To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
I'm gonna write down
Please log in to add to collections.
A Futile and Stupid Gesture

I'm gonna write down "comedy." That's good. Let's build on that

I'm gonna write down "comedy." That's good. Let's build on that

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:02.585
I'm gonna write down "comedy."
00:00:03.127 --> 00:00:06.046
That's good. Let's build on that.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:33
Uploaded
Jun 28, 2025
Genres
biography, comedy
Production
Abominable Pictures,Principato-Young Entertainment

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

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.
I'm sorry, I don't quite understand. You mean like a Yalie? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
I'm sorry, I don't quite understand. You mean like...
Oh, they were out there. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:15
Oh, they were out there.
You sent me the wrong records. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
You sent me the wrong records.
We had a comedian from England named Tony Hendra. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:07
We had a comedian from England named Tony Hendra.
Do you know what I find offensive? Being a traitor to one's generation. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Do you know what I find offensive? Being a traitor to one�...
Know what? I am done sucking chuckles from blue-haired septuagenarians. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Know what? I am done sucking chuckles from blue-haired septu...
Tell Mr. Sullivan he can take his bloody show and shove it. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Tell Mr. Sullivan he can take his bloody show and shove it.
Then there was a woman who managed to crash our little boy's club. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:10
Then there was a woman who managed to crash our little boy&#...
She was tough. She had to be to deal with all our caveman bullshit. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:06
She was tough. She had to be to deal with all our caveman bu...
- Let me see that ass. Show Mama that ass. - What? No. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
- Let me see that ass. Show Mama that ass. - What? No.
Excuse me? Story idea, Amish in Space. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:06
Excuse me? Story idea, Amish in Space.
Secret Letters of the Alphabet. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Secret Letters of the Alphabet.
Brian McConnachie. Straight-up weirdo. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:09
Brian McConnachie. Straight-up weirdo.
But four is all that really fit our story, so I'm sorry, guys. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
But four is all that really fit our story, so I'm sorry...
You know, maybe if one of you had been black, we could've included you. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
You know, maybe if one of you had been black, we could'...
Oh, I'm sure they were out there. It's just that we didn't think to look. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Oh, I'm sure they were out there. It's just that w...
Welcome, everyone, to the National Lampoon. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:07
Welcome, everyone, to the National Lampoon.
Mm-hmm. We have eight weeks to put out the first issue, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:06
Mm-hmm. We have eight weeks to put out the first issue,
"Hitler's device for gassing Rube Goldberg." - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:08
"Hitler's device for gassing Rube Goldberg."
A Concrete Jungle Book, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:07
A Concrete Jungle Book,