Editing Caddyshack II (section)

==Production==
It was only after agreeing to direct ''Caddyshack II'' that Allan Arkush realized how much trouble the project was in: production began in late 1987 and Warner Bros. still insisted upon a summer 1988 release, meaning only half a year for principal photography and post-production. Adding to this difficulty was the fact that the project was nowhere near ready to begin filming. Arkush later claimed, “The more I got into it, the more I realized that they didn’t have a script that was in any kind of shape, they didn’t have Bill Murray and now they didn’t have Rodney Dangerfield.” Arkush likened his assignment “to hopping onto a moving ship barreling full steam ahead.”<ref name="SI" />

Screenwriters [[Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman]], who scripted ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' (1988), were brought in to overhaul Ramis and Torokvei's script (although they would ultimately receive no official credit for doing so). With Rodney Dangerfield out of the picture, the screenplay replaced Al Czervic with Jack Hartounian, a new character to be played by Jackie Mason - like Dangerfield, a [[Jewish-American]] [[Borscht Belt]] [[stand-up comedy|stand-up comedian]]. After witnessing Mason's one-man comedy act on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at the insistence of producer Jon Peters, Allan Arkush was concerned about the comedian's suitability for the film: “The thing that occurred to me was that [Mason] didn’t connect with the audience in any sort of personal way. That’s not necessarily a good thing for someone who’s supposed to be your lead. At least when Rodney says, ‘I get no respect,’ there's an empathy that he evokes from the audience.”<ref name="SI" /> Arkush also stated, "[Mason] is a very funny joke machine and you laugh yourself silly. I needed a comedian who was equally an actor. I went to the producer Jon Peters and told him my fears. He was so convinced that Jackie was a brilliant comedian and could pull it off. Jon looked me in the eye and said, “Don’t turn a Go picture into a development deal.” I should have walked away."<ref name="BSM" /> Mason's casting in ''Caddyshack II'' was publicly announced by ''[[Daily Variety]]'' on November 17, 1987. Of his role as Jack Hartounian, Mason said, "What I like about [him] is that he's more concerned with the way people treat each other than whether they use the right words in polite society or raise the proper finger to drink a glass of beer."

Chevy Chase was the only cast member from the original ''Caddyshack'' to reprise his role (and would publicly announce later that he regretted doing so). [[Bill Murray]] refused to reprise his Carl Spackler role, opting to make ''[[Scrooged]]'' (1988) instead. Murray's ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' colleague and ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' co-star [[Dan Aykroyd]] signed on in Murray's place, portraying a mercenary/survivalist hired by Chandler (Stack) to kill Jack (Mason). Although playing new characters in the sequel, Jackie Mason, [[Robert Stack]], Dan Aykroyd, and [[Jonathan Silverman]] play roles that are analogous to those played by Dangerfield, Knight, Murray, and [[Michael O'Keefe]] in the first film. [[Sam Kinison]], who had appeared alongside Dangerfield in ''Back to School'', was originally intended for [[Randy Quaid]]'s role, but left the production when Dangerfield dropped out.

''Caddyshack II'' began filming on January 18, 1988, at the Rolling Hills Country Club in [[Davie, Florida]] (where ''Caddyshack'' had been filmed just under a decade prior). Despite working on the set with a [[golf pro]], Mason could not make a convincing [[golf swing]]; he also couldn't remember his lines, had no chemistry with his onscreen love interest (played by [[Dyan Cannon]]) and his gorging at the [[craft services]] table meant the wardrobe department had to keep letting out his pants. Aykroyd angered the producers by insisting on playing his role with a high-pitched, whinnying voice (which Aykroyd claimed was based on the voice of Colonel [[Oliver North]]).<ref name="SI" />

Arkush had a bad working relationship with Chevy Chase, who was paid a substantial fee for a relatively minimal role. Arkush later recalled, "It was a big paycheck, which Chevy talked about a lot... I went into this thinking that Chevy was committed to this character, but he wasn’t. On his first day, we were working out the blocking for his scene and I said, ‘How do you want to do this, Chevy?’ And he was just pissed at me and said, ‘Why? Don’t you have any ideas?!’”<ref name="SI" /> Arkush claimed that two days later, when filming Chase, Arkush offered suggestions to which Chase replied, “What? Don’t I get any input on this?!” Later, while watching one of his scenes during postproduction, Chase said to Arkush, “Call me when you’ve dubbed the laugh track,” before walking off in disgust.<ref name="SI" />

[[Industrial Light and Magic]] supplied the visual effects for the scenes involving the [[animatronic]] [[gopher (animal)|gopher]]; vocal effects for the creature were provided by veteran voice-over artist [[Frank Welker]].