caddyshack ii be one of those picture which make you ask why . a in while why be it fund . represent why be it make . and why be it release into the public domain . to say the least it a bad film . it serve little purpose but to underline how superior it prequel be by set an almost identical set of character against each other in a similar storyline a a new money land developer attempt to buy out the establishment golf course sanctuary . right off the bat make the follow up a whole 8 year after the original be somewhat bizarre . i mean if your go to cash in on highly successful picture such a the first one then you have a window of a few year to do so . but leave it 8 year mean that the formula be hardly fresh enough to simply do a follow up and or poor imitation a this be and so your sort of oblige to reward fan of the original by give them at least reference to if not indeed actual contribution by the actor who make the first one so memorable . but there little if any of this . instead we get cheap imitation . okay the passing of ted knight in the interim year would have make it impossible to bring back the memorable judge smails but robert stack inclusion a chandler young ( a fellow wasp elitist akin to the smails character ) be unimaginative and seriously lack in the sort of anarchic frustration that make knight turn so watchable . jackie mason jack hartounian be a feeble attempt at recreate the non stop wisecrack deliver by the al czervik ( rodney dangerfield ) character of the first . while dangerfield role be endlessly quotable mason be completely forgettable . bill murray laughably ridiculous groundskeeper carl spackler and his war of attrition with the pesky local gofer be substitute for his ghostbuster co star dan ackroyd role a the militant capt . tom everett who high pitch voice just split your side with frustration a oppose to the intend laughter . randy quaid and brilliant a cousin ed in the national lampoon vacation series and be quite the opposite here play hartounian unstable lawyer . the look of disbelief show by the actor look on at quaid character intend to be hilarious act of inappropriate violence echo that of the audience . your not laugh . your just ask what the hell be he do . chevy chase show up and all be it occasionally and wisely rather fleetingly consider the disaster that perpetrate itself around him and a club pro tye webb in the film only direct reference to the original not withstand the golf course itself that be . with his deeply tan skin and loud hawaiian shirt chase look like he just get back from a lengthy summer vacation and need a paycheck . he distance himself from the event in the actual picture enough that he take little of the blame and leave with some and all be it little and credibility still intact . jessica lundy a mason daughter kate take over from the danny noonan role of the original a teenager struggle against class divide . sound ridiculous doesn not it . at least in the first danny ( an irish catholic from a blue collar family ) and his laughable attempt to make inroad into the white anglo saxon protestant dominate world of the golf club mover and shaker be play out to some memorable set piece such a be dismiss by the resident lutheran bishop as well a be mock by the offspring of the local yacht club . lundy embarrassment of her father inability to fit in be hint at be because of his jewish root . that aside it may also have to do with him be a classless moron but such intricacy be swept aside though i stop care long before they be resolve . at the end of the day noonan be try to get ahead in life . miss hartounian big problem be get the hob nobbers at the local golf club to like her multi millionaire father so that she can get a date with the club prodigal white kid . or so i gather . anyway in summation it poorly write and badly script with lame set piece and waste a lot of talent . indeed kudos if you be able to sit through it to it conclusion . it really be a penance . there be that question mark though of why do so many of the original actor not return a oppose to be replace by performer who on paper at least look their equal . maybe they just weren not ask . or perhaps i suspect they actually read the script . stick to the original .