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The 199th Birthday Book Finally Added
June 25, 2025 | Comments: None »
David Kaestle Interview
February 24, 2025 | Comments: None »
Frazetta & the National Lampoon
January 24, 2025 | Comments: None »
Christmas Vacation 2 / The Death of National Lampoon
January 17, 2025 | Comments: None »
Radio Hour Available Online
December 9, 2024 | Comments: 2 »
Saturday Night
October 29, 2024 | Comments: None »
Chris Miller Campus Talk, 1977
August 27, 2024 | Comments: None »
SNL 1975 Film In the Works
February 3, 2024 | Comments: 4 »
Revised Bookshelf Listing
January 21, 2024 | Comments: 1 »
Everything Old Is New Again
January 11, 2024 | Comments: 2 »
Brian McConnachie, R.I.P.
January 9, 2024 | Comments: 2 »
New “Bookshelf” Category
December 14, 2023 | Comments: None »
Ed Subitzky Collection Published
November 11, 2023 | Comments: 2 »
Site Improvements
November 9, 2023 | Comments: None »
O.C. and Stiggs Movie Remastered, Reissued—Plus a Documentary
October 30, 2023 | Comments: 1 »
Follow Me on X (Twitter) for Updates
October 23, 2023 | Comments: None »
The Story of the 2010 NYPL National Lampoon Event. Finally.
October 19, 2023 | Comments: None »
Site Update
October 17, 2023 | Comments: None »
Sam Gross, R.I.P.
May 17, 2023 | Comments: None »
Bruce McCall, R.I.P.
May 7, 2023 | Comments: 1 »
Sean Kelly, R.I.P.
August 15, 2022 | Comments: 4 »
P.J. O’Rourke, R.I.P.
February 24, 2022 | Comments: 3 »
New National Lampoon Issue Listing
September 13, 2021 | Comments: 6 »
Trots & Bonnie Book Coming Out Soon
April 21, 2021 | Comments: 2 »
R.I.P. Anne Beatts
April 15, 2021 | Comments: 1 »
Tony Hendra, R.I.P.
March 28, 2021 | Comments: 2 »
Gerald Taylor, R.I.P.
March 22, 2021 | Comments: 3 »
Is Your Name Tim Murphy?
November 27, 2020 | Comments: 1 »
Matty Simmons, R.I.P.
May 1, 2020 | Comments: 2 »
Happy 50th, National Lampoon!
April 4, 2020 | Comments: 2 »
NatLamp Subscription Promos
April 1, 2020 | Comments: None »
Trots & Bonnie Collection to be Published
February 13, 2020 | Comments: 3 »
Gahan Wilson, R.I.P.
November 22, 2019 | Comments: 2 »
B.K. Taylor Book to Be Published
November 15, 2019 | Comments: None »
Michael Gross Tribute
November 15, 2019 | Comments: None »
Gahan Wilson Interview from 2011
May 17, 2019 | Comments: None »
Randall Enos on the Origin of Chicken Gutz
May 15, 2019 | Comments: 1 »
Gahan Wilson Fundraiser
March 10, 2019 | Comments: None »
Randall Enos on His NatLamp Days
February 1, 2019 | Comments: None »
Mr. Cheeseface, We Never Knew You
November 29, 2018 | Comments: None »
Robert Grossman, R.I.P.
March 30, 2018 | Comments: 2 »
Missing Page 84 Found, October 1974 (Pubescence) Issue
February 26, 2018 | Comments: 5 »
Cullum Rogers’ Amazing Magazine Parody Site
February 7, 2018 | Comments: 2 »
Doug Kenney Movie to Debut January 26, 2018 on Netflix
January 5, 2018 | Comments: 2 »
Lampoon Getting New Owners
August 4, 2017 | Comments: 1 »
Big Vanity Fair Piece on the Fall of National Lampoon
August 3, 2017 | Comments: 1 »
Tony Hendra Interviewed by Alec Baldwin
May 30, 2017 | Comments: None »
Big Dirty Duck Book Forthcoming
February 27, 2017 | Comments: 5 »
Satire in the Age of Trump
February 20, 2017 | Comments: None »
Back Issues of NatLamp Available for Purchase in Digital Format
February 20, 2017 | Comments: 4 »
Site Update Complete
February 14, 2017 | Comments: None »
Site Update Continues
February 13, 2017 | Comments: None »
Things Are Going to Be a Little Weird Around Here for a Little While…
February 8, 2017 | Comments: None »
NatLamp Doc Now Streaming on NetFlix
January 26, 2017 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon Art Staff, Mid-1979
September 26, 2016 | Comments: None »
Hendra’s Final Edition Releases New NatLamp Album
September 21, 2016 | Comments: None »
Doug Kenney Biopic in the Works!
