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19 unusual facts about Animal House


Autzen Stadium

It was also used as the location for the fictional Faber College football stadium in the 1978 movie, National Lampoon's Animal House.

Bobby Lewis

"Tossin' And Turnin'", composed by Ritchie Adams and Malou Rene, was featured in the soundtrack for the 1978 film, Animal House.

Cesare Danova

Two of his best roles were as the neighborhood mafia Don, Giovanni Cappa, in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973) and as the corrupt town mayor, Carmine DePasto, in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978).

Co-Ed Fever

The series attempted to capitalize on the success of the motion picture National Lampoon's Animal House.

Dexter, Oregon

The nearby Dexter Lake Club was used in the filming of the road trip scene in the movie Animal House.

Hanapepe, Hawaii

On August 27, 1980, Douglas Kenney, a co-writer of National Lampoon's Animal House, fell thirty feet to his death from the Hanapepe Lookout.

Krewe of Tucks

Even though the club has grown in size and stature, Tucks has not lost its sense of humor and maintains its "Animal House" reputation.

Lambda Lambda Lambda

Inspired by movies like Revenge of the Nerds and National Lampoon's Animal House, Lambda Lambda Lambda is a small co-ed social fraternity, unaffiliated with Greek Life, dedicated to the enjoyment and enrichment of pop culture and to the brotherhood of its members.

Lonnie Youngblood

Youngblood was a regular on college campuses in the '60s and appeared numerous times at the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity at Dartmouth College on which the Delta House in the film Animal House was largely based.

Mary Louise Weller

After Animal House Weller went on to play the sole non-suicidal character in The Bell Jar, Martin Kove's wife in the monster movie Blood Tide, Chuck Norris' girlfriend in the martial arts action film Forced Vengeance, and a small part in Larry Cohen's tongue-in-cheek monster-on-the-loose film Q - The Winged Serpent.

She is perhaps best known for her role as Mandy Pepperidge in the popular 1978 film Animal House.

Mary Louise achieved perhaps her greatest enduring cult movie popularity with her performance as snooty and uptight sorority snob Mandy Pepperidge in the hit comedy Animal House.

Matty Simmons

Simmons's most prolific film credits include acting as the producer of National Lampoon's Animal House and the National Lampoon's Vacation film series.

National Lampoon's Funny Money

A special episode featuring Babs and Flounder from the movie Animal House played for charity aired in 2003.

Oregon Film Museum

The museum features hands-on exhibits related to films that were made in Oregon, which include, in addition to The Goonies, Kindergarten Cop, Twilight, Sometimes a Great Notion and National Lampoon's Animal House.

Robert Cray

In the 1978 film National Lampoon's Animal House, Cray was the uncredited bassist in the house party band Otis Day and the Knights.

Tau Kappa Epsilon

The increasingly litigious environment resulted in very high risk management and legal costs as a result of the Animal House like atmosphere of many chapters over the past decade.

Toga

In several countries, the tradition of the toga party has become popular in recent decades, generally at colleges and universities, perhaps best illustrated in (if not inspired by) the film Animal House.

Verna Bloom

She has had roles in more than 30 films and television episodes since the 1960s, including playing Mary, mother of Jesus, in The Last Temptation of Christ in 1988 and Marion Wormer in Animal House in 1978.


If You Don't Buy This Book, We'll Kill This Dog!

It is a history based on the author Matty Simmons' involvement with the National Lampoon magazine and its various spin-offs including the film Animal House.

Jason Hoyte

Hoyte has also done voiceover work for New Zealand reality shows Coastwatch, Dog Squad and Animal House.