A Futile and Stupid Gesture Netflix Snapshot Review: Perfectly Cast D.B. Frick, Reviewer Very few events have made the same kind of impact on Comedy that Doug Kenney was able to do with the The National Lampoon. From 1970 to 1998. The magazine can boast an unending list of famous and influential comedy professionals that worked within its walls. The Lampoon’s impact is undeniable. The magazine's incarnation started at Harvard University in 1876 when it was founded by several undergraduate students as The Harvard Lampoon. After his graduation from Harvard in 1968, Doug Kenney persuaded his possibly only friend, Henry Beard ,to start