April 11, 2016 | Comments: None »
Lampoon Panel Discussion Now Online
November 21, 2015 | Comments: None »
Michael Gross, R.I.P.
November 16, 2015 | Comments: None »
Lampoon Panel Discussion Announced
November 9, 2015 | Comments: None »
The American Bystander
October 21, 2015 | Comments: None »
Michael Gross Wins Stan Lee Lifetime Achievement Award
October 17, 2015 | Comments: None »
It’s Out!
September 25, 2015 | Comments: None »
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead Debuts
August 31, 2015 | Comments: None »
A Conversation with Michael Gross
July 29, 2015 | Comments: None »
NatLamp Documentary Coming Soon
July 7, 2015 | Comments: None »
Comics Journal Interviews Michael Gross
March 16, 2015 | Comments: None »
Henry Beard Talks at Length About National Lampoon
September 10, 2014 | Comments: None »
Chicken Gutz Rides Again!
August 5, 2013 | Comments: None »
A New Lampoon Book
June 5, 2013 | Comments: None »
Going on Hiatus for a While
March 30, 2012 | Comments: None »
“Where To Find Stuff” Page Updated
February 12, 2012 | Comments: None »
More Lampoon Trivia
November 22, 2011 | Comments: None »
A bit of Yearbook Parody trivia
November 22, 2011 | Comments: None »
Gahan Wilson’s “Nuts”
September 25, 2011 | Comments: None »
NatLamp Selected for The American Project
August 30, 2011 | Comments: None »
Alice Playten, R.I.P.
June 28, 2011 | Comments: None »
Jeff Jones, R.I.P.
May 19, 2011 | Comments: None »
Peter Kleinman Interview
May 15, 2011 | Comments: None »
New Ayn Rand Parody by Ellis Weiner
May 15, 2011 | Comments: None »
An Evening with Michael Gross:
April 7, 2011 | Comments: None »
Another NatLamp Exec Busted
March 18, 2011 | Comments: None »
NatLamp on The Simpsons
March 13, 2011 | Comments: None »
Sam Gross Interview
March 8, 2011 | Comments: None »
Matty Simmons Book About Animal House in the Works
January 27, 2011 | Comments: None »
Rare Sam Gross For Sale
January 11, 2011 | Comments: None »
Forty-Year-Old Puzzle Solved!
January 6, 2011 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon Revisited Video Online
December 15, 2010 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon Event Reactions
December 7, 2010 | Comments: None »
Reviews Coming in for Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead Book
December 6, 2010 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon Revisited—Post Event
December 6, 2010 | Comments Off on National Lampoon Revisited—Post Event
“What?” “I said there’s a banana in your ear…”
December 3, 2010 | Comments: None »
NYPL Live National Lampoon Event in Ten Days
November 24, 2010 | Comments: None »
It Must be Rick Meyerowitz Month
September 30, 2010 | Comments: None »
Rick Meyerowitz on the Radio
September 29, 2010 | Comments: None »
My Skype Call with Rick Meyerowitz
September 15, 2010 | Comments: None »
NatLamp CEO Sentenced
September 10, 2010 | Comments: None »
Lemmings on NetFlix
July 19, 2010 | Comments: None »
Zappa in National Lampoon…
June 16, 2010 | Comments: None »
NatLamp Documentary in the Works
June 10, 2010 | Comments: None »
Lampoon Book Sneak Peek
May 26, 2010 | Comments: None »
Answers Page Update
April 5, 2010 | Comments: None »
Belushi T-Shirt Up for Auction
March 22, 2010 | Comments: None »
Rick Meyerowitz Doing Big New Book about National Lampoon
March 21, 2010 | Comments: None »
Now in HD Where Available
March 11, 2010 | Comments: None »
Lemmings Poster Up for Auction
March 11, 2010 | Comments: None »
NatLamp Bicentennial Calendar Works for 2010 (Sort of)
February 26, 2010 | Comments: None »
The inspiration for Politenessman?
January 13, 2010 | Comments: None »
Don Ivan Punchatz, R.I.P.
November 4, 2009 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon Complete DVD Price Drops
October 7, 2009 | Comments: None »
A Couple of John Hughes Links
August 7, 2009 | Comments: None »
John Hughes, R.I.P.
