Word: lampoon
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...Twilight” fans can sink their teeth into the newest installment in the vampire saga, penned not by Stephenie Meyer but by a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization which used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, The Harvard Lampoon...
...Lampoon last published a book parody in 1969 called “Bored of the Rings,” a retelling of the title novel in J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic trilogy...
Henry N. Beard ’67 and Douglas C. Kenney ’68, the co-authors of the “Lord of the Rings” spoof, founded the National Lampoon in 1970 along with Robert K. Hoffman ’70, who at the time was a senior at the College...
...Lampoon spokesman said no one was available to comment on the book they're currently trying to promote...
...Lampoon's first parody book, Bored of the Rings, dates back to 1969, so we're not sure why it took this long to produce a follow-up that's 16 pages shorter, nor what the criteria were for choosing the new target. Still, we're curious to see how the pamphlet does. The official press release, book blurb, and excerpt all emphasize Edwart’s “zero interest in girls." (The insinuation, we think, is that he may be a homosexual...