The Harvard Lampoon is an undergraduate humor publication and social organization founded in 1876 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Published five times yearly, The Harvard Lampoon was originally modelled on the former British satirical periodical Punch and has outlived it to become the world's longest-running English-language humor magazine. The organization also produces occasional humor books (the best known being the 1969 J.R...
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The Harvard Lampoon is an undergraduate humor publication and social organization founded in 1876 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Published five times yearly, The Harvard Lampoon was originally modelled on the former British satirical periodical Punch and has outlived it to become the world's longest-running English-language humor magazine. The organization also produces occasional humor books (the best known being the 1969 J.R.R. Tolkien parody Bored of the Rings) and parodies of national magazines such as Entertainment Weekly and Sports Illustrated. Much of the organization's capital is provided by the licensing of the "Lampoon" name to National Lampoon, begun by Harvard Lampoon graduates in 1970. The Lampoon Castle is also home to the Harvard Lampoon Social Club, a social organization guided by principles of humor and ingenuity, rumored to exist several floors beneath the Castle. The club is highly secretive, and reportedly maintains ties with one of Harvard's...
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