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Henry Nichols Beard (born June 7, 1945) is an American humorist, one of the founders of the magazine National Lampoon and the author of several best-selling books. Life and career [ edit ] Beard, a great-grandson of 14th Vice President John C. Breckinridge , was born into a well-to-do family and grew up at the Westbury Hotel [1] on East 69th ...
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Gwyneth Cravens (born c. 1945) is an American novelist and...
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Nov 28, 2012 · Henry Beard, one of the co-founders of The National Lampoon, is a prolific man. Over the course of forty years, Beard has written more than 35 humor books, including Zen for Cats, The Official ...
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ISBN. 978-0-575-07362-3. Bored of the Rings is a 1969 parody of J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings. This short novel was written by Henry Beard and Douglas Kenney, who later founded National Lampoon. It was published in 1969 by Signet for The Harvard Lampoon, and, unusually for a parody, has remained in print for over 50 years.
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Jan 26, 2018 · Henry Beard was a co-founder and writer of National Lampoon, a comedy magazine that launched the careers of many comedians. Learn about his life, work, and the challenges of portraying him in the biopic film.
Origin, success, and decline. National Lampoon was established by Harvard University graduates Henry Beard, Robert Hoffman, and Doug Kenney, all 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 ...
Sep 28, 2010 · In one well-known feature called "Law of the Jungle," Lampoon co-founder Henry Beard wrote a set of laws for animal life in the technical legal terminology of humans. The feature fleshes out ...
