million at the box office. until recently i saw it as a chaotic comedy until this week when i read ty burr's opinion piece in the "washington post" entitled "i was on campus when animal house debuted: it changed everything". he argues that the movie was much more than a celebration of fraternity debauchery. he makes the case it was a political and cultural milestone. ty burr is the author of "ty burr's watch list." in july of 1978 he attended a preview screening of the film as a student at dartmouth, where he says he saw his classmates inspired by new principles, the right to say what you wanted, offend whomever you wanted, and grab the rewards you felt were yours. thank you so much for being here. you attending that screening for the movie just off campus at dartmouth in hanover at a small theater. what happened that night? >> what happened that night was that the place went wild,