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Kenney se graduó en 1968. Doug Kenney was a comic genius — but his untimely passing was inarguably tragic. Kenney volvió a reservarse una pequeña aparición en la película, como huésped de Al Czervik. [2] He would go on to write, produce, and perform in the influential comedies Animal House and Caddyshack before his untimely death. We've received your submission. While vacationing in Hawaii in 1980, the National Lampoon magazine co … En la habitación de Kenney se encontraron varias notas para proyectos nuevos, chistes, y un esbozo para una película próxima. He was 33 years old. The June 1985 issue of National Lampoon, titled "The Doug Kenney Collection", was entirely dedicated to Doug Kenney, containing a compilation of all of his contributions. Raised in Ohio and educated at Harvard, Kenney spent much of the 1970s in Manhattan.

Police found his abandoned car the following day; three days later, Kenney's body was discovered stuck between two jagged rocks at the bottom of the cliff. [7], Learn how and when to remove this template message, A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever, National Lampoon's 1964 High School Yearbook Parody, "Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind 'Animal House' and National Lampoon", "Miss Garcia‐Mata Is Engaged To Douglas Kenney, an Editor", "Lampoon Co-Founder Dead; Kenney Fell From Cliff", "Will Forte to Star as 'National Lampoon' Co-Founder in Netflix Movie (Exclusive)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Douglas_Kenney&oldid=978223408, 20th-century American non-fiction writers, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2017, Articles needing additional references from February 2018, All articles needing additional references, Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Alexandra Appleton Garcia-Mata (1970-1973), This page was last edited on 13 September 2020, at 17:04. He numbed his mind with drugs, made chronically bad decisions and, after his older brother died of kidney disease in his 20s, believed his parents wished he had died instead. «Lampoon Co-Founder Dead; Kenney Fell From Cliff», Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados Unidos, https://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Douglas_Kenney&oldid=105324675, Wikipedia:Artículos con enlaces externos rotos, Wikipedia:Artículos con identificadores VIAF, Wikipedia:Artículos con identificadores ISNI, Wikipedia:Artículos con identificadores BNE, Wikipedia:Artículos con identificadores BNF, Wikipedia:Artículos con identificadores LCCN, Wikipedia:Artículos con identificadores SNAC, Licencia Creative Commons Atribución Compartir Igual 3.0. Together with Beard, he wrote the short novel Bored of the Rings, whi…

And yet, at the time of Kenney’s death, his life seemed an unbridled success. En 1978 escribió el guion de la película National Lampoon's Animal House, junto con Chris Miller y Harold Ramis.

His death was classified as accidental by Kauai police. Together with Beard, he wrote the short novel Bored of the Rings, which was published during 1969. Doug had fallen from a thirty-foot cliff called the Hanapepe Lookout. “Doug was lost,” says Josh Karp, author of 2008’s “A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever,” on which the film is based. Sus amigos empezaron a preocuparse por su suerte, pues Kenney parecía fuera de control, conduciendo temerariamente o utilizando cantidades crecientes de cocaína. "[3] At a press conference, Kenney verbally abused reporters and then fell into a drunken stupor. Kenney remained on staff until 1977, when he left the magazine to co-write the screenplay to National Lampoon's Animal House, along with Chris Miller and Harold Ramis. Kenney’s final trip to Hawaii, with pal Chevy Chase in tow, was designed as a detox. After the incident at the Caddyshack press conference, it became apparent that Kenney had a substance abuse problem. He even referred to both of them as "mom and dad" during his stay. After Chase left, Kenney's girlfriend, Kathryn Walker, came to keep him company, but she also had to return to work. La policía encontró su coche abandonado al día siguiente; tres días más tarde, el cuerpo de Kenney fue descubierto enganchado entre dos rocas en el fondo del acantilado. The feature was an Americanized version of Private Eye's long-running column "Mrs. Wilson's Diary," written from the viewpoint of Prime Minister Harold Wilson's wife. Produced on a very modest budget, National Lampoon's Animal House was, until Ghostbusters in 1984, the most profitable comedy film in Hollywood history. Kenney graduated in 1968. But the studio edited it to focus on the scene-stealers Rodney Dangerfield, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, and Ted Knight. Would you like to receive desktop browser notifications about breaking news and other major stories? Kenney tenía un contrato por cinco años con la editora de la revista National Lampoon, 21st Century Communications, lo que aprovechó junto a Beard y Hoffman para hacerse con una indemnización de $7 millones de dólares. He writes, “Briefly curtailing their intake somewhat, they soon sent to the mainland for cocaine, which arrived, according to various sources, in the center of tennis balls and other packages.” Chase returned to LA, while Kenney stayed on, presumably to scout locations for would-be film projects, before he went over the edge.

Chase preparaba su regreso a Hawái cuando recibió una llamada telefónica que le anunciaba el fatal desenlace. Thanks for contacting us. Another of these writers was Henry Beard, with whom Kenney frequently collaborated, and who became a lifelong friend. “Didn’t everyone think it was terrible?” Kenney asked. After working on the Harvard Lampoon as an undergraduate, Douglas C. Kenney co-founded the National Lampoon magazine and the National Lampoon Radio Hour. The film was intended to be about the caddies and their attitude towards the club's members and government. He showed up high at a press conference, ranted at journalists and railed against his own film. While at Harvard University, Kenney was a member of the Signet society, president of the Spee Club, and editor of The Harvard Lampoon.

Douglas Kenney - Biography. Chris Miller, co-writer of Animal House, paid homage by naming the main character in his 1996 film Multiplicity Doug Kinney, a variation on, and tribute to, Kenney. Kenney's close friend Chevy Chase took him to Kauai, Hawaii, hoping the relaxing environment would help him, but had to leave to return to work. January 25, 2018 | 4:21pm | Updated January 26, 2018 | 10:22am. While vacationing in Hawaii in 1980, the National Lampoon magazine co-founder and OG of snark walked past a warning sign and strolled to the edge of a 30-foot-high cliff. He likened Kenney’s brain to shards from a broken mirror: “Each one is very bright but they’re not connected anymore.”. During one of these breaks he wrote a comic novel, "Teenage Commies from Outer Space".

. Police found his abandoned vehicle the following day, but it was not until three days later that his body was discovered. Douglas Kenney, Writer: National Lampoon's Animal House.