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Joe Toplyn broke into comedy in the 1980s, when a friend from the Harvard Lampoon tipped him off that a writing job was opening up at David Letterman’s late-night show.

The idea was for Bennifer to perform a cheeky lampoon of their own personas — but the parody didn’t land.

After its release, J2 Production bought the National Lampoon film brand.

I read that you went to Harvard and wrote for the Lampoon there, but how did you break into professional comedy?

His first day back at the Lampoon, he showed a copy of it to Beard.

Soon a deal was struck, and in April 1970, the first issue of National Lampoon made its appearance.

"He didn't respect his talent," says Michael Gross, the former Lampoon art director, who saw him frequently in California.

I called Liszt's article a criticism, but "lampoon" or "libel" would have been a more appropriate designation.

Lampoon itself would disdain to speak ill of him of whom no man speaks well.

In a few weeks that amusing lampoon on the scholars and commentators of the time had run through four editions.

I dined with Mr. Addison, and Jervas the painter, at Addison's country place; and then came home, and writ more to my lampoon.

I have almost finished my lampoon, and will print it for revenge on a certain great person.