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October 29, 2008
125. I remember a two-page spread from the '70s--a woman standing in a wooden bath, covered in suds, with a long handwritten note behind her in which she pointed out she was mainly airbrushed, composed of little printer's dots, and would never even think of meeting the reader so he should quit fantasizing, etc., etc. I've got the Lampoon DVD, but I can't find this.
That was quick. January 1979 (Depression) issue, "Endpiece" by Ed Subitzky. Thanks, Steve!
Posted October 29, 2008, 12:47 PM in Answers. | Comments (2)
October 27, 2008
The Flashbacks section used to be a feature of the official National Lampoon website. It contained online versions of popular articles from the old print version of the magazine. It was dropped some time in the last few years. However, reader Mark Mann passes along this tip:
"I was looking for old articles from NL mags, but could not find any. Then I remembered the Wayback Machine, which holds a history of internet websites dating back to the '90s. The link below takes you to the former NL website, and provides a link to old NL articles. I found Hughes' articles Christmas '59 and Vacation '58 from 1980.
"Go to http://web.archive.org/web/*hh_/nationallampoon.com/. From there, click on February 5, 2001. It will pull up the website as it was on that date. From there, click the 'flashback link' and that will give you some old material. "
Thanks for the tip, Mark!
Posted October 27, 2008, 05:21 PM in News.
124. I recall an article about the secret or hidden life of Christ, playing games as "seek and ye shall find," and there was a drawing of a young Jesus laughing. Does this ring a bell? And how would one go about getting a copy of that drawing?
I'm not sure, but I think you're combining two different things. The first is an article called "My Cousin Jesus, A Boyhood Remembered" (listed on the Contents page as "I Remember Jesus") from the December 1970 issue. This article has the "seek and ye shall find" reference, but the artwork is just a painting done in a religious style showing a young (but not laughing) Jesus. The other one could be "Magic Made EZ" from the June 1971 issue which has a photo of a smiling guy who is supposed to be Jesus. Maybe it's someplace else where you saw the "laughing Jesus" drawing.
Posted October 27, 2008, 05:17 PM in Answers. | Comments (1)
123. I was just visiting your site and wondered if you might know if there was ever a cartoon in National Lampoon that featured character named Pig Farmer McSwill. He's at a store looking for something to get one of his pigs in the mood to reproduce. He has his daughter sample it because he says "She's such a fine judge of quality animal tranquilizers." If this rings a bell please let me know.
Sorry, I don't recall that one, and a quick text search of the National Lampoon DVD turned up nothing. If someone else knows, please use the Comments link below.
Posted October 27, 2008, 03:22 PM in Answers. | Comments (1)