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February 20, 2004
National Lampoon's Big Book of Love 
just hit the bookstores (on- and off-line) recently and I was able to procure a copy. I was ready to be disappointed, but, lo and behold, it is actually quite a worthy collection. In fact, this 200-odd-page volume contains most of the articles people are always bugging me to track down for them, such as My Penis and My Vagina, First Blow-Job, Nancy Reagan's Dating Dos and Don'ts, How to Talk Dirty in Esperanto, Third Base Magazine, Obligatory Sex Scenes, and many other classics that have been forgotten. Many of the best past National Lampoon contributors are represented, including Doug Kenney, Henry Beard, Michael O'Donoghue, Anne Beatts, P.J. O'Rourke, Tony Hendra, John Boni, John Weidman, Shary Flenniken, Ed Subitzky, William S. Burroughs and Terry Southern (believe it or not), Jeff Greenfield, Emily Prager, and more. It contains some new material, as well, written by the NationalLampoon.com gang (Scott Rubin, Sean Crespo, Mason Brown, Steve Brykman, Joe Osterie, and others), and, for the most part, it holds its own along side the classic material. The design and layout of the new material and reformatting of some of the older material is a bit lacking, but, inspite of it, the collection is well worth the $20 price for fans of NatLamp's heyday. Let's hope there's more to come.
Posted February 20, 2004, 07:43 PM in News.
February 19, 2004
80. I'm looking to find the soundtrack to "European Vacation" but with no joy as yet. The one song I'm looking for is the one when the credits come up called "Back in America" which I think is by a group called Network.
Apparently, there was never a soundtrack recording issued for that movie, but see the Comments link below for some discussion.
Posted February 19, 2004, 09:39 PM in Answers. | Comments (9)
79. I am looking for info about a full page fake ad that appeared in late '70s or early '80s depicted "poor Timmy", who had all sorts of physical impairments (blindness, hairy palms, etc), and ended with "but don't worry, he'll be dead soon." It was purportedly by the Onanist Prevention Society, or something similar.
That piece is not from NatLamp but from the book "Not the bible" written in 1985 by Tony Hendra and Sean Kelly. (Thanks to both Max and Marcel for this answer.)
Posted February 19, 2004, 09:13 PM in Answers. | Comments (5)
February 2, 2004
78. I remember reading a story in the '70s about the "Book of Moron." Can you tell me where to find a reprint or copy?
It appeared in "The 199th Birthday Book" (1975). Everything I know about acquiring back issues is on the Where To Find Stuff page.
Posted February 2, 2004, 08:29 PM in Answers. | Comments (0)
77. There was a artist who used to do pictures for the National Lampoon that were Norman Rockwell-like. Can't remember her name for the life of me. If you know it, do you also happen to know if there is any book of her work?
Her name is Mara McAfee. There was a book of her work published in 1981 called "The Art of Mara McAfee." I've never seen it myself and I don't know how hard it is to find. If you search Google for the title, you will find a number of online book stores which list it.
Posted February 2, 2004, 08:24 PM in Answers. | Comments (5)
76. I have been trying to track down a Michael O'Donoghue quote. I think the subject was nostalgia, and after lamenting that "they're tearing down all the great old parking lots," he said something like "everything is coming back and then it's going away again... forever."
According to reader Chapin (see the Comment link below), it was said by George W.S. Trow, another Lampoon writer. For some O'Donoghue quotes, here is a link.
Posted February 2, 2004, 08:19 PM in Answers. | Comments (1)
75. Which issue had in its News on the March section a photo of a B-52 dropping bombs, with caption balloons, "I'm not a B-52" and "We aren't bombs"?
It was in the October 1973 (Banana) issue.
Posted February 2, 2004, 08:14 PM in Answers. | Comments (0)
74. I once read a comic that was similar to or may have been "The Appletons" in which a preteen seduces a man, teacher, or Mr. Appleton. With a motel key hidden in her vagina she takes him there, gets her cookies, he splits at which time her preteen friends come from hiding in the closet all wanting to get fitted for a key of their own. What comic was this called and where did I see it back in the mid 80's?
Sounds a little too raunchy for "The Appletons." Anyway, I have no idea.
Posted February 2, 2004, 08:08 PM in Answers. | Comments (4)