Word: lampooning
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...council also debated a $950 grant request from the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization which used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, for the production Can You Spell me Darryl Loomis...
...accuses him of dislike and exploitation of his characters for the sake of entertaining his audience. Again, if this sounds like the aftermath of Happiness, it is. Solondz spent many interviews defending his attitude, claiming ambivalence and empathy toward his characters, and not disdain and mockery. Solondz continues to lampoon his critics as Oxman inteviews Goodman about the evils of college and the necessity of Scooby’s enrollment. Goodman angrily responds that just because Oxman didn’t have a good time, doesn’t mean he has to ruin it for everyone else, and tells...
...Lampoon’s success in bringing stars to campus actually extends to the Man and Woman of the Year festivities, according to a Lampoon editor who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Although the event is HPT-sponsored and the final decision of whom to honor rests with HPT’s executive board only, “the Pudding often uses the Lampoon’s connections to the entertainment and media industries to secure celebrities for Man and Woman of the Year,” he claims...
According to this source, the relationship between HPT and the Lampoon began in 1989, as the Pudding looked to line up Crispin Glover, up-and-coming co-star of Back to the Future Part II (he played George McFly). Unfortunately, Glover had already committed to shooting the film Where the Heart Is and cancelled his appearance at Harvard only two days in advance. “Pudding members pleaded for help from the Lampoon, and staffer Glenn McDonald ’89 immediately went to work,” the Lampy editor writes in an e-mail...
...Poonster also claims that when Lampoon members discovered earlier this year that HPT was planning on honoring Jessica Simpson this February (an allegation Pudding members unequivocally deny), they urged HPT to look for a person more appropriate and deserving of the award. Whether it was at the Lampoon’s recommendation that HPT secured Sarah Jessica Parker for today’s parade is unclear, but regardless of who swayed the votes, parade viewers can savor the celebrated actress and style maven instead of America’s third- or fourth-favorite pop princess, who is actually more resistible...