If you thought Rodney Dangerfield was funny in this, you would probably love him in Back to School. That’s his signature film. It’s great to watch your generation laugh at these classics.

Rodney Dangerfield was a standup comedy legend. This was his first movie and first time working with professional actors. He became upset during filming because none of the cast was laughing at his jokes, he thought he was bombing. Chevy Chase told him how hard it was for the actors to remain in character and not crack up at him every time he spoke.

"Hey baby, you must have been something before electricity."

Yep, the gas chamber used to be the alternative to the chair. It basically suffocated the inmate.

for over a decade after this movie candy bars were floating in swimming pools.

Ivan Reitman said that the writers used to make scripts around their shared experiences : - They All Went To College : Animal House - They All Went To Summer Camp - Meatballs -They All Went on to Caddy for rich people to make money for the future - Caddyshack As with all of those movies they tapped into their own past experiences - except the Gopher, in fact they nearly cut the Gopher out thinking it was too silly, they left it in and it made the already good movie a memorable one.

Judge Smails was played by Ted Knight who was absolutely hilarious as Ted Baxter, a dim witted anchorman on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

"It's a gopher not a beaver" - the definition of lol funny - great timing with that one Cam!

Fun fact: the caddy manager is Bill Murray's brother. Also appears in Vacation, Groundhog Day and Wayne's World.

Every take the pitch fork got closer & closer, you see the fear in his eyes. He stated his brain was screaming, yell CUT, yell CUT. Ted Knight the uptight Judge was a well known, respected actor. (RIP) He expected everyone on set to be professional. They were not, it was a non-stop frat party, mainly people 1/2 his age. He was not a happy camper.

This movie was supposed to be a coming of age story, with Chevy, Bill, and Rodney in short cameo roles.They were having so much fun in their scenes that the director expanded their roles and pulled back on the original script. It is rumored the first cut was over 4 hours long, so a lot of the original script was cut from the final version.

Hi guys. Discovered your channel about a week ago. I'm a 50-something English teacher in Massachusetts who teaches both literature and film analysis, and I appreciate your enthusiasm for diving into these films (almost all of which I've seen countless times, starting in the movie theater) and offering analysis from your perspective. It's enjoyable, but I find myself wishing I were on the Zoom watching along, or popping in afterward, to answer your questions and offer information that would help you digest and more fully understand the material. Watching your videos reminds me of working with my students, who are just a few years younger. Keep up the good work. I wish you hadn't edited out one of my favorite Dangerfield lines in this one: "He (the judge) called me a baboon -- he thinks I'm his wife." Take care.

That was an old wood shaft putter. That's what putters looked like back in the day.

As a kid, I don’t think I ever laughed at anything harder than this movie.

It's about time SOMEBODY reacted to this movie...long, long overdue. I wish somebody would react to "Slap Shot", another great sports movie.

The kid with the pitchfork on his throat was actor Peter Berkrot. He really got a mark on his throat, as Bill Murray was pushing the pitchfork hard. He was also the actor that gets thrown into the "no fighting" sign (by Bill Murray's brother, Brian). The bloody nose was real, but they left it in the movie. Being an actor can be a dangerous business. Peter also gave an interview once and said that even though there were a lot of kids on the set, they all did a lot of real hard drugs while filming this movie.

"Hey, everybody! We're all gonna get laid!" = Best final line in cinema history.

Thanks, Cameron! Thanks, Isaiah! ⛳ I was the first person to own a video cassette recorder in my small town; I was 13. My maternal grandmother bought it for me. The first three pre-recorded movies I purchased included CADDYSHACK (1980). I remember it cost $60... and it was totally worth it!!! I still love it... and I'm so glad y'all appreciated it, too. #CamAndZay #HaroldRamis #Caddyshack

27:40 was a call back to the old Ten Commandments movie with Charleton Heston. It makes it so much funnier when you know where that scene came from. But, without knowing, its still hilarious lol.

Rodney Dangerfield was a stand up comedian , he was very popular in the 80s. He was most famous for his self-deprecating style of humor. His signature line was " I cant get no respect" He would lead up to that line with a series of self deprecating jokes. I think you guys would love him in either EASY MONEY or BACK TO SCHOOL, he had the lead roles in those two films and was hilarious

This is loosely based on the Murray brothers experience as caddies.

One of the things that cracks me up is that gopher is making dolphin noises. Their using the same thing they used for the show "Flipper". But you gotta be an old f**k to catch it.

