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A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever
Josh Karp
Offers the history of the popular magazine and its brilliant and eccentric characters. With stories of the comedy scene in New York City in the 1970s and National Lampoon's place at the center of it, this chronicle shares how the magazine spawned a popular radio show and two long-running theatrical productions.
402 pages, b/w photos
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 1, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9781556526022 |
| Publishers | A Cappella Books |
| Pages | 416 |
| Dimensions | 164 × 237 × 28 mm · 725 g |
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