also Brothers and Sisters (1979) on [...]	D
In 1974, National Lampoon Magazine published a parody called "National Lampoon's 1964 High School Ye [...]	D
John Landis and Bruce McGill staged a scene for reporters visiting the set, where Landis pretended t [...]	D
The full name of the Delta House changes during the movie. When the movers are taking out the conten [...]	D
After the first day's shooting of the homecoming parade, there was a heavy rain that night. The next [...]	D
John Landis sacrificed his heavy beard, and much of his hair to appear in the film as a cafeteria di [...]	D
The final interrupting of the parade sequence was shot on the Universal backlot. This part of the lo [...]	D
Mark Metcalf originally auditioned for the part of Otter.	D
The car that Flounder drives, which his brother lent to him, and the Delta's also use at the end, as [...]	D
As Bluto (Belushi) begins to climb the steps to the administration building for the Neidermeyer hors [...]	D
The clip where Otis Day and the Knights perform "Shout" has, for several years, been shown on the Au [...]	D
John Landis had a budget of only $2.5 million, so to cut costs, the movie was shot almost entirely o [...]	D
The writers chose 1962 as the setting because they saw it as "the last innocent year . . . of Americ [...]	D
During interviews conducted for the 30th anniversary of this film, Karen Allen revealed some interes [...]	D
There was rainy weather every day that the film was shot.	D
The women on the Kennedy "Camelot" float are all costumed in what Jacqueline Kennedy was wearing whe [...]	D
Otter's car is a 1959 Chevrolet Corvette C.	D
The scene where Bluto is trying to cheer up Flounder over his brother's damaged car took 18 takes to [...]	D
Kevin Bacon's favorite of his films.	D
In the scene where Hoover and Bluto are swearing in the new freshman, the book that Hoover is holdin [...]	D
Black extras had to be bussed in from Portland, for the segment at the Dexter Lake Club, due to thei [...]	D
A scene featuring Otter driving a girl (played by location scout Katherine Wilson) to the Rainbow Mo [...]	D
John Belushi's iconic "COLLEGE" sweatshirt in the film was actually a gift at the time from his youn [...]	D
In the student court scene, a list of Delta Tau Chi members is written on the blackboard. Writer Chr [...]	D
On Delta's fraternity banner, the motto "Ars gratia artis" (roughly translated as "Art for Art's Sak [...]	D
Originally popular during the late 1950s and early 1960s, fraternity "toga parties" became a huge fa [...]	D
Marmalard's car is a 1959 MG A Roadster MkI.	D
The University of Oregon reluctantly allowed its campus to be used, and gave the crew thirty days to [...]	D
Babs becomes a tour guide at Universal Studios. The credits for this and other John Landis films con [...]	D
Reputedly one of Donald Sutherland's personal favorites of all his films. He described working in it [...]	D
Originally Chevy Chase was lined up to play Otter, (the role that was eventually played by Tim Mathe [...]	D
To prepare for their roles, and despite being warned against mixing with the students, the cast of t [...]	D
John Landis worked with John Belushi on his character, who "hardly had any dialogue". They decided t [...]	D
Sunny Johnson's debut.	D
Professor Jennings bites an apple while lecturing about good and evil in John Milton's "Paradise Los [...]	D
The guitar smashing scene was such a hit that it was included on the soundtrack album.	D
The original script called for Flounder (Stephen Furst) to be admitted to the fraternity only if he [...]	D
The room where the Deltas have their disciplinary trial is most likely a lecture hall in Prince Luci [...]	D
Originally, Harold Ramis and Douglas Kenney's idea was titled "Laser Orgy Girls", a comedy about Cha [...]	D
Upon its release (when it earned an unprecedented $142 million at the box office), this was the bigg [...]	D
The original version of the movie was two hours and fifty-five minutes long. Among the scenes delete [...]	D
The scene where John Belushi is teaching everyone the "dirty lyrics" of The Kingsmen's 1963 song "Lo [...]	D
John Belushi's wife, Judy Jacklin (now Judith Belushi-Pisano), is an uncredited extra in several tog [...]	D
According to Tim Matheson, Universal would only let the production print one take of each scene, so [...]	D
The Playboy centerfolds featured behind Otter's bar are Kristina Krofft, a.k.a. Christa Speck, Miss [...]	D
Mark Metcalf in real life attended the University of Michigan at the same time as Gilda Radner who c [...]	D
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.	D
Sunny Johnson is listed in the credits as "Otter's Co-Ed". She does not appear in the movie, however [...]	D
John Landis said of the movie: "Of course now it's this cultural landmark but everyone who worked on [...]	D
Tim Matheson who played "Otter" in Animal House, co-starred with Little House on the Prairie star Mi [...]	D
Many first-run theatrical releases included shots of a topless Clorette after she unhooks her bra an [...]	D
The hole John Belushi makes in the wall with the guitar was the only physical damage incurred to the [...]	D
Universal Pictures turned down Composer Elmer Bernstein's repeated request for additional money to p [...]	D
