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A Futile and Stupid Gesture

What?- I have to bail him out. - Doug, is that a joke?- Doug, is that a joke? Here, give...

What?
- I have to bail him out. - Doug, is that a joke?
- Doug, is that a joke? Here, give me this. Give me this

Full Transcript

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- What? - I have to bail him out.
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- Doug, is that a joke? - Doug, is that a joke?
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Here, give me this. Give me this.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
49
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:49
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.
You got a month till graduation, and we're still waiting to hear. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
You got a month till graduation, and we're still waitin...
What's your plan, Doug? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
What's your plan, Doug?
There's a war going on. You want to wait to get picked in the draft? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:08
There's a war going on. You want to wait to get picked ...
What do you want? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
What do you want?
- Hello, Doug? - I'll just keep doing The Lampoon. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:07
- Hello, Doug? - I'll just keep doing The Lampoon.
- I'm not doing that. - I don't have all the details, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
- I'm not doing that. - I don't have all the detai...
Come on. He needs help with the topspin. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:12
Come on. He needs help with the topspin.
Oh, this scheme is full-assed. Why settle for real jobs? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Oh, this scheme is full-assed. Why settle for real jobs?
The world doesn't need more lawyers or insurance executives or doctors. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
The world doesn't need more lawyers or insurance execut...
I mean, yeah, okay, it needs doctors. Thousands. But it also needs us. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:06
I mean, yeah, okay, it needs doctors. Thousands. But it also...
Seriously? You assholes are gonna have kids play for you the whole game? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Seriously? You assholes are gonna have kids play for you the...
You want to be a writer, write a novel on the side, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
You want to be a writer, write a novel on the side,
What you want to do is keep on doing The Lampoon. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:07
What you want to do is keep on doing The Lampoon.
You want me to give up a career in law to rely on you - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:07
You want me to give up a career in law to rely on you
- But this will be big. I can feel it. - How big? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
- But this will be big. I can feel it. - How big?
If we're running our own magazine, we can do anything we want. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
If we're running our own magazine, we can do anything w...
- That can go in issue one. - Let me ask you this: - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:08
- That can go in issue one. - Let me ask you this:
- No. - I challenge you, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
- No. - I challenge you,
Look, I know it's risky, okay, but why let it end here? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Look, I know it's risky, okay, but why let it end here?
The truth is I can't do this without you, man. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
The truth is I can't do this without you, man.