Meatballs

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Meatballs

film by Reitman [1979]

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Bill Murray
SNL, Caddyshack, and Ghostbusters
…string of commercial hits, including Meatballs (1979), which is set at a summer camp; Caddyshack (1980), a golf comedy cowritten by Brian Doyle-Murray; and Stripes (1981), about two friends (Murray and Harold Ramis) who join the army. In 1984 Murray starred with Aykroyd and Ramis in Ghostbusters, which became one…
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…string of commercial hits, including Meatballs (1979), which is set at a summer camp; Caddyshack (1980), a golf comedy cowritten by Brian Doyle-Murray; and Stripes (1981), about two friends (Murray and Harold Ramis) who join the army. In 1984 Murray starred with Aykroyd and Ramis in Ghostbusters, which became one…
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urban legend
Media and entertainment
The summer camp comedy Meatballs (1979) is a rare example of a film featuring an oral telling rather than a dramatization of an urban legend. In a campfire scene a counselor played by Bill Murray relates “The Hook” story about a mad slasher on the loose.
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The summer camp comedy Meatballs (1979) is a rare example of a film featuring an oral telling rather than a dramatization of an urban legend. In a campfire scene a counselor played by Bill Murray relates “The Hook” story about a mad slasher on the loose.
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