SCTV, Animal House, Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, Stripes, Caddyshack, Meatballs. What do they all have in common? Harold Ramis, who died in Chicago at the age of 69.

+ “In Los Angeles, Steven Spielberg walks in and you’re nothing. Here, there’s nobody better than me. There’s a few Bulls around, and the Cusacks, but, basically, I’m it.” A New Yorker piece on Ramis from 2004: Comedy First.