One of My Fave Dallas Real Estate Agents Reports From Hanover, New Hampshire: Animal House Lives On

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I have told you that I have an extremely soft spot for Dartmouth men. They would be my husband, John Sughrue (Harvard first, won’t hold that against him, but holds an M.B.A. from Dartmouth), Maxwell Anderson, Mickey Stuart, boyfriends in my past, and of course, Allie Beth Allman’s Ira Archer. Ira is up in Hanover right now at his reunion, with partner Irmgard Arthur, and as promised, he sent me a photo of him in front of the notorious Thayer Hall — Dartmouth’s main dining hall, where the famous food fight in Animal House took place. (Ira may or may not have had a role in the inspiration for the film.) He sent me tales of his chats with former Dartmouth Dean Thayer, and memories kindled by classmates. Like how one, Hugh Johnson, brought Jane Fonda to BHCF weekend in 1961. A 2012 family member asked him if it was true the Zete’s had a sex room in the basement. It wasn’t at Zete, he said, it was at AD. (I think it was still there when I attended Dartmouth. Maybe.) The DKE House is now a sorority, and Theta Delta Chi is in great shape and has expanded the house. Also, he reminded one wife of a classmate who said she loved the Milk Punch served by the Zete’s at their famous Sunday afternoon rock band parties that it was mixed by John Zabriski, who later went to Rochester for a PH.D. in Chemistry and became President of Merck Pharmaceuticals. No doubt, Ira is making some great real estate connections up there in Hangover — I mean, Hanover, NH and selling classmates Dallas dirt in the Creeks of Preston Hollow, right Ira? 

 

 

 

 

Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.

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  3. Ira Archer on June 16, 2012 at 10:07 am

    You Bet Candy: WE got a big laugh when Dean Thad referred to himself as Dean Wormer (Chris Miller and Harold Ramis' dean in the movie, Animal House) but was quick to point out that his wife, Polly, was no way like Mrs. Wormer, whom as you remember in the movie had an interesting time upsdtairs in the Delta House.

  4. Ira Archer on June 16, 2012 at 10:07 am

    You Bet Candy: WE got a big laugh when Dean Thad referred to himself as Dean Wormer (Chris Miller and Harold Ramis' dean in the movie, Animal House) but was quick to point out that his wife, Polly, was no way like Mrs. Wormer, whom as you remember in the movie had an interesting time upsdtairs in the Delta House.

  5. Ira Archer on June 16, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    Comment from a class mate on Candy's Dirt
    To: Ira Archer 6-16-2012
    Subject: RE: Animal House lives on – Dartmouth 62 Class Reunion
    Thanks for sending the article.–For some inexplicable reason, we did not stop the AD house. John Walters and I were there several years ago for the 30th anniversary of Animal House filming. .We lost miserably, as i may have said, at beer pong.
    I was unaware that Hughboy claims to have entertained Hanoi Jane in '61. The author is correct . The AD house had a sex room. Unfortunately, i did not see enough of it.__ _____ was a regular.

  6. Ira Archer on June 16, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    Comment from a class mate on Candy's Dirt
    To: Ira Archer 6-16-2012
    Subject: RE: Animal House lives on – Dartmouth 62 Class Reunion
    Thanks for sending the article.–For some inexplicable reason, we did not stop the AD house. John Walters and I were there several years ago for the 30th anniversary of Animal House filming. .We lost miserably, as i may have said, at beer pong.
    I was unaware that Hughboy claims to have entertained Hanoi Jane in '61. The author is correct . The AD house had a sex room. Unfortunately, i did not see enough of it.__ _____ was a regular.

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