Movie Quote of the Day (“Animal House”)

“Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”—Dean Vernon Wormer (played by John Vernon), after expelling John “Bluto” Blutarsky (played by John Belushi), in National Lampoon’s Animal House, written by Harold Ramis, Doug Kennedy, and Chris Miller

(“Fat, drunk and stupid” might not be a good to go through life, but it’s a surefire way to reap a bonanza at the box office and become one of the most gloriously anarchic, raunchy, irreverent comedies of all time. Yes, Animal House premiered on this date 30 years ago. It launched the film career of John Belushi and was practically a recruiting movie for fraternities all across the country. If you want to see the film in all its glory and then some, don’t settle for it cut up and miniaturized on network or cable TV – you must buy “The 25th Anniversary Double-Secret Probation” version. Accept no substitutes! Toga, toga, toga!!!)