Word: lampooner
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...problems occur when one compares oneself to other Harvard graduates; for example, take my own personal tormentor, John Updike. Updike came to Harvard on scholarship in the early 50s, earning excellent marks throughout his undergraduate career (the only black mark on his record being his presidency of the Harvard Lampoon). He graduated summa cum laude and immediately went to work for The New Yorker, shortly after which he published his first novel and a collection of short stories. Mind you, I don’t even like his fiction. But I do begrudge Updike his glorious biographical entry. Let?...
...Officers responded to the Harvard Lampoon after a caller reported an intoxicated driver in a red SUV. When officers spoke with the driver, he did not appear to be intoxicated...
Unfortunately, this reasoning is a twist on the normal meaning of parody. Randall makes no attempt to lampoon Mitchell's prose or the narrative devices of GWTW. In fact, she sometimes echoes the romantic swells of the original: "How is it that the South, the world of chivalry and slavery and great white houses and red land and white cotton, is gone, forever gone, in the dust, blown off and away...
Novak's Harvard Lampoon pedigree and the comedy magazine's history of commercial success enticed investors. Young Lampoon alumni filled the Simpsons writing staff, and also created the National Lampoon magazine and movie series of the same name starring Chevy Chase...
...bottom line is that the National Lampoon made a whole heap of money," Lewis said...