Did you read MAD or National Lampoon, back in the day?

The seventies and eighties? I did, it was glorious.

I knew people that read National Lampoon, and I had the album "Radio Dinner" :D

but I really consumed them when I was growing up...I was also exposed to a lot of Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Steve Martin comedy...I am glad I had the privilege of living through that golden age. MAD and National Lampoon, though really different, were a part of that.

Hyelarious shit! :rofl:

I loved the artists of Mad, and loved the satire of NL

bought every issue for 2 or 3 years and read 'em cover to cover enough times to practically memorize 'em. Introduced me and millions of other otherwise good loyal, clean cut American kids, to the world of satire. And didn't just read Mad, listened to it too...May I present for your dining and dancing pleasure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48PIPIyoSmQ&feature=related

It was one of the detailed multi-page things with the owner of the mega-store giving a tour. At one point, Superman is pushing a cart. There are a couple of key things they considered funny but are currently regular WalMart practices.

One involved a tower of canned yams that weren't selling. He put a sign on it that said "limit 2 per customer" and mayhem followed.

Another was a lawnmower for (lets say $100). He marks it up to (lets say $130) and then puts it on sale for (lets say $115). THAT is standard WalMart procedure. I only look at their sales inserts so I can get a laugh out of the fact that people think they are saving money at WalMart.

Then there was the "we sell everything" part of it, including the room with tanks and other military equipment.

I'll have to dig that up. I was going to sell it on eBay but it is hard to let go of.

I also have the Cracked magazine with the boy feeling up the girl on the couch and her mother standing behind them about to pour the goldfish bowl (with the fish) over both of them.

National Lampoon in the 70's.

I can remember the funniest thing I ever saw in National Lampoon...

It was a very detailed map of the US, and all of the State/Town names were either made up or screwed up.

It was about these guys that "fish" for dogs from the back of their pick-up truck, with big meated hooks that they cast. I remember being appalled and finding it extremely funny at the same time. It was much more sexual than MAD too, the humor was much more extreme in NL, if I remember right.

And yes....NL was right on the edge for back then....very extreme and very sexual. I think both of the mags were absolutely brilliant.

My favorite was the one with the Chinese Restaurant menu, likewise screwed up.

"Steamed or Fried Dumpling"
"Steaming or Frying Dump"
"Force Marched Chicken"
"Twice Fucked Pork"

or drinks like the Samoan Stomach Pump



Classic shit.

You could put it on the wall.

Russia had "Prefabrograd". South America had "Andes Granatelli".

Australia had "Comfort Station".

There were also water features such as the Dire Straits, the Inside Straits, and the Desperate Straits.

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I started reading MAD in 1961, which was a while before National Lampoon.

Learned the Musicals, memorized the stupid songs, drove the parental units nuts.

I firmly believe MAD was in part responsible for baby boomer rebelliousness. It taught us to question.

I still have some of the issues, including a remarkably complete Sunday newspaper parody. At least I think that was from NL. I usually read Mad Magazine in the grocery store and occasionally bought a copy if it had a lot I wanted to read.

I think I still have both of those.
For me the answer was yes and yes. Plus we had all the MAD paperbacks up through @#20
MAny moves later most of them are gone but oh what memories!

:hi:

cowboys beat the saints, lose out and do not make the playoffs...i like the team, but not the coaches, so i am a little confused right now.

:hi:

We need a strong game on saturday night and hopefully come away with a win. I have no idea what we will be against when we play the deadskins the next week. Then we have the eagles home on the last weekend.

Go figure. If we win two of three, we are in, maybe.

i hang on these hopes...f**k the eagles

they have not made a decision as to whether he will play. Hopefully, Jason Garrett doesn't call another shitty game.

But I think there are also many internal factors like injuries that he has to work in to his game plan. I wish he would mature as an OC...remember the 2007 season? The talent is there, the coaching and depth is not. Also, unfortunately the OL is not really tailored to the running game. They are just not capable of mowing people down, like Emmitt's OL did.

I heard D-Ware is "questionable" tomorrow night.

He'll play.

:thumbsup:

NatLamp didn't have a "slow decline," it just fell off the effin' CLIFF. One day it was mighty, the next it was crap. But the moments of genius? Their "High School Yearbook Parody" STILL stands as one of the greatest pieces of satire of all time. The real "core" stuff...written largely by the same guys who were responsible for "Animal House"...is still golden.

I don't think I would have had an adolescence without the late, legendary Don Martin in "Mad." Don't think I ever had a single belly laugh over any of the "Dave Berg's Lighter Side Of..." stuff. Loved Mort Drucker's movie parodies. Favorite moment was the "Summer of 42" parody, where the kid's under the blankets humping up and down and yelling war whoops and the Jennifer O'Neil character says "Just think of how much fun it will be when I get in there WITH you..."

:rofl:

later, I moved to Spy.

I miss Spy.

"The Philadelphia Story."

I think they helped form my sense of humor - God knows I wasn't going to get any from my parents, LOL!

For some reason, I thought MAD was for kids and National Lampoon was for like college students.

It was a weird ass magazine.

Wonderful things to be exposed to during my formative years.

I used to get the paperbacks of the MAD marginals. Sometimes he'd put little nudie women in there. Sergio by the way just started working for Bongo doing Simpsons Comics.

I loved the letters to the editors of NatLamp:

Sirs,

You're not hurt. Walk it off,
walk it off.

Marie Antoinette's gym teacher

To this day, I can still quote some passages.

What day?

But it's all good, back in the day this would've made sense.

That day hasn't been around for decades, but there was a time . . .

O'Rourke had me laughing so hard I'd cry. What the hell happened? It's like aliens came and took the real PJ and left another personality in his body.

my all the fave:

The Night Of The Seven Fires

http://www.acmewebpages.com/animal/ah1.html

I hired him for a commercial illustration project. What a pro. I always wanted to hire Mort Drucker and Sergio Aragones too, but the projects never panned out. I loved MAD.

National Lampoon was amazing in its prime.

One of the great pleasures when I was growing up was waiting for Dad to read it, then my older brother, then I got finally got it.

I used to subscribe to NatLamp, for many a year before they turned to shite.

What, Me Worry?

In case you missed some issues this contains over 600 MAD Magazines from 1952 - 2005. I've seen it for sale on Amazon.

:crazy:

I feel the same way...they made me laugh and think for the first time.

:crazy:

The dog mag, I meant.

Got all the MAD major writers'/cartoonists' autographs! Even cheekily asked (I was 19) how one got a job there!

Basically bought every MAD, 1960---80. Stopped when it got truly puerile and included paid ads.

Potrzebie High forever!

But my Mom would always take it away from me. I had some overly strict parents...and they felt the wrath of it.

Tuesday Night At The Movies (sung to the tune of Strangers In The Night)

Movies Tuesday Night
They bring you pleasure.
Movies Tuesday Night
Oh what a leisure.
Epics of the world
You rarely get to see.
They were filmed widescreen.
The ends are missing.
We don't show the sex
Just heavy kissing.
Should they run too long
We cut them for TV.
Movies Tuesday Night.
Don't mind the brief commercials.
Movies Tuesday Night
With plugs for Charmin Tissue,
Ajax, Auto-Lite,
Ban and Ultra-Brite,
Coca Cola, Listerine and
Thirty short ones in between and
Should the film get dull
We'll never leave you.
We'll just break the lull
With next week's preview.
It's so out of sight
The Movies Tuesday Night.

(I'm warped.)

I can't believe no one else said that on this thread.