Word: lampooning
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WHAT GOES on inside the funny little Castle that has stood in its spot now for three-fourths of a century? Everyone has heard something about the Harvard Lampoon, about wild parties with people swinging from chandeliers and tossing plates against the walls, about initiation rites and "phools week," and of course, about the infamous pranks...
Murray, now widely recognized as one of America's foremost comedians, has moved rapidly into the limelight in recent years. After spending his salad days with the Second City comedy troupe and "National Lampoon" magazine, Murray achieved his early popularity in 1975 as a Not Ready For Prime Time Player on NBC TV's "Saturday Night Live...
...fine print at the bottom of page 2 in the November 1983 issue of Hustler read, "Ad parody, not to be taken seriously." But Evangelist Jerry Falwell took it very seriously indeed. The raunchy magazine's lampoon of a Campari liquor ad, which normally features celebrities discussing their "first time," had the teetotaling leader of the Moral Majority saying that he always got "sloshed" before preaching and that he had lost his virginity in an outhouse with his mother. Falwell used the ad in a direct-mail solicitation to outraged supporters who raised $800,000, but he also sued...
Passers-by noticed that the Lampoon Castle was not sporting its usual hey-there's-a-new-issue-out flag. What's going on here...
...comped for The Crimson and The Lampoon, made the Ski Team, taken advanced standing, and worked as a stringer for The Globe...