Dave Barry
“The Lampoon was absolutely fearless about their targets, viciously mocking not only the Establishment (an easy and popular target) but also the lame-o vacuities of the Flower Power people. Those guys broke all kinds of rules, and that changed everything — you saw the effects not just in print, but on TV and the movies. You still see it now, — the Onion, for example, is a descendant of the Lampoon. It inspired me. I knew these guys were close to my age, and while I was writing stories about the zoning board for a small-town newspaper, they were doing this amazing stuff, and I thought, I want to do THAT.” - Dave Barry
