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Remembering Stephen “Flounder” Furst

June 19, 2017 By Kathy Shaidle

Dennis Cozzalio writes:

In 1977, when I was a freshman at the University of Oregon, I landed a spot as an extra on the set of NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE—specifically, I was cast as a “Delta pledge,” and I also ended up serving one memorable afternoon/evening as a stunt double. Both of these roles put me in frequent proximity to Stephen Furst, who was a rookie on the set of ANIMAL HOUSE sort of like I was—Kent Dorfman was his first big role in a Hollywood movie, after three minor and forgettable previous appearances. The Saturday before shooting began, another extra and I accompanied Furst and Tom Hulce to get our “senior pictures” taken (the one of Furst is memorably booed on-screen), and like this wacky morning jaunt to a photo studio in nearby Springfield, for every encounter I ever had with him during shooting Furst demonstrated himself to be a very genial, pleasant fella, not unlike Dorfman himself, who was never one to put on actorly airs as a way of separating himself from the locals.

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