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Animal House's Original SNL Cast Plan Was Amazing: Why It Didn't Happen
The seminal 1978 film Animal House is a legendary pioneer of gross-out comedy – but its original Saturday-Night-Live-laced cast would arguably have made the movie even more impressive had it gone through. Following frat houses and freshmen at Faber College in 1962, the loose and wild mega-hit took cinema by storm when it grossed $141 million on just a three-million-dollar budget. Under the National Lampoon brand, Animal House has been credited as the first sophomoric comedy of its kind – paving the way for endless imitations and teen movies in the following decade. But, for all this success, its original SNL cast could have made things even better.