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A Futile and Stupid Gesture

I mean, yeah, okay, it needs doctors.Thousands. But it also needs us

I mean, yeah, okay, it needs doctors.
Thousands. But it also needs us

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I mean, yeah, okay, it needs doctors. Thousands. But it also needs us.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
50
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:07
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.
Seriously? You assholes are gonna have kids play for you the whole game? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Seriously? You assholes are gonna have kids play for you the...
You want to be a writer, write a novel on the side, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
You want to be a writer, write a novel on the side,
What you want to do is keep on doing The Lampoon. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:07
What you want to do is keep on doing The Lampoon.
You want me to give up a career in law to rely on you - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:07
You want me to give up a career in law to rely on you
- But this will be big. I can feel it. - How big? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
- But this will be big. I can feel it. - How big?
If we're running our own magazine, we can do anything we want. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
If we're running our own magazine, we can do anything w...
- That can go in issue one. - Let me ask you this: - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:08
- That can go in issue one. - Let me ask you this:
- No. - I challenge you, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
- No. - I challenge you,
Look, I know it's risky, okay, but why let it end here? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Look, I know it's risky, okay, but why let it end here?
The truth is I can't do this without you, man. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
The truth is I can't do this without you, man.
And the day that it stops being fun, we'll walk away. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
And the day that it stops being fun, we'll walk away.
I looked at your proposal for Harvard Lampoon. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:12
I looked at your proposal for Harvard Lampoon.
Oh, and you think that's what this country needs is a comedy magazine. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Oh, and you think that's what this country needs is a c...
Shouldn't Harvard boys like you be working on Wall Street - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:07
Shouldn't Harvard boys like you be working on Wall Stre...
There's a vast gap between Mad magazine and the New Yorker... - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:06
There's a vast gap between Mad magazine and the New Yor...
We publish Life, Fortune, Sports Illustrated. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
We publish Life, Fortune, Sports Illustrated.
You'll never sell a magazine. No one will ever go to a newsstand. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
You'll never sell a magazine. No one will ever go to a ...
Our Time parody, right there, sold over half a million copies. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:14
Our Time parody, right there, sold over half a million copie...
- I'm sorry? - Modern Sandwich. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:09
- I'm sorry? - Modern Sandwich.
Hey, we are a country divided in so many ways: - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:07
Hey, we are a country divided in so many ways: