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A Futile and Stupid Gesture

So can we please just pretend for a secondthat they and we are on the same side until...

So can we please just pretend for a second
that they and we are on the same side until after the check clears

Full Transcript

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So can we please just pretend for a second that they and we are on the same side
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until after the check clears.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
56
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:58
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've come to you first - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:06
We've come to you first
Most magazines fail within the first year. And a laugh rag? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Most magazines fail within the first year. And a laugh rag?
But you're our choice to publish a National Lampoon. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:06
But you're our choice to publish a National Lampoon.
And we checked around, they said, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:08
And we checked around, they said,
You know, I used to write one-liners for Walter Winchell. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
You know, I used to write one-liners for Walter Winchell.
We wuv Winchell. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
We wuv Winchell.
We were in business, with contracts and everything, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:15
We were in business, with contracts and everything,
There's no jockeys' quarters or chocolate covered chandeliers... - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
There's no jockeys' quarters or chocolate covered ...
Look, it's not ideal right now, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:10
Look, it's not ideal right now,
And don't worry, Henry and I will wave to you from across the park. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
And don't worry, Henry and I will wave to you from acro...
But can the two of us at least try to have fun now, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:06
But can the two of us at least try to have fun now,
Of course. First few months will be crazy busy, but I'll pencil you in. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:06
Of course. First few months will be crazy busy, but I'l...
Two pencils and a pad of paper. That's all Matty said we could afford. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Two pencils and a pad of paper. That's all Matty said w...
- No, I think I thanked you first and... - Well, I think I'm a little more thankful. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
- No, I think I thanked you first and... - Well, I think I&#...
Can you blame me? We called her Mary Marshmallow - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:06
Can you blame me? We called her Mary Marshmallow
What! So he's a charming stud, and I'm a dirty old man? That's ageism! - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
What! So he's a charming stud, and I'm a dirty old...
- Humorous. Humorous magazine. - Preferably funny. Preferably funny. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
- Humorous. Humorous magazine. - Preferably funny. Preferabl...
I'm gonna write down "comedy." - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:06
I'm gonna write down "comedy."
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.