Animal House is one of the more popular comedy movies of all time and seems to gain a legion of new fans with each generation that heads into the college age bracket. The film launched the careers of several comedic actors, some who would go on to be leading actors and others who would develop into great character actors. Here are 7 things you don’t know about: Animal House.

1. Tim Matheson, who played Otter in National Lampoon’s Animal House, would later go on to own the National Lampoon magazine when he and a business partner purchased it in the late 1980s.

2. Bravo TV puts Animal House first overall on their list of 100 Funniest Movies.

3. During the filming of Animal House, John Belusi would spend Monday through Wednesday working on the filming of the movie and then fly across country to New York City to work on Saturday Night Live from Thursday through Saturday.

4. The character of Otter was originally offered to Chevy Chase who turned it down.

5. The original filming location of Animal House was supposed to be the University of Missouri, but when officials there read the script they backed off and the University of Oregon accepted the offer.

6. Denver, Colorado was home to the first preview screening of Animal House.

7. A script was written for a sequel to Animal House, it wasn’t received well and after John Belushi’s death it was set aside indefinitely.

Animal House is truly one of the funniest movies ever and was revolutionary at the time of its release. Many subsequent films have followed a similar formula trying to capitalize on its popularity, but there is nothing like the original… there is nothing like Animal House.