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Last week some mysterious villain broke into the Lampoon Castle in Freedom Square and took some invitation forms. These were then sent to distinguished undergraduates (including the President of the CRIMSON) and numerous faculty members, inviting them to a party today to meet Salvador Dali...
Well, gang, this has upset the 'Poonies fantastically. The thought of nearly 100 faculty members assaulting the Castle in black ties has the Lampoon horrified--in fact, mortified...
...Like rats out of a sewer," said one witness of the aftermath. Another described a lingering "could of brilliant yellow smoke." So ended the fun at Freedom Square last midnight when an army surplus smoke bomb thrown into the window of the Harvard Lampoon from Bow St. brought the festivities of election night...
...Birdie. Broadway musicals, like rural beauty-contest winners, rarely survive a round trip to Hollywood without a loss of innocence. This one, a lampoon on the visit of a gyro-pelvic pop singer to Sweet Apple, Ohio, had an apple-cheekiness about it on the stage that seems slightly worm-eaten on film, and the result is more goof than spoof...
Until Mademoiselle agreed to let the Lampoon parody another magazine, Wickham said, the 'Poonies had refused to make any deal for the summer. "We were tired of being tied to their apron strings," he said. Traditionally, the Lampoon parodies a different magazine each spring...