A+E is developing a workplace
comedy drama based on Douglas Tirola's 2015 documentary Drunk Stoned Brilliant
Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon that premiered last year at the
Sundance Film Festival, and aired this past January on History.
"From the 1970s
thru the 1990s, there was no hipper, no more outrageous comedy in print than
The National Lampoon, the groundbreaking humor magazine that pushed the limits
of taste and acceptability - and then pushed them even harder. Parodying
everything from politics, religion, entertainment and the whole of American
lifestyle, the Lampoon eventually went on to branch into successful radio
shows, record albums, live stage revues and movies, including ANIMAL HOUSE and NATIONAL
LAMPOON’S VACATION, launching dozens of huge careers on the way."
The scripted series
will be produced and developed by A+E Studios and Tirola's 4th Row Films. The
filmmaker will executive produce the project along with 4th Row's Susan Bedusa,
and Animal House and Vacation films producer and National Lampoon co-founder
Matty Simmons.
Source - Variety
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