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Next stop on FMs' search for the source of this puzzling fad: the Lampoon. FM consults with a former Lampoon editor. "Well, basically the Lampoon was founded by a bunch of Masons who believed in subverting the system. If you don't wear a three-tailed cap with bells, that can't be accomplished. So, yes, they are worn in the Lampoon." But the editor does not know where the sacred store of jester hats are kept in the Auburn St. castle. "Hell no, I can't even find the bathroom when I'm in there...
Ever-persistent, FM calls the fearless Lampoon leader himself, club president John Abound III '95. "Well, we do make jester hats....The vast octopus which is Lampoon merchandising department has distributed jester hats to our subsidiaries, although we are not selling them to the general public...
...Lampoon openly seeking to proselytize and gain Jester hat converts? "Look, although in one sense the Lampoon is the hotbed of Jester hat ideology, if you want to know the truth, Jester hats are a big practical joke," insists Abound. "There is nothing cool about a Jester hat. I mean, the Jester has gotten a lot of good press, but basically they were a bunch of physically deformed imbeciles. We're going to make money out of it along the way, but the Lampoon is horrified and ashamed at any such movement...
...even the vast octopus which is the Lampoon can dissuade...
Examining a flyer distributed by the protesters is guaranteed to provide prolonged chuckles. You'll ask yourself: is this a Lampoon parody, or is it for real? The laughs begin with the high seriousness of the flyer's title: "A Dream Deferred...