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	IGN: An Interview with Matty Simmons
		Simmons: Well they are staying at her house, and the love of her life turns out to be married, so she's disconsolate and she goes along with them on the trip to get away, and so does uncle Nick.
		Simmons: Oh yeah, it's a family movie, it's a PG movie, whereas most of the movies I do tend to be more cutting and risqué.
		Simmons: We'll you are talking to a guy who has to go mea culpa because you are talking to a guy who founded the National Lampoon, and we introduced and founded this fl comedy.
	dvd.ign.com /articles/457/457486p1.html (906 words)

	Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management: Can the National Lampoon be funny again? New management is aiming for a ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Simmons placed sons Michael and Andy on the Lampoon's staff, and daughter Julie became editor of sister publication Heavy Metal, a science-fiction/fantasy title.
		Simmons counters the charges that his involvement with the magazine was somehow responsible for the lackluster performance by noting that during his 19-year affiliation with National Lampoon, the company brought in $30 million in profits.
		Simmons contends that he didn't change the magazine from what it was in the glory days.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3065/is_n2_v19/ai_8317745 (1513 words)

	National Lampoon's Vacation: 20th Anniversary Edition (1983)
		The set opens with an introduction from Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid, and producer Matty Simmons.
		Click on the rear door and you’ll get a three minute and 45 second featurette in which producer Matty Simmons and stunt coordinator/driver Dick Ziker discuss the design of the car and the execution of various elements related to it.
		Select the rear tire and we see a two-minute piece in which Christie Brinkley and Simmons chat about her “big scene”.
	www.dvdmg.com /nationallampoonvacation20.shtml (1551 words)

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		Simmons: That was the third Vacation movie and most of the principal actors had been together for two previous pictures.
		Simmons: Christmas Vacation ran for 10 years on NBC, was the top rated Christmas movie on television, and then last year NBC picked it up another 5 years for a hell of a lot of money.
		Simmons: Well, John Hughes wrote the script and to be honest with you, I never thought to ask John where it came from.
	www.themanroom.com /interviews.php?id=5 (1271 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: "If You Don't Buy This Book, We'll Kill This Dog!": Life, Laughs, Love, and Death at the National ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Matty Simmons, the ousted chairman and founding father-figure of National Lampoon, has the corner office in his personal history of its first two twisted decades of reinventing American humor.
		Despite this incongruous background, in 1969 Simmons agreed to provide the publishing expertise and front money for a national humor magazine produced by two Harvard (Lampoon) graduates, Henry Beard and Doug Kenney, who were ready for national exposure with their say-anything-if-it's-funny brand of humor.
		Simmons does not rise to the numerous occasions for satire and sick jokes, though the Lampoon's history is as warped and flly comic as any of its creations.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1569800022/qid (810 words)

	Richard Simmons Collectable Dolls
		His characteristic sense of humor and enthusiastic charm have placed him at the forefront of the fitness industry with a never-ending stream of ideas.
		Sharing his love of these exquisite dolls Richard now presents The Collection of the Masters; a culmination of Richard’s creative direction, passion for collecting and his dream to share the work of true Master Artists with collectors around the world.
		Richard Simmons Doll Nana's 90th Birthday- by Annie Wahl (SOLD-OUT)
	www.palleyd.com /simmons.html (575 words)

	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
		I admit I had low expectations while watching, and my fears were confirmed in a movie with terrible blue-screen techniques, an insipid soundtrack (the original score, not the Christmas songs) and lame comedic circumstances.
		Matty Simmons, who produced every movie in the series, wrote the story, proving that his skills are better used elsewhere.
		Matty Simmons apparently learned nothing from the writing teams that penned the previous Vacation movies.
	www.geocities.com /moviecritic.geo/reviews/n/natlampoonvacation3.html (562 words)

	National Lampoon People - Henry N. Beard
		Kenney joined forces with Matty Simmons…” This doesn’t match the previous statements that the early magazine was brilliant.
		I met Henry and Doug a year before the first issue was published when I co-published a parody of Time magazine with the Harvard Lampoon.
		Simmons is the one member of the early Lampoon team who has been drafted to work with the new company.” Exactly who should be brought back to produce movies?
	www.marksverylarge.com /people/matty-letter.html (1416 words)

	Moviehole.net - When Jaws got Lampooned, and Eddie got stranded
		Producer Matty Simmons got talking to IGN about the forthcoming TV sequel to “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”, unappealingly called “Christmas Vacation 2”.
		Ed Asner is just great as cousin Eddie's uncle Nick, and Fred Willard is in it, and it's just a great cast.” He adds, “What happens is cousin Eddie is working at a job in a test lab, and his partner is a chimpanzee and his partner bites him.
		Simmons also talked a little about a proposed “Jaws 3”, which would’ve been partly satire.
	www.moviehole.net /news/2693.html (307 words)

