Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-365).

Foreword / by Seth Rogen -- Introduction: Life is messy -- Young love -- Don't go into retail -- Harold + Anne = Violet -- National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) -- It takes a village... -- Caddyshack (1980) -- Tell me about when you were little -- Grown-up stuff -- Stripes (1981) -- My dad, my hero -- Ticket to ride -- National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) -- No more tangles -- Our AV club -- Ghostbusters (1984) -- Ch-ch-ch-changes -- Club Paradise (1986) -- The split -- Mystery baby -- One in three -- A swiftly tilting planet -- Ghostbusters II (1989) -- Harold and Erica, husband and wife -- Terrible tweens -- Groundhog Day (1993) -- So you wanna be a gangsta? -- Pass the pipe -- You go your way, I'll go mine -- Stuart saves his family (1995) -- Your walls will not protect you -- Concord Class of 1995 -- Multiplicity (1996) -- Go, slugs! -- What now? -- Analyze This (1999) -- Un bon voyage (et vérité) -- Bedazzled (2000) - I can make it there... -- Baby on board -- Jew-ish -- Orange County (2002) and I'm with Lucy (2002) -- Do good -- Nerd alert -- Sister act -- The Ice Harvest (2005) -- Big head, big heart -- Ob-la-di, ob-la-da -- Knocked up (2007) -- Same boat, different ocean -- Year One (2009) -- Breaking up is hard to do -- So a very funny old Jewish guy dies and goes to Heaven -- Old dog, new tricks -- The last supper -- The long goodbye -- Life after death.