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Although common words were used, the funnymen's quartet of William Calfee, Robert M. Duncker, Fourdoor Gardiner and W. C. T. U. Reid proved totally incapable of dealing with the situation. Lampy's humility reached its height when Calfee spelled "six" with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WELLESLEY WOMEN WHIP LAMPOON'S LOGY LOUTS | 2/18/1938 | See Source »

...some time there has been considerable speculation in regard to this so-called Lexicon contest Lampoon's funnymen are staging with Wellesley, and last night rumor was rife about a tie-up between humor and big business at the Mount Auburn Street institution...

Author: By A STAFF Reporter, | Title: Hint Lampy Linked With Publicity Gag | 2/12/1938 | See Source »

William Calfee '39, president of the funnymen, denied that the Lampoon was going in for the business of promoting now games and said "we just...

Author: By A STAFF Reporter, | Title: Hint Lampy Linked With Publicity Gag | 2/12/1938 | See Source »

Plans for the proposed radio Lexicon contest between a group of Wellesley girls and the Lampoon, undergraduate humorous publication, were thwarted yesterday when Funnymen's president William L. Calfee '39 received a missive from the Dean's Office to the effect that the Office would look with ill favor on the broadcast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dean's Office Clamps Down On Radio Lexicon Contest | 2/10/1938 | See Source »

...restrain radio's funnymen from capitalizing on her bawdy Adam & Eve skit (TIME, Dec. 27), National Broadcasting Co. issued a ukase barring mention of Mae West on programs of the 15 stations it ovi'ns or operates. Not affected were 130 independent stations leasing NBC broadcasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 3, 1938 | 1/3/1938 | See Source »

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