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How National Lampoon Helped Change TV Comedy
This extensive history of the Harvard National Lampoon recounts not only its origins but its influence on TV comedy - especially the 50-year-old Saturday Night Live. Among the alumni who called Lampoon home - Conan O'Brien, Colin Jost, Al Franken, Lawrence O'Donnell (a news host with MS Now) and a large number of writers from The Simpsons, the world's longest running TV sitcom.
An oral history of the Harvard Lampoon, the college magazine that remade comedy
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I remember them them doing a parody of Marcus Welby M.D. It was called Make Us Well By Monday.
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I was a fan of the National Lampoon magazine, talented writers, O.C. and Stiggs etc. and comics like Timberland Tales, The Appletons and Mister Politeness Man also made me laugh. I was quite disappointed when they stopped publishing. I once saw a hardcover compilation featuring the “Best of”, but it was a bit pricey for me at the time, kick myself now!
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Probably their most famous cover.
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Probably their most famous cover.
John Moore still refers to it, a classic!
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Did the National Lampoon Radio Hour air here? It introduced the world to John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner and Bill Murray, among others. They all ended up on SNL.
The show itself was shortlived. It only ran for about a year.
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Did the National Lampoon Radio Hour air here? It introduced the world to John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner and Bill Murray, among others. They all ended up on SNL.
The show itself was shortlived. It only ran for about a year.
I'm not sure if the Radio Hour aired here, but the late night comedy shows played a lot of bits from the various Lampoon albums.
I particularly remember "The Immigrants" and a hilarious sketch where either Mr. Rogers, or a similar character, played by Christopher Guest, interviews a stoner jazz bass player, played by Bill Murray.
"Can you say Egg McMuffin?"
"Egg-a-muffin, yeah ... " 😄
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I still call them eggamehfkins.
And I still sing 'Well-Intentioned Blues' quietly to myself.
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I was a fan of the National Lampoon magazine, talented writers, O.C. and Stiggs etc. and comics like Timberland Tales, The Appletons and Mister Politeness Man also made me laugh. I was quite disappointed when they stopped publishing. I once saw a hardcover compilation featuring the “Best of”, but it was a bit pricey for me at the time, kick myself now!
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Todd Carrol and Ted Mann wrote the entire “Utterly Mind-Roasting Summer of O.C. and Stiggs” issue over three days in a room at the (now Hilton) Delta hotel at Erin Mills and 401. They credited it in the issue opener. Weird.
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I was a fan of the National Lampoon magazine, talented writers, O.C. and Stiggs etc. and comics like Timberland Tales, The Appletons and Mister Politeness Man also made me laugh. I was quite disappointed when they stopped publishing. I once saw a hardcover compilation featuring the “Best of”, but it was a bit pricey for me at the time, kick myself now!
Thanks for sharing this RA!Todd Carrol and Ted Mann wrote the entire “Utterly Mind-Roasting Summer of O.C. and Stiggs” issue over three days in a room at the (now Hilton) Delta hotel at Erin Mills and 401. They credited it in the issue opener. Weird.
I vaguely remember that issue. I also just remembered that there was an O.C. and Stiggs movie, I also remembered that it was so-so….!
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I also just remembered that there was an O.C. and Stiggs movie, I also remembered that it was so-so….!
Directed by Robert Altman, no less. It spent years on the shelf before quietly being released. A shambling mess, but I liked it. Makes great use of King Sunny Ade and his African Beats.