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  • A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)

    From Bill Anderson@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 21 07:56:28 2022
    It’s on Netflix and it’s a biopic of Doug Kenney, co-founder of the National Lampoon magazine and father of the kind of comedy that shapes our entertainment today. (Well, the movie does make that case pretty well.).
    Among other things he gave us ANIMAL HOUSE and CADDYSHACK and lost the not ready for prime time players to Lorne Michaels. Martin Mull plays Kenney as
    he would have appeared had he lived to the present and serves as the
    movie’s narrator. To me, a huge fan Kenner’s style of humor at the time, the movie was fascinating and so very funny. It was a great loss to the
    world of entertainment when Doug Kenny crashed and burned. Don’t do drugs, kids.

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    Bill Anderson

    I am the Mighty Favog

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to Bill Anderson on Tue Jun 21 09:31:19 2022
    On 6/21/2022 8:56 AM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    It’s on Netflix and it’s a biopic of Doug Kenney, co-founder of the National Lampoon magazine and father of the kind of comedy that shapes our entertainment today. (Well, the movie does make that case pretty well.). Among other things he gave us ANIMAL HOUSE and CADDYSHACK and lost the not ready for prime time players to Lorne Michaels. Martin Mull plays Kenney as he would have appeared had he lived to the present and serves as the movie’s narrator. To me, a huge fan Kenner’s style of humor at the time, the movie was fascinating and so very funny. It was a great loss to the
    world of entertainment when Doug Kenny crashed and burned. Don’t do drugs, kids.

    Okay, I'll try not to remember why I passed this one by...

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  • From Alan Smithee@21:1/5 to Bill Anderson on Wed Jun 22 20:26:03 2022
    On 06/21/2022 09:56 AM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    It was a great loss to the
    world of entertainment when Doug Kenny crashed and burned. Don’t do drugs, kids.

    Didn't he fall off of a cliff?

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  • From Bill Anderson@21:1/5 to Alan Smithee on Thu Jun 23 11:18:48 2022
    Alan Smithee <alms@last.inc> wrote:
    On 06/21/2022 09:56 AM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    It was a great loss to the
    world of entertainment when Doug Kenny crashed and burned. Don’t do drugs, >> kids.

    Didn't he fall off of a cliff?



    Yep. In Hawaii.

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    Bill Anderson

    I am the Mighty Favog

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  • From Alan Smithee@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 15 17:15:23 2022
    I watched the trailer and read the article. It looks like a good bio-pic.

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to moviePig on Mon Aug 15 23:19:14 2022
    On 6/21/2022 9:31 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 6/21/2022 8:56 AM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    It’s on Netflix and it’s a biopic of Doug Kenney, co-founder of the
    National Lampoon magazine and father of the kind of comedy that shapes
    our
    entertainment today. (Well, the movie does make that case pretty well.).
    Among other things he gave us ANIMAL HOUSE and CADDYSHACK and lost the
    not
    ready for prime time players to Lorne Michaels. Martin Mull plays
    Kenney as
    he would have appeared had he lived to the present and serves as the
    movie’s narrator. To me, a huge fan Kenner’s style of humor at the time, >> the movie was fascinating and so very funny. It was a great loss to the
    world of entertainment when Doug Kenny crashed and burned. Don’t do
    drugs,
    kids.

    Okay, I'll try not to remember why I passed this one by...

    Saw it. Glad I did.

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