A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Even the National Lampoon name became globally recognized after the massive achievement of Animal House--but until the glory days, it had been a scrappy yet divinely subversive magazine and radio series that introduced the world to comedic geniuses like Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, and Gilda Radner. The driving force behind National Lampoon was Doug Kenney (Will Forte), and also his truly wild and mad narrative unfolds in A Futile and Stupid Gesture from Harvard to Hollywood to Caddyshack and outside.