	News, Articles, Book Reviews Content - Minority Professional Network (MPN) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Simmons thought the whole idea of the credit card was going to be a very tough sell.
		Young Matty Simmons who had never charged anything in his life, couldn’t imagine why wealthy people would want a credit card.
		Simmons thought as a sales pitch this was pretty boring, so made up a story.
	www.minorityprofessionalnetwork.com /articledata.asp?id=223 (952 words)

	NPR : National Lampoon's Animal House, Present at the Creation
		In New York, the Harvard writers met Matty Simmons, a magazine publisher who helped develop the Diners' Club card.
		Even so, Animal House producer Matty Simmons found someone in Hollywood to seriously discuss a movie in which one of the protagonists pretends to be a zit.
		Simmons met with Ned Tanen at Universal Studios, who had been spurred on by Sean Daniel and Thom Mount, slightly hipper and younger execs.
	www.npr.org /programs/morning/features/patc/animalhouse (1468 words)

	IGN: An Interview with Matty Simmons
		Simmons: Well you know, I think the best one is the first Vacation, but my favorite is probably European Vacation because I think it's the best satire.
		Simmons: You know, I can't answer that because I didn't put the DVD together.
		Simmons: I'm working on three movies, I can't discuss any of them with you.
	dvd.ign.com /articles/457/457486p3.html (692 words)

	July 2005 Archives
		I was surprised to see Michael Simmons (son of former NatLamp publisher Matty Simmons) crooning country western in several of the bits.
		Read what Matty Simmons has to say about the article.
		Simmons' letter, such as the the part about Hendra and Kelly not being among the contributors to early issues (which would be true only if you count the first three as early issues).
	www.marksverylarge.com /archives/2005_07.html (523 words)

	Richard Simmons' Doll "Matty" (sold out)
		The L.L.Knickerbocker Company presents "Collection Of The Masters" by Richard Simmons.
		She is exclusively sculpted and designed for Richard Simmons by master artist Annie Wahl.
		Matty is hallmarked on a cloth tag sewn into the seam of her clothing.
	www.palleyd.com /matty.html (47 words)

	IGN: An Interview with Matty Simmons
		Simmons: You can do anything at any time if it's funny.
		The difficulty I have with the Farrelly brothers and what's on television is, my rule at the Lampoon, and I've tried to carry that through to movies and other areas, is that you can say and do anything you want to if it's redeemably funny.
		Simmons: The studio had already spent $2.5 million on pre-production.
	dvd.ign.com /articles/457/457486p2.html (662 words)

	Omphaloskepsis
		I mean, to be fair, Matty probably still likes you.
		It's just that you've been neglected of late, and consequently all of us o-skeppers are left without that morning cup of patented Matty e-snark/informative commentary tea.
		Not only that, but there were vacations, work trips, Monroe was off somewhere trying to find his way in the world, and Matty returned to his Second Year of lawyer school to discover the old adage about them working you to death is greatly understated.
	moreplease.blogspot.com (2312 words)

	Simmons Mandeville Mattress - Amazing Mattress Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Simmons of Houston, Texas, and Richard Simmons of Layton, Utah...
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		Simmons and Tempurpedic - and guarantees theirs are the lowest prices.
	www.amazingmattressguide.com /simmons-mandeville-mattress.html (510 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Before National Lampoon, Matty Simmons was best known as the marketing whiz who introduced the credit card and changed the world's spending habits.
		By the fifth issue the magazine was floundering but the cover on the September issue caused them to be sued by the Walt Disney Company and the magazine found its audience.
		Matty Simmons describes the type of people who worked on the various Lampoon projects, how the stage shows led to Saturday Night Life, and what it was like to be producing the magazine in the 1970s and the looniness that went into the National Lampoon.
	members.aol.com /bookviewzine/myhomepage/issue106.html (1459 words)

	"!iQVC Shopping Department 195!"
		Complete with a Certificate of Authenticity hand signed by Richard himself, C121310 – Richard Simmons' Matty From the Nana's Family Series, $89.95, is at the end of its edition.
		Only 250 of the remaining "Matty" dolls come with the autographed Certificate of Authenticity and these 250 are only available on iQVC.
		Dressed in her favorite housedress, sweater and pink fuzzy slippers, C121308 – Richard Simmons "Marge & Max" From the Nana's Family Series, $89.95, stands tall with her ever-faithful pet bulldog Max.
	www.qvc.com /co_dolls_simmons_nana.html (315 words)

