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...pointed out the demonstration was intended as no more than a spoof of a march on an empty White House and a Congress which was not in session. The signs which said "On to Hanoi" were not made or carried by Lampoon members. Our signs were all absurd: "Don't Rock the Junk," "Save the White House Easter Egg Roll," and "We love...
...first the chants from the Lampoon steps were entirely unrelated to Vietnam: an LBJ echo cheer, "Happy Easter" sung to the tune of "Happy Birthday" and a stirring rendition of "My Country 'tis of Thee." As a finale we planned to stage a protest Easter egg roll in front of the buses. Unfortunately the buses had not arrived when the purely frivolous chants began to wear thin. An effort to play a tape of last week's "Shindig" to fill the gap failed because we did not have a loud enough speaker...
...this point people (some of them Lampoon members) began to chant absurd political slogans. The tenor of the rally thus far had not been even slightly serious and the political chants were not introduced in a serious vein. If one shouts "War! War! War!" in the same tone that he shouts "Here we go 'round the Mulberry bush" the obvious implication is that he is not to be taken seriously...
...many places it was not clear whether you were describing Lampoon members or the crowd which gathered. I cannot speak for the crowd but no Lampoon member was drunk. For what it's worth only one had an impeccably dressed date, and none has a credo which allows no room for commitment...
...Lampoon is not a political organization, but most of its members have strong informed convictions. On the whole we have a certain amount of balance. One of the most disturbing sights of last Friday's demonstrations was a peace marcher, his face distorted with hate, stamping on an LBJ Easter egg which was rolling menacingly toward...