After 1,460 votes were counted, and recounted…we here at SpartyandFriends are proud to announce that Caddyshack is your 2009 Movieology champion, taking down Major League. We thank all of you that joined in, it was definitely fun.
Caddyshack after a somewhat easy run, took down the dreadful Remember the Titans to claims their spot in the Finals and demolished Major League, a great movie, but one which had no real reason for being there.
What better way to honor your winner but with some awesomely cool facts about the movie?
The roles of the big three in the movie (Rodney Dangerfield, Chevy Chase, and Bill Murray) were supposed to be cameos and nothing else. This changed after filming began and Harold Ramis felt he was wasting the improvisational skills the three actors/comedians possessed.
The movie was inspired by writer and co-star Brian Doyle-Murray’s (Bill Murray’s brother) memories working as a caddy at the Indian Hill Golf Club in Winnetka, Illinois. He based most of the characters on real life people he knew while on the job. Doyle-Murray played the role of Lou the head caddy.
The now-legendary scene involving a Baby Ruth candy bar being thrown into the swimming pool was based on a real-life incident at Doyle-Murray’s high school. I could not provide the full clip because there is some nudity, but the ending is the best part anyways. “It’s no big deal.”
Bill Murray’s famous “Cinderella story” scene was improvised based on two lines of stage direction. Ramis basically gave him direction to act as a kid announcing his own imaginary golf moment. Murray just took it from there using a hoe to take out some flowers.
The gopher sounds were the same sounds used by Flipper the dolphin in the 60′s television show of the same name…
The famous scene that begins when Ty Webb’s golf ball crashes into Carl Spackler’s house was not in the original script. Harold Ramis added it after realizing that two of his biggest stars, Chevy Chase and Bill Murray did not have a scene together. It was well known that the two actors didn’t like each other, and had a hard time getting along. They were able to put their differences aside and wrote the idea for the scene together. It was almost entirely improvised.
During the filming final scene of the movie (Spackler’s attempt to blow up the gopher) a pilot flying witnessed one of the explosions and reported a downed plane to the FAA. Note: I couldn’t find a clip of the original scene, so I included the Tiger Woods commercial, which is pretty accurate, and equally as hilarious.
Some questioned out finals, and understandably so, however Caddyshack was in AFI’s Top 10 Sports movies at #7. Considering at the time of the release the critics’ reviews were so terrible that people feared for the success of the film, the movie did alright for itself.
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Jonesin’ for some ‘shack now? Bravo is running it back to back tonight at 9:30 and 11:30 EST.
Quality choice! Of course…there is always Caddyshack II…
btw, major league won the popular vote 1529-1426…but that’s mainly due to a huge turnout for the baseball bracket on the first day
btw, major league won the popular vote 1529-1426…but that’s mainly due to a huge turnout for the baseball bracket on the first day
and the vote totals
and the vote totals
I look forward to the next bracket that allows sequels.
I look forward to the next bracket that allows sequels.
Like Caddyshack II?
Like Caddyshack II?
/threadjack
(Paul Pierce >) MJ, Stockton and the Admiral make the HOF
/end threadjack
/threadjack
(Paul Pierce >) MJ, Stockton and the Admiral make the HOF
/end threadjack
I was thinking Rocky IV and the Karate Kid II first and foremost.
I was thinking Rocky IV and the Karate Kid II first and foremost.
Anyone entertaining GITC’s trade offers in the FBB League? I laughed when I read the email.
Anyone entertaining GITC’s trade offers in the FBB League? I laughed when I read the email.
Rocky III
“Hey, woman! Hey, woman! Listen here. Since you’re ol’ man here ain’t got no heart, maybe you’d like to see a real man. Yeah, I bet you stay up all night dreamin’ about a real man, don’t ya? Well I tell you what. Why don’t you bring your pretty little self over to my apartment tonight, and I’ll show you a real man.”
Rocky III
“Hey, woman! Hey, woman! Listen here. Since you’re ol’ man here ain’t got no heart, maybe you’d like to see a real man. Yeah, I bet you stay up all night dreamin’ about a real man, don’t ya? Well I tell you what. Why don’t you bring your pretty little self over to my apartment tonight, and I’ll show you a real man.”
rek, yeah saw it this morning…and no i’m not entertaining it at this time
rek, yeah saw it this morning…and no i’m not entertaining it at this time
i was resisting making that public knowledge.
i was resisting making that public knowledge.
wouldn’t you just make an offer to someone?
wouldn’t you just make an offer to someone?
