When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates by buying the club and turning it into a tacky amusement park.
Practical Effects
The animatronic gopher somehow got MORE screen time
Production
They built a literal amusement park for this
Director
Allan Arkush
Jackie Mason
Jack Hartounian
Robert Stack
Chandler Young
Dyan Cannon
Elizabeth Pearce
Dina Merrill
Cynthia Young
Jonathan Silverman
Harry
Brian McNamara
Todd Young
Marsha Warfield
Royette Tyler
Paul Bartel
Mr. Jamison
Jessica Lundy
Kate Hartounian
Chynna Phillips
Miffy Young
Randy Quaid
Peter Blunt
Chevy Chase
Ty Webb
Dan Aykroyd
Captain Tom Everett
Pepe Serna
Carlos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chevy Chase only agreed to return after the script was rewritten to reduce his role to essentially a cameo. Smart man.
This became the textbook example of unnecessary sequels — so infamous that Bill Murray and Harold Ramis reportedly refused to ever discuss it publicly.
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