You guys were extra giggly for this one, clearly in the exact right mood to be watching it. You crack me up! 😂😂

Execution by lethal gas is still legal in several US States, the last being carried out in 1999. It's not very common, but it does still exist.

Love you, Cam-Cam and Zay-Zay!

Maggie's accent is Irish...with just a bit of Americanization due to her living in the US for a while.👍

Great reaction, good to see young folks enjoy these classics. Good humor is timeless.

1. Chevy Chase and Bill Murry hated each other. So much so that it came to blows when they were doing SNL. Getting them together here was a miracle. Much of their scene together was ad-lib. 2. FUN FACT: This was Rodney's first movie and didn't know what "action" meant. So, the director (Harold Ramis) just told him to do your thing. 3. IRL Bill Murry is almost a scratch golfer. He plays in many celebrity events. 4. I play golf and Rodney's antics wouldn't be allowed. The Marshall would be there immediately. 5. Rodney="Easy Money" and "Back to School".

The Faces they made! Especially Zay when asked about the golf rules! 12:06 ROTFLMAO 🤣🤣🤣

This is a first movie for one of Bill Murray's many brothers. It was made on a shue string budget and featured some of the greatest stand up, comedic actors, and two Saturday Night Live alumni. For more great Rodney Dangerfield. I recommend Back To School.Which has Sam Kinnison as a University Professor.

Rodney Dangerfield in BACK TO SCHOOL is an all timer. Put it on the list.

Thanks! Movie came out my HS senior year. Always loved it. The story of the making of Caddyshack is really wild. I recommend. You can find it on youtube.

This came at the culmination of the Saturday Night Live peak. Several original regulars had moved on and there was a decent crop of replacement comedians. Skit based comedy doesn't wear out it's welcome, so it's easy to put together enough of these running together that the simplest main narrative works. Requires an ensemble cast though.

Love this classic movie. A movie without a plot. Refreshing!! 😂

40 something years ago and this is still hilarious. I can't even remember how long this was my favorite movie as a teenager. "You'll get nothing and like it" from the scene with the Judge and Spalding when he wants everything on the menu early on. My favorite movie quote of all time and I still use it randomly

FUN FACTOID: The artist who sings the Caddyshack opening theme song (I'm Alright), is also the artist who sings the Top Gun opening theme song (Danger Zone) ..... Kenny Loggins. FUN FACTOID #2: The actor playing the supervisor of the caddies is Bill Murray's brother.

It's hard emphasize how often this film was quoted in the 80's among college students, HS students, golfers...everyone.

Hey guys, glad you saw this, brought back great memories of being a kid and seeing this movie in the 80s. In fact, I have a dancing goffer that plays the Kenny Logins song I'm alright from the movie. You are correct, comedies back then would sometimes be low on the plot or story line and have just a bunch of funny happenings. They were more just entertainment and little storyline. But, they made you laugh. Some others to check out from that part of late 70s early 80s to watch are: 1941 by Spielberg, Foul Play, Police Academy (if you haven't done it) Stripes, they had all the SNL alumni in many of them hose shows. Keep it up, enjoy going down memory lane with you guys, almost like watching it for the first time.

Them all dancing on the course is so good. Dude in the back right is the best.

I didn't think you guys were going to make it through this one. HAHAHA. I remember seeing this as a kid. Rodney Dangerfield and Ted Knight still kill me in this one.

I believe I mentioned this before, but in case you forgot, if the actor playing the Caddy manager looks familiar, its because his in all of Bill Murray's movies. And some of Chevy Chase's as well. That's Bill's older brother; Arthur, I've talked about him and the other brothers during Scrooged. He's the caddy manager in this movie, the Mayor in Groundhogs' Day, and the father in Scrooged. Where Arthur Doyle Murray didn't have a major acting career as Bill did; he is a lot of bit parts and roles in dozen of movie.

You sounded a bit confused when you said "Cheerios.....with sugar?". Please tell me you've put a little sugar in your cheerios before. It's so good!

If you liked the Rodney Dangerfield comedy, react to his movie Back To School, it has a young Robert Downey Jr.

This is the kind a movie that would play at the local theater on the weekend and all us kids would go and hang out all day getting up to shennanigans while it played 2 or three times until we finally got tossed out the place. Growing up back then was a blast!