Care to share the joke with the rest of the class?
Care to share the joke with the rest of the class?
john- he sent an email to everyone saying that he wasn’t happy with his picks due to the autopick. he listed players that he wants from our teams and says everyone is available on his team. that’s fine. but instead of making offers to us, he told us all that he is awaiting all of our offers. he said that we should hurry up.
john- he sent an email to everyone saying that he wasn’t happy with his picks due to the autopick. he listed players that he wants from our teams and says everyone is available on his team. that’s fine. but instead of making offers to us, he told us all that he is awaiting all of our offers. he said that we should hurry up.
I was QUITE happy with my autodraft…coming off teh Magic destroying the Cavs, coming home to find out the autodraft didn’t screw me.
I rule.
I was QUITE happy with my autodraft…coming off teh Magic destroying the Cavs, coming home to find out the autodraft didn’t screw me.
I rule.
my lineup rocks. my pitching staff? eh.
my lineup rocks. my pitching staff? eh.
How can he not be happy with autodraft picking Pooholes and Fatty Sabathia for him?
How can he not be happy with autodraft picking Pooholes and Fatty Sabathia for him?
john–It sounded like the Nigerian money scam to me…just with FBB instead.
john–It sounded like the Nigerian money scam to me…just with FBB instead.
CC is one of the guys he’s dangling
CC is one of the guys he’s dangling
And he basically wanted to pick off our players…it was worded so weird.
And he basically wanted to pick off our players…it was worded so weird.
sparty–Sorry for making it public.
sparty–Sorry for making it public.
who took aroid again? sounds like he’ll be back earlier than expected (*cough* HGH)
who took aroid again? sounds like he’ll be back earlier than expected (*cough* HGH)
sae–mikey did.
sae–mikey did.
sae-Mikey. mikey is gonna be good once his team is healthy. A-rod is steal if he comes back that soon.
sae-Mikey. mikey is gonna be good once his team is healthy. A-rod is steal if he comes back that soon.
Big D, you out there? WrestleMania rocked.
Big D, you out there? WrestleMania rocked.
graddawg’s team has 3 guys that are on the DL…he didn’t do a good job setting up his autodraft…overall it’s not that bad of a team though.
graddawg’s team has 3 guys that are on the DL…he didn’t do a good job setting up his autodraft…overall it’s not that bad of a team though.
The scene with Chevy Chase and Bill Murray at Carl’s place is one of my favorites.
Thanks for the “awesomely cool facts”…I never knew Chase and Murray didn’t like each other.
The scene with Chevy Chase and Bill Murray at Carl’s place is one of my favorites.
Thanks for the “awesomely cool facts”…I never knew Chase and Murray didn’t like each other.
i’m guessing they didn’t hate each other as much as Ted Knight hated Rodney
i’m guessing they didn’t hate each other as much as Ted Knight hated Rodney
speaking of Chevy, he’s playing a bad guy on Chuck tonight
speaking of Chevy, he’s playing a bad guy on Chuck tonight
everyone on SNL hated Chase.
everyone on SNL hated Chase.
I said people might want to hurry up because I was offering my players to everyone in the league. It is quite possible that more than one guy wants CC or something.
How about this… since you now know what guys on your respective teams I want, why don’t you just email me the guys on my team that you are interested in and which guys on the list I sent you, you would consider trading.
I’ll make up the actual trades if you want.
I said people might want to hurry up because I was offering my players to everyone in the league. It is quite possible that more than one guy wants CC or something.
How about this… since you now know what guys on your respective teams I want, why don’t you just email me the guys on my team that you are interested in and which guys on the list I sent you, you would consider trading.
I’ll make up the actual trades if you want.
gitc,
i want to see how my team shakes out for a little while before dealing. not doing another zach randolph for ricky davis trade before the season starts…although i still made the championship
gitc,
i want to see how my team shakes out for a little while before dealing. not doing another zach randolph for ricky davis trade before the season starts…although i still made the championship