Word: lampooned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...media gadfly. He mentioned, however, the difficulty of finding "people with politics" to staff the show. "It's just a pitiful state of satire in this country," he said, complaining of the domination of "junior high school, boy's locker room, dumb humor" naming as an example the Harvard Lampoon. He then ticked off his personal list of requirements for a staff member: satire experience, but also chutzpah, political convictions (his, probably), and a sense of humor. "I'm serious. If you have these things, we're looking for you," he said, seriously, and added that his address was listed...
...what about the Lampoon, which last year published a full spoof of the Indy; is that not dishonesty? Why wasn't the entire organization taken to the Ad Board? Was it because they had a certain tradition or tenure with the community? It can't be because the 'Poon is exceptionally funny. Additionally, if distaste is legitimate grounds for probation, why not expel the entire staff of the Demon, whose scatological and sexual humor must irk at least the most prudish amongst us; surely they would find it "socially unacceptable...
...They must have been ninjas, man," said Lampoon Co-Ibis David J. Eilenberg...
...Other Lampoon editors said they were not surprised that a group of highly-trained mercenaries could infiltrate their castle and complete a successful raid...
Andrew A. Green '98, a Crimson editor who has been implicated in previous Lampoon break-ins, could not be reached for comment...