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The Delta Variant

John Landis’s 1978 comedy classic ‘Animal House’ is a time capsule from an era when humor and campus politics were very different.

George Case

8 Apr 2024 · 9 min read

John Belushi as John “Bluto” Blutarsky in Animal House (John Landis, 1978)

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