Word: lampooner
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...Crimson may have made a few mistakes in its time. And it's true, the paper may not arrive on time every single morning. But unlike members of the Harvard Lampoon, we've never stooped to murder. More precisely, Lampoon members have committed a brutal act of vegicide, with premeditation and malice aforethought...
Harvard lore has it that the tree that once stood in front of the Lampoon's Bow St. "castle" was planted 25 years ago by former Cambridge Mayor Alfred E. Velluci in an act of revenge against the Lampy's high-jinks...
Since then, Lampy members have strained their puny intellects thinking of ways to get rid of the sturdy trunk and graceful branches that obscured the building's view of Elsie's. Compers were asked to invent unique techniques for destroying nature's beauty. Lampoon officers made an annual tradition of asking the city arborist to remove the tree...
Nearly every year, it seems, John Hughes gives moviegoers a surprise Christmas present: an amiable, unassuming film that blossoms into a smash entertainment. Last year it was National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Two years before that it was Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Both were a bit loud and raucous for some people, but this year Hughes' offering has a universal appeal and looks like the breakaway hit of the season. Home Alone, released on Nov. 16, has already grossed more than $50 million, and is causing jubilation in the executive suites of 20th Century Fox. "The figures we're getting...
...Those nice little gentlemen at the Lampoon took it upon themselves to put an axe to that tree...