Another funny 1980s summer movie...starring Chevy Chase. VACATION

Several U.S. states had the gas chamber as an option, 6 states still have that option for the death penalty

Greatest comedy of all time! I've seen this movie more times than I can count and still laugh at every joke

One of the best Comedies ever I think. Just screwball, raunchy humor. Timeless stuff. Ted Knight also needs some kudos as Judge Shmail Plus you gotta think what comedies are funny from start to finish? I can think of 2. Ok, 3. Fun stuff, glad you guys liked it.

My first year in college it was a semi rural town and the student apartments only had 2 local channels so we had our VCR and 2 movie cassette tapes we ran nonstop everyday. The 2 films were Caddyshack and Apocalypse Now. Two of the most quoted films even today.

"I don't know who that actor is..." No respect, I tell ya. "...but he's fantastic." Oh. Cool!

That boat scene is one of the funniest fucking things I ever seen. And it’s so stupid 😂. I can’t get over Cam cracking up to the bug-eyed dude jumping overboard.

Another hilarious reaction from you guys!!

You guys were fun and funny to watch. Hilarious laughter. My friends and I saw this on its first run and it became the go-to for re-watches - especially on its drive-in theater run. That was one of my favorite summers, in fact. “Any Way You Want It” became our favorite driving song for that summer. We were all basically your age when we first saw it so it’s nice to see a different generation enjoy it as well.

No, really, the 1970s were all about getting drunk, getting stoned, getting paid, and getting laid. TV had like 3 broadcast channels and the shows sucked, and you couldn't pause or rewind. Computers were the size of buildings and required punch cards to program, and had no graphics or games. You could own property and support a family of four on a low-wage job. Corporate jobs were forever jobs - once hired by a big company you were expected and they were expected to stay together forever - the 'Company Man'. If you wanted to insult someone or vent some anger, you had to do it in person. We victim-blamed for those who were dweebs or geeks or different, being weird or queer or nerdy was a social death sentence, and sometimes a literal one. It was a rougher time in many ways. But also it felt more authentic because if someone thought ill of you, they literally would just tell you and rub your face in it. (See notes above about fighting a lot more, in person....lol). That's why there was such a strong echo of the 60s counter-culture. Everyone who nowadays has carved out acceptance from the mainstream because we were able to find each other online and realize we were not statistically negligible or second-class anything together, well those folks were all left to their own. So the weirdos of different tribes would often unite, and the raucous movies and shows and plays and things that were satire were absolutely merciless in tearing down the mainstream because, well, if we didn't provide each other with the tools and reassurance that the weird folks who danced circles creatively around the mainstream were still out there ... then there was nothing but despair at a sportsbar universe for the rest of your life. I had a hell of a time growing up and no, I don't want to go back. But at the same time, people see this now and miss the concept that National Lampoons and the comedian superstars who were in this movie were all the counter-cultural stars standing up and flipping off the Country Club set with such obvious attacks and social criticism. Comedians were the lead of this. Never trust someone who doesn't like George Carlin and don't expect much in the way of cleverness from someone who doesn't appreciate Monty Python. Even today. You could tell who the 'safe' people to be yourself around were because of the music they listened to, the movies they watched, and the comedians they quoted. Yeah. It was the 70s. We had a lot more free time, and a lot fewer ways to spend it, yet we did a lot more for good and ill because we were used to congregating socially to a level which would stun Gen Z. And you couldn't escape. If you were at Grandma's with family, that's all you were. No social media, no texting, no checking news. You, your family, and grandma. And you'd better believe you'd be sneaking one of the cans of beer or taking a walk for herbal refreshment just to not gouge your eyeballs out. LOL. Ahh, the 70s.

Glad you guys reacted to this movie. It's just what it's supposed to be, a fun, hysterical movie. I'm going to add my vote for "Back To School" with Rodney Dangerfield and a very, very young Robert Downey Jr. for you guys to react to. You should the original National Lampoon's "Vacation" (1983) to your summer fun list.

One of my all-time favorites! You’ll appreciate this much more if you watch the “making of / behind the scenes” for CaddyShack. It almost didn’t get completed, and most of it was day by day, writing and rewriting, with no established endgame. Considering all it’s obstacles, it became a kind of cult classic.

