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Monday, December 17, 2007
Back when National Lampoon meant more than Van Wilder...
Apparently today is "aspecialthing.com day" becuase here's another post they inspired. Thanks to that I site I learn that National Lampoon magazine has had its entire archives put on DVD-ROM for $49.99. I've seen MAD, Rolling Stones and Marvel Comics do this but unlike those publications there are hardly any reprints of NatLamp floating about. The legacy of Doug Kenney, pre-Republican Party Reptile P.J. O'Rourke, Tony Hendra, John Hughes before he met the Brat Pack and, of course, The Prince of Darkness Michael O'Donoghue are still alive with Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons and really modern comedy in general. It was finding the source that was the hard thing. Once Mr. Sterling lent me the biography of O'Donoghue. After reading it I was ready to devour all that '70s counter-culture goodness but there was none too be found.
NatLamp also had a ton of comic in it, since DC's office were in the same building. Hell, maybe I'll review the Neal Adams-drawn "The Ventures of Zimmerman" for a Dylan Days post (or I can just read one here and another here). There's still plenty more stuff in there, including contributions from the incredible Gahan Wilson. Hmmmm, if there was only a big holiday coming up where he people gave each other big gifts and/or cash to purchase such sundries.
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