Answers to questions about National Lampoon. Red means the question has not been answered. If you know the answer, please post a comment.
Q: There was a cartoon about a UFO landing in NYC. One alien gets out to explore and gets mugged, etc. When he gets back to the ship, he is asked how it was by his alien colleagues and his response is “Level this planet.” A: Once again, Cartoon Carol to the rescue: “Found it!
Q: There was an spoof ad for selling homes in Love Canal as a great place to raise a family, that showed a young couple pushing their baby on a swing in a park. The baby in the swing I think, was a toaster with doll arms and legs. A: Carol found it: “Wrong Lampoon!
Q: Trying to find online (or other) reference to Nat Lamp comics page that used the phrases “too pink” and “much too pink” about a woman’s breasts. Probably an early issue, maybe by Peter Bramley. Any ideas? A: Carol nails it: “”Too pink! Too pink!” is screamed in terror by evolved cockroaches of the future when confronted by
Q: I recall a quote from an old NL story about a boy who was having some sort of sexual preference crisis so he “punched out my aunt and joined the Marines” or something like that. It was probably in the late ’70s or early ’80s. A: Sorry, but I am unable to find it. If
Q: Do you remember a cartoon from around 1973 where there are two bathroom stalls and the one guy is asking the other if he has TP, and finally asks if has singles for a $20 bill? The artist might have been Sam Gross or Charles Rodrigues. A: That would be “Farouk Comix” by Yossarian
Q: I have been looking for the longest time for the Wood Village “live” performance—the 1971 one, not the 1973 one I usually find—of Lemmings wherein Belushi summarizes today’s PC idiotology: “if you’re not a third world black lesbian you deserve to die”. It could be on one of the officially-released LPs or in the Radio
Gracie Whitebread
War-Injury Lottery Story
Funny Class Photo Captions
“I’ll Sing on Your Album If You Sing on Mine”
