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December 30, 2008
134. I'm looking for a cover or story where some GI Joes were dressed as Nazis marching little Jewish Pillsbury doughboys into an oven. I would like to find this picture.
It was definitely not a cover and I don't recall seeing anything like that in the magazine. Beats me, but if anybody else remembers it, use the Comments link to answer.
Posted December 30, 2008, 02:07 PM in . | Comments (0)
133. Can you help me in recalling who the NatLamp artist was who was doing the auto assembly line comic? (early '70s). The Ukranian worker with seniority was always going on about "those young guys, what do they know about screws!”
It was "Assembly Line Comics" by Ed Subitzky from the April 1975 (Car Sickness) issue. (Thanks to Ken and Steve for digging up this info.)
Posted December 30, 2008, 02:04 PM in Answers. | Comments (3)
M.K. Brown has a page on YouTube where she has posted semi-animated versions of her cartoons with music and voices added. They're great, but it would be even cooler if they were fully animated. M.K. Brown on YouTube.
Posted December 30, 2008, 09:40 AM in News.
December 24, 2008
132. I recall a multi-page cartoon that featured two women being tortured with electrodes to their nipples. I have no idea when it appeared except for maybe the late '70s. Any clues?
The only thing like that I can think of is the S&M spoof "Cowgirls at War" from the Encyclopedia of Humor (1973), but Carol nails it again: May 1975 (Medicine) issue. More info in the Comments link below.
Posted December 24, 2008, 10:20 AM in Answers. | Comments (6)
December 18, 2008
131. I'm looking for images of paper cut out christmas ornaments that were in Lampoon. Perhaps the late 70s. I think there were four. One was of a "dead jewish boy". Another was of holly balls w/holly dick. I used them on the christmas for years! Sure wish I could find them.
Doesn't ring a bell with me, but Marcel says: December 1979 (Success) issue. (Thanks, Marcel! That was fast.)
Posted December 18, 2008, 01:29 PM in Answers. | Comments (2)
December 16, 2008
This Can't Be Good. The CEO of National Lampoon, Dan Laiken, was charged yesterday with conspiracy and securities fraud in what prosecutors said was an attempt to raise the value of the company’s stock artificially. Read the whole story at the New York Times site.
Posted December 16, 2008, 09:31 AM in News.
December 11, 2008
130. I am pretty sure there was NLP that was dedicated to a collection of different sorts of cartoons. One of the cartoons that comes to mind is a high-rise constriction site where all the construction workers are Native Americans who battle rival tribes who are constructing skyscrapers across the street. Another is a WWII Japanese propaganda poster that shows a Samurai Warrior standing in a kamikaze (zero) that is about to crash onto the deck of an American aircraft carrier. The US soldiers all look like devils and one of them is holding a hot dog bun with a baby inside of it. Does this ring a bell at all?
I'm not sure about the first one (about the tribal construction workers), but the second one is from a mock WWII Japanese propaganda comic book from a special issue called "National Lampoon Presents The Very Large Book of Comical Funnies" (1975). The "poster" you remember is the cover of the mock comic. The first item was not from that issue. Update! Carol (once again) provides the answer: "It's a comic called 'Trail of Tiers', written by Brian McConnachie and drawn by Nick Cardy in the Nov 75 (Work) issue. It was reprinted in Best Of #7." Thanks, Carol!
Posted December 11, 2008, 02:37 PM in Answers. | Comments (1)
December 8, 2008
129. A long time ago there was a “Dear Santa Klaus von Bulow” piece in National Lampoon which my buddy subscribed to. We were both around 13 years old at the time and we were way too young to understand the satire at the time but years later started cracking up upon putting it all together. I remember it was a Christmas list addressed to “Santa Klaus von Bulow” and included requests such as hypodermic needles. Do you have any recollection of this?
I'm afraid I'm not familiar with that one. I tried doing a text search on the Lampoon DVD, but no luck. If anyone else knows the answer, use the Comments link below.
Posted December 8, 2008, 04:14 PM in Answers. | Comments (0)
December 1, 2008
128. I'm trying to find a copy of the Principal's Guide to Acceptable Textbooks or something similar. It was hilarious. No matter how horribly the books were defaced, the principal OK'd them for reuse. There was a picture of George Washington smoking a cigarette by his horse that I still laugh about.
It sounds like the History textbook parody in the 1964 High School Yearbook Parody, but it doesn't match your description. I thought it might be in the 199th Birthday Book, but apparently not. If anyone else knows where this appeared, please use the Comments link below to answer.
Posted December 1, 2008, 02:57 PM in Answers. | Comments (0)
127. I remember a letter from an older couple about their healthy sex life and P.J. O'Rourke saying something like "the thought of your withered carcasses slapping together in a parody of lust makes me want to puke my guts up..." Am I making this up?
Carol sez: "Jan. '81 (Excess) issue, page 45, has an elderly couple ask "When should we stop making love?" A 'prominent osteopath' (either PJ or Gerald Sussman) replies "This minute..." and does the withered carcasses bit, ending with "...is repellent to any right-thinking person." It does sound like PJ." Thanks, Carol!
Posted December 1, 2008, 02:49 PM in Answers. | Comments (3)
126. I remember a cartoon from the early '80s of Mrs. Claus on all fours with a whole gaggle of elves gettin' ready to help her pass the time without the hubby around. "For this is the night that MRS. Claus comes, too." Which issue was this in? Any on-line copy of said cartoon?
Carol says: "Definitely the Surprise Poster from the December 82 "ET Issue". Thanks, Carol!
Posted December 1, 2008, 02:44 PM in Answers. | Comments (3)