Guests gathered around the bar set up near the fireplace and danced atop the tables, smashing beer bottles against the floor and richly-decorated walls, narrowly missing bystanders, including Crimson editor Jonathan H. Esensten '04.

"There were a lot of drunken middle-age people dancing on top of the table in the Great Hall. They were batting around chandeliers and smashing beer-bottles and I was almost hit by one half-full bottle," Esensten said.

The revelers amused themselves with fond retellings of various pranks committed in their days at the Lampoon, looking at the various staff photos and past issues on the walls.

Alums also relived their glory days by participating in "steps," a time-honored Lampoon party tradition in which party-goers in various degrees of drunkenness stand on the steps outside of the Castle and sing until inclement weather, boredom or the police force them back inside.

The scene was a bit more subdued on the fourth level of the building. Dubbed the Ibis Room, the small, circular room sits inside of the "head" which faces oncoming traffic on Mt. Auburn St.

At about five a.m. the party began to slow as many headed back to their hotel rooms to shower and change before the final event of the weekend, a large brunch at the Charles Hotel.

"It was great," said Hely, "good times for everyone with plenty of drunkenness and debauchery."