48 Years Later: How 'Animal House' Redefined Comedy and Became a Blockbuster

National Lampoon's Animal House burst into theaters and forever changed the comedy genre. Made for just $3 million, the ...
Men's Journal on MSN

USA Today Names 'Animal House' One of the Greatest American Movies of All Time

The John Belushi classic didn't just make audiences laugh, it reshaped Hollywood comedy and inspired decades of films that followed.
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‘Animal House’ Oral History: From Richard Pryor to a Real Melee

Richard Pryor may have saved “National Lampoon’s Animal House.” In 1978, Universal’s film division president, Ned Tanen, was in a rage about the not-yet-released Kennedy-era comedy. He was ...
The Dartmouth

College humor and classic film: author Jeff Nelligan’s satirical take on ‘Animal House’ and the western canon

Famously drawn on Dartmouth fraternity life, the raunchy, exaggerated depictions of Greek social scene and over the top humor in 1978 comedy “Animal House” still resonate with today’s college students ...