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April 29, 2010
226. I am trying to find a copy of a hilarious parody of the classic baseball poem “Mighty Casey at the Bat” in which our hero is sent to japan to play in the Japanese baseball league. It appeared in National Lampoon and was authored by Sean Kelly and illustrated I believe by Rick Meyerwitz? I even can recall the opening stanzas of this hilarious parody:
Not brilliant was the outlook for the Yokahama Prawn
The score stood four to two with eight and one-half inning gone
But the Fans loved Basa Boru and so in the Stands they sat
And waited for one last chance to see mighty Kasi atta batt.
Go Nagasaki goldfish, Yokahama Prawn Hurrah,
“Hot Saki here, cold Kiren, Sushi, get it while it’s raw…
"Ka-Si Atta Bat" appeared in the July 1982 (Sports) issue.
Posted April 29, 2010, 12:03 PM in Answers. | Comments (0)
225. Sometime in the early 70s I recall a feature in National Lampoon that was title, something to the effect of, 101 Things To Say At The Funeral Of Someone You Hated. I would love to have even a photocopy. Are you familiar with it? Any idea where I might find it?
Close: "23 Ways to Be Offensive at the Funeral of Someone You Didn't Like", by Ed Bluestone, appeared in the January 1973 (Death) issue.
Posted April 29, 2010, 11:53 AM in Answers. | Comments (0)
224. My mom and I saw a black gentleman today with a black furry newsboy-type hat that blended so perfectly with his hair that we thought it was a haircut at first. When we figured out it was just a hat he laughed and he seemed to be used to this reaction. It reminded me of a Lampoon article from about when fades started being popular. Specifically, there was one haircut called "The Reggie" that was an Afro cut to look like a baseball cap. Which issue?
Dell says: "September 1978 (Style) Issue." Thanks, Dell!
Posted April 29, 2010, 11:48 AM in Answers. | Comments (2)
223. In an issue of National Lampoon once upon a time I saw the following parody on the then Paco Rabanne ad campaign ("What's unconventional is up to you"), for "Paco Rabinowitz" that showed a Chassidic-looking guy wearing a towel, talking on the phone, and the tag line was: Paco Rabinowitz: for the Orthodox Man. What's unorthodox is up to you." Could you tell me which NatLamp issue that was in? I've got the complete archive on DVD, so I'd like to look it up.
March 1984 (The Sixties Greatest Hits) issue.
Posted April 29, 2010, 11:45 AM in Answers. | Comments (0)
April 18, 2010
222. Hi. I'm looking for two things. The first is an issue of the mag that had halloween pranks. i.e. putting a dummy on a bike with a pumpkin head and pushing it in front of cars. Another story was this kid terrorizing his babysitter. I think the same issue had an advertisement for the 'Dead Roadside Animal Identification Book'. The other is an article titled some thing like "Foreigners: What makes them mad and what they'll do."
Mrs. Roistacher provides an answer for the first part: "The pumpkinhead dummy and the babysitter stories are from 'Halloween Rampage' by John Hughes, in the Oct '80 (Aggression) issue."
As for the rest, if you, dear reader, know the answers, please use the Comments link below.
Posted April 18, 2010, 09:12 AM in Answers. | Comments (1)
221. I'm trying to find an issue of National Lampoon with a cartoon of a mailman scaling a mountain-sized naked woman. It's at the beginning of a story about a mailman who gets seduced by a woman on his route. I think the cartoon might be in the May 1974 issue ( with a story called "Cock Tales") or the Feb 1974 issue (possibly with a story called "Strange Sex We Have Known"). Anybody know for sure?
It was the illustration for a story by Chris Miller called "Is It Still 'Playing' Post Office When the Mucilage Is Real and Covers Your Tongue?" from the June 1973 (Violence) issue.
Posted April 18, 2010, 09:02 AM in Answers. | Comments (0)
April 16, 2010
220. Do you know of a mid '70s issue that had a parody of the Sgt. Rock comics? It featured a Sgt. Silt of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers where they try and build a canal in the everglades.
Carol sez: "Sgt. Silt appeared in 'A.C.E. Comics' which was part of NL's '199th Birthday Book' special in '75. There's no art credit, but it looks like Ralph Reese's work. 'Look out Sarge! Behind that Indian - A TREE!!'" Thanks, Carol!
Posted April 16, 2010, 12:35 PM in Answers. | Comments (2)
219. I have a very large collection of Lampoons and can actually remember most of the items in them. Was searching for one recently, regarding 'tasting the women of bordeux' or sampling or something like that. Apparenty I do not have it, but can recall the segment. Very naughty, but great.
You're probably thinking of "The Joys of Wife-Tasting" from the June 1974 (Food) issue.
Posted April 16, 2010, 12:25 PM in Answers. | Comments (0)
April 15, 2010
218. It seems to me there was a peom in National Lampoon that ended with the line, "And like a thunderbolt he farted." Do you know anything about that, and where I can geta copy of it?
Thanks to the magic of OCR'd PDF (from the National Lampoon Complete DVD-ROM), it was easy to find with a text search:
Sirs:
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the earth in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from the mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt, he farts.
--Al Tennyson
Westminster Abbey London,
England
It appeared in the Letters section of the January 1974 (Animals) issue. Several subsequent letters on the same page make reference to it as well, arguing whether it is really "farts" or "falls" and so on.
Posted April 15, 2010, 08:41 PM in Answers. | Comments (0)
April 13, 2010
217. Do you know the issue that had a 2 page comic featuring Poppin' Fresh, Speedy Alkaseltzer, and perhaps The Michelin Man on a crazy road trip? Speedy was drinking a bottle of beer through his eye-hole. It was from the mid-70s. Thanx!
That was called "Heading for Trouble" and appeared in the National Lampoon Encyclopedia of Humor (1973). It's listed as "P.S.A." in the contents page (under "P"). It was written by Brian McConnachie and illustrated by Francis Hollidge.
Posted April 13, 2010, 08:37 AM in Answers. | Comments (0)
April 5, 2010
Answers Page Update. Nothing really new about the Answers page, except that now all the questions and answers show up in the monthly archive pages (that long list down the right side of the page over there).
Posted April 5, 2010, 09:56 PM in News.
216. There was a Lampoon cover with a woman with a huge bush and pit hair. It was like she had three Angela Davis 'fros poking out. Do you recall which it was?
Not a cover, but "Surprise Poster #3" from the February 1973 (Sexual Frustration) issue.
Posted April 5, 2010, 09:58 AM in Answers. | Comments (0)
215. What issue contained a two page editorial surrounded by Bazooka Joe cartoons from around the world?
It appeared in the October '79 (Comedy) issue. The artist was Ron Barrett.
Posted April 5, 2010, 09:43 AM in Answers. | Comments (0)
April 4, 2010
214. I have 2 issues that are identical except for inside front cover ad, and the date on the cover. One says June 1974 the other says June 1975. What's up with these 2 issues?
Both issues are for June 1975. About half the copies had the wrong year on the cover. They caught it before they were all printed. In general, the subscribers got the one with the "1974", while the "1975" issues went to newsstands and stores. I never noticed that the ad on the inside front cover was also changed. I don't know what the story with that is.
Posted April 4, 2010, 03:07 PM in Answers. | Comments (2)