#72 - ANIMAL HOUSE/ CADDYSHACK /A FUTILE AND STUPID GESTURE: The Tragic History of NATIONAL LAMPOON creator Doug Kenney

WN MOVIE TALK

In this special episode of WN MOVIE TALK PODCAST Trev had decided to kick off a journey of rediscovery of the comedy movies of the 80s, and as he was about to begin this journey the Universe threw a coincidence of massive magnitude into his path, namely the movie A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018) through which Trev discovered the life and times of Doug Kenney, co-founder of the National Lampoon Magazine and creator of such groundbreaking movies such as Animal House and Caddyshack. With comedy performers and collaborators in tow such as Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, John Belushi and Chevy Chase, Kenney and the National Lampoon set the stage for the comedy revolution that would shape the coming decade of cinema.

If that wasn't enough of a coincidence, Trev also stumbled across the following books too, Wild and Crazy Guys – How the Comedy Mavericks of the 80s Changed Hollywood Forever and Caddyshack – The Making of A Hollywood Cinderella Story, again completely by chance, and which helped him to fill in the gaps, and so he thought that he would share what he had learnt about the origins of this era in cinema history.

Read or Listen to the following books / audio books for a deeper dive into the 80’s movies -

Wild and Crazy Guys – How the Comedy Mavericks of the 80s Changed Hollywood Forever- https://amzn.to/3UPE63N

Caddyshack – The Making of A Hollywood Cinderella Story - https://amzn.to/4bowPPK

A Futile and Stupid Gesture - https://amzn.to/3UFl4xa

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