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Otis Day and the Knights jacket from Animal House

27 March 2017, 13:00 EDT
New York

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Otis Day and the Knights jacket from Animal House

Universal Pictures, 1978. Midnight blue silk dinner jacket with small mosaic design in various shades of blue, lined in black silk and with black trim on the lapels, bearing an interior pocket label inscribed, "Universal," handwritten in black marker. Along with Saturday Night Live, Animal House was largely responsible for catapulting comedian John Belushi to fame, but it also gave a nice nudge to Otis Day & the Knights, a fictional band from the film which, based on the success of Animal House, was able to establish a concert tour, a music video, and an album. Calling themselves "The #1 Party Band in America," Otis Day & the Knights, led by the original actor who played Otis Day, Jessie DeWayne, continues to tour all over the country. The group can be seen wearing these suits in the scene where they sing, "Shama Lama Ding Dong."

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