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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsR.I.P. Stephen "Flounder from Animal House" Furst, 63
(CNN)Stephen Furst, the actor who played the hapless, beanie-wearing frat boy Flounder in the 1978 movie "Animal House," has died at age 63, his son, Nathan Furst, told CNN on Saturday.
"It was from complications from diabetes," Nathan Furst said. "Over the last several years it was getting worse a little bit. Sort of the typical things that tend to happen when you have diabetes a long time."
Furst appeared on TV in "St. Elsewhere" and "Babylon 5," but he was best remembered for his role as the innocent freshman Kent Dorfman in "National Lampoon's Animal House," which ushered in a brand of raunchy comedy.
His character was rejected by other fraternities at the fictional Faber College but got into the hard-partying, rule-breaking frat nicknamed Animal House. Bluto -- the house wild man played by John Belushi in his own breakout role -- gave Dorfman the nickname Flounder. A series of mishaps and humiliations followed.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/17/entertainment/stephen-furst-obit/index.html
Eugene
(61,807 posts)Hong Kong Cavalier
(4,572 posts)He was a bright star on that show. Then again, the writing was pretty decent and a lot of the characters had some magnificent lines.
What's really depressing is watching an episode and realizing that half of the cast has passed on.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,046 posts)How to keep your soul when evil is all around you.
paleotn
(17,881 posts)Well, that's one way of putting it.
Rest in peace, Flounder. What I still want to know is what in the hell ever happened to D-Day?
denbot
(9,898 posts)The Most Interesting Man in the World
BHDem53
(1,061 posts)Wikipedia he narrated several ads for dump campaign. Sad!
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,475 posts)tblue37
(65,227 posts)hibbing
(10,094 posts)It's a pledge pin sir
Peace
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)ADX
(1,622 posts)Rest in peace, Flounder...
Dulcinea
(6,602 posts)Initech
(100,038 posts)"Face it, Kent, you threw up *ON* Dean Wormer!"
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Initech
(100,038 posts)Kaleva
(36,248 posts)They were married in 1976.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2245786/
Initech
(100,038 posts)Wow, you learn something new every day. I've seen that movie a hundred times and I didn't know that.
GReedDiamond
(5,310 posts)...when it was first released.
Great, hilarious movie. I still watch it when I see it on the satellite. That, and the Blues Brothers - always watch the both of em whenever I happen to see them on.
RIP Stephen, thanks for the laughs!
elmac
(4,642 posts)was on a double date, those were the days!
Catmusicfan
(816 posts)FuzzyRabbit
(1,967 posts)Last edited Sun Jun 18, 2017, 01:51 AM - Edit history (1)
Well, I went to college at a small university, similar to Faber, starting in 1964. To me "Animal House" was more than a terrific comedy, it was also a documentary. Except for the Deathmobile, we did all those things, and more. The FBI was even called in to investigate a prank one time. Nowadays we would all be arrested.
RIP Stephen, and thanks for the laughs.
yellowdogintexas
(22,231 posts)We went to see it with a friend who had graduated from Oberlin. We were sitting there pointing out who we remembered from school that most matched the characters. Our friend was flabbergasted that we could actually do that. Oberlin would never have that sort of shenanigans
Doug the Dem
(1,297 posts)Even there, he was funny.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,475 posts)Gothmog
(144,919 posts)a kennedy
(29,615 posts)RIP Stephen