$8,000 per year was an absolute shitload of money for college when this movie came out. Harvard was $6,490, and you only had to pay that if your parents were rich. University of California schools were $719 per year, tuition + fees. Cal State tuition + fees was $204 per year.

alot of people rag on the film 1941 by Spielberg, but it came out about the same time as this and i think it is equally funny. Please watch that one. It is one of my fav comedies. Give it a chance. Also Used Cars with Kurt Russel is excellent comedy

Caddy Shack is great 80’s comedy reigns supreme Watch Easy Money and back to school . Probably Rodney’s best 3 including CS. The writer/ mind behind the movie passed away and never got to see the amazing hit CS turned out to be.

1 minute in Zay - Go gopher , go gopher Me - gopher is cute. I want it as a pet. Me - predicting I'll regret that

The movie was originally written as a melodrama about the caddy Danny, it was later changed to a straight up comedy when big name comedians signed on and their roles were increased.

They nailed the whole country club vibe. This movie was just like the private golf clubs in Palm Beach. Dangerfield's part was just like this rich old guy I met. He brought his rare Rolls Royce complete with his large, perfect golf bag in for service. He was always wearing too much pastel plaid and was always too loud. But he was also funny and generous. He would walk around the shop and give every mechanic a few bucks and tell them a dirty joke. 4 decades +, I still remember him because of this movie. RIP Cindy Morgan, aka Lacey Underalls. She past away in January.....according to the Palm Beach Police Department. "Kiss me you fool"

There was originally a major subplot involving Danny & Maggie (the waitress with the accent), but with all the great improv on camera & added scenes to up the comedy factor, most of the "Maggie" scenes wound up being cut. But yeah, she was supposed to have been an exchange student or something like that, from Ireland, who was only going to be in the US for the rest of that summer. I'm sure somebody already threw this into another comment, but this was Rodney Dangerfield's first experience making a movie (he was already famous as a comedian). He got upset his first day on set because he felt like he was giving his best act, but nobody was laughing at his jokes...they had to explain to him that the crew couldn't make noise because, you know...movie. 😅

My first job in high school was working on a golf course as a range ball retriever. I only got hit once, in the arm. By someone standing ten feet away. At a forty five degree angle to the range. I was kinda impressed, actually.

And now you know why some people call going way overboard going Caddyshack on something ... Among other fairly common expressions

I'm not sure what shocked me the most, that Zay didn't know Rodney Dangerfield or never heard of a gas chamber?

$8,000 college fees in 1980 is equivalent to about $30,000 today.

1980 was a great summer for comedies. Used Cars, Airplane, and Caddyshack all came out within just weeks of each other. All three, so funny. Everyone watches Airplane, so I'd recommend Used Cars.

I wore out my VHS tape of this movie rewinding to Rodney's delivery of "This whole place SUCKS!" Masterful delivery on that man

This is a legendary classic... By the way that club he was using was an antique putter. Circa 1920's This film shot many of the early actors into stardom. This film wasn't supposed to have a deep or profound story . It was a National Lampoon film, meant entirely to be just silly.

Great reaction. I love your senses of humor. Rodney was the absolute best. Two to check out with him are Back To School (asap, imo) and Eady Money with him and Joe Pesce. Classics that will have you cry laughing.

I always thought it was weird when the girlfriend was dancing around in the nightgown on the golf course. But I just now realized she lives on the golf course she is the daughter of the groundskeeper hence the Scottish accent so that's the first thing this thing 30 years ago I finally understand the scene

Brilliant movie. I love that Bill Murray originally wasn't even supposed to have a speaking role, and improvised everything.

Great reaction kids! I saw a behind the scenes special on this movie and they said Bill Murray's part was only supposed to be10 minutes film time, but he ad libbed so naturally they just let him run with it, and as you saw, stole the show! Next golf classic? Happy Gilmore! 😁😁😁😁

By far the best caddyshack reaction I've ever seen.

Yeah, I can see how the pacing can seem too abruptly up and down, but (as you acknowledged) it has plenty of stuff that continues to hit, and really earns its comedy classic status. I think the beginning was a brilliant choice. If you didn’t already know that you were in for a goofy, silly, even madcap time, the gopher lets you know right away. Definitely a course owner’s nightmare, ending up with way more than 18 holes.

One of the things you discover in the making of movie is that the plot is laying on the cutting room floor they edited it down to the funny bits

Rodney Dangerfield did a movie called Back to School. If you enjoyed Rodney in this movie, you'll really like love him in Back to School. Rodney is retired and decides to go back to college for his degree. He decides to go to the same College as his son. Hilarity ensues. I think you'd guys would really enjoy that film. A good one for when you want something light hearted.

