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The Rewatchables · May 26, 2026

Animal House

host Bill Simmons host Chris Ryan producer Craig Horlbeck

Casting what-if: The original SNL-heavy casting wish list and alternate directors
Weakest link: The Greg–Mandy–Babs triangle
What aged worst: The underage storyline, racial material, flat direction, and some missing consequences

All 30 categories

Who won the movie John Belushi
Cruise or Hanks Tom Hanks as Otter
Dion Waiters Award Donald Sutherland
“That Guy” Award John Vernon

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award · 1:01:07

Belushi playing Flounder

Chris Ryan: The possibility that Belushi’s career changes if he plays Flounder instead of Bluto is debated

Bill Simmons: The film is blamed for inspiring two generations of destructive college imitation

The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson · 1:20:56

“Don’t get mad, get even” and “You’re only young once”

Bill Simmons: “Don’t get mad, get even” is proposed

The film

Animal House (1978)

Directed by John Landis · Comedy

109 minutes

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Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

John Belushi John Blutarsky ("Bluto")

Tim Matheson Eric Stratton ("Otter")

Thomas Hulce Lawrence "Larry" Kroger ("Pinto")

Peter Riegert Donald Schoenstein ("Boon"), Otter's best friend

Stephen Furst Kent Dorfman ("Flounder"), Pinto's best friend and fellow freshman whose older brother Fred was a member of the Delta fraternity

Bruce McGill Daniel Simpson Day ("D-Day")

Karen Allen Katy, Boon's girlfriend

James Widdoes Robert Hoover ("Hoov")

Douglas Kenney Dwayne Storkman ("Stork")

Christian Miller Curtis Wayne Fuller ("Hardbar")

James Daughton Gregory Marmalard

Mark Metcalf Douglas C. Neidermeyer

Kevin Bacon Chip Diller

Mary Louise Weller Mandy Pepperidge, Marmalard's original girlfriend and Bluto's love interest

Martha Smith Barbara Sue "Babs" Jansen, Mandy's fellow Pi house member who also likes Marmalard

John Vernon Dean Vernon Wormer

Verna Bloom Mrs. Marion Wormer

Donald Sutherland Dave Jennings

Cesare Danova Carmine DePasto

Sarah Holcomb Clorette DePasto

Lisa Baur Shelly Dubinsky, Otter's date from Emily Dickinson college and Fawn's roommate

DeWayne Jessie Otis Day

Everything from the episode

In the order the hosts got to it. Open a row for the discussion.

51:03

The Dennis Peck Relationship Test

Otter pursuing Flounder’s girlfriend

The panel proposes a new category here.

In the discussion (1)

Approx. transcript time · 00:51:03Read transcript

Otter’s behavior toward Flounder’s girlfriend is compared to Dennis Peck — Chris Ryan

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