TBS films ‘Animal House' showcase on campus
A TBS Superstation production crew
attracted curious students while
filming footage for portions
of an upcoming weekend special
By A. Sho Ikeda
Reporter
A production crew was on campus
Aug. 12 to shoot footage for "Big
PlayStation Saturday," a football
postgame movie showcase.
The TBS Superstation-produced
show will feature the movie "National
Lampoon's Animal I louse," with seg
ments featuring University locations
used in die film.
A flurry of activity swirled all around
campus as crew members quickly set
up and dismantled cameras, tripods
and electronic equipment.
Anna Colwell, one of the hosts,
said she had been to several Pacific-10
Conference schools to film segments
for the show, which she said will be
aired on Saturdays after college foot
ball games on IBS Superstation.
Colwell added that the show has a
variety of sponsors, including Sony
PlayStation. It will feature movies and
trivia, along with interviews with stu
dents from Pac-10 and Big 12 Confer
ence universities. Colwell said she and
fellow co-host Michele Merkin had al
ready been to UCLA, Arizona State
and University of Arizona before
coming to the University of Oregon.
Crew members from Eugene and
Portland — which often had to
pause filming while noisy vehicles
passed — filmed Merkin as she
stood in front of campus buildings
like Johnson Hall and asked trivia
questions about "Animal House."
As the crew whisked about the
University on foot and on golf carts,
they occasionally drew a small gath
ering of curious University students.
Some students were asked by the
crew to stick around to be inter
viewed by the show's hosts.
Brian Watson, who recently
earned a master's in education, said
he was enticed by the offers of free
University merchandise. Students
being interviewed were asked to don
“Big PlayStation Saturday" co-host Anna Colwell interviews senior English major Jennifer Bok and Brian Watson, a graduate with a
Master’s in Education, about the infamous college comedy flick "Animal House.”
T-shirts and hats before they got in
front of the camera. Students were
then interview by Colwell, who
asked them to answer trivia ques
tions and to sing "Mighty Oregon,"
the University's fight song.
"It was pretty crazy," said Watson,
who said he waited two or three hours
before he was allowed to go in front
of the camera. "1’hey offered me a T
shirt and free food and drinks; it's the
life of an extra, 1 guess."
The "Big PlayStation Saturday"
showcase of "Animal House" is current
ly in post-production and is due to air
on a Saturday before or after a Ducks
football game in September, according
to TBS Superstation spokespersons.
Contact the reporter
at shoikeda@dailyemerald.com.
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"What do you mean?" responds
Donald "Boon" Schoenstein, her
boozehound boyfriend.
"I mean hanging around with a
bunch of animals getting drunk every
weekend," she says.
"No," Boone counters. "After I grad
uate, I'm gonna get drunk every night."
"Animal House" is a land where
the only thing that matters is having a
good time. It's a place where the last
laugh is always the brothers'. And
that's really how it should be.
"Animal House" is a peek into a
life we all should embrace because,
after all, who doesn't want to get
smashed in a toga and sleep with the
dean's sensuous wife?
Ibis disillusion of mine may be a
bit hard to swallow. Perhaps I'm
looking too far into a satirical movie
that depicts some of the grossest,
most immoral activities captured on
screen by 1978. Possibly, in fact, the
movie represents nothing of fraterni
ty life in 1962 — or ever. I don't care.
Call me crazy, because I can defend
myself. Perhaps nothing of what I've
written thus far has been even slightly
compelling, but the eloquent words of
Eric "Otter" Stratton most certainly are:
"Ladies and gendemen," he says, "I'll
be brief. The issue here is not whether
we broke a few rules or took a few liber
ties with our female party guests — we
did. But you can't hold a whole frater
nity responsible for the actions of a few
sick, perverted individuals.
"For if you do, then shouldn't we
blame the whole fraternity system?
And if the whole fraternity system is
guilty, then isn't this an indictment of
our educational institutions in gener
al? I put it to you... isn't this an indict
ment of our entire American society?
"Well, you can do what you want
to us, but we're not going to sit here
and listen to you badmouth the Unit
ed States of America!"
It's this kind of thinking, of course,
that has brought us some of the greatest
leaders in the world today. Take a look
at Fortune 500 executives — about 80
percent are Greek, according to
www.greeklOl com. The same can be
said for U.S. congressmen and congress
women, and for those who have sat on
the U.S. Supreme Court since 1910
Still want more evidence?
"Otter" became a gynecologist in
Beverly Hills, "Hoover" became a lawyer
and "Bluto" became a U.S. Senator.
So there you have it.
"With liberty and fraternity for
all. Amen."
Contact the editor
at editor@dailyemerald.com.
His opinions do not necessarily
represent those of the Emerald.
Animal House
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previous record for largest toga party.
The parade, which begins at noon,
will feature special re-creations of
floats featured in a scene of "Animal
House" filmed in Cottage Grove.
The event was originally envisioned
by the Cottage Grove Historic Society
and has since become a community ef
fort, with various companies and non
profit organizations pitching in.
There have been rumors that actors
from the film will make an appear
ance, but according to Universal Stu
dios, nothing is certain until the week
of the event. Screenwriter Chris
Miller, who penned the film along
with Harold Ramis and Douglas Ken
ney, is scheduled to make an appear
ance. Various extras from the film will
also be talking about their experi
ences making the film.
As the event's main promoter, Uni
versal is giving it a national ad cam
paign to coincide with the new DVD.
The re-release of the film, entitled the
"Double Secret Probation Edition," is
scheduled for an August 26 release.
New bonus material indudes the the
atrical trailer, a "Where are they
now?" update, new footage and com
mentary from director John Landis.
Tickets for the toga party and film *
showing are available at the event's
Web site, www.animalhousecelebra
tion.com. Toga party tickets are $ 15,
with a limited number of "toga kits"
also available. Film tickets are $5. The
event opens with a breakfast at 7:30
a.m. and is scheduled to run until
10:30 p.m..
Ryan Nyburg is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
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