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Word: lampooned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lamps discolored the ceiling and, it was claimed by those who knew, an old-fashioned tub lay under Copey's bed. His abode was a landmark even from the outside; a yellow sponge dangled from his window by a string, the butt of such fond humor as this Lampoon poem...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: Charles Townsend Copeland | 4/16/1958 | See Source »

...begin financial manipulations to buy society, on a nation-wide level. In Boston itself, residents of the Beacon Hill area will refuse to support the City's ailing urban renewal program. A spokesman will say, "We don't even know those people." The Cambridge police will break into the Lampoon building after receiving a cryptic message about a hostage. They will discover someone called April Olrich. A Lampoon spokesman will say, "It's the funniest thing we've done in years. Lots of fun. Lots...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tea Leaves and Taurus | 1/6/1958 | See Source »

...Lampoon's own April Orlich, who plays a Uruguayan night club singer, is not on screen long enough to permit an assessment of her acting talents...

Author: By --thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: The Pursuit of the Graf Spee | 12/18/1957 | See Source »

...Harvard sophomore was fined $35 in East Cambridge District Court yesterday for his part in a Lampoon stunt which consisted of the holdup of a phony Santa Claus in Harvard Square last week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lampoon Prank Draws $35 Fine | 12/13/1957 | See Source »

Testifying for Thompson was Lampoon Circulation Manager John A. Herbert, who explained that the alleged holdup was a part of the magazine's Fool's Week initiations. Santa was another Lampoon candidate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lampoon Prank Draws $35 Fine | 12/13/1957 | See Source »

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