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- ↑ Selwyn House School Yearbook 1964
- ↑ Education for a surreal world
- ↑ "Anyone remember the obscure guest on the Dean Martin Hour???Please??".
- ↑ "National Lampoon Staff & Contributors Index". Archived from the original on 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
- ↑ Choquette, Michel (November 2011). The Someday Funnies. ISBN 978-0810996182.
