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Jan 25, 2018 · Doug Kenney was a comic genius — but his untimely passing was inarguably tragic. While vacationing in Hawaii in 1980, the National Lampoon magazine co-founder and OG of snark walked...
- 3 min
- Michael Kaplan
Jan 26, 2018 · A Futile and Stupid Gesture: Directed by David Wain. With Frank Gingerich, Morgan Gingerich, Annette O'Toole, Harry Groener. In the 1970s and '80s, National Lampoon's success and influence creates a new media empire overseen in part by the brilliant and troubled Douglas Kenney.
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- Biography, Comedy
- David Wain
- 2018-01-26
Apr 19, 2016 · A campus 'zine crudely spoofing the likes of The New Yorker, and Saturday Evening Post with student views on political, social, and campus life at the times. Graduates like Doug Kenney and Henry Beard in the early 70's had the idea to make it 'national' as a professional monthly magazine lampooning everything with a 'no holds barred' attitude.
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A Futile and Stupid Gesture is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama film based on Josh Karp 's book of the same title, directed by David Wain, and written by Michael Colton and John Aboud. The film stars Will Forte as comedy writer Douglas Kenney, during the rise and fall of National Lampoon.
- English
Jan 26, 2018 · Netflix's New Movie 'A Futile & Stupid Gesture' Will Introduce You To A Comedy Legend. by Angelica Florio. Jan. 26, 2018. Netflix/YouTube. You're probably familiar with the stars of Caddyshack and...
- Angelica Florio
Sep 25, 2015 · The story of Kenney, who died in a hiking accident in Hawaii in 1980, is played out like something out of a Fitzgerald tale with longer hair, while the passing of anger-management failure Michael O’Donoghue elicits a bit less in terms of warm sentiment.
Douglas Clark Francis Kenney (December 10, 1946 – August 27, 1980) was an American comedy writer of magazine, novels, radio, TV and film, who co-founded the magazine National Lampoon in 1970. Kenney edited the magazine and wrote much of its early material.
