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NatLamp’s “Why Leave This Room?” 1982
Parody Of: Local entertainment guides. Title: “Why Leave This Room?”In: National Lampoon, August 1982, pp 51-55. By: Michael Reiss, Al Jean “and Staff”Availability: Right here; issue common on eBay. There’s a whole subset of parodies that claim to bring news … Continue reading
An Overlooked NatLamp Spoof, 1977
The first issue of National Lampoon, dated April, hit newsstands on March 19, 1970. It did not hit my P.O. box in Davidson, North Carolina, however, despite the Occupant being a charter subscriber at the bullseye of the target demo: … Continue reading
Posted in Newsstand Parodies, Specialized Parodies
Tagged 1970s, National Lampoon, Sweepstakes
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Bicentennial Burlesques, 1975-76 (and 2008)
In addition to bringing tall ships and fireworks, the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976 provided a perfect excuse to swell the nation’s small stock of 18th-century magazines. Time‘s special issues were the most impressive, representing two years work by 26 researchers … Continue reading
Posted in Newsstand Parodies
Tagged 1970s, 2000s, Kiplinger Newsletter, Mad, Magazine, National Lampoon, The Onion, Time
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Playboy Parodies 2: U.S. Newsstands, 1957-2018
(This is the second of a now three-part series on Playboy parodies. The first dealt with college parodies; the next will cover parodies circulated outside the U.S.) Unlike their college brethren, commercial publishers in the 1950s and ’60s showed little … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 2000s, 2010s, National Lampoon, Playboy, Punch
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National Lampoon Parodies, A to Z
Here’s the alphabetical version of the chronology of National Lampoon magazine and newspaper parodies posted earlier (which see for the intro to this topic). Each entry begins with the name of the publication being parodied, in italics; followed by the fake … Continue reading
National Lampoon Parodies, 1970-2006
This week’s debut on Netflix of another movie about the early years of National Lampoon — not a documentary this time, a biopic of Doug Kenny — provides all the excuse I need to catalog its magazine and newspaper parodies. … Continue reading
Online: National Lampoon’s “Mad,” 1971
Parody Of: Mad. Title: “Mad.” Parody In: National Lampoon. Date: October 1971. Length: 15 pages. Contributors: John Boni, Sean Kelly, Henry Beard (writers); John Romita, Joe Orlando, Ernie Colon, Al Weiss, Babi Jeri, John Lewis, Stuart Schwartzberg, Ralph Reese. Availability: Online here. Reprinted in National Lampoon Comics (1974) and National Lampoon’s Magazine … Continue reading