(At the Student
Court involving Delta House, Dean Wormer has made abundantly clear that the disciplinary
proceedings will be stacked against the fraternity. The defense could only be
taken on by an attorney for the damned, like Clarence Darrow—that, or…)
Otter
(played by Tim Matheson) (leaping to his
feet): “Point of parliamentary procedure!”
Hoover
(played by James Widdoes) (whispering to
Otter): “Don't screw around, they're serious this time!
Otter
(to Hoover): “Take it easy, I'm
pre-law.”
Boon
(played by Peter Riegert) (to Otter): “I thought you were pre-med.”
Otter
(to Boon): “What's the difference?”
[Addressing
the room]
Otter:
“Ladies and gentlemen, I'll be brief. The issue here is not whether we broke a
few rules, or took a few liberties with our female party guests - we did.”
[Winks at Dean
Wormer—whose wife he has just seduced.]
Otter:
“But you can't hold a whole fraternity responsible for the behavior of a few,
sick twisted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole
fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn't
this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you,
Greg - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can
do whatever you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you
badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!”
[Leads the
Deltas out of the hearing, all humming the Star-Spangled Banner]— Animal
House (1978), screenplay by Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney,
and Chris Miller, directed by John Landis
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