Word: lampoon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...possible," said Sam Leland. "The friendships were formed were formed in our freshman and sophomore years." For those who were in the speed up the last years of college life were warped beyond recognition. Most of the student organizations folded or were transformed into war college institutions. The >Lampoon ceased publication, the CRIMSON was turned into the Armed Services News, and most of the clubs closed...
When the parodied the second issue of the magazine, the response was so unfavorable that the Lampoon parody of the Boston Transcript passed almost unnoticed in the tumult...
...best songs are "Lazy Summer" and "One Born Every Minute" (two very groovy tunes with lots of chimes, kazoos, concertinas, and other new sounds), "God" (an old Lampoon song about who is responsible for poverty, earthquakes, and the striking of such instruments of Fate as lightning), "The Surprising Sheep" (the title song alluding to the old Lampoon joke: "See the merino standing there with his long shaggy hair"), and "Welcome to the Club" (a song so much like the Lovin' Spoonful that someone ought to do something about...
...doesn't particularly bother me, now that they no longer sell subscriptions, that the Lampoon doesn't publish the eight times a year it pretends to promise. I think that people should write only what they're really up for. And the continued existence of such a thing as the Lampoon in rank, undeserved decadence doesn't bother me either...
...afraid the eyes of the Lampoon have been caught by the men with the money. All they talk about these days are the big deals they're about to get into with all these entrepreneurial adults. Things like the Life parody are done almost entirely to make money. The Lampoon guys are in a rare position of established detachment, and they should either write down what this position inspires them to think, or maybe sponsor some fun and games on the outside...