Joel McHale and Emmy Rossum on ‘A Futile and Stupid Gesture’ and Early Memories of National Lampoon

Now streaming on Netflix is director David Wain’s great new movie, A Futile and Stupid Gesture.

The film chronicles the life and career of National Lampoon co-founder Doug Kenney (played by Will Forte) and doesn’t gloss over his troubled life.

If you don’t know Doug’s name, he co-founded National Lampoon with fellow Harvard students Henry Beard and Robert Hoffman and helped grow it from a local college paper to a hugely successful nationwide brand.

He also worked as a writer in Hollywood on films like National Lampoon’s Animal House and Caddyshack.

The film …

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