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A Futile and Stupid Gesture

What I'm saying is I think you couldmake this show even better than it is

What I'm saying is I think you could
make this show even better than it is

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What I'm saying is I think you could make this show even better than it is.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
01:02:35
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, here. You're probably gonna steal it from me anyway. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Oh, here. You're probably gonna steal it from me anyway...
Game show sketch, Name Those Bats. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:07
Game show sketch, Name Those Bats.
I wasn't gonna let some TV show steal my thunder. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:15
I wasn't gonna let some TV show steal my thunder.
But also, like, you know, Night of the Seven Fires. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:08
But also, like, you know, Night of the Seven Fires.
We have a chance to make the great American college movie here, plus tits. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
We have a chance to make the great American college movie he...
Together with Chris Miller, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:16
Together with Chris Miller,
They use to call us the "Animal House." - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
They use to call us the "Animal House."
Brad Zotti from Universal is on. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Brad Zotti from Universal is on.
- Look, guys. - Hey, Brad. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:06
- Look, guys. - Hey, Brad.
- I would never make this. - I'm surprised to hear you say that. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:09
- I would never make this. - I'm surprised to hear you ...
Okay, look, I couldn't do this unless it was, like, for under $2 million. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
Okay, look, I couldn't do this unless it was, like, for...
- We can do that. - Really? - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
- We can do that. - Really?
- Okay. - We got a deal. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
- Okay. - We got a deal.
So with the studio's ringing endorsement, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:12
So with the studio's ringing endorsement,
It was a classic tale of slobs versus snobs. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:15
It was a classic tale of slobs versus snobs.
But we also needed a heavy hitter, - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:14
But we also needed a heavy hitter,
You cannot shoot a scene - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
You cannot shoot a scene
Now, as for this nightclub scene, hey, it's funny and it's honest. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
Now, as for this nightclub scene, hey, it's funny and i...
And I say this not only as a writer of the film, but as a black man. - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:05
And I say this not only as a writer of the film, but as a bl...
I'm not risking the studio's reputation over a college movie! - A Futile and Stupid Gesture 00:04
I'm not risking the studio's reputation over a col...