I have fond memories of this show and looked forward each week to another episode. True, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to conclude that this series was a watered down version of a wildly raunchy hit movie nor that TV standards for prime time were strict in 1979.
But the same standards were even stricter in 1972 when Gene Reynolds and Larry Gelbart were working on a prime time TV series based on another wildly raunchy hit movie where comedy, immorality and bad taste intermingled with lots of blood and guts. The end result, was a TV series that was, in spite of the restrictions (or because of the restrictions) a huge hit that outlived itself and would've lasted a few more years had it not been for the decision to end it all with a big bang in February 1983. That series was MASH.
If only DELTA HOUSE had been aired on CBS with Gene Reynolds and Larry Gelbart on the team, the series would've been a lot funnier (in spite of the restrictions) and a lot more successful.
The first episode which introduced "Blotto", a seemingly hopelessly uncool loser until he chugged down a pitcher like it was nothing, was a gem! "I didn't know Bluto could write!" "I didn't know Bluto could read!" Another episode that stood out was the one where the Omegas built a fallout shelter and the Deltas managed to convince the Omegas that the "big one" had just been dropped.
It would've been be nice if the series would come out on DVD.
But according to the "Where are they now?" featurette of the ANIMAL HOUSE DVD, the events that followed ANIMAL HOUSE, leading to what would become DELTA HOUSE, never occurred. So we must accept the fact that DELTA HOUSE will probably never see the light of DVD reissuing.
But the same standards were even stricter in 1972 when Gene Reynolds and Larry Gelbart were working on a prime time TV series based on another wildly raunchy hit movie where comedy, immorality and bad taste intermingled with lots of blood and guts. The end result, was a TV series that was, in spite of the restrictions (or because of the restrictions) a huge hit that outlived itself and would've lasted a few more years had it not been for the decision to end it all with a big bang in February 1983. That series was MASH.
If only DELTA HOUSE had been aired on CBS with Gene Reynolds and Larry Gelbart on the team, the series would've been a lot funnier (in spite of the restrictions) and a lot more successful.
The first episode which introduced "Blotto", a seemingly hopelessly uncool loser until he chugged down a pitcher like it was nothing, was a gem! "I didn't know Bluto could write!" "I didn't know Bluto could read!" Another episode that stood out was the one where the Omegas built a fallout shelter and the Deltas managed to convince the Omegas that the "big one" had just been dropped.
It would've been be nice if the series would come out on DVD.
But according to the "Where are they now?" featurette of the ANIMAL HOUSE DVD, the events that followed ANIMAL HOUSE, leading to what would become DELTA HOUSE, never occurred. So we must accept the fact that DELTA HOUSE will probably never see the light of DVD reissuing.