John Belushi received only $40,000 for the film, with a bonus after it became a hit.	D
This was originally going to be about Charles Manson in high school. Eventually that idea was discar [...]	D
John Belushi's wife Judy appears in two scenes in the film. During the "Shout" dance, she's John's d [...]	D
Neidermeyer's horse, Trooper, was portrayed by Junior, who subsequently appeared in Black Stallion ( [...]	D
Tom Hulce has a tendency to play crazy characters, wild characters, characters who are overly sexual [...]	D
The plaque under the statue of the college's namesake, Emil Faber, reads "Knowledge Is Good."	D
One of the characters has a last name of Kroger (played by Tom Hulce), and is caught shoplifting at [...]	D
The bass player in the band Otis Day and the Knights is the legendary but then-unknown blues guitari [...]	D
The movie concludes by describing each character's fate. Neidermeyer was "killed in Vietnam by his o [...]	D
The core group of Deltas (D-Day, Otter, Boon, Hoover, Flounder, and Pinto) actually traveled up to t [...]	D
Jack Webb turned down the role of Dean Wormer, feeling the movie would be bad for his image.	D
As this was Kevin Bacon's first role, when he went to the premiere, he wasn't allowed to sit with th [...]	D
Clorette was not actually meant to be 13. She was set at that age for the purpose of providing somet [...]	D
The movie-makers were inspired by (some say copying off of) George Lucas' American Graffiti when the [...]	D
Harold Ramis wrote the script; hoping he would be cast in the movie; but John Landis turned him down [...]	D
Singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop, who plays the "charming guy with guitar (the one that gets smashed [...]	D
The movie was set to be filmed at the University of Missouri, until the President of the school read [...]	D
The actors who played the Deltas harassed the actors who played the Omegas off-screen, as well, to k [...]	D
Harold Ramis wrote the part of Boon, a.k.a. Face, for himself to play, but John Landis felt Ramis wa [...]	D
P.J. O'Rourke blames this movie for the decline and fall of the "National Lampoon" magazine. After t [...]	D
"Toga! Toga!" was voted #82 on "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes" all-time list.	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Ameri [...]	D
In Hoover's room where Pinto and Clorette go to fool around, the U.S. flag has forty-eight stars, an [...]	D
The Erb Memorial Student Union, where the food fight scene was filmed, has been remodelled twice, an [...]	D
A sequel was planned that would take place during the 1967 Summer of Love and involve the Deltas reu [...]	D
The original idea was to populate the cast with regulars from Il Saturday Night Live (1975) includin [...]	D
Both Tim Matheson and John Vernon previously appeared in Dirty Harry franchise. Vernon in Ispettore [...]	D
The bottle of whiskey that Bluto chugs was actually iced tea. This was part of keeping John Belushi [...]	D
The list of names on the blackboard includes their graduation year. John Blutarsky's is listed as "' [...]	D
The scene where Mandy and Greg are in his MG appears to be filmed at the top of Skinner Butte in Eug [...]	D
The Faber College football team is called the Mongols. Faber Mongols are a brand of pencil.	D
During their bonding week before filming, the seven Deltas partied a lot in their hotel. Bruce McGil [...]	D
During the parade, one float is credited to the fraternity/sorority Zeta Tau Beta (ZTB). Co-writer H [...]	D
The film takes place in 1962.	D
Named the #1 comedy on Bravo's "Funniest 100 Comedies."	D
There was a certain amount of friction between John Landis and the writers early on, because Landis [...]	D
The "head" mounted on the hood of the Deathmobile is from the statue of Emil Faber, the school's fou [...]	D
Jack Webb and Kim Novak were the original choices to play the roles of Dean and Mrs. Wormer.	D
During the scene where the Delta house are going to put the horse in Wormer's office: Before they ge [...]	D
One bit that was written in the original script, but never filmed, included a parade bust that was d [...]	D
Meat Loaf was the second choice for Bluto, in case John Belushi dropped out of his role.	D
More money was spent on advertising and promotion for the film than on the film itself.	D
The license plate on Flounder's car begins with the initials "FNG", a derogatory military term, "Fuc [...]	D
Chris Miller based much of the story on his experience as a frat at Dartmouth College. Dartmouth's s [...]	D
When the film was released, John Landis, James Widdoes, and Karen Allen went on a national promotion [...]	D
Among the marching bands performing in the parade scene is the Sheldon High School band (white and g [...]	D
John Landis said that he landed the director's job during post-production of Ridere per ridere (1977 [...]	D
The Animal House theme song was written and performed by Stephen Bishop. He also performed a number [...]	D
To get the role of Neidermeyer, Mark Metcalf lied about his ability to ride horses. After he got the [...]	D
The police car Brother D-Day drives away in at the end was a 1960 Dodge Custom 880.	D
Verna Bloom said that her scene with Dean Wormer, where she is drunk, and he is on the phone with th [...]	D
