Caddyshack is
centered around Bushwood
Country Club and a comical
hodgepodge of characters
with clashing personalities
and ambitions. Judge
Smails (Ted Knight) does
everything in his power to
maintain the integrity and
sanctity of country club
life, but his patience his
challenged on and off the
course by the vulgar and
obnoxious Al Czervik (Rodney
Dangerfield), and the smug
and confident Ty Webb (Chevy
Chase). All the while,
a maniacal assistant
greenskeeper, Carl Spackler
(Bill Murray), wreaks havoc
on the golf course in his
quixotic quest to decimate a
pesky gopher burrowing his
way through the
far-from-pristine Bushwood
links. In the end,
it's a winner-take-all match
between good and evil
(Smails vs. Czervik/Webb,
Spackler vs. gopher), and
the golfing gods have a say
in the final outcome.
Buying the Caddyshack DVD
will not help your man's
golf game, but it is a
treasured gem in the annals
of sports movies. The laughs
are non-stop, and the famous
quotes from this movie are
heard on and off the course
today, a good two
decades-plus after its
release. This stocking
stuffer (or birthday or
Father's Day gift) will
score big on his scorecard,
and it will be the quickest
round of golf you can give
him.