Remaking Film Comedy With a Straight Face
After his early years working with the improv troupe the Second City and
on “The National Lampoon Radio Hour,” Mr. Ramis helped write the
paradigm-shifting, 1978 blockbuster “Animal House.” What followed was a
string of deliriously funny Bill Murray movies (including “Meatballs,” “Caddyshack,” “Stripes” and “Ghostbusters”)
that have become touchstones in comedy today. While Mr. Murray
understandably is seen as a kind of auteur of these comedies, it takes
nothing away from him to say that Mr. Ramis built their foundation.
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