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...quite at home at Harvard, Jean and Reiss found their niche in the Bow Street castle as staff writers for the Harvard Lampoon...
...Side by side, Jean and Reiss have a comedic Penn and Teller-esque look. Bill L. Oakley ’88, who was on the Lampoon and later wrote and produced for “The Simpsons,” describes them as “a tall gooney Midwestern quiet type and a short swarthy funny bubbly...
...quirky duo met as freshmen in Holworthy Hall, where future Lampoon member, “Simpsons” writer, and late-night host Conan O’Brien ’85 would live four years later...
...They definitely loomed large around the magazine,” says Jeff S. Martin ’82, a Lampoon writer who later worked on “The Simpsons.” “They were very funny guys and unusually polished comedy writers for that age. We were never surprised that they went on to success...
...Jean says they spent all their time at the Lampoon...