The NYT takes a look at Greg Gutfeld's tenure as editor of Stuff, and his abrupt departure earlier this week. Gutfeld contends that his bosses just didn't get his sense of humor. Gutfeld, who got kicked out of grade school for lighting firecrackers in class, continued with the pranks through most of his editorial career. Stuff featured public mockings of other magazines such as having then GQ editor Art Cooper's handwriting analyzed, responded to letters sent to Entertainment Weekly (an oldie but a goodieSPY used to answer letters to the New Yorker), and running a "correction" that said, "In last month's issue of Esquire, we thought we read something pretty interesting; turns out, we were just staring at a wall." Gutfeld's off-the-page stunts were even better. He sent a group of dwarf actors to disrupt a magazine panel and wore a bearskin rug to a fashion show. I know Gutfeld's a pain in the ass, but I think Stuff is going to be incredibly boring now. Then again, if he's looking for things to do, we could always use another unpaid intern.
A publishing pest moves on [NYT]