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of this film, a parade was held down Hollywood Boul [...]	D
John Landis drew inspiration from classic Hollywood comedies featuring the likes of Buster Keaton, H [...]	D
The music playing in Otter's room as he entertains Marion Wormer is an original Elmer Bernstein comp [...]	D
During an A&E documentary on the 30th anniversary of the movie, it was revealed that when Bluto take [...]	D
The role of D-Day was written for Dan Aykroyd, and based on his motorcycle-loving personality. Accor [...]	D
When Marmalard is introducing Kent to some of the other frat members, he points out Carl Phillips, w [...]	D
In the original script, Flounder and Sissy fall asleep during the toga party, another sign that Flou [...]	D
The 25th year reunion edition of Animal House (1978) interviewed Peter Riegert who stayed in charact [...]	D
The food fight scene inspired the video arcade game Food Fight (1983), released by Atari in 1983.	D
The characters of Stork and Hardbar were created to give Douglas Kenney and Chris Miller a reason to [...]	D
The original script included a scene of "competitive projectile vomiting" which Flounder was to fail [...]	D
Brother D-Day's motorbike is a Harley-Davidson Sportster.	D
The handgun with blanks that Flounder is given, to shoot and scare Neidermeyer's horse, is a Star Mo [...]	D
John Belushi had to fly back and forth from Oregon to New York twice a week in order to shoot the fi [...]	D
In the segment where Neidermeyer harasses Flounder for his Delta pledge pin, Boon and Otter are prac [...]	D
Niedermeyer's line "You're all worthless and weak, now drop and give me twenty!" was used in the Twi [...]	D
Donald Sutherland stated in a 1981 interview with the New York Times that he disliked working with a [...]	D
Ivan Reitman wanted to direct this film, but Universal wanted someone with more experience. Richard [...]	D
Though Dean Wormer's power-grab through a "little known codicil" was meant to evoke Richard Nixon, i [...]	D
The film's budget was so small that during the thirty-two days of shooting in Eugene, John Landis ha [...]	D
A scene that was cut was Pinto being entertained by Boon and Hoover, by telling tales of legendary D [...]	D
This film resulted in a resurgence of interest in R&B music, causing a boost in sales of music by Sa [...]	D
The pink car that Bluto drives away in at the end with Mandy Pepperidge is a 1961 Buick 225 converti [...]	D
After her scandalous tryst, Mrs. Wormer is packed off to "vacation" in Saratoga Springs, New York, p [...]	D
Bruce McGill (D-Day) and Tim Matheson (Otter) also later starred in Black Sheep (1996), making them [...]	D
Harold Ramis, who co-wrote the film, based some of the pranks on his college experiences at Washingt [...]	D
John Belushi wanted his character to go with the others on the road trip, but John Landis refused, a [...]	D
The set of Dean Wormer's office, where Flounder accidentally kills the horse, was an exact copy of t [...]	D
Other than John Belushi's opening yell, the food fight was filmed in one shot, with the actors encou [...]	D
Donald Sutherland plays a professor at Faber college. In Eye of the Needle (1981) he plays a German [...]	D
The "Animal House" book was illustrated with pics from the various scenes. There were several incons [...]	D
After firing the crew hairdresser (who wanted extra time off), John Landis took the core Delta actor [...]	D
The issue of "Playboy" magazine Boone is reading is from September 1962. Gatefold is Mickey Winters.	D
The scene of a stressed-out Chip Diller (Kevin Bacon) screaming "All is well!" at the parade, has be [...]	D
Producer Matty Simmons, founder of "The National Lampoon", contributed one line to the script: Bluto [...]	D
After their charter is revoked and the contents of their house is being confiscated, Otter (Tim Math [...]	D
The interior scenes of the Delta house were filmed in a Sigma Nu fraternity. The exterior of the Del [...]	D
According to James Widdoes, none of the seven principal Delta actors (John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Pe [...]	D
In addition to John Belushi as Bluto, the film was originally going to star Chevy Chase as Otter, Bi [...]	D
The actual house depicted as the Delta House was originally a residence in Eugene, the Dr. A.W. Patt [...]	D
Clorette DePasto tells Pinto that she is only 13. Sarah Holcomb was 19 during filming.	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the Top 100 Funniest American Movies.	D
The Delta House actors were brought to the set five days before the Omega House actors to get into c [...]	D
The female clerk from whom Flounder (Stephen Furst) buys the marbles is actually his wife.	D
The band Gwar named their first live album, 2000's "You're All Worthless And Weak," for Doug Neiderm [...]	D
Although the film takes place in Pennsylvania, a Tennessee flag is shown in the courtroom. This is b [...]	D
Sean McCartin, who played the "Lucky Boy" whose wish for a Playmate "magically" comes true, went on [...]	D
Producer Ivan Reitman's original choices for the roles of Boon and Otter were Bill Murray and Chevy [...]	D

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