A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)

Will Forte: Douglas Kenney

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• Tom Snyder : Mr. Kenney, it's a fine line between being clever and offensive, isn't it?

  Douglas Kenney : Look, if I could just say something in defense of National Lampoon for one moment...

  Tom Snyder : Please.

  Douglas Kenney : We come from a tradition of truth-tellers. A long time ago, there was someone else society found offensive. They thought that what he did was radical - dangerous. They persecuted him... and eventually killed him. Of course, I'm referring to Dracula.

• Kathryn Walker : [after seeing Airplane!]  Surely you're not upset because someone else made a funny movie.

  Douglas Kenney : Don't you get it? That's the movie that everyone's gonna love, not fucking Caddyshack. I've been replaced. What the fuck am I gonna do now?

  Kathryn Walker : You're supposed to say, "Don't call me Shirley."

• Douglas Kenney : Between the magazine and the radio show, I barely had time for my other hobbies, like being a terrible husband.

• Douglas Kenney : But two slices of bread, some meat, a condiment or two? That's something we can all agree on, right Jim?

  Time-Life Publisher : I'm Frank.

  Douglas Kenney : Let's all be frank.

• Douglas Kenney : Fuck those guys, you know? They're just like my dad. They jerk off to Eisenhower biographies.

  Henry Beard : Yes, but, and this is what I love about them, they have money.