To be sure, National Lampoon's reputation soared with Animal House's enormous success—but it all started with a scrappy but divinely subversive magazine and radio show that gave us comedy giants like Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, and Gilda Radner. Doug Kenney (Will Forte) was the driving force behind National Lampoon, and his wild and wacky journey unfolds in A Futile and Stupid Gesture from Harvard to Hollywood and beyond.
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To be sure, National Lampoon's reputation soared with Animal House's enormous success—but it all started with a scrappy but divinely subversive magazine and radio show that gave us comedy giants like Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, and Gilda Radner. Doug Kenney (Will Forte) was the driving force behind National Lampoon, and his wild and wacky journey unfolds in A Futile and Stupid Gesture from Harvard to Hollywood and beyond.
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