Delta House tv series 1979

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National Lampoon's Animal House was a huge hit in 1978 so Universal Studios figured a television series based on it would make sense. The producers of the movie, Matty Simmons and Ivan Reitman, produced the series. Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney and Chris Miller, who wrote the movie, also wrote the pilot. James Widdoes, Bruce McGill and Stephen Furst returned as Hoover, D-Day and Flounder. Bruce Bonheim reprised his role from the film (he was one of the Deltas firing the smoke bombs during the parade at the end) as well as Priscilla Lauris as the Dean's secretary. Belushi's Bluto was written out as having been drafted and replaced by Josh Mostel as his brother, Blotto. Boon and Kathy weren't in the series with no explanation given. John Hughes (yes, that John Hughes) and other National Lampoon writers wrote episodes.

None of the episodes have ever been released on video. This is my version of what the cover and insert (front and back) could have looked like. Know It All Joe has posted all 13 episodes on his YouTube  channel if you are curious to see just what happened in translation from R rated movie to primetime ABC tv. 
https://youtu.be/XjJLZcnJmt4?si=DNo2yjxz4ra9qFy_

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  1. Henry DesmondApril 23, 2024 at 7:42 AM

    Wow, that’s a blast from the past. I had completely forgotten about that show. I remember it felt like a TV version, but also that it just didn’t seem to have the same spirit. I just assumed that the writers were different. Really cool to read more of the story here.

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