A Futile and Stupid Gesture launches on Netflix on January 26.
It’s difficult to think of a decade more influential to comedy and pop culture than the 1970s, when some of the greatest stand-up comedians and television personalities were first introduced to the world, and shows like Saturday Night Live signaled a seismic shift in the way people could consume sketch comedy. At the beginning of all of that, too, was National Lampoon, co-created by Doug Kenney, Henry Beard, and Robert Hoffman as a spin-off to the Harvard Lampoon.
It was through the Lampoon magazine, stage show, and radio show, that Kenney and Beard brought the world some of the very first material from future comedy giants like Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, John Hughes, Chris Miller, and more. Of course, National Lampoon’s influence and work didn’t stop there either, with several of the team members going on to write and produce some of the most beloved and successful comedy movies of all time, like Animal House and Caddyshack.
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It’s difficult to think of a decade more influential to comedy and pop culture than the 1970s, when some of the greatest stand-up comedians and television personalities were first introduced to the world, and shows like Saturday Night Live signaled a seismic shift in the way people could consume sketch comedy. At the beginning of all of that, too, was National Lampoon, co-created by Doug Kenney, Henry Beard, and Robert Hoffman as a spin-off to the Harvard Lampoon.
It was through the Lampoon magazine, stage show, and radio show, that Kenney and Beard brought the world some of the very first material from future comedy giants like Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, John Hughes, Chris Miller, and more. Of course, National Lampoon’s influence and work didn’t stop there either, with several of the team members going on to write and produce some of the most beloved and successful comedy movies of all time, like Animal House and Caddyshack.
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