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Though never a writer for The Simpsons or a member of Saturday Night Live, former Harvard Lampoon president Andrew S. Borowitz ’80 says that he has always managed to keep close ties with some of the other more prominent members of the organization throughout his own career as a professional comedian—even if he couldn’t always fit into their clothing...
...could think of was Conan O’Brien, because Conan was on the Lampoon, and they have black tie events on Thursday nights, and Conan is about my height,” Borowitz says...
...can’t say the things that I wrote for the Lampoon are hilarious,” Limpert says. “I was amused, let’s put it that way. In those days if the writer is amused that was quite sufficient.” (Some things never change...
...Lampoon is “much more professional I think today than it was when I was there,” Limpert says. “We thought of ourselves as gifted amateurs. I’m not sure we were, but we thought of ourselves that...
...Commencement loomed, Limpert began mulling over his career options. John H. Updike ’54, his predecessor as Lampoon president, encouraged his literary pursuits...