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A Futile and Stupid Gesture

Well, would you ratherI just stop then, not be successful?

Well, would you rather
I just stop then, not be successful?

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Well, would you rather I just stop then, not be successful?
Duration
6 seconds
Views
47
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:38
Uploaded
Jun 28, 2025
Genres
biography, comedy
Production
Abominable Pictures,Principato-Young Entertainment

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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, okay, just for the record, you're the one who's walking away! - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Oh, okay, just for the record, you're the one who'...
She is a secretary who happens to have enormous breasts. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
She is a secretary who happens to have enormous breasts.
You wrote a piece called "Marshmallows" - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:06
You wrote a piece called "Marshmallows"
- I'll figure it out. I'm gonna tell Alex. - No, don't... - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
- I'll figure it out. I'm gonna tell Alex. - No, d...
The Lampoon is my business. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
The Lampoon is my business.
If you're gonna take on all this extra stuff, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:06
If you're gonna take on all this extra stuff,
The radio show will be O'Donoghue's thing. I won't be involved. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
The radio show will be O'Donoghue's thing. I won&#...
We have a lot of fun, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:06
We have a lot of fun,
And I had a thought in the cab on the way to the studio tonight, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:08
And I had a thought in the cab on the way to the studio toni...
And when I say tortured, I mean, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:09
And when I say tortured, I mean,
I think it would go something like this. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
I think it would go something like this.
This National Lampoon Radio Hour contains sexually explicit material - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:08
This National Lampoon Radio Hour contains sexually explicit ...
We built our own studio on Madison Avenue - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:09
We built our own studio on Madison Avenue
No, you may not have Flexie the Pocket Monkey. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
No, you may not have Flexie the Pocket Monkey.
I'd like a sandwich with mayo and red lettuce on rye, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:09
I'd like a sandwich with mayo and red lettuce on rye,
You start off with cute jokes and you end up with atheistic trash, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:11
You start off with cute jokes and you end up with atheistic ...
But come on, do you think I looked like Will Forte when I was 27? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
But come on, do you think I looked like Will Forte when I wa...
Here's some other things we changed from real life - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:10
Here's some other things we changed from real life
Start the band up, make them go, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Start the band up, make them go,
Between the magazine and the radio show, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:11
Between the magazine and the radio show,