The Science of Caddyshack

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Posted by samzenpus on Friday July 30, 2010 @05:28AM from the it's-in-the-hole dept.

astroengine writes "Thirty years after the release of the cult classic comedy Caddyshack, Discovery News has geeked out and gone on the hunt for any trace amount of science they can find in the movie (video). From gopher territoriality to seismic deformation, from pool poop bacteria to the color of lightning, it turns out there's quite a lot of science to talk about..."

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Re:Science by snookerhog · 2010-07-30 05:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Caddyshack -> gopher -> groundhog -> groundhog day
that and Bill Murray
Mythbusters on the forefront by Drakkenmensch · 2010-07-30 05:34 · Score: 3, Informative

Turns out they already tested the C4 explosion pushing the golf ball down the cup. The explosion neither provided the onscreen fireball or the ground shaking required to push the ball down. Myth busted!
1. Re:Mythbusters on the forefront by ebuck · 2010-07-30 06:33 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  I don't think so. They forgot to properly mold the C4 into friendly forest animals.
2. Re:Mythbusters on the forefront by blair1q · 2010-07-30 06:53 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  erm, no.
  high-speed explosive is just fine for this, but i'm guessing (because i didn't see that episode) that it wasn't tamped with enough earth above it to create a reaction mass that would reflect significant energy into the ground. large bang, small bullet, no recoil. also, i highly doubt they used enough. it takes a way huge lot of thump to make ground move several meters away without some extenuating circumstance.
  which brings me to the subject of golf course soils. good golf courses have very porous soil, having been constructed for drainage, as standing and flowing water are a nuisance to golfers and greenskeepers and bad for grass (or glass, if you're channelling Chinatown today). especially under the greens. you can jump a foot in the air about two meters from the hole and make a ball wiggle. so their choice of venues would be critical. local $12 muni? expect it to be hard as a rock out there. snooty private country club? like blowing up gophers next to a bowl of jell-o.
What about by SnarfQuest · 2010-07-30 05:42 · Score: 4, Funny

What about gopher dances? How accurate are the gopher dances? That is obviously the most important part of the movie!

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1. Re:What about by Just_Say_Duhhh · 2010-07-30 05:52 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Normally, a gopher will run away at the first sound of Kenny Loggins, but if you can catch one of their legs in a snare, then crank up "I'm allright," the gopher will start dancing.
  
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2. Re:What about by blair1q · 2010-07-30 06:55 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Only until he gets his foot loose...
Re:So this is going to be done by Mythbusters by Just_Say_Duhhh · 2010-07-30 05:43 · Score: 3, Funny

And as usual, Tory gets to be the subject of the test.
Damn you, Mythbusters!

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Re:This is the new definition of... by NecroPuppy · 2010-07-30 05:50 · Score: 5, Insightful

Of course it's a slow news day.
Everyone is off playing Starcraft 2.

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So, you know by elrous0 · 2010-07-30 06:07 · Score: 3, Funny

So, Discovery News has that going for them...which is nice.

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Re:So this is going to be done by Mythbusters by greg1104 · 2010-07-30 08:49 · Score: 3, Funny

No, thank you very little.