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    A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever
    A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever
    A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever
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    A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever

    Written by Josh Karp

    Narrated by Chris Lutkin

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    Now a highly anticipated Netflix film, this hilarious and moving biography chronicles the success and lasting influence of National Lampoon and its creator, Doug Kenney.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateOct 3, 2017
    ISBN9781666592030
    Author

    Josh Karp

    Josh Karp is an adjunct lecturer in journalism at Northwestern University and a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in numerous print and digital publications, including Salon, The Atlantic, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Magazine, and the Huffington Post. He is the author of A Stupid and Futile Gesture, which was named the Best Biography of 2006 at the Independent Publisher Book Awards and the Midwest Book Awards.

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