12 Facts About Harvard Lampoon

Harvard Lampoon is an undergraduate humor publication founded in 1876 by seven undergraduates at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Harvard Lampoon publication was founded in 1876 by seven undergraduates at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts who were inspired by popular magazines like Punch and Puck (1871).

The Harvard Lampoon is the world's third longest-running continually published humor magazine, after the Swedish Blandaren and the Swiss Nebelspalter (1875).

In 2006, the Harvard Lampoon began regularly releasing content on its website, including pieces from the magazine and web-only content.

In 2009, the Harvard Lampoon published a parody of Twilight called Nightlight, which is a New York Times bestseller.

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In February 2012, the Harvard Lampoon released a parody of The Hunger Games called The Hunger Pains, a New York Times bestseller.

Harvard Lampoon was first published in 1876 by seven founders including Ralph Wormeley Curtis, Edward Sandford Martin, Edmund March Wheelwright, and Arthur Murray Sherwood.

These collections of rooms rented by the trustees of the Harvard Lampoon were famous not only for their beer nights, but with the regularity that the Harvard Lampoon spent the profits made on each magazine for these beer nights.

William Randolph Hearst was expelled from Harvard Lampoon after sending a pudding pot used as a chamber pot to a professor.

Lampoon graduate from 1887, Archibald Cary Coolidge, professor of architecture at Harvard College, was chosen as the architect of Randolph Hall, one of the college's newest dormitories.

The Harvard Lampoon has graduated many noted authors such as George Plimpton, George Santayana, John Updike, and William Gaddis.

Celebrities often visit the Harvard Lampoon to be inducted as honorary members of the organization.