On July 28, 1978, National Lampoon’s Animal House, a
movie spoof about 1960s college fraternities starring
John Belushi, opened in U.S. theaters.

Produced with an estimated budget of $3 million,
Animal House became a huge, multi-million-dollar
box-office hit, spawned many cinematic imitations
and became part of pop-culture history with such
memorable lines as “Fat, drunk and stupid is no
way to go through life, son.”

John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982)