[2] In the words of its prospectus, the role of the company was to "develop, produce, provide creative services and distribute National Lampoon branded comedic content through a broad range of media platforms.

Eventually, Laikin and Jimirro reached a compromise to share control, but the dual leadership structure was confusing and demoralizing for employees.

According to a 2017 Vanity Fair article: Laikin retained Matty Simmons, National Lampoon’s founding publisher, to develop projects from the archives and reach out to alumni from the golden age.

Laikin got Chris Miller, who’d written the original stories that became Animal House, to serve on a creative advisory board, and also got in touch with Tony Hendra, who’d edited the magazine for a few years and produced Lemmings.

"[4] During this period, the National Lampoon office was a chaotic mix of beautiful women, D-list celebrities, and quirky characters, resembling scenes from the company’s own films.

The workplace included "scanner girls" pretending to archive old issues, frequent celebrity cameos, and recurring roles for the likes of Dennis Haskins and Kato Kaelin.

Despite the eccentricity, there was a strong sense of camaraderie among the staff, who admired Laikin's dedication and felt deeply loyal to him, despite the company losing millions annually.

The company’s outdated technology, poor financial decisions, and misaligned projects like National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze further hindered success.

He engaged Ludacris for projects and pursued Hollywood connections, but his questionable business tactics attracted scrutiny — the next year Durham was involved in a major Ponzi scheme.

[4] In July 2017, PalmStar Media purchased all the assets of National Lampoon, Inc., including the trademark and its library of print, audio, film, and video content.

The show consisted of a multimedia presentation of live sketches written and performed by the cast, which are integrated with related comedy videos.

Instead of spoofing Woodstock, the new stage play "tackle[d] modern festival culture through Downfall, a parody mash-up of corporatized events like Coachella and Bonnaroo.

[20] The show was first created by former Lampoon editor Tony Hendra and author Jeff Kreisler,[21] and was later primarily run by Barry Lank.

[19] It starred Megan Stalter, Brett Davis, Alex English, Aaron Jackson, Rachel Pegram, Lorelei Ramirez, and Martin Urbano.

[citation needed] In 2002, the content of NationalLampoon.com was officially registered into the Smithsonian Institution for best exemplifying American satire in the weeks following the September 11 attacks.

In September 2002, Lampoon website writers Steve Brykman, Joe Oesterle, Sean Crespo, and Mason Brown were laid off; the four men decided to "sell themselves" on EBay to the highest bidder.

Staff writers and contributors included comedians Sandy Danto, Jessica Gottlieb, Phil Haney, Aaron Waltke, Seth Herzog, Evan Kessler, Kevin McCaffrey, Nadine Rajabi, Garrett Hargrove, Travis Tack, Eddie Rawls, and Matt Zaller.

[28] Publishing daily satire and cartoons, as of 2017 National Lampoon online was helmed by Editor-in-Chief Marty Dundics[citation needed] with contributing writers and artists including The New Yorker cartoonist Bob Eckstein, SNL humorist Jack Handey, author Mike Sacks, MAD magazine's Kit Lively, Paul Lander, Jon Daly, Dan Wuori, Brooke Preston, Trump satirist Johnny Wright, and Playboy Playmate/Huffington Post columnist Juliette Fretté.

The programming was built around stand-up performances from famous comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld, Robin Williams, George Carlin, D. L. Hughley, and Bob Saget.

The station also played prank calls from Crank Yankers and other sources, parody songs (labeled "Poon Tunes"), and interviews with active comedians (Marc Maron, Larry The Cable Guy, Dave Attell, and many more).

While on the air, the station was funded by Kent Emmons and supported by a staff of Tre Giles, David Frederic, Eugene Chin, Kevin Couch, Phil Iazzetta, Nadine Rajabi, Eric Cahill, and Jason Sharp.

The Sirius-XM feed continued to air existing National Lampoon Comedy Radio content until March 2009, when it was replaced by talk programming.

[38] The GSN cable television network in 2003 produced a comedy game show National Lampoon's Funny Money, hosted by Jimmy Pardo.