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December 20, 2010
264. Which issue featured an illustrated how-to instruction guide for kids--how to do magic tricks at home, or maybe how to be a wizard. The first trick was "The Magic Wand of Water", and another was a gender transformation which entailed wearing articles of clothing found in your parents' dresser drawers.
Lorac sez: "The article you want is 'A Kid's Guide to Home Sorcery' by Ron Barrett, in the Jan '82 (Sword and Sorcery) issue. I have often inscribed the curse: 'Fink You, Nutbrain!' on paper-towel rolls." Thanks, Lorac!
Posted December 20, 2010, 09:10 AM in Answers. | Comments (3)
December 15, 2010
National Lampoon Revisited event video has been posted on FORA.tv. If you missed the event, You can see it now. (Thanks to Matthew for the link.)
Posted December 15, 2010, 08:42 AM in News.
December 7, 2010
I'm still working on my write up about last Saturday's event. In the mean time, you can read Dennis Perrin's take on it. (Dennis wrote the biography of Michael O'Donoghue, " Mr. Mike: The Life and Work of Michael O'Donoghue, The Man Who Made Comedy Dangerous".)
Posted December 7, 2010, 08:20 PM in News.
263. I have for over twenty years sought the ad for a once great club where one could only be inducted by another person rightfully named "Knights of the Mystic Assholes". I am a member in good standing after all of these years and was inducted back in the late eighties by my friend but unfortunately my wall plaque and credentials were lost long ago making any acclaimation of membership to someone now draw little more than a blank stare and a change of subject.
The fake ad was in the June 1986 (Horror and Fantasy) issue.
Posted December 7, 2010, 02:40 PM in Answers. | Comments (2)
262. There was an amazing article with drawings that categorized women based on the amount of pubic hair. Other physical features may have been discussed.
The article was "How to Tell What Girls Look Like Under Their Clothes", by John Hughes, illustrated by Trina Robbins, from the November 1978 (The Body) issue.
Posted December 7, 2010, 02:37 PM in Answers. | Comments (0)
December 6, 2010
While you're waiting for me to post my item about Saturday's event, here are some reviews of Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead:
And, to show it's not just New Yorkers writing about it, here's one from Saginaw, Michigan: The Review
Posted December 6, 2010, 09:57 AM in News.
National Lampoon Revisited at the New York Public Library was almost everything I hoped it would be and more. I will post something about it here soon. One thing: The NYPL posts videos of events like this on the its site on this page. There were video cameras there, so, presumably, this one will be, too. I'll post a link when and if it becomes available.
Posted December 6, 2010, 09:09 AM in News.
December 3, 2010
"What?" "I said there's a banana in your ear..." The original painting by Mara McAfee for the November 1973 cover of National Lampoon--the one that looks like a self portrait of Vincent Van Gogh with a banana in his severed ear--is up for auction. If you're interested, there's more info here.
Posted December 3, 2010, 07:12 PM in News.
261. I recall a comic book insert entitled something along the lines of “The Civil War Between The Negroes And The Jews.” I think it was in the Unwanted Foreigners issue. But I can’t find any reference to such a item. And a copy of Unwanted Foreigners I recently checked did not include it. Can you shed any light on the topic?
"Civil War Between the Negroes and the Jews" appeared in the January 1980 (Fantasy) issue.
Posted December 3, 2010, 04:42 PM in Answers. | Comments (0)