posty 2,296 Posted July 26, 2020 Debuted 40 years ago on July 25... https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/caddyshack-michael-okeefe-playboy-scene-chevy-chase-bill-murray-150018623.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DonS 3,067 Posted July 26, 2020 You'll get nothing and like it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,650 Posted July 26, 2020 Ted Knight and Rodney were hilarious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloaca du jour 2,064 Posted July 26, 2020 I just listened to Joe Rogan podcast with Bob Saget...they talked about Rodney...interesting stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kopy 491 Posted July 26, 2020 Great movie. Part 2, not so much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TommyGavin 788 Posted July 27, 2020 Netflix has a movie on the life of the creators of National Lampoon. Forgot the name. Reason I bring it up here is after they made Animal House he left to make Caddyshack and he absolutely hated it. Said the stupid gopher was thrown at him by a studio executive. Turns out there was also bad timing as another comedy came out 40 years ago this summer too. Airplane. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Utilit99 4,099 Posted July 27, 2020 I never liked Caddyshack. Same with Stripes. I did love Easy Money and Back to School though. I also saw Rodney live on his No Respect tour. Freaking awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TommyGavin 788 Posted July 27, 2020 I like Stripes until it jumps the shark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,650 Posted July 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, TommyGavin said: I like Stripes until it jumps the shark As soon as they get out of bootcamp you can turn it off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DonS 3,067 Posted July 27, 2020 2 hours ago, TommyGavin said: Netflix has a movie on the life of the creators of National Lampoon. Forgot the name. Reason I bring it up here is after they made Animal House he left to make Caddyshack and he absolutely hated it. Said the stupid gopher was thrown at him by a studio executive. Turns out there was also bad timing as another comedy came out 40 years ago this summer too. Airplane. I watched that as well. It was very interesting. Needless to say I was a bit surprised at the ending since I didn't know anything about the dude. Bonus points for having Emmy Rossum play his wife. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TommyGavin 788 Posted July 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said: As soon as they get out of bootcamp you can turn it off. Exactly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TommyGavin 788 Posted July 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, DonS said: I watched that as well. It was very interesting. Needless to say I was a bit surprised at the ending since I didn't know anything about the dude. Bonus points for having Emmy Rossum play his wife. Same thing(s) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dain11279 928 Posted July 27, 2020 Most overrated comedy evah 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
supermike80 1,286 Posted July 27, 2020 On 7/26/2020 at 12:10 PM, Kopy said: Great movie. Part 2, not so much. Part 2 is so terribly bad it's watchable for its awfulness 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
posty 2,296 Posted July 27, 2020 Caddyshack, IMO, just has not not held up well... It has some good lines here and there, but when I catch some of it now, it just doesn't seem as good... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TommyGavin 788 Posted July 27, 2020 14 minutes ago, posty said: Caddyshack, IMO, just has not not held up well... It has some good lines here and there, but when I catch some of it now, it just doesn't seem as good... I watched Airplane on the 40th anniversary and I think that held up well. I agree. Caddyshack not so much Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
posty 2,296 Posted July 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, TommyGavin said: I watched Airplane on the 40th anniversary and I think that held up well. I agree. Caddyshack not so much Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BunnysBastatrds 1,917 Posted July 27, 2020 Caddy shack was the best one made about golf. So many good lines. Rodney: Don’t tell them your Jewish. Went to his comedy club in NY way back in the day. Ordered a Budweiser. Bartender:you’re kidding? Me: All you have. Is miller light? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Masshole 642 Posted July 27, 2020 Kind of crazy related story. Doug Kenney was a writer and producer of Caddyshack. Widely recognized as the true comedic genius of that movie and Animal House. For reference, he was Stork in Animal House When Caddyshack kind of bombed when it opened he went deeper into drugs, which probably hadn't been helped by the rampant drug use on the set of Caddyshack. Depressed about Caddyshack, he accepted Chevy Chase's offer to visit him at Chase's place in Hawaii. Chase and Kenney's girlfriend had to leave Hawaii for acting gigs but thought Kenney was OK and he stayed behind at Chase's place. He fell off of a cliff that he was trying to climb in Hawaii and fell to his death. The really crazy part is that it is pretty widely accepted that Kenney was trying to climb up to a higher point on the cliff to then commit suicide by jumping off that cliff. So he had an accident that killed him while he was trying to kill himself. Crazy, sad story. Wikepedia if you wanna read for yourself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Kenney Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TommyGavin 788 Posted July 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Masshole said: Kind of crazy related story. Doug Kenney was a writer and producer of Caddyshack. Widely recognized as the true