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February 26, 2012
359. I have a hazy memory of a short anti-war story that may have appeared in the early-to-mid-70s. Actual war is outlawed, but in its place there is a lottery, and drafted young men are assigned their war injuries by chance. The protagonist wakes after his "assignment" and gradually discovers that he has been reduced to a brain and spine suspended in a fluid tank. Kinda like a cross between Shirley Jackson and Dalton Trumbo. Does that sound familiar?
That would be "War Hero" by David Chambourt from the May 1971 (The Future) issue.
Posted February 26, 2012, 01:51 PM in Answers. | Comments (1)
358. Looking for a 1970s edition with a story of class photos of graduates with innuendoed names.
Pretty sure that would be the National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook Parody (1974). The captions for the underclassmen photo sections were written like that.
Posted February 26, 2012, 12:00 PM in Answers. | Comments (1)
357. Looking for a parody titled "I'll Sing on Your Album If You Sing on Mine". i think it featured Willie Nelson and another CW singer and would've been from the '70s.
This was a printed song-parody, not a recorded one. It appeared in the 'Texas Supplement', which ran (for some reason) in the Dec. '77 (Christmas in December) issue. (Thanks to Natalie for providing the answer. More info in the Comments link.)
Posted February 26, 2012, 11:50 AM in Answers. | Comments (3)
356. I’m trying to find the issue that had some kind of “Girls School” thing that somehow related to the woman who shot the Scarsdale Diet doctor. It would have been in the Fall of ‘79?
It was "Crush: The Secret Newsweekly Magazine of the Madeira School for Girls" by Michael Civitello and Brian McCormick from the June 1981 (Romance) issue.
Posted February 26, 2012, 11:43 AM in Answers. | Comments (0)
February 25, 2012
355. I am looking for a National Lampoon issue that had a comic book parody called "Captain (something) Boy O Boy" and it featured the cartoon "Kit and Kaboodle," the take off of Tom and Jerry. There is an issue from june of 1973 that has a "Kit and Kaboodle" cartoon in it, but its not the insert I'm looking for.
I think you're mixing up two different pieces: "Cap'n Jasper's Boy O Boy" was a depression-era boy's magazine parody by Bruce McCall that appeared in the June 1975 (Rainy Day Sunday Funbook) issue. "Kit 'n' Kaboodle" was a comic book parody by Brian McConnachie and Warren Sattler that appeared in the June 1973 (Violence) issue. It's possible that they both appeared in a later anthology, but I don't feel like checking.
Posted February 25, 2012, 04:49 PM in Answers. | Comments (1)
354. In one issue there was a parody of the old New England Primer, and the only entry I can remember (from the parody) was "A Mormon's Wives ye Devil Swives" Can't remember who illustrated it, but it was utterly brilliant. So anyway, in which NatLamp issue did this memorable piece appeared?
"A Mormon's Wives ye Devil Swives" is from "Protestant Section" from the December 1974 (The Judeo-Christian Tradition). The illustrator was Randall Enos Gil Eisner. The section was a kind of grab bag of humor aimed at Protestants.
Posted February 25, 2012, 04:26 PM in Answers. | Comments (2)
353. Is the story where O.C. and Stiggs paint the dirtiest word they could think of upside down on the underside of a bridge available? They painted "Fingerfuck" so every one driving into town by crossing a bridge would have to read it.
That was in "Halloween Rampage" by John Hughes from the October 1980 (Aggression) issue. Nothing to do with O.C. and Stiggs.
Posted February 25, 2012, 04:07 PM in Answers. | Comments (0)
352. I remember a bit on the radio, mid 1970s that had me and my brother in stitches. I would love to locate it. It was Albert Brooks (I believe) interviewing either the real Charles Nelson Reilly, or a great impersonation. Reilly was musing and going off in all different tangents. At one point he says "We're talking Gump Worsley". I don't remember much else in terms of details. All I remember was nearly dying laughing.
Almost every clue you gave was off, except the part about "Gump Worsley." That could only mean one thing: "The Mel Brewer Show" bit from the 1975 NatLamp LP "Goodbye Pop." The characters in it were Mel Brewer, a late-night radio DJ (played by Bill Murray) and Ron Fields, a fast-talking record promoter (played by Christopher Guest). In the bit, Fields gives Brewer an "inside tip" that the next big trend in music will be whaling songs, apparently mixed up about the kind of music Bob Marley and the Wailers played, which was an actual trend at the time--Reggae. Gump Worsley was given as the sort of person the new music would appeal to. Murray and Guest reprised these characters several times on the LP and also on the Radio Hour ("Mel Brewer's Insomnia Time").
Posted February 25, 2012, 03:37 PM in Answers. | Comments (0)
February 12, 2012
I just updated the "Where To Find Stuff" page. The last update was in 2002, so some of the information was very out of date. If you're trying to find old NatLamp stuff, this is where to begin your search. Please let me know if I've left out any good resources.
Posted February 12, 2012, 04:04 PM in News.
351. I am looking for an article written by Ed Bluestone. I believe it was in 1986. The title was “The Effective Manager: There’s Profit and Fun in Running Your Firm like Attila the Hun”. It was sort of a parody of 1980’s leadership books like The One Minute Manager”.
It appeared in the April 1987 (Crime Pays) issue.
Posted February 12, 2012, 04:02 PM in Answers. | Comments (1)