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Word: lampooning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Harvard Lampoon's Playboy Parody hit the newsstands in late August with 545,000 copies priced at $1.25 each and sold out in less than two weeks...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: Playboy Parody Nets 'Poon Cash To Patch Castle | 9/26/1966 | See Source »

Expecting a profit of up to $150,000, the 'Poonies are already trying to devise ways to spend it. The bulk of the profit will be plowed back into the "Lampoon Castle" for restoring the interior, Jonathan F. Cerf '68 said last night...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: Playboy Parody Nets 'Poon Cash To Patch Castle | 9/26/1966 | See Source »

After they have finished patching termite-holes, the Lampoon's business tycoons will decide if they have enough money left to fund a $50,000 scholarship for Harvard. There is also a good chance that some money will go to the annual Combined Charities Drive...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: Playboy Parody Nets 'Poon Cash To Patch Castle | 9/26/1966 | See Source »

...unique fashion. By next October 14 the 'Poonies hope to be ready for their annual spectacular. The date, in case you've forgotten, is the 900th anniversary of the battle of Hastings. Using the majestic Charles River as a stand-in for the English Channel, members of the Lampoon plan to stage a major re-enactment of the historic scene...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: Playboy Parody Nets 'Poon Cash To Patch Castle | 9/26/1966 | See Source »

College humor magazines have taken a special delight in kidding TIME. The Harvard Lampoon's effort last year attracted a paperback publisher, who had 150,000 copies printed. Its lead story began, "Dawn came up over the China Sea in the usual fashion last Thursday" and moved on to the punch line: "Viet Nam had disappeared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Aug. 5, 1966 | 8/5/1966 | See Source »

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