August 6, 2009 | Comments: None »
M.K. Brown on YouTube
December 30, 2008 | Comments: None »
NatLamp CEO Charged with Conspiracy and Security Fraud
December 16, 2008 | Comments: None »
nationallampoon.com Flashbacks Section Workaround
October 27, 2008 | Comments: None »
Answers Page Update
September 20, 2008 | Comments: None »
Rick Meyerowitz to Do NatLamp Book
September 18, 2008 | Comments: None »
Life Imitates Art
September 8, 2008 | Comments: None »
Autographed Animal House Books For Sale
September 2, 2008 | Comments: None »
In Chris Miller News…
August 11, 2008 | Comments: None »
Brian McConnachie Interview
April 15, 2008 | Comments: None »
Doug Kenney Paperback Coming in April
March 20, 2008 | Comments: None »
More Chris Miller Stories Online
February 20, 2008 | Comments: None »
NatLamp Complete DVD: A First Look
November 17, 2007 | Comments: None »
More NatLamp DVD Info
November 5, 2007 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon Complete on DVD Update
October 18, 2007 | Comments: None »
The Real Animal House Out in Paperback
October 15, 2007 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon on DVD?
September 14, 2007 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon Event in Chicago
August 7, 2007 | Comments: None »
Misusing Animal House
July 11, 2007 | Comments: None »
Chris Miller Pop Culture Glossary
July 11, 2007 | Comments: None »
NatLamp Revival Plan
June 27, 2007 | Comments: None »
1978 Animal House Book Reissued
June 19, 2007 | Comments: None »
Another Chris Miller Story Online
June 19, 2007 | Comments: None »
Chris Miller Update
May 5, 2007 | Comments: None »
Anne Beatts Interview on Jesse Thorn’s Blog
April 16, 2007 | Comments: None »
Chris Miller Posts Memoir
March 23, 2007 | Comments: None »
P.J. O’Rourke on NPR’s Talk of the Nation
January 8, 2007 | Comments: None »
P.J. O’Rourke on C-SPAN II
December 29, 2006 | Comments: None »
Chris Miller Interview on MrSkin.com
December 29, 2006 | Comments: None »
Josh Karp on Young America
December 4, 2006 | Comments: None »
George W.S. Trow, R.I.P.
December 3, 2006 | Comments: None »
New Lampoon Movie?
November 27, 2006 | Comments: None »
Josh Karp on NPR
November 20, 2006 | Comments: None »
The Real Animal House
November 14, 2006 | Comments: None »
Real Animal House Book Now Available
November 14, 2006 | Comments: None »
In Animal House news…
August 21, 2006 | Comments: None »
Rob Hoffman, R.I.P.
August 21, 2006 | Comments: None »
Interview: Josh Karp, Author of New Doug Kenney Book
August 16, 2006 | Comments: None »
Doug Kenney Book Will be Out in September
June 7, 2006 | Comments: None »
’Poon Parody from Down Under
January 28, 2006 | Comments: None »
Lampoon Discussed at Comics Journal
January 9, 2006 | Comments: None »
Belushi Podcast
November 21, 2005 | Comments: None »
Holy Moses!
November 11, 2005 | Comments: None »
Big Blue Belushi Book
November 7, 2005 | Comments: None »
If You Don’t Read This Item, I’ll Kill This Blog
October 19, 2005 | Comments: None »
Kids Say the Darndest Things
October 11, 2005 | Comments: None »
One For the Art Experts
August 10, 2005 | Comments: None »
Department of Corrections
July 26, 2005 | Comments: None »
He’s Got It Covered
July 6, 2005 | Comments: None »
NYT: The Rise and Fall of National Lampoon
July 3, 2005 | Comments: None »
New Lampoon CD Box Set
May 23, 2005 | Comments: None »
Michael Gross Puts His Work Online
May 19, 2005 | Comments: None »
Peter Bramley, R.I.P.
May 13, 2005 | Comments: 3 »
Hugo Flesch Correction
December 6, 2004 | Comments: None »
The Dacron Republican-Democrat Reissued
November 30, 2004 | Comments: None »
Norman Rose, R.I.P.
November 30, 2004 | Comments: None »
Classic Radio Hour Shows to Be Available from Audible
October 4, 2004 | Comments: None »
Michael Gross to Launch Adult Website
September 20, 2004 | Comments: None »
Jackson Beck, R.I.P.
