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National Lampoon founder Matty Simmons discusses his new book, “Fat, Drunk, & Stupid”.
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I got a call.
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And and -- the company's and I got these kids from Harvard sitting here and in doing this party of life magazine.
-- almost finished with it and it name I think -- brilliant kids -- they really don't know anything about the business which is -- says it's cinema where.
And we sat and talked and I was incredibly impressed -- brightest young guys meant.
And I help them out whether it'd only in a couple of weeks ago I -- -- and departments have some and it's.
Or you're -- time I was publishing magazine all key I had -- Weight Watchers magazine and I did the first rock -- Cleveland -- which -- it says and still I don't know and remained success.
And Iraq magazine called cheater which are -- that yeah.
Which -- put out of business figures.
I've been started the plan to do the National Lampoon -- Rebecca.
You know -- -- They they were -- brilliant -- and let's take a shot and another on this at this time let me call the shots.
And we -- imperative time magazine and that was enormously successful -- and then they graduated.
I said.
Let's make it human -- got the rights from Harvard for the name -- And men and three month we publish first and April 1970 within three months it was in the black.
It became -- big news.
Magazine on college campus in history of beekeepers to second biggest magazine on -- after -- These.
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Brought him but I had a talk him into John -- in my work for anybody you know.
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On -- I got along very well it's.
Michael Donahue and remained a for -- -- for a totally died I got a letter from him a couple of months before you die and instead now than I am writing and producing and he should I know what you have lived through it would does term because they appreciate them -- -- matters segment also found a national -- -- Has -- -- book called fat drunk and stupid.
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Show for years to sort of rock where were on the second floor.
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And and -- does him right after Saturday life started rent Belushi.
And a couple other guys.
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After the -- up all night long they've come -- said senator.
Yeah -- -- -- but all those guys the first group.
Of Saturday Night Live on the Michael Dunn and eight Michael or done it was really the guys who created said.
They offered that the -- -- -- first.
NBC.
But we had magazine books.
We had two shows on the road we had everything going on and -- -- just going to be too much.
So iPad so they did the Smart thing to brought him on Michael's he brought -- -- on -- and he brought in.
People like Belushi -- -- and -- -- and killed around oil Bowman been associated with -- ample while Lorne Michaels.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- I was I think.
And I and I don't think we're done -- -- enough credit because.
-- -- -- the format of -- Saturday Night Live was based on the National Lampoon radio show on that and the first people writers and actors were from the -- -- -- still available you know your opera I'm under our record now.
I'm a little bit about that drug -- Well.
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That traders have reverses a line in the -- from the movie I would deem -- returns to flounder though will affect guidance is.
Going through -- and fat drunk and stupid is no way to go son.
And there's so many lines from that movie that I quoted I'm sure you've quoted many chairman and everybody it's sort of animal also doesn't.
-- don't deny in the united auto was -- have been net.
And then I'm Ambac and 76.
Tinian beard had a minority interest in the lampoon and I had -- amounts and if put them out.
And -- retired immediately -- stayed with me because we were very good friends became Finland and he said.
I got it -- that I can handle these monthly deadlines anymore and -- in order to dupers he was so great.
And nine canoeing loved show business size -- you can labor making a movie.
And he's about what as we're gonna do and on the high school yearbook member -- -- Who's a big special edition of any magazine called and he had co -- would PJO -- Other president Lola be a great -- and and we.
One thing led to an auto we've brought and Harold Ramos who is had been in the National Lampoon show -- me.
I've been -- came in -- -- -- -- -- show there's a great job that was always in in Rockefeller -- I -- I think I -- that the village date yet a lot of -- so let me live I'm sorry -- And none in the class of 86 amused later -- are still.
-- we still popular.
The more done movie last year made three -- of profit -- back next week.
Next week it's on four different cable stations only club and -- -- -- never stops so -- You know it in place like was released yesterday.
Sorrow on time but two of my senator and a quarter -- stupid about saying -- lured -- As a I don't -- tolerant.
That's ability guys -- in twelve years old Ireland pretty much problems -- singers and a senator -- has got to -- in ninety resort program.
And -- good luck where are -- yet.
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I don't get bigger and we've gone we've come alive until -- When you remember you are just some Viagra get all -- -- I live -- -- looks like this and -- you know I do and -- I don't know if we're probably -- and broken on a Broadway musical version of animals should.
I don't regret over the echinacea -- -- clos who directed the book of Mormon district and it all -- by fat drunk and stupid Matty Simmons and sized Irvine animal house.
And its -- -- that's not here among its young.
