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...Auburn Street castle, things would be considerably less complicated. For example, consider The Events of Last April. If we had only all been working under the common assumption that The Master of Royels-or, perhaps, you prefer, The Lord of Misrule- was billeted within the sumptuous confines of the Poon's matchbox Versailles, then there would have been no need for all the soul-searching and witch-hunting that was to follow. We could have all just pointed a communal finger at the Poon, shouted a hearty Faccuse and that would have been that...
Unfortunately though, the Poon holds no monopoly over parody. For parody has been proliferating all around us, until it has now become the very Soul of the Age. No one can any longer be quite sure what is parody and what is not, There are, of course, the obvious exceptions. Spiro as V.P. is a deja vu parody of Richard as V.P.: Tricia. dressed as a gypsy princess at a White House Halloween party, is out to parody her sister Julie's marriage to a grinning David: and airline hijacker Rafael Minichiello is certainly a master parodist even...
...voluptuous elf-maiden as she provocatively parted the folds of her robe to reveal the rounded, shadowy glories within."), the Real Author is easily identifiable as none other than the odious Terry Southern. So you see why I had to mention the unfortunate proliferation of parody. Not even the Poon is safe from such unexpected reversals of reality, because this man Southern has done them one better. It should there-fore be no surprise that Bored's second edition already bears a boldly-lettered come-on announcing. "Terry Southern's best book since The Magic Christian...
Since the 'Poon is a non-profit corporation, any income it has must be spent within the year to avoid taxes, James A. Rivaldo, '69, General Manager of the parody, explained. "And since Lampoon members receive no payment for their efforts, that leaves us with a big hunk of dough to dispose of," he said...
...Harvard community, the Vice-Narthex of the world renowned Harvard Lampoon announced that there will be a grand bacchanal this evening at the Lampoon building (once described by a Cambridge city councillor as a potentially inspired public toilet) at the corner of Plympton and Mt. Auburn Streets. The 'Poon's wine-cellar will be opened up to discriminating palates. Summer School I.D. will be required...