What if Animal House wasn't made? What effects would this have on college culture (and possibly even high school culture)? What effects would this have on the movie industry?
Colleges & Universities remain oasis of academic endeavor. Fraternities carry on as sober incubators of young leadership.
I always thought Animal House was at least based on a true story, or at least a compilation. The deathmobile was a tad outre. That doesn't mean that times haven't changed, alas.
I always thought Animal House was at least based on a true story, or at least a compilation.
PJ O Rourke is not as wealthy as OTL. Maybe he moves on to other journalism earlier.
Heh, cross-posted with Osaka, somewhat.
National Lampoon gives up on films after two failures (the earlier Disco Beaver, a made for HBO film, was a flop). The Vacation series is gone.
And as a result, the National Lampoon name doesn't become a sought-after logo for filmmakers to attach to comedy projects having no connection to the original magazine(ie. any "National Lampoon" movie from the last twenty-five years or so.)
PJ O Rourke is not as wealthy as OTL. Maybe he moves on to other journalism earlier.
The National Lampoon name doesn't become a label for bad movies? Pretty sure no Animal House leads to the same conclusion. One other movie not mentioned: Caddyshack. God, I wouldn't want to live in this universe!Heh, cross-posted with Osaka, somewhat.
National Lampoon gives up on films after two failures (the earlier Disco Beaver, a made for HBO film, was a flop). The Vacation series is gone.
And as a result, the National Lampoon name doesn't become a sought-after logo for filmmakers to attach to comedy projects having no connection to the original magazine(ie. any "National Lampoon" movie from the last twenty-five years or so.)
I don't see Caddyshack (and Meatballs as well) being butterflied away. Changed, yes, but not gone.The National Lampoon name doesn't become a label for bad movies? Pretty sure no Animal House leads to the same conclusion. One other movie not mentioned: Caddyshack. God, I wouldn't want to live in this universe!
The National Lampoon name doesn't become a label for bad movies? Pretty sure no Animal House leads to the same conclusion. One other movie not mentioned: Caddyshack. God, I wouldn't want to live in this universe!
Caddyshack never had any direct link to Animal House or the National Lampoon name (Although Douglas Keeney was one of the writers on this film) no Animal House does not mean that Caddyshack doesn't exist either (It still gets made anyway). The only changes (At the very least) that Caddyshack sees is someone else than Douglas Keeney as one of the co-writers.
They aren't. Raimis even admitted in a doc on National Lampoon they never would have received backing for Caddyshack. In fact the perceived failure of Caddyshack is believed to have driven Kenney to suicide. With no Animal House and the millions it gave him coupled with the falling profits of the magazine, will Kenney even still be alive by 1980? He was an incredibly volatile personality.Thing is, though, without Animal House, are Kenney and Ramis(the director of Caddyshack) as sought-after by Hollywood?