NatLamp Doc Now Streaming on NetFlix
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead, the documentary film about the National Lampoon, is streaming on Netflix now! There doesn’t seem to be a way to link directly to the movie, so you’ll need to search “drunk...
View ArticleThings Are Going to Be a Little Weird Around Here for a Little While…
I’m switching to a new back-end for the site, so some things, like the Issue listings, Radio Show listings, and so on, will be temporarily missing, or certain things won’t work right, like links to...
View ArticleSite Update Continues
Everything is now moved over to my new system, but I still need to update most of the internal links (links to pages within this site). So, if you click on something and you get a “not found” message,...
View ArticleSite Update Complete
Yay. I went through page by page and checked and updated every link I could find. I even added a bunch of links I had neglected to include in the Answers section. I also added a bunch of “update” notes...
View ArticleBack Issues of NatLamp Available for Purchase in Digital Format
Reader George Hunka has alerted me to the fact that they are selling back issues of National Lampoon in PDF form over at NationalLampoon.com for $2.oo each (35¢ in 1973 dollars). Not sure how long...
View ArticleSatire in the Age of Trump
George Hunka (the guy who tipped me off on the NatLamp PDFs in the previous item) has written Drunk, Stoned, Brilliant, and Still Dead, a very thoughtful essay on the history and legacy of the National...
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Big Dirty Duck Book Forthcoming
Dirty Duck, by Bobby London Reader Rob informs me that a new large format book, comprising nearly all of Bobby London’s Dirty Duck strips, is coming out in June. I know Dirty Duck from the National...
View ArticleTony Hendra Interviewed by Alec Baldwin
In a recent episode of Alec Baldwin’s popular podcast, Here’s The Thing, he interviewed former NatLamp editor Tony Hendra. Link. (Thanks to Craig for alerting me to this.)
View ArticleBig Vanity Fair Piece on the Fall of National Lampoon
The May 2017 issue of Vanity Fair featured an article by Benjamin Wallace called “Can Anyone Repair National Lampoon’s Devastated Brand?” (online version here). I was alerted to its existence back when...
View ArticleLampoon Getting New Owners
Remember that item I just posted yesterday about the article in Vanity Fair chronicling the sad state of National Lampoon over the last two decades or so? Tipster Logan Lee is back with more news, and...
View ArticleDoug Kenney Movie to Debut January 26, 2018 on Netflix
How did I not know about this sooner? I knew it was in the works, but I completely missed that the trailer for A Futile and Stupid Gesture hit two weeks ago. Looks like it’s going to be great! Tip ’o...
View ArticleCullum Rogers’ Amazing Magazine Parody Site
Reader Cullum Rogers wrote to me recently to let me know about a project he’s been working on for about a year: A website devoted to magazine parodies called, straightforwardly enough, Magazine Parody....
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Missing Page 84 Found, October 1974 (Pubescence) Issue
In the October 1974 (Pubescence) issue, the descriptive text about the cover on the Editorial page (page 17) reads: “COVER: The usual fuck-ups. Hendra, Kelly, and McConnachie thought the original...
View Article315. Gracie Whitebread
Q: I’ve often wondered about Gracie Whitebread. Well, not that often, really, no really! Anyway, I cannot find anything of substance related to her on the Internet. Do you know if she played much of a...
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Robert Grossman, R.I.P.
Robert Grossman, the prolific and talented illustrator and caricaturist, died on March 18, 2018, at the age of 78. He did several covers and other pieces for the National Lampoon over the years, most...
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Mr. Cheeseface, We Never Knew You
Did you ever wonder about the dog that appeared on the all-time most famous cover of the National Lampoon? The one with the blurb, “If You Don’t Buy This Magazine, We’ll Kill This Dog“? Well, the guys...
View ArticleRandall Enos on His NatLamp Days
The Caledonian Record, a newspaper based in Vermont, has posted a piece by cartoonist Randall Enos, who apparently does cartoons for them. Enos, you may know, was also a long-time contributor to...
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Gahan Wilson Fundraiser
Longtime National Lampoon contributing cartoonist Gahan Wilson is suffering from dementia. His step son, Paul Winters, has set up a GoFundMe campaign to help fund his memory care. Click the link if...
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Randall Enos on the Origin of Chicken Gutz
Randall Enos is a regular contributor to cartoonist Daryl Cagle’s website. Recently, he told the story of the origin and development of his Chicken Gutz comic strip (a personal favorite of mine),...
View ArticleGahan Wilson Interview from 2011
I’ve been on the email list for the Gahan Wilson Fundraiser (see below or here), and today the guy running it, Gahan’s step-son Paul, posted a link to an interview with Gahan from back in 2011 for the...
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