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Henry Beard

Henry Beard
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Henry Beard

Henry Beard attended Harvard University and was a member of the Harvard Lampoon. He went on to found the National Lampoon with Douglas Kenney and served as its editor during the magazine’s heyday in the 1970s. He has written numerous bestselling humor books, including Miss Piggy’s Guide to Life and (with Christopher Cerf) The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook.

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Onion AV Club, March 27, 2013
...as Michael O’Donoghue (with whom Hendra formed a tight friendship that went very bad), Doug Kenney, and Henry Beard. It’s wrapped inside a sharp critical history of how the smart-sophomoric humor favored by the ’60s generation infiltrated and took...
Pop Matters, January 7, 2013
...of bed—as well as highlighting the many assorted dangers that lurk between the sheets. Authored by bestselling satirists Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf, Encyclopedia Paranoiaca trades upon on our modern fears. It underscores that no matter how...
Appeal-Democrat.com, December 28, 2012
...s really hard to turn your brain away from the inconsequentials. So why not read "Encyclopedia Paranoiaca" by Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf and find some things to really worry about? Bleary-eyed, you crawled out of bed this morning, and that's...
Pantagraph.com, December 26, 2012
...Z pantagraph.com 27 minutes ago Author: Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf and the Staff of the Cassandra Institute c.2012, Simon & Schuster, $25.00, 383 pages You didn’t sleep very well at all last night...
Blogcritics.org, December 21, 2012
...slithering creature Goddam who has the ability to put listeners to sleep by telling his life's story. Henry Beard, who along with was one of the original authors, admits in his new introduction, boreward," that the Harvard Lampoon gang had no lofty...
Dayton Daily News, December 13, 2012
...Encyclopedia Paranoiaca: The Indispensable Guide to Everyone and Everything You Should be Afraid of or Worried About” by Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf, “Monty Python’s Flying Circus; Complete & Annotated” Kids: “The Wimpy Kid Book 7: The...
Marketplace, December 12, 2012
...this content, Javascript must be enabled and Adobe Flash Player must be installed. Interview by Jeff Horwich Author: Henry Beard, Christopher Cerf Publisher: Simon & Schuster (2012) Binding: Hardcover, 400 pages With every new innovation to...
Broadway World, February 16, 2013
...apologies to those unintentionally left out, list some. The original editors of the Lampoon were Doug Kenny and Henry Beard. They were soon joined by Michael O'Donahue, George Trow, TEd Mann, Tony Hendra, Brian McConnachie, Anne Beatts, P.J. O'Rourke,...
Broadway World, February 7, 2013
...apologies to those unintentionally left out, list some. The original editors of the Lampoon were Doug Kenny and Henry Beard . They were soon joined by Michael O'Donahue, George Trow, T Ed Mann , Tony Hendra , Brian McConnachie, Anne Beatts , P.J....
EFestivals.co.uk, February 5, 2013
...The Green Futures Field area of Glastonbury Festival have revealed their plans for this summer with their Tadpole stage expanding into its own themed venue 'Toad Hall' celebrating England's natural countryside and highlighting the animal kingdom around...
YourGV.com, February 1, 2013
...A tear glistened on John Henry Beard’s cheek Thursday morning as he walked through the ruins of his auto repair business destroyed by fire Tuesday night. “I went to get the water hose. If I...
WDBJ7.com, January 30, 2013
...shop in Southern Virginia. " This is my way of life. It's all gone," said John Henry Beard, owner of his namesake John Henry's Auto Repair Shop. A lifetime of work up in smoke. Twisted tool boxes, scorched fire extinguishers and four cars, including...
WSET, January 30, 2013
...Emergency Services officials are investigating the fire that destroyed Beard's Auto Repair in South Boston. Owner John Henry Beard says a freak accident, while one of his employees was replacing the fuel pump on a car, led to the destruction. "It...
Media Bistro, January 7, 2013
...In this encore edition of the Morning Media Menu, we interviewed Henry Beard, a co-founder of National Lampoon and one of the writers behind the classic parody of J. R. R. Tolkien's work, . to read an excerpt from the interview. Beard...