	Monstervision Summerschool presents European Vacation
		AND Matty Simmons, producer of the National Lampoon movies, who for many years published and edited the funniest magazine in American history.
		The publisher and one of the original founding fathers of National Lampoon magazine, Matty Simmons has kept busy for the last two decades as a movie producer, creating boxoffice blockbusters like National Lampoon's Animal House and National Lampoon's Vacation.
		Simmons also served as producer on the television series, Delta House (which actually predated the movie Animal House, but the network geniuses left the pilot script on the shelf until the hit movie suddenly renewed their interest).
	www.angelfire.com /mn/nn/EuropeanVacation.html (3638 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - National Lampoon's Vacation: Special Edition
		Introduction by Chevy Chase, Matty Simmons, and Randy Quaid: Chase tells a few lame jokes (and nervously, I might add) while Quaid and Simmons mostly look on.
		This time around, Chevy is joined by Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, producer Matty Simmons, Randy Quaid, and recorded separately, director Harold Ramis.
		Basically this is a gallery of clips from the film put to various music beats, punctuated by Chase, Simmons, Quaid, and Christie Brinkley commenting on a few aspects of the film.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/vacationse.php (1557 words)

	UrbanPlanet.org -> downtown Greensboro becomes a movie set
		In their limited spare time, cast and crew have frequented such downtown spots as Much Restaurant and Bar, the N Club and The Rhinoceros Club, where Bon Jovi sang a few of his songs Friday night.
		Simmons produced National Lampoon's successful "Animal House" and "Vacation" movies.
		He is now joining executive producer Charles Grimes of Greensboro and producers Bill Greenblatt of Los Angeles and Phil Smoot of Asheboro in discussions with potential distributors for the independent film.
	www.urbanplanet.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=4382 (959 words)

	National Lampoon's Vacation
		Vacation is now 20 years old, and the studio has released a 20th anniversary special edition.
		It has been re-mastered in the original theatrical aspect ratio, but the best thing about the new edition is the commentary, featuring Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid, Producer Matty Simmons, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, and director Harold Ramis.
		Both she and Chase seem to be treading water so you couldn't see their clothes through the water.
	www.scoopy.com /vacation.htm (806 words)

	September 22nd in Baseball History \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Al Simmons and Charlie Gehringer are the only other AL players to do so.
		In the seventh inning, Matty Alou is in LF, Felipe Alou replaces Willie Mays in CF, and Jesus Alou is in RF.
		In the 8th, the three are retired, 1, 2, 3.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/chronology/today.stm (5000 words)

	Animal House - Still Fresh After All These Years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Animal House was first released, it’s hard to realize how chancy a movie it seemed at the time – especially to those who were making it.
		To begin with, the movie was producer Matty Simmons’ first – his entrée to Hollywood.
		When Simmons read the first draft of that early script he reportedly said, “Jesus Christ, guys.
	www.holeintheweb.com /drp/bhd/AnimalHouse.htm (1046 words)

	The Filmmakers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Early in his career, Simmons was among the founders of The Diners Club, the first all-purpose credit-card company, where he served as Executive Vice President for 17 years.
		Simmons produced the musical comedy play "Lemmings," which introduced a number of new faces, including John Belushi, Chevy Chase and Christopher Guest.
		Simmons also produced the popular "National Lampoon Radio Hour" and 12 comedy albums.
	vegasvacation.warnerbros.com /cmp/filmmakers.html (1153 words)

	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		There's obviously a good reason that NBC opted to bury this thing on a Saturday night, and there are few Saturdays less deadly than the one before Christmas.
		While Matty Simmons (who produced "Animal House" and all of the previous "Vacation" flicks) has his writer/executive producer imprint on this one as well, it feels like Simmons mailed this one in -- and found it stamped "Return to sender."
		It's all supposed be carried by the apparent hilarious ineptitude of Eddie, but he's such a complete and utter moron that it effectively removes any sense of believability and, thus, irony from the equation.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/icopyright_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2055640 (463 words)

	Matty Simmons filmography, posters, pictures, biography, contact, gallery, wallpapers, nude, poster, bio data, photos, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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	www.celebspulse.com /Matty-Simmons.html (107 words)

	September 2003 Archives
		Still, for all the people dying to get a copy of this classic, and with copies of the original going for over $100, it's not a bad deal.
		This special edition includes loads of bonus materials featuring many of the original cast members and others including Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid, Matty Simmons, Harold Ramis, and Christie Brinkley.
		This special edition includes a bonus "Where Are They Now?" segment directed and produced by John Landis (and co-produced by Matty Simmons) in which many of the original cast members (Kevin Bacon, Tim Matheson, James Widdoes, Bruce McGill, James Daughton, Karen Allen, DeWayne Jessie and Stephen Furst) reprise their Animal House roles.
	www.marksverylarge.com /archives/2003_09.html (403 words)

	Matty Simmons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Matty Simmons, born in Brooklyn, was a high school and college basketball player...
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