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9781556527623

A Futile and Stupid Gesture How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever

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  • ISBN13:

    9781556527623

  • ISBN10:

    1556527624

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-04-01
  • Publisher: Chicago Review Press

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Summary

The ultimate biography of National Lampoon and its cofounder Doug Kenney, this book offers the first complete history of the immensely popular magazine and its brilliant and eccentric characters. With wonderful stories of the comedy scene in New York City in the 1970s and National Lampoon's place at the centre of it, this chronicle shares how the magazine spawned a popular radio show and two long-running theatrical productions that helped launch the careers of John Belushi, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, and Gilda Radner and went on to inspire Saturday Night Live. Over 130 interviews were conducted with people connected to Kenney and the magazine, including Chevy Chase, John Hughes, P. J. O'Rourke, Tony Hendra, Sean Kelly, Chris Miller, and Bruce McCall. These interviews and behind-the-scene stories about the making of both Animal House and Caddyshack help to capture the nostalgia, humour, and popular culture that National Lampoon inspires.

Author Biography

Josh Karp is a freelance journalist who writes for a variety of publications, including The Atlantic Monthly Online, Chicago Sun-Times, Los Angeles Times, Playboy, Premiere, and Salon.com. 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Midas at the Marmont
Hayley Mills in Pleasantville
The Most Perfect WASP
Here Is New York
You've Got a Weird Mind. You'll Fit in Well Here
What Do Women Eat?
Hitler Being Difficult
Show Biz and Dead Dogs
Guns and Sandwiches
The Pirates
The Cultural Revolution
Fuck the Proposal
Round Up the Usual Jews
Pheasant Shake for Mr. Kenney
A Year with No Spring
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
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