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...contribution to the issue is the fine cover, and the cartoons are far below the quality of those in recent issues. With the exception of a small poke at the Phillips Brooks House clothes drive, none of them merited reprinting. Certainly there have been some funnier attempts from the 'Poon's drawing boards in the past than this collection indicates...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: ON THE SHELF | 4/28/1950 | See Source »

...father used to tell me the Lampoon building is on wet ground and that it sinks a few inches each spring," she said. Indeed, every time there is a rain, a massive puddle forms around the apex of the Poon, cutting it off from the outside world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lampoon Sinks Into Watery Grave | 2/2/1950 | See Source »

...most convincing proof that the Poon is treading on thin ice was furnished by the three dimensional map of the Cambridge area in 1775 on the first floor of Widener. This shows a small pond where the Hygiene Building is now. A stream emptying from this pond runs down Dunster street and cuts right across the site of the Lampoon building...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lampoon Sinks Into Watery Grave | 2/2/1950 | See Source »

Gwynne, who is from Tuxedo Park, New York, and Adams House, is one of the leading staff artists on the Poon. He also has one of the principal roles in this year's Hasty Pudding production...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cartoonist Fred Gwynne Is Elected Lampoon President | 12/17/1949 | See Source »

...these conjectures are, it must be admitted, colored by the traditional skepticism which has grown up among CRIMSON boards concerning the not always straightfaced deeds of the 'Poon. Let us hope that the more obvious jibes which this move could engender will not be thrown at the Lampoon--for it has shown that whatever reverence for antiquity antiquity in humor, it has the ability to adapt to at in humor, it has the ability to adapt to at least the most obvious trends of the community...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Cheers | 4/1/1949 | See Source »

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