A great episode. Sam leaps into a popular, if not a bit, stereotypical college student who has far more in common with "Animal House" then the attractive left-wing, peace activist he must prevent from blowing up a college building, killing someone in the process.
This episode deals primarily with the Vietnam War and how, in the late 1960s, some of the protesters against the war were abandoning Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's message of change through non-violence, in favor of direct, often violent, action.
As luck would have it, the person Sam leaped into has no credibility with the college radicals. While trying to prevent violence, Sam gets the opportunity to indulge in some of the wild activities that eluded him when he originally went to college. Sometimes the balance between the show's historical drama and more "Animal House" based comedy seems a bit forced. But this is a great episode.moreless
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October 19, 1967: Trapped in the body of Knut Wileton, better known as "Wild Thing", the typical frat jock, Sam must win the confidence of an attractive campus radical before she bombs the college's chemistry building as a protest against the war in Vietnam.
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Dean Stockwell
Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci
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Scott Bakula
Dr. Samuel "Sam" Beckett
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Stacy Edwards
Elizabeth Spokane
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ADD TRIVIA- When Sam's frat buddies are helping launch the bomb at the end of the episode, you can see the wire the explosive is hanging from when it explodes. Edit
- As the frat boys are running out of the girl's bathroom after dropping in the cherry bombs, Scott Bakula visibly bumps into Dean Stockwell. Edit
- This is a common goof when ladders are against window sills in movies & TV. When Sam falls backward away from the window, you can clearly see from the trajectory that the ladder is only 2 or 3 feet high. A real extention ladder would have made a wide outward arc (which is difficult to simulate realistically). Edit
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ADD QUOTES- Sam: Al? Did I do this stuff when I was in college? Al: You were only 16 when you were in college, you were a Mega Nerd.... Edit
- Guna: There's a bomb in the chemistry building. That's right. There's a bomb in the chemistry building. Not a blonde, a bomb. Geez, these guys can't even get a prank right! Edit
- Sam: I guess I don't know how to have fun, if that's what fun is. Al: Sure you do. Look, nobody has fun all the time... not even me. Sam: Well, there's a news flash. Edit
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ADD ALLUSIONS- Episode Title: Animal Frat The title of this episode is a reference to the film Animal House (1978). Edit
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