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Independent, The (London), Jun 28, 2008 by Warren Howard
Caddyshack
Sun 9pm ITV3
Chevy Chase, whether gangling over Paul Simon in the video for "You Can Call Me Al" or deadpanning nuggets as Clark Griswold in the National Lampoon films, became the epitome of Eighties Hollywood screwball heroics - and the most ridiculous decade in living memory loved him for it.
Harold Ramis's Caddyshack, released in 1980, was one of a glut of comedies that propelled Chase into the global limelight, and, naturally, its plot is about as substantial as the cast's terylene golf-wear. Michael O'Keefe plays Danny Nooman, a caddy at the Bushwood Country Club who will go to any lengths to win a golfing scholarship from its highly strung benefactor, Judge Elihu Smails (Ted Knight). Much of what follows is a slapstick score of marijuana, mirth and mammaries.
But it's the individual turns that make it all worthwhile. Rodney Dangerfield's caper as the bunker-bothering property tycoon Al Czervik is a barely restrained stand-up routine, and Bill Murray is on delicious form as Carl Spackler, the deranged green-keeper. Yet Chase is the twinkling highlight as the unlikely playboy and golf ace Ty Webb, flying the flag for clottish understatement and providing the best excuse to wallow in this puffy marshmallow of inanity.
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