Your analysis of this movie was pretty spot on. The original script was a coming of age film centered on Danny. But as they were filming they realized the best stuff was the funny scenes with Dangerfield, Chevy, and Murray. So they added more scenes with the comedians doing their stuff and cut most of the Danny scenes. So that’s why a lot of the Danny stuff seems disjointed and doesn’t make much sense. But the movie as “The Danny Noonan story” wouldn’t be the comedy classic as it is today.

The Doody scene is an American Treasure

The family in the beginning was supposed to be the center of the story, but it turned into a series of skits by the kings of comedy at the time, so it really is two movies.

If you like this you've got to watch Back to School. It's also Robert Downey Jr's first big role

The only thing funnier than this movie... is watching the two of you watching it. Great laughs this morning!

Thought the comment about Danny being the ball and "clearly you wanted to drown yourself" was funny. Then came the "its a gopher, not a beaver" comment and it got topped. 😆😂 Back in the late '70s and 80's they made a lot of R rated "blue" comedy. Basically, aimed at a teen and young adult audience. The comedy could get very raunchy and at times it is very dated. Some jokes may feel over the line today, but Caddyshack is still hilarious. It's tag line was "The Snobs vs The Slobs" The fact that the humor offended the sensibility of the uptight is at least half the fun. Everybody is so concerned with offending anybody these days and then humor can suffer. If humor is done with malice and ill will, then it's NOT funny. Quick example. Eddie Murphy once made a joke about riding in a car with Stevie Wonder. He joked that he wasn't so impressed with Wonder's musical skill. "You want to impress me....take the wheel" 😂 Much funnier the way he tells it. But I'm CERTAIN there would be people today raising hell...."He's mocking the blind" Whatever!!....chill people. Caddyshack has a lot of humor that is still funny today. BTW, The young girl Danny is dating and thinks he got pregnant. I'm not sure what her accent is suppose to be....Scottish? ....Irish?....what I do know is that it is BAD. She clearly is trying to have an accent and it does not sound or feel natural. But, this is a raunchy party style comedy, nobody was getting nominated for Oscars.😁

Yes, the U.S. used GAS Chambers for executions at one time.

There's another funny Rodney Dangerfield movie. It's called Back to School. In order to motivate his son, Dangerfield decided to enroll in the same college to prove college is important.

Great job guy’s 😊 took me about thirty more seconds than Cam to get the “car chase”😂😂😂

When you see people who saw this when it first came out and we hear this song.. watch, we all kind of work into the gopher groove

And super props to Kenny Loggins, again. ❤

One of my favorites! Am I an a$$ because Rodney’s character is my favorite in the entire movie? Besides the gopher of course!

The stories from behind the scenes are hilarious too. Rumor is that they absolutely destroyed that golf course, for real, tearing around it on golf carts.

You guys should watch, Stripes, with Bill Murray and John Candy. Came out about the same time. Very funny.

For decades and decades I never once in any interview saw Rodney Dangerfield out of character. Then one day I saw an interview in which he was just being himself. It seemed unbelievable to see the real guy after so many years. The interviewer said to him, "I get the impression that maybe you're naturally funny." Dangerfield said, "It might seem that way, but actually a lot of thought goes into it."

The genius of National Lampoon. Doug Kenny, Harold Ramis, Brian Doyle Murray in particular for this film 🎥. But so many brilliant comedy writers have sharpened their skills with The Lampoon. 🎭🤣✌🏼😎

Funny thing about Bill Murray's character, when they were shooting the film, Murray ad libbed literally all of his lines in the movie.

Legend has it that the original script of the movie was accidentally chopped up and snorted 2 days into production

@34:24 That is a putter. The “Billy Baroo” putter was specially designed for this movie.

One of the greatest comedies of all time...

Bill Murray and Rodney Dangerfield ad libbed their lines.

Cam's gag reflexes are wild - LOL- sorry, but true! Rodney has too many quotables in this... "You wanna make $14, the hard way?" LMAO! Dudes, we always had transistor radios playing music at the pool or beach ALL the time, until they got replaced by Boom Boxes! It's like having a top 40 soundtrack(when the Top 40 was great) for the whole summer break. Judge Smails' Billy Baroo putter was an antique, hickory shaft, iron head, putter..