Q: Any fans of “Bernie X” and/or illustrator Robert Grossman (who did the well-known Nixon-as-Pinocchio cover) know in which issue they came together? According to Mr. Grossman, the picture showed a “long-legged gal holding a pistol disguised as a slab of lox, a taxi visible between her legs coming up [NYC’s] Crosby St.”
A: It appeared in the June 1983 (Adults Only) issue accompanying the article “Tips and Tales from Bernie X: The Spy Who Came” by Gerald Sussman. (Thanks to Vepo for providing the answer.)
There was a parody of the poster from “For Your Eyes Only” which was the main illo in a story in the 5/83 issue.
I’m sorry. 6/83. The “Adults Only” issue.
the nixon-as-pinocchio cover was october 1972: “The Miracle of Democracy” {“government for the people, by the people, in the people’s, and up the peoples”}. i lost it and went to lampoon’s office and bought the very last copy way back in the early ’80s. i still have it.
found your site while i was looking for robert grossman puppets that i didn’t buy – and damned well wish i had – of nixon/agnew: they were about $35 each in 1981 at a store in greenwich village called Speak Easy, now long gone. damn it.
take care,
r
Thank you, Vespo. The Lampoon, I know, spoofed that image more than once. Good recall on your part.
Rick, I envy you your visit to Lampoon headquarters. I moved to NYC a year ago, and for the hell of it once stopped in at the old NatLamp office building, but of course everyone’s long long gone.