How Harvard Changed Comedy: From National Lampoon to Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons and Beyond by Harvard University published on 2014-11-18T21:34:21Z In this HAA Alumni Education event, Harvard Magazine Deputy Editor Craig Lambert AB ’69, PhD ’78 explores Harvard’s illustrious—and hilarious—comedic history. With comic examples, Lambert explores how Harvard comedy writers revolutionized American humor, moving it from the slapstick Carol Burnett era to the sardonic, offbeat world of David Letterman and Jon Stewart. Recorded in November of 2014 at Harvard’s Harvard Hall. Genre harvard