August 21, 2004 | Comments: None »
Classic Radio Hour Online Soon
July 29, 2004 | Comments: None »
Online National Lampoon Store to Open
July 19, 2004 | Comments: None »
Sometimes an O is just an O
July 14, 2004 | Comments: None »
Caddyshack Alums Reminisce
July 13, 2004 | Comments: None »
“Modern Mirth” Humor Site to Launch
July 7, 2004 | Comments: None »
O’Donoghue and Trow’s Savages to Be Released on DVD
June 21, 2004 | Comments: None »
Not exactly NatLamp, but…
May 24, 2004 | Comments: None »
NatLamp Audio Online
March 23, 2004 | Comments: None »
The Design Legacy of National Lampoon
March 22, 2004 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon’s Big Book of Love
February 20, 2004 | Comments: None »
David Kaestle, R.I.P.
January 25, 2004 | Comments: 3 »
Party like it’s 1976
January 21, 2004 | Comments: None »
High School Yearbook Parody Re-issue Reviewed
January 6, 2004 | Comments: None »
Christmas Vacation 2 to Air on NBC
December 9, 2003 | Comments: None »
Former NationalLampoon.com Staffers Sold on eBay
December 8, 2003 | Comments: None »
Richard Belzer Interviewed on NPR
November 17, 2003 | Comments: None »
Chicken Gutz Goes Online
November 6, 2003 | Comments: None »
New, Improved Answers Page
November 5, 2003 | Comments: None »
Christmas Vacation Now on DVD
October 31, 2003 | Comments: None »
Doug Kenney and Chris Miller on The Tomorrow Show
October 31, 2003 | Comments: 1 »
Radio Hour Redux
October 22, 2003 | Comments: None »
NatLamp Website Editor Scott Rubin Interviewed
September 30, 2003 | Comments: None »
Radio Hour to Resume, Belzer Says
September 17, 2003 | Comments: None »
1964 High School Yearbook Parody Re-issued
September 16, 2003 | Comments: None »
Vacation 20th Anniversary DVD Released
September 16, 2003 | Comments: None »
Animal House Special Edition DVD Released
September 16, 2003 | Comments: None »
P.J. O’Rourke Interviewed by The Onion
September 5, 2003 | Comments: None »
Did you work at National Lampoon?
August 14, 2003 | Comments: None »
Remember Those Fabulous ’70s?
August 14, 2003 | Comments: None »
The Wit and Wisdom of Michael O’Donoghue
July 28, 2003 | Comments: None »
Non sapevo parlasse italiano.
July 3, 2003 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon Concordance, 1970-1998
May 30, 2003 | Comments: None »
The Comics of National Lampoon
April 24, 2003 | Comments: None »
Tales of Lower Middle Earth
April 20, 2003 | Comments: None »
Tony Scheuren CD Released
March 26, 2003 | Comments: None »
Sean Kelly Page Added
January 21, 2003 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon, Inc. On the Move
November 26, 2002 | Comments: None »
If You Don’t Read This Item, We’ll Shoot Vincent Flanders
September 27, 2002 | Comments: None »
I’m Honored, I Think
September 2, 2002 | Comments: None »
They got eggplants the size o’ yer haid!
August 29, 2002 | Comments: None »
Yippee
August 23, 2002 | Comments: None »
Mort Sahl Performing in L.A.
August 23, 2002 | Comments: None »
Are You Ready, Kids?
July 26, 2002 | Comments: None »
Same Place, New Address
July 19, 2002 | Comments: None »
All New Material!
July 16, 2002 | Comments: None »
They’re Baaaack…
July 6, 2002 | Comments: None »
Note to George
June 20, 2002 | Comments: None »
What’s this?
June 17, 2002 | Comments: None »
Tony Hendra’s NatLamp History Report
May 24, 2002 | Comments: None »
The Story Behind “The Jimmy Dugan Story”
May 22, 2002 | Comments: None »
How Paul Jacobs Got Involved In Lemmings
April 20, 2002 | Comments: None »
Were You In the Lemmings Road Company?
April 18, 2002 | Comments: None »
Just a Coincidence?
April 17, 2002 | Comments: None »
More On XM Radio
April 12, 2002 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon Radio Hour Now on XM Satellite Radio
April 10, 2002 | Comments: None »
“Who Am I?” (Brian McConnachie on NPR)
April 10, 2002 | Comments: None »
Michael Gross, Alive and Well
March 18, 2002 | Comments: None »
What’s He Doing Here?
