The Harvard Lampoon

American magazine

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history of “National Lampoon”

  • National Lampoon's Animal House
    In National Lampoon: Origin, success, and decline

    …of whom had worked on The Harvard Lampoon, a college humour magazine established in 1876. During their tenure at The Harvard Lampoon, Beard, Hoffman, and Kenney were instrumental in publishing several nationally distributed magazine and book parodies, including parodies of Time, Playboy, Life, and Lord of the Rings.

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