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Drunk, stoned, brilliant Dead: National Lampoon
Posted on 1/22/16 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 1/22/16 at 9:37 pm
On History channel now and Showtime later tonight. Anyone watching? It's a great story and I didn't realize the Animal House connection to The National Lampoon, John Landis, PJ O'Rourke, John Hughes, and all of the other talent from the magazine.
This post was edited on 1/22/16 at 9:39 pm
Posted on 1/22/16 at 9:54 pm to CajunAlum Tiger Fan
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:13 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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mizzoubuckeyeiowa
That was awesome
Posted on 1/23/16 at 6:46 am to CajunAlum Tiger Fan
Fascinating show. I had no idea how popular and influential National Lampoon was at one time. The connection between the Groundlings and SNL was also interesting.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 8:49 am to PowerTool
I watched it as well. I love how much everyone dislikes PJ O'Rourke (who I like, but he really doesn't fit in with the Lampoon aesthetic).
I do wish they would have focused more on the writers. Getting hooked into radio and then film is what killed the magazine, so while that star power is the hook for modern audience, they weren't what made the magazine great. In fact, they brought about its downfall.
It does show the shift from writers to performers. I mean, Doug Kenney is near forgotten while John Belushi is revered as a comedy god. And to be honest, they died around the same time and Kenney has a far greater body of work. But we just don't care about writers.
I do wish they would have focused more on the writers. Getting hooked into radio and then film is what killed the magazine, so while that star power is the hook for modern audience, they weren't what made the magazine great. In fact, they brought about its downfall.
It does show the shift from writers to performers. I mean, Doug Kenney is near forgotten while John Belushi is revered as a comedy god. And to be honest, they died around the same time and Kenney has a far greater body of work. But we just don't care about writers.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 9:27 am to Baloo
I only caught the second half on the History channel and it was great, but recorded the Showtime airing to watch later. I assume it's uncensored?
Doug Kinney in the background of the restaurant scene with a plate of coke was a crazy sign of the times that I had never noticed or seen referenced before.
The writers on staff at Lampoon shaped comedy for decades.
Doug Kinney in the background of the restaurant scene with a plate of coke was a crazy sign of the times that I had never noticed or seen referenced before.
The writers on staff at Lampoon shaped comedy for decades.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 9:30 am to CajunAlum Tiger Fan
I had a copy of National Lampoon's High School Yearbook. Priceless if I could find it.
One of the pictures in the book showed a student laying on the track field with a javelin in his back. Just your everyday events in high school.
Available on Amazon
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One of the pictures in the book showed a student laying on the track field with a javelin in his back. Just your everyday events in high school.
Available on Amazon
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Posted on 1/23/16 at 10:44 am to PowerTool
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I had no idea how popular and influential National Lampoon was at one time.
It was the only adult humor available. Pre-HBO, pre-SNL, Smothers Brothers were cancelled, you had National Lampoon and albums from George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and Cheech & Chong. That was it.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 11:10 am to Fewer Kilometers
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It was the only adult humor available.
Plus this guy...Dolomite.....
By his own account, he was working at a record store in Hollywood in 1970 when he began hearing obscene stories of "Dolemite" recounted by a local man named Rico. Moore began recording the stories, and assumed the role of "Dolemite" in his club act and on recordings.[9] In 1970–71 he recorded three albums of material, Eat Out More Often, This Pussy Belongs To Me, and The Dirty Dozens, where "with jazz and R&B musicians playing in the background, [Moore] would recite raunchy, sexually explicit rhymes that often had to do with pimps, prostitutes, players, and hustlers."[10]
Moore was influenced by more mainstream comedians such as Red Foxx and Richard Pryor, as well as by traditions such as the Dozens. The recordings were usually made in Moore's own house, with friends in attendance to give a party atmosphere. The album covers and contents were often too racy to be put on display in record stores,[9] but the records became popular through word of mouth and were highly successful in disadvantaged black American communities,[1] where his "warped wit and anti-establishment outlook" were embraced.[4]
Posted on 1/23/16 at 11:44 am to CajunAlum Tiger Fan
It was a good show.
I knew that most of these guys knew each other due to their style of comedy and drug use, but I had know idea that SNL had basically "stolen" their talent away.
I also didn't know about Hughes connection.
I knew that most of these guys knew each other due to their style of comedy and drug use, but I had know idea that SNL had basically "stolen" their talent away.
I also didn't know about Hughes connection.
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