Inspired By Joan
Later in his life, he actually wrote and starred in the film My 5 Wives (2000). This movie was about a Mormon polygamist, which Dangerfield explained he was inspired to write from his second wife. Yes, Joan is Mormon and Dangerfield said, “I was inspired to write the story because my wife is a Mormon and I became fascinated with the whole polygamy thing. I thought, what a great idea for a film…One of the advantages of having five wives is they can’t all have a headache at the same time.” Dangerfield also said, “Brigham Young was said to have 27 wives. I used to have this joke, I don’t care how you bring ’em, just bring ’em young.”
Inspired By Joan
Launched An Ad Campaign
One scene in Caddyshack launched a gold campaign! Well, it was one of Dangerfield’s lines actually. When Dangerfield’s character yells to Elihu Smalls (Ted Knight), “Let’s go – while we’re young!” people got a kick out of it. The golfing community loves the film so much that the United States Golf Association used the line, “While We’re Young” as their 2013 campaign theme to get people golfing.
Launched An Ad Campaign
