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Apr 28, 2021 · Doug Kenney was a driving force behind National Lampoon magazine and its cocaine-fueled movies. His real life was less than hilarious. By Robert Sam Anson Published: Apr 28, 2021 10:57 AM...
One of the most remembered images from the National Lampoon magazine, which was also named one of the ten greatest covers of all time in the entire history of the magazine, is the January...
Appointed as the Lampoon’s first art directors thanks to Kenney, Cloud insisted on illustrating everything themselves, but when it came to administration, they knew less about standard art ...
Sep 10, 2006 · Johnny Knight. Enlarge this image. Doug Kenney was rarely photographed. He's shown here at the 1978 premiere of 'Animal House.' Pedar Ness. The comic talent behind National Lampoon...
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Douglas Clark Francis Kenney was born in West Palm Beach, Florida to Estelle "Stephanie" (Karch) and Daniel Harold "Harry" Kenney, both originally from Massachusetts. His paternal grandparents, Daniel J. Kenney and Eleanor Agnes (Noonan), were of Irish origin. His maternal grandparents, Anthony Karczewski and Victoria Lesniak, were Polish. He was n...
National Lampoon
While at Harvard University, Kenney was a member of the Signet Society, president of the Spee Club and editor of The Harvard Lampoon. He decided once he got to college, he was going to re-invent himself as an all-round golden boy. There, he was part of the first group of newcomers who restyled the college humor magazine. Another of these writers was Henry Beard, with whom Kenney frequently collaborated, and who became a lifelong friend. Together with Beard, he wrote the short novel Bored of t...
Caddyshack
Kenney produced and wrote Caddyshack with Brian Doyle-Murray and Harold Ramis. Kenney also had a small role in Caddyshackas a dinner guest of Al Czervik. In the background of the Bushwood Club dinner party scene, Kenney is visible chopping out a line of cocaine for the female guest next to him. He is also seen dancing with her. The final film was quite different than the one Kenney, Doyle-Murray and Ramis had envisioned. They had intended it to be about the caddies and their attitude towards...
After the incident at the Caddyshackpress conference, it became apparent that Kenney had a substance abuse problem. Kenney's close friend Chevy Chase took him to Kauai, Hawaii, hoping the relaxing environment would help him, but had to leave to return to work. After Chase left, Kenney's girlfriend, Kathryn Walker, came to keep him company, but she ...
Bored of the Rings(1969) (with Henry Beard)Harvard Lampoon Time(1969) (with Henry Beard)National Lampoon(1970–1977) (founder, with Henry Beard and Robert Hoffman)National Lampoon's 1964 High School Yearbook Parody(1974) (with P. J. O'Rourke)- 3 min
Feb 13, 2018 · Looking Back at the Lampoon’s Heyday. A new biopic, scripted by John Aboud ’95 and Michael Colton ’97, follows how Doug Kenney ’68 franchised fun, died young, and became a comedy legend. From our archives: read a profile of Doug Kenney ’68, “ The Funniest One of All ” (September-October 1993), and a review of the anthology Drunk ...
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