Sarah Holcomb is an American former actress. Her first role was in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) as Clorette DePasto, the 13-year-old daughter of shady Mayor Carmine DePasto; Holcomb was 19 years old when filming began in October, 1977.
Of the younger lead actors, only the 28-year-old Belushi was an established star, but even he had not yet appeared in a film, having gained fame as an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, which was in its third season in the autumn of 1977.
It would be set on a college campus in the 1960s, loosely based on the experiences of Lampoon writers Chris Miller and Harold Ramis and Lampoon editor Doug Kenney. They named it Animal House, in honor of Miller's fraternity at Dartmouth, where the members had been nicknamed after animals.
This causes Otter, Boon, Flounder and Pinto to go on a road trip to date some four college girls from the Emily Dickinson College. Otter disguised himself as Frank Lymon, the boyfriend of Fawn Liebowitz who had recently passed away, so he dates her roommate, Shelly Dubinsky instead.
Animal House [Then and Now 2023] ENTIRE CAST 45 Years Later
Was the girl in Animal House actually 13?
Sarah Holcomb is an American former actress. Her first role was in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) as Clorette DePasto, the 13-year-old daughter of shady Mayor Carmine DePasto; Holcomb was 19 years old when filming began in October, 1977.
"Animal House" Movie History. National Lampoon's irreverent and slapstick comedy "Animal House" was filmed in the Eugene, Cascades & Coast region in the late 70s. Today, this both hilarious and present-day politically-incorrect movie has become a cultural centerpiece in Eugene.
Is there any relation/writer reference to the Faber College in Animal House and the liberal arts professor character Faber in the book Fahrenheit 451? No one has answered this question yet. What does John 'Bluto' Blutarsky (John Belushi) yell during the Otis Day and the Knights song "Shout"? "GATOR!"
One is an American flag, and the other is a Tennessee state flag, even though the film was supposed to have taken place in Pennsylvania. (This was due to the producers not being able to find a Pennsylvania flag that was large enough, so they settled on what they felt to be a fairly generic-looking state flag.)
I can chug it.” He asked them to drill a small hole in the bottom of the bottle so he could control the liquid going down his throat. It was not really Jack Daniels, but some kind of tea or colored liquid.
The producers needed a campus setting for their story of the disreputable Delta Tau Chi fraternity and the mayhem it creates in 1962 at fictional Faber College. After being turned down by the University of Missouri, Universal Studios approached the University of Oregon in September 1977.
Otis Day and the Knights was originally created as a fictional band to perform in the movie National Lampoon's Animal House. They are best known for their version of “Shout” and “Shama Lama Ding Dong”. Both songs were sung by Lloyd Williams, and lip synched by Dewayne Jessie in the film.
John Belushi's performance in the cafeteria scene was entirely improvised. When he began piling food on his tray, director John Landis urged the camera operator to "stay with him." The infamous "I'm a zit" gag was also improvised, and the reaction from the cast is completely genuine.
The genesis for Animal House lay in Miller's own experiences as a Dartmouth undergraduate from 1959 to 1963. The film's title is a reference to Delta Tau Chi, the movie fraternity modeled after Alpha Delta, a now-unrecognized fraternity of which Miller was a brother.
How old was Kevin Bacon in the movie Animal House?
The cast of National Lampoon's "Animal House" acted very similar on and off the screen. The 1978 comedy classic was the acting debut of Kevin Bacon, who was only nineteen at the time.
All that showed was "[Indistinct Shout]." Finally, NBC-TV's Making of Animal House special which aired June 30, 2001, has answered this question. John Landis says Bluto yells "Gator," the name of a popular dance craze of the '60's.
Parents need to know that National Lampoon's Animal House is the classic 1978 comedy about a hedonistic college fraternity circa 1962. Some of the comedy glorifies underage binge drinking, casual sex with minors and married women, and the sex-at-all-costs mentality that, in light of so many reports of campus…
How much did Donald Sutherland get paid for Animal House?
Sutherland declined: "I can't take that offer. I just want the money, I don't want any points in the movie." Instead, Sutherland's final payment for the film was $35,000 with no commission. "Animal House" turned a tidy profit; the box office returns have been reported as $120,091,123.
The Volo Museum is proud to display the one and only 1959 Corvette used by Tim Matheson as "Otter" in the iconic film Animal House! This beauty was not only featured in press pictures with the entire cast, including the legendary John Belushi, but it was also the star of the movie poster and film cover.
Delta House is an American sitcom that was adapted from the 1978 film National Lampoon's Animal House. The series aired from January 18 to April 21, 1979 on ABC.
