'Poonster

English Alternative forms en Poonster Etymology From a en Lampoon 1 + en -ster. Noun A writer for the humour magazine The Harvard Lampoon. Chris Smith Comedy Isn't Funny https://web.archive.org/web/20231010083200/https://nymag.com/arts/tv/features/47548/ 5 June 2008 Also staring at the script and tossing in a suggestion every 30 minutes or so are Lewis Morton, 24, and Steve Lookner, 23, both in their second year at SNL, and both graduates of the Harvard Lampoon. The Lampoon has been a bountiful source of SNL talent from the start, when Doug Kenney, a founder of the National Lampoon and a Michaels consultant early on, paved the way for fellow Poonster [Jim] Downey to get a job at SNL. en w:Neetzan Zimmerman Harvard Lampoon tricks Trump with fake endorsement The Hill https://web.archive.org/web/20211025071722/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/250137-harvard-lampoon-tricks-trump-with-fake-harvard-crimson-endorsement Washington, D.C. w:Nexstar Media Inc. 3 August 2015 1521-1568 31153202 Poonsters, posing as Crimson staffers, snapped photos with a smiling Trump seated on the president's chair and later published a rave review of the real estate mogul, calling him "the most formidable and competitive candidate on the Republican side." en R. Blake Paterson Daniel P. Wood Lampoon Crowns Jimmy Fallon 'Emperor of Comedy' w:The Harvard Crimson https://web.archive.org/web/20230223102303/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/10/25/lampoon-crown-jimmy-fallon/ Cambridge, M.A. Harvard Crimson 25 October 2015 1932-4219 137344175 The Belmont High School band and the Harvard Crimson dance team led the procession, and two additional chariots, one carrying a jester and the other a panda-suited Poonster, followed the honoree. See also en pooner