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A Futile and Stupid Gesture

Here's some other thingswe changed from real life for pacing, dramatic impact, or just...

Here's some other things
we changed from real life for pacing, dramatic impact, or just 'cause we felt like it. Hey, here, I'm coming in right here

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Here's some other things we changed from real life
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for pacing, dramatic impact,
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or just 'cause we felt like it.
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Hey, here, I'm coming in right here.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:20
Uploaded
Jun 28, 2025
Genres
biography, comedy
Production
Abominable Pictures,Principato-Young Entertainment

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Movie Summary

In the 1970s and '80s, National Lampoon's success and influence creates a new media empire overseen in part by the brilliant and troubled Douglas Kenney.
Start the band up, make them go, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Start the band up, make them go,
Between the magazine and the radio show, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:11
Between the magazine and the radio show,
"The staff considers Henry to be the dad of the magazine, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:10
"The staff considers Henry to be the dad of the magazin...
Uh... I left a sketch to punch up, but... - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Uh... I left a sketch to punch up, but...
If you want to talk about it, I am a licensed chiropractor. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
If you want to talk about it, I am a licensed chiropractor.
Done. Here's your sketch. I was stuck on that last line. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Done. Here's your sketch. I was stuck on that last line...
You were punching up my sketch while I was attempting to be earnest? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:06
You were punching up my sketch while I was attempting to be ...
Look, I know I fucked up. I'm fucked up, all right? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Look, I know I fucked up. I'm fucked up, all right?
We're at war, son, and it's our duty to serve. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
We're at war, son, and it's our duty to serve.
Now, let me tell you what it's like to run a successful comedy empire. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:31
Now, let me tell you what it's like to run a successful...
Then you start a live show. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:20
Then you start a live show.
Well, shit, maybe a little LSD for inspiration would help, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:36
Well, shit, maybe a little LSD for inspiration would help,
Peter, Lucy, is this where the college reunion is? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Peter, Lucy, is this where the college reunion is?
"To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
"To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty the...
No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:08
No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea...
My brother. Dad's favorite. Kidney failure. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
My brother. Dad's favorite. Kidney failure.
"The golden boy who died too soon." - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:08
"The golden boy who died too soon."
You know the nice thing about dying young? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:13
You know the nice thing about dying young?
Somebody really didn't like The Vietnamese Baby Book. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Somebody really didn't like The Vietnamese Baby Book.
I always knew I'd die from dynamite being sent to an office, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
I always knew I'd die from dynamite being sent to an of...