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A Futile and Stupid Gesture

PJ, this Esquire parody's a mess. I gotta run into a meeting.Can you do a quick rewrite?

PJ, this Esquire parody's a mess. I gotta run into a meeting.
Can you do a quick rewrite?

Full Transcript

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PJ, this Esquire parody's a mess.
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I gotta run into a meeting. Can you do a quick rewrite?
Duration
7 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:11
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.
Oh, honey. Just a few days ago you were feeling swell. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Oh, honey. Just a few days ago you were feeling swell.
Exactly, son. I feel just like that piece of garbage Doug Kenney. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Exactly, son. I feel just like that piece of garbage Doug Ke...
Feeling like Doug Kenney, a chronic condition with no known cure. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Feeling like Doug Kenney, a chronic condition with no known ...
Symptoms include loneliness, uselessness - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:22
Symptoms include loneliness, uselessness
Seek treatment before you become permanently, irreversibly unlovable. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:07
Seek treatment before you become permanently, irreversibly u...
- Have you ever heard of anybody like this? - No. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
- Have you ever heard of anybody like this? - No.
Excuse me. Did you play Abigail Adams on PBS? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Excuse me. Did you play Abigail Adams on PBS?
Oh, I didn't play Abigail Adams. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Oh, I didn't play Abigail Adams.
Oh, no, I don't watch. Somebody had just described it in great detail. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Oh, no, I don't watch. Somebody had just described it i...
You seem like generally what they were describing. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
You seem like generally what they were describing.
Doug Kenney, Chagrin Falls, Ohio. I'm the woman who's hitting on you. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Doug Kenney, Chagrin Falls, Ohio. I'm the woman who...
I'm probably gonna release an album of Gregorian chants next. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
I'm probably gonna release an album of Gregorian chants...
I'm gonna make an epic movie, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:08
I'm gonna make an epic movie,
So Kathryn came into my life just when I needed her, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:13
So Kathryn came into my life just when I needed her,
Frankly I had no idea what I was going to do with them. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Frankly I had no idea what I was going to do with them.
What are you doing here? Is that a Porsche? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
What are you doing here? Is that a Porsche?
Well, Dad complained about the lawn. Told me it was too much to mow. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Well, Dad complained about the lawn. Told me it was too much...
Yeah. It's called fertilizer, Dad. They threw that in for free. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Yeah. It's called fertilizer, Dad. They threw that in f...
So, you work with Doug, doing the comedy? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
So, you work with Doug, doing the comedy?
You must be so proud of him. All his success at such a young age... - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
You must be so proud of him. All his success at such a young...