- Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase (born October 8 1943) is an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent family, Chase became a sensation as a cast member in the inaugural season of "Saturday Night Live". He also hosted the Academy Awards twice(1987 and 1988) and briefly had his own late-night talk show. - Bill Murray
William James "Bill" Murray (b. September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. He is perhaps most famous for his work in "Saturday Night Live", as well as for his comedic roles in films such as "Stripes", "Groundhog Day", "Caddyshack", "Ghostbusters" and "Rushmore", among many others. He has gained further acclaim for recent dramatic roles, … - John Belushi
John Adam Belushi (January 24 1949 - March 5 1982) was an Emmy Award-winning American actor, comedian and musician, notable for his work on "Saturday Night Live", "National Lampoon's Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers". - Beverly D'Angelo
Beverly D'Angelo (born November 15, 1951 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American singer and actress. - Harold Ramis
I'm a Capricorn who enjoys listening to music, long walks on the beach, and watching the sunset. - John Landis
John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American movie actor, director, writer, and producer. Although he is mostly known for his influential comedies, Landis has also done many horror related projects. - Tim Matheson
Tim Matheson (born Timothy Lewis Matthieson on December 31, 1947) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the smooth talking, sex-obsessed Otter in the 1978 comedy "Animal House", but has had a variety of other well-known roles both before and since. - Christopher Guest
Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5 1948), is a British/American comedian, actor, writer, director, composer, and musician known as Christopher Guest. He is known for having written, directed and starred in several "mockumentary" films (most recently "For Your Consideration"), although it should be noted that Guest himself resents and finds inappropriate the "mockumentary" descriptor, … - Bob Harris
Bob Harris (born 1963) is an American radio commentator, writer, stand-up comedian, and eight-time "Jeopardy!" winner. From 1998-2002, his daily political commentaries aired on an average of 75 radio stations across the U.S., winning awards from the Los Angeles Press Club and the Associated Press. He was also the morning drive-time host on the Working Assets attempt at explicitly liberal talk radio, RadioForChange.com, … - Gilda Radner
Gilda Susan Radner (28 June, 1946 - 20 May, 1989) was an American comedian and actress, best known for her five years as part of the original cast of the NBC comedy series "Saturday Night Live". Radner, who died at 42 of ovarian cancer, became an icon for public awareness of both detection and treatment of the disease. - Chris Owen
Christopher Owen (born September 25, 1980) is an American actor. He is known for his role in the "American Pie" movies as the inimitable Chuck Sherman (self-styled as "The Sherminator"). He also appeared as Chuck Sherman in "American Pie 2" and "American Pie: Band Camp". Owen was born in Michigan and moved to California with his family as a young child. He has had roles in many popular films such as "Major Payne", "Angus", … - Amy Heckerling
Amy Heckerling is an American film director, one of the few women directors to have produced multiple box-office hits. Born in The Bronx, she attended the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan and studied film at New York University. She received her master's degree from the AFI Conservatory. Heckerling's first film, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982), about Los Angeles teenagers, was praised for the strong female characters played by Phoebe Cates, … - Brian Doyle-Murray
Brian Doyle-Murray (born October 31, 1945) is an American comedian, screenwriter and character actor from Chicago. Murray is the oldest brother of actors Bill Murray, Joel Murray and John Murray. Doyle-Murray uses his hyphenated name (Doyle is his grandmother's maiden name) because there is another actor with the same name. One of his sisters, Nancy, is an Adrian Dominican nun in Illinois. Murray has appeared in numerous films and television shows since the 1970s, … - P. J. O'Rourke
Patrick Jake O'Rourke (born November 14, 1947 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American political satirist, journalist, and writer. He was educated at Miami University and Johns Hopkins University. He confesses that during his student days he was a left-leaning hippie, but that in the 1970s his political views underwent a complete "volte-face". He emerged as a political observer and humorist with definite libertarian, sometimes conservative, … - Richard Belzer
