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Originally Posted by dekeguy
I think he is talking about an article that appeared in Esquire several years ago that was written by one of the screenwriters for the film. The movie was derived from this guys experiences and further developed by several other contributers
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Originally Posted by TSteven
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That is indeed it. "Animal House" started as Chris Miller's short story, "The Night of the Seven Fires," in the National Lampoon, although some of the characters (including Mandy Pepperidge, Fawn Lebowitz, and Larry Kroger, not yet combined with Miller's Pinto) made their appearance earlier in "Doug Kinney's High School Yearbook" in the Lampoon. Harold Ramis, a member of Zeta Beta Tau, added some elements inspired by his experiences at Washington University (St. Louis).