March 18, 2002 | Comments: None »
Shary Flenniken Site Coming
March 18, 2002 | Comments: None »
Radio Hour On CD, the Early Years
March 18, 2002 | Comments: None »
Radio Hour Logs Available
March 18, 2002 | Comments: None »
Who Was On the Live Tours in 1978?
March 2, 2002 | Comments: None »
I’ve Been Blogged
March 2, 2002 | Comments: None »
More Dispatches from London
November 5, 2001 | Comments: None »
John Bendel News
November 4, 2001 | Comments: None »
Lemmings Available on CD
November 3, 2001 | Comments: None »
New Bruce McCall Book
November 2, 2001 | Comments: None »
Future of National Lampoon Unclear
November 1, 2001 | Comments: None »
Douglas Adams, R.I.P.
May 5, 2001 | Comments: None »
NationalLampoon.com News
May 4, 2001 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon Radio Hour Returning to the Air
May 3, 2001 | Comments: None »
Errata From London
May 2, 2001 | Comments: None »
M.K. Brown News
May 1, 2001 | Comments: None »
Where Do Former NatLamp Editors Go?
October 7, 2000 | Comments: None »
New Christopher Guest Movie: “Best In Show”
October 6, 2000 | Comments: None »
Hendra Launches Gigawit.com
October 5, 2000 | Comments: None »
Finally, Some Competition
October 4, 2000 | Comments: None »
Can you spell “Egg McMuffin”?
October 3, 2000 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon Issues on CD?
October 2, 2000 | Comments: None »
News Update
October 1, 2000 | Comments: None »
B.K. Taylor News
October 6, 1999 | Comments: None »
Vaughn Bodé Site
October 5, 1999 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon Gets an Internet Hosting Account
October 4, 1999 | Comments: None »
Going Into Low-Maintenance Mode
October 2, 1999 | Comments: None »
Shary Flenniken News
October 1, 1999 | Comments: None »
New Radio Hour Section Finished
October 1, 1999 | Comments: None »
Radio Hour Pages Update
March 12, 1999 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon coming to the World Wide Web?
March 11, 1999 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon Magazine, 1970-1998, R.I.P.
March 10, 1999 | Comments: None »
Radio Hour Pages Update
February 2, 1999 | Comments: None »
New Feature: Answers Page
February 1, 1999 | Comments: None »
Radio Hour Pages Update
December 2, 1998 | Comments: None »
That’s Not Classic, That’s Popular!
December 1, 1998 | Comments: None »
New Look; New NL Issue Is Out
November 3, 1998 | Comments: None »
More Former NatLamp Contributors Sighted
November 2, 1998 | Comments: None »
Christopher Guest Radio Profile in the Works
November 1, 1998 | Comments: None »
New Classifieds Section Going Strong
October 3, 1998 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon Radio Hour Section Planned
October 2, 1998 | Comments: None »
The Inside Story on the “Sexy Cover” Photo of Issue No. 1
October 1, 1998 | Comments: 1 »
Started Reading the New O’Donoghue Book
September 4, 1998 | Comments: None »
More Michael O’Donoghue, With Reprints
September 3, 1998 | Comments: None »
New Issue of National Lampoon to Be Published
September 2, 1998 | Comments: None »
New Classifieds Page Added
September 1, 1998 | Comments: None »
My Collection is (Nearly) Complete
August 4, 1998 | Comments: None »
Forthcoming Lampoon Movies to Appear on Fox Family Channel
August 1, 1998 | Comments: None »
Some Former Contributors Working for Mad Magazine
July 9, 1998 | Comments: None »
Frequently Asked Questions
July 8, 1998 | Comments: None »
Some NatLamp Alums Drop By
July 7, 1998 | Comments: None »
Readers Looking for “That’s Not Funny, That’s Sick!”
July 6, 1998 | Comments: None »
Several Readers Have Back Issues For Sale
July 5, 1998 | Comments: None »
National Lampoon May Cease Publishing; Beard Interview Posted
July 4, 1998 | Comments: None »
O’Donoghue Biography Published; M.O’D Page Updated
July 3, 1998 | Comments: None »
I Have Visitors?
July 2, 1998 | Comments: None »
New Home Page
July 1, 1998 | Comments: None »
Hello…?
May 14, 1997 | Comments: None »
Mark’s Very Large National Lampoon Website, Coming Soon
December 13, 1996 | Comments: None »
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