Richard Jay Belzer (born August 4, 1944 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is an American stand up comedian, writer and actor, best known for his work as Det. John Munch, on "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit". - Tony Hendra
Tony Hendra (born 1941) is an English satirist and writer, who has worked mostly in the United States. Educated at St Albans School and Cambridge University, where he was a member of the Cambridge University Footlights revue in 1962, alongside the likes of John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Tim Brooke-Taylor, he moved to America a few years later, where he became one of the founding editors of "National Lampoon" magazine in 1970. - Chris Miller
Chris Miller (born 1942) is an American author and screenwriter, most notable for his work on "National Lampoon" magazine and "Animal House" (he also had a bit part as Curtis Wayne "Hardbar" Fuller and was credited as Christian Miller). In fact, his experiences in the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity at Dartmouth College helped inspire much of the material of "Animal House". Prior to writing the script to "Animal House", … - Matty Simmons
Matty Simmons is a former newspaper reporter for the New York World-Telegram and Sun, but he gained fame as the chief executive officer of "National Lampoon" magazine in the 1970s. A Brooklyn, New York native, he also produced the movie, "National Lampoon's Animal House" and continues to write movies and television shows under the National Lampoon banner. - Michael O'Donoghue
Michael O'Donoghue (January 5, 1940 - November 8, 1994) was a 20th century writer and performer noted for his dark and destructive style of comedy, and as the first head writer of the highly influential American television program "Saturday Night Live". He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 54, after a long history of chronic migraine headaches. - Will Durst
Will Durst 's motto is "You Can't Make Stuff Up Like This!" and this prolific writer claims little need for material, having it regularly delivered at 8 am every morning in the five papers he reads daily. Samples: "George W Bush is the comedians' full employment act. He's like if Reagan and Quayle had a kid." "Hillary's staff says she's focusing on picking up women voters, which co-incidentally mirrors her husband's agenda." - Douglas Kenney
Douglas C. Kenney was an American writer who co-founded "National Lampoon" magazine in 1970. Kenney edited the magazine and wrote much of its early material (see). - Tom Shadyac
Tom Shadyac (born December 11, 1958 in Falls Church, Virginia) is an American comedian, producer, director and writer. He is mostly famous for his partnership with the comedian actor Jim Carrey. - Kato Kaelin
Brian "Kato" Kaelin (born March 9 1959 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American aspiring actor who received considerable notoriety due to his peripheral involvement in events surrounding the 1994-95 O.J. Simpson murder case. His name has become something of a byword, as a textbook example of Andy Warhol's 15 minutes of fame. - Cameron Douglas
Cameron Morrell Douglas (born December 13 1978 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American actor. He is the son of actor Michael Douglas and Diandra Morrell Douglas and grandson of actor Kirk Douglas. He has appeared in three films: Jackie Chan's "Mr. Nice Guy" (1997), "It Runs in the Family" (2003), and National Lampoon's "Adam & Eve" (2005). - Jane Curtin
Jane Therese Curtin (born on September 6, 1947 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States) is an American actress and comedienne. Curtin is well known for being one of the Not Ready For Prime Time Players. Curtin was also in a "Saturday Night Live" inspired movie, "The Coneheads". - Jay Pinkerton
Jay Pinkerton (born June 15, 1977) is a nationally published humorist and an Editor of both CRACKED.com and CRACKED Magazine. Prior to joining CRACKED, Pinkerton served as the Managing Editor of NationalLampoon.com, the website of the national comedy and film brand. Since joining CRACKED, Pinkerton has helped make CRACKED.com a leading comedy site, including by bringing in new contributors. - Robert Hoffman
Robert K. Hoffman (died August 19, 2006) was an American businessperson and philanthropist, most notable for co-founding the influential humor magazine "National Lampoon", later the cornerstone of a film and publishing franchise. Born in Dallas, Texas, Hoffman graduated from the St. Mark's School of Texas in 1965. - Anne Beatts
Anne Beatts is an American comedy writer. - Rod McKie
Rod McKie (Roderick McKie), is a full-time professional cartoonist residing in the UK. He began drawing gag cartoons for Britain's national press whilst still at school. In the early 1980s he became one of "Punch" magazine's youngest cartoonists. In the same year he created, drew and wrote, the comic character Skid Kidd for IPC's "Buster" comic. McKie made it clear from the start that he wanted the character, … - Garrett Morris
Garrett Morris (b. February 1, 1937) is an American comedian and actor from New Orleans, Louisiana. Morris was a church-choir singer from his youth, trained at the Juilliard School of Music, and soloed early in his career with the Harry Belafonte singers. He performed in a number of Broadway musicals, including "Hallelujah, Baby!" and "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death". - Laraine Newman
Laraine Newman (born March 2, 1952) is an American comedian and actress, from Los Angeles, California. Newman began her comedy career as a member of The Groundlings and is most well known for being an original cast member on NBC's "Saturday Night Live", appearing on the show from its inception in 1975 through 1980. According to the book "Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live", … - Jimmy Pardo
Jimmy Pardo is a Chicago-born comedian of Italian descent, married to Danielle Koenig, and is best known for his quick and witty style. His material ranges from world problems to personal problems, some of which is displayed on his half-hour Comedy Central Presents special. He also hosted GSN's "National Lampoon's Funny Money" from June to October 2003. In 2006, Pardo entered the podcast arena with "Never Not Funny", which he co-hosts with producer Matt Belknap. - George W. S. Trow
George William Swift Trow Jr. (September 28, 1943 - November 24, 2006) was an essayist, novelist, playwright, and media critic. He worked for "The New Yorker" for almost 30 years, and wrote numerous essays and books. He is best known for his essay "Within the Context of No Context", first published on November 17, 1980 and later released as a book. Trow was born in Greenwich, Connecticut. - Jack Handey
Jack Handey (born 25 February 1949) is an American humorist. He is best known for his Deep Thoughts, a large body of surrealistic one-liner jokes, as well as his "Fuzzy Memories" and "My Big Thick Novel" shorts. Many people have the false impression that Jack Handey is not an actual person, but a character created by "Saturday Night Live" or a pen name used by "National Lampoon". - Bruce McCall
Bruce McCall (b. 1935) is a Canadian author and illustrator, best known for his frequent contributions to "The New Yorker". Born and raised in Simcoe, Ontario, he was fascinated by comic books and showed an early aptitude for drawing fantastical flying machines, blimps, bulbous-nosed muscle cars and futuristic dioramas. As a boy, McCall dreamed of becoming a famous illustrator. - Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken (born 1950) is a U.S. underground cartoonist. After joining the burgeoning underground comics movement in the early 1970s, she became a prominent contributor to "National Lampoon" and edited the magazine for two years. Her best-known creation is "Trots and Bonnie", a light-hearted satire of the adult world through the eyes of a sexually precocious girl and her talking dog. - Harmon Leon
Harmon Leon is a primarily a humorist, though he has also done some stand-up. He has contributed to Wired Magazine, Salon.com, National Lampoon, and NPR. His typical comedic style is to impersonate a character, infiltrate some organization, then write about the experience, thus relating the absurdities of modern American life. His first book, "The Harmon Chronicles"," was published in 2002, and "Republican Like Me: Infiltrating Red-State, White-Ass, … - Mike Reiss
Mike Reiss (born September 15, 1959 in Bristol, Connecticut) is an American television comedy writer. He attended Harvard University and was president of the Harvard Lampoon. He has frequently collaborated with his writing partner Al Jean as a writer for "National Lampoon magazine", "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson", and writers/producers for many episodes of "The Simpsons". In 1994, the duo created and executive produced "The Critic". - Al Jean
Al Jean (b. January 9, 1961 Farmington Hills, Michigan) is a television comedy writer best known for his work on "The Simpsons". He graduated from Harrison High School and attended Harvard University, where he majored in mathematics and wrote for the Harvard Lampoon. Prior to attending Harrison, Al Jean attended Roeper City & Country School, a school for gifted children in Bloomfield Hills, MI. - Jeff Jones
Jeffrey Catherine Jones (born January 10, 1944) is a science fiction and fantasy illustrator, whose work was best known from the 1960s through 1980s.
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