There was a line in Animal House, after Dean Wormer had expelled all the members of Delta Tau Chi, where Bluto lamented “Six years of college education down the drain”, and everybody in the theater laffed. Having spent 9 years as an undergraduate myself, I didn’t understand what was supposed to have been funny.
Many years ago the punchline of the comic was someone said to Zonker “It was like ywhen you were a sophmore.” Zonker replied, “Those were three of the best years of my life.”
claus.rogge over 1 year ago
I like her a lot already
BE THIS GUY over 1 year ago
Seems like the entire Walden gang was going through a sophomore slump then.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 1 year ago
Seven years of sophomore are a big career for a Varsity student.
rasputin's horoscope over 1 year ago
My own “sophomore slump” lasted a few years, too. The late 70’s were a rough time for slackers. So many diversions!
SHIVA over 1 year ago
Hah, I’m in my fourth decade slump!!!
jvo over 1 year ago
Speaking of the 70s, 1972 as a sophomore means that Zonker is in HIS 70s now.
snsurone76 over 1 year ago
Must be the original plot of THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH—without Marilyn Monroe.
VegaAlopex over 1 year ago
My sophomore slump was two years, and I still didn’t get out of it after grad school.
robertthomasson Premium Member over 1 year ago
Come on, Zipper, she is a nice girl and this is about you not Zonker
boniface22 over 1 year ago
Go on, give her a hard one.
Uncle Kenny over 1 year ago
So who’s Cricket’s dad?
eced52 over 1 year ago
He had a seven year sophomore slump? I wouldn’t think the university would let him have a sophomore year that long, nut again it is Walden.
GrayOld Dave over 1 year ago
All of us from that era are in our 70s now.
ajfraser over 1 year ago
Zonker is ageless among his many talents. I think he described the sophomore years as among the best of his life.
Underdog over 1 year ago
I can’t remember. How long was his freshman slump? Maybe close to 80.
Troglodyte over 1 year ago
Strange name for a girl – Cricket. Were her parents into sports, or insects?
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Sophomore slump? Is that a thing? I don’t remember any slumps for me.
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
That’s how you had coffee before Starbucks came along and killed the romance
cbedda over 1 year ago
yes, he was 5 years older than me even back then.
mistercatworks over 1 year ago
That’s some slump that Sophomore Slump.
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 1 year ago
There was a line in Animal House, after Dean Wormer had expelled all the members of Delta Tau Chi, where Bluto lamented “Six years of college education down the drain”, and everybody in the theater laffed. Having spent 9 years as an undergraduate myself, I didn’t understand what was supposed to have been funny.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member over 1 year ago
College was the best six years of my life.
johnrcarlson over 1 year ago
Many years ago the punchline of the comic was someone said to Zonker “It was like ywhen you were a sophmore.” Zonker replied, “Those were three of the best years of my life.”