Caddyshack II change her last name from Hartounian to Hart. Bewildered at the thought of turning her back on her family name, Kate turns her back on Miffy and makes up with her father. As in the first film, an animatronic gopher was used in "Caddyshack II". This time, instead of tittering, the gopher was able to speak. His voice was provided by Frank Welker. Because of Bill Murray's involvement in the creation of the gopher for the first film, Murray sued producers of the film during post-production. Murray and the producers settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. Industrial Light
Caddyshack and juvenile, "Caddyshack" nevertheless scores with its classic slapstick, unforgettable characters, and endlessly quotable dialogue". Christopher Null gave the film four stars out of five, and wrote, "They don't make 'em like this anymore ... The plot wanders around the golf course and involves a half-dozen elements, but if you simply dig the gopher, the caddy, and the Dangerfield, you're not going to be doing half bad". The film was met with generally poor reviews upon its original 1980 release. Roger Ebert gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, ""Caddyshack" feels more like a movie that was