When Bluto Has An Idea
Few scenes from National Lampoon’s Animal House capture the wild spirit of the movie better than the legendary Toga Party.
The Delta House has just received more bad news and things are looking increasingly hopeless.
Instead of sitting around feeling sorry for themselves, the Deltas decide to do what they do best.
They throw a party.
And John Belushi’s Bluto immediately gets behind the idea with his unforgettable “Toga! Toga!” reaction.
The simple chant quickly becomes the beginning of one of the most memorable comedy sequences of the 1970s.
John Belushi Was The Perfect Bluto
John Belushi’s performance as John “Bluto” Blutarsky is one of the biggest reasons Animal House became a comedy classic.
Bluto is loud, reckless, unpredictable, and almost completely incapable of behaving like a normal college student.
But that is exactly what makes him so entertaining.
Whenever Belushi enters a scene, there is a feeling that something ridiculous could happen at any moment.
The Toga Party is the perfect environment for him.
There are no rules.
There is no restraint.
And there is absolutely no reason for Bluto to behave normally....