comedic genius of that movie and Animal House. For reference, he was Stork in Animal House When Caddyshack kind of bombed when it opened he went deeper into drugs, which probably hadn't been helped by the rampant drug use on the set of Caddyshack. Depressed about Caddyshack, he accepted Chevy Chase's offer to visit him at Chase's place in Hawaii. Chase and Kenney's girlfriend had to leave Hawaii for acting gigs but thought Kenney was OK and he stayed behind at Chase's place. He fell off of a cliff that he was trying to climb in Hawaii and fell to his death. The really crazy part is that it is pretty widely accepted that Kenney was trying to climb up to a higher point on the cliff to then commit suicide by jumping off that cliff. So he had an accident that killed him while he was trying to kill himself. Crazy, sad story. Wikepedia if you wanna read for yourself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Kenney I alluded to all this on the moon. It’s all detailed in that Netflix movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruzer 1,992 Posted July 28, 2020 Caddyshack is still one of the greatest comedies of all time. The fact a lot of it was ad- libbed, makes it immortal. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustinCharge 2,397 Posted July 28, 2020 A film that came out today will be 40 years old in 2060. That feels like the far future but its not really. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Elevator Killer 497 Posted July 28, 2020 On 7/27/2020 at 10:14 AM, Utilit99 said: I never liked Caddyshack. Same with Stripes. I did love Easy Money and Back to School though. I also saw Rodney live on his No Respect tour. Freaking awesome. I saw Rodney too. Is Easy Money the one where everyone is fawning over a baby. He's got my eyes. He's got my nose. Rodney "He's got my sympathy." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthernVike 2,080 Posted July 28, 2020 17 hours ago, Cruzer said: Caddyshack is still one of the greatest comedies of all time. The fact a lot of it was ad- libbed, makes it immortal. This. The entire scene with Bill and Chevy was ad-libbed. They hated each other and didn't want to do a scene together but the producer made them. Pure gold. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GobbleDog 816 Posted July 29, 2020 On 7/27/2020 at 3:49 PM, Masshole said: Kind of crazy related story. Doug Kenney was a writer and producer of Caddyshack. Widely recognized as the true comedic genius of that movie and Animal House. For reference, he was Stork in Animal House When Caddyshack kind of bombed when it opened he went deeper into drugs, which probably hadn't been helped by the rampant drug use on the set of Caddyshack. Depressed about Caddyshack, he accepted Chevy Chase's offer to visit him at Chase's place in Hawaii. Chase and Kenney's girlfriend had to leave Hawaii for acting gigs but thought Kenney was OK and he stayed behind at Chase's place. He fell off of a cliff that he was trying to climb in Hawaii and fell to his death. The really crazy part is that it is pretty widely accepted that Kenney was trying to climb up to a higher point on the cliff to then commit suicide by jumping off that cliff. So he had an accident that killed him while he was trying to kill himself. Crazy, sad story. Wikepedia if you wanna read for yourself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Kenney I'd never heard that. Died, while trying to kill himself. Now that's funny. God bless Stork. Snippet from that Wiki page: Quote The film did not come out the way it was written. The film was intended to be about the caddies and their attitude towards the club's members and government. But the studio edited it to focus on the scene-stealers Rodeney Dangerfield, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, and Ted Knight. Kenney and the writers were unhappy with the final released version. Would've been interesting to see the film as written. My guess is it wouldn't have been quite as funny without the focus on Rodney and others. Kinda like Lenny Bruce... getting too political and ruining the actual comedy. Though the movie execs obviously screwed up adding the gopher garbage, thinking that would help market to a younger audience. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,941 Posted July 29, 2020 Beyond Rodney's one-liners, there's a ton of subtle, stupid humor in Caddyshack, especially from Chase and Murray. Cinderella story, Dalai Lama, Pool/Pond, Canon ball, etc. Even when Chevy serves the leftover beer and pretends he's popping the caps right then is just dumb slapstick, but it worked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,650 Posted July 29, 2020 5 minutes ago, vuduchile said: Beyond Rodney's one-liners, there's a ton of subtle, stupid humor in Caddyshack, especially from Chase and Murray. Cinderella story, Dalai Lama, Pool/Pond, Canon ball, etc. Even when Chevy serves the leftover beer and pretends he's popping the caps right then is just dumb slapstick, but it worked. It was Perrier. And the blonde chick had a great rack. Biggest hore on 5th Avenue, I’m told. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Djgb13 2,338 Posted July 29, 2020 On 7/27/2020 at 11:21 PM, Cruzer said: Caddyshack is still one of the greatest comedies of all time. The fact a lot of it was ad- libbed, makes it immortal. This. Such a classic. Anytime I see it on tv I always stop and watch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruzer 1,992 Posted July 29, 2020 18 hours ago, NorthernVike said: This. The entire scene with Bill and Chevy was ad-libbed. They hated each other and didn't want to do a scene together but the producer made them. Pure gold. Not only that, that particular scene was not part of the original script. The movie was basically shot, but they decided they needed a scene with the two of them - the rest was history. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites