In a Zoom roundtable interview, Judd Apatow spoke about his upcoming movie, “The King of Staten Island,” which will be released Friday through video on demand. The film is a semi-autobiographical story of comedian Pete Davidson, highlighting his struggle with mental illness and grief.

Say what you want about National Lampoon. At least it was honest with itself. Spun off from the Harvard Lampoon in 1969 by editors Doug Kenney, Henry Beard and Robert Hoffman, the now-defunct humor...