A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever
- ISBN-10
- 1556526024
- ISBN-13
- 9781556526022
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 402
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Author
- Josh Karp
Description
Uses 150 interviews to provide a behind-the-scenes look at humorist Doug Kenney and his role in the history of the revolutionary humor magazine "National Lampoon."
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- 2008-04-01
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