Word: poon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Right, by Charles Osborne, an account of a free trip to Hollywood won by two man-hungry uglies, also reads smoothly. But in the Lampoon's one non-movie story. Fish Old of Water by Arlen, it is easy to see why the 'Poon so often draws yawns instead of chuckles. It's the old formula. St. Mark's boy meets sub-deb at yacht club party; he tries to give the impression of being a world-wise man about the beach, she--a sophisticate. Girl sets fast pace for a while, but finally breaks down and acts...
...current Lampoon is certainly funny, but old Blot and Jester were leading with their chins when they ran it. The cartoon, which shows two Advocate editors piecing together an issue from a short story anthology, only serves to call one's attention to the four reprints in the 'Poon. And since the editors find it so hard to fill their magazine with new material, they might well change the name of the Lampoon to the Updike Gazette and persuade their talented colleague to do the whole thing...
...immature Poonmen could have been guilty of such bad taste and vulgarity. President Lowell's letter to Princeton's President Hibben made the only possible apology -- that the Lampoon's lack of sense of humor is apt to be replaced by grossness. But the gash torn by the blundering Poon was too deep to heal quickly, and on November 10th, 1926, Princeton suspended athletic relations with Harvard. To make matters worse, an article called "Dirty Football" appeared in a national magazine soon afterwards. This article attempted to prove that Princeton had been playing dirty football for years. Any connection between...
Four days ago, we might have believed that the persons who made off with the sacred symbol of the 'Poon--the Ibis, affectionately known as Thresky--had not known what they were about. We might have believed that the venerated old bird, blown down from his perch atop the Lampoon building, had been carried off by children or others without malicious intent...
...Lampoon and the Union played unwilling parts in a pre-Hallowe'en prank yesterday morning. At about 7:30 a.m., police found a bison head on the steps of the 'Poon building...