Daily Dialogue — June 13, 2016

Pinto: OK, so that means that our whole solar system could be like one tiny atom in the fingernail of some other giant being. [giggle] This is nuts! That means that one tiny atom in my fingernail could be…
Jennings: …could be one tiny little universe!
Pinto: Can I buy some pot from you?

— Animal House (1978), written by Harold Ramis & Douglas Kenney & Chris Miller

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Stoned.

Trivia: Originally, Harold Ramis and Doug Kenney’s idea was titled “Laser Orgy Girls”, a comedy about Charles Manson as a high school student. Producer Matty Simmons suggested that the setting be changed to college and the content to be toned down. Ramis also incorporated ideas from an earlier treatment he wrote titled “Freshman Year” based on his experiences in college.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This scene is perhaps the touchstone for all subsequent ‘first-time getting stoned’ scenes as Pinto indulges in a classic mind-blowing drug-induced insight into reality.