New York World-Telegram and Sun Diners Club International
Organization(s)
Twenty First Century Communications, Inc./National Lampoon, Inc.
Known for
Publisher of National Lampoon Author of If You Don't Buy This Book, We'll Kill This Dog!
Spouses
Korky Kelley
(m. 1945, divorced)
Lee Easton
(m. 1952, divorced)
Patti Browne
(died 2017)
[1]
Children
4 (Michael Simmons, Andrew Simmons, Julie Simmons-Lynch, Kate Simmons)[1]
Martin Gerald "Matty" Simmons[1] (October 3, 1926 – April 29, 2020) was an American film and television producer, newspaper reporter for the New York World-Telegram and Sun, and Executive Vice President of Diners Club, the first credit card company.[2] Simmons gained his greatest fame while serving as the chief executive officer of Twenty First Century Communications (renamed National Lampoon Inc., after its best-known product).
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Martin Gerald "Matty" Simmons (October 3, 1926 – April 29, 2020) was an American film and television producer, newspaper reporter for the New York World-Telegram...
the authority of the dean of the fictional Faber College. Produced by MattySimmons of National Lampoon and Ivan Reitman for Universal Pictures, it was...
Formed in 1950 by Frank X. McNamara, Ralph Schneider (1909–1964), MattySimmons, and Alfred S. Bloomingdale, it was the first independent payment card...
House initially did well in the ratings. However, executive producers MattySimmons and Ivan Reitman's constant fights with ABC over content led the network...
player MattySimmons, American film and television producer, and newspaper reporter Matty Smith (born 1987), English rugby league player Matty Templeton...
the country in 1974; it was produced by Ivan Reitman. Lampoon owner MattySimmons was offered a TV show on NBC at this time, but declined the offer. In...
I've ever ignored." The National Lampoon published a tribute to him by MattySimmons, and a cartoon showing a sign reading "Doug Kenney Slipped Here", next...
the bumper of a car. Upon hearing "Holiday Road", Ramis and producer MattySimmons were surprised with how accurately the song addressed the movie's subject...
in the mid-1970s, and included his head shot in pizza boxes. After MattySimmons saw his photo, Furst was cast as Kent "Flounder" Dorfman in National...
had more than one million members worldwide, and, with the help of MattySimmons' and Leonard Mogel's Twenty First Century Communications, Inc., Weight...
Keepnews, Peter (June 1, 2012). "Food Fight! 'Fat, Drunk, and Stupid,' by MattySimmons". The New York Times. "Crazy Like A Fox". Los Angeles Times, June 2...
Doyle-Murray, later became SNL regulars. In fact, National Lampoon publisher MattySimmons had earlier been approached by NBC "to work on its planned Saturday...
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