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I was the man who changed comedy forever
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A Futile and Stupid Gesture

I was the manwho changed comedy forever

I was the man
who changed comedy forever

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I was the man who changed comedy forever...
Duration
4 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:03
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.
- We can start at whatever point you want. - Let's start this film at Harvard - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:06
- We can start at whatever point you want. - Let's star...
It was the fall of 1964 when I first met Henry Beard. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:21
It was the fall of 1964 when I first met Henry Beard.
They're double majoring in white collar crime and applied hubris. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
They're double majoring in white collar crime and appli...
Fucking Lampoon. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:20
Fucking Lampoon.
It's a humor magazine, but mostly an excuse to party. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
It's a humor magazine, but mostly an excuse to party.
It's where I learned that being funny is how I could fit in and meet girls. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:15
It's where I learned that being funny is how I could fi...
What most people don't realize - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:09
What most people don't realize
So, this is the super-secret castle I've heard so much about? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
So, this is the super-secret castle I've heard so much ...
I think what you are is a kid from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:09
I think what you are is a kid from Chagrin Falls, Ohio,
I hate to interrupt your mating ritual, but we're about to be adulated upstairs. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
I hate to interrupt your mating ritual, but we're about...
- And I know how you feel about adulation. - Oh, remind me how I feel? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
- And I know how you feel about adulation. - Oh, remind me h...
As you know, the parodies that Doug and Henry have been churning out - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:08
As you know, the parodies that Doug and Henry have been chur...
So it is my honor to unveil their latest, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:15
So it is my honor to unveil their latest,
So, I'm guessing like a speech would be in order at this point. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
So, I'm guessing like a speech would be in order at thi...
- Speech! Speech! Speech! Speech! - That's enough. That's enough. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
- Speech! Speech! Speech! Speech! - That's enough. That...
What is it about filling 200 pages with atrocious Lord of the Rings puns - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:09
What is it about filling 200 pages with atrocious Lord of th...
I'm sorry, once I start punning about these little guys, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
I'm sorry, once I start punning about these little guys...
That was bad, but we only have our elves to blame. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
That was bad, but we only have our elves to blame.
Okay. Okay, always leave them wanting more... dor. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Okay. Okay, always leave them wanting more... dor.
- If the book is How to Ruin a Castle. - No, it's not. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:10
- If the book is How to Ruin a Castle. - No, it's not.