(March 1985)

National Lampoon, Inc., 1970 Series
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Price:
2.50 USD
Pages:
116
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
NL Communications, Inc.
Editing:
Matty Simmons (editor-in-chief)
Format:
Magazine size; saddle stitched

Issue Notes

First issue without volume, number. The Best of 15 Years.


["Yeah, that's the ticket, chief."] (Table of Contents)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Jonik] (signed)
Pencils:
? [as Jonik] (signed)
Inks:
? [as Jonik] (signed)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
A man presides over a motley crew at a board meeting.

Indexer Notes

Reference to this 15th Anniversary issue.


[Typewriter Talk] (Table of Contents)

Photo Phunnies / photo story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (photos)
Inks:
? (photos)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Two typewriters talk. A veteran tells a newcomer about the odd antics of writers at the Lampoon in the last 15 years.
Keywords:
typewriters

Indexer Notes

Another reference to the 15th Anniversary issue.


["We should get Big George something nice for the fifteenth anniversary."] (Table of Contents)

Photo Phunnies / photo story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (photos)
Inks:
? (photos)
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
George Agoglia (photo)
Synopsis:
Staff members decide to give publisher George Agoglia a hooker to celebrate the 15th anniversary.
Keywords:
anniversary; gift; prostitute

Indexer Notes

Yet another reference to the 15th Anniversary issue.


Sexy Cover Issue (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
? (photo); ? (art)
Inks:
? (photo); ? (art)
Colors:
? (photo)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Reprints:
Keywords:
duck

Indexer Notes

Cover of the first issue from April 1970.


Telling a Kid His Parents Are Dead (Table of Contents)

cartoon / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ed Bluestone
Pencils:
Shary Flenniken
Inks:
Shary Flenniken
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Twelve cartoons about distracting a young boy before telling him his parents are dead.
Reprints:
Keywords:
baseball; death; ice cream; roller coaster

Turtle Farms of South America (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
satire-parody
Synopsis:
South American turtle farmers are abusing rabbits when harvesting their turtles.
Reprints:
  • from National Lampoon Magazine #?
Keywords:
rabbits.; South America; turtles

S. Gross: A Retrospective (Table of Contents)

cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? (intro); Sam Gross [as S. Gross] (cartoons)
Pencils:
Sam Gross [as S. Gross]
Inks:
Sam Gross [as S. Gross]
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
A fake retrospective of 12 Gross cartoons supposed published in various magazines going back to 1929.
Reprints:
  • from National Lampoon Magazine #?
Keywords:
; bar; Crucifixion; iron lung; model railroad; organ grinder; wolf

["I'm Fartman"] (Table of Contents)

Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (photos)
Inks:
? (photos)
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
satire-parody; superhero
Characters:
Fartman
Synopsis:
A man has superpowers from his farts, but is too embarrassed to use them.
Reprints:
  • from National Lampoon Magazine #?

World Night Court (Table of Contents)

photo story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (photos)
Inks:
? (photos)
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
satire-parody
Synopsis:
Countries of the world bring their problems to the World Court, where their representatives behave in less than formal fashion.
Reprints:
  • from National Lampoon Magazine #?

Indexer Notes

The title is a takeoff on the TV series "Night Court."


[Meeting of the Drunks] (Table of Contents)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (photos)
Inks:
? (photos)
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
satire-parody
Characters:
Dorothy Parker; Li Po; Winston Churchill
Synopsis:
A talk show brings together three famous persons, who were also heavy drinkers.
Reprints:
  • from National Lampoon Magazine #?
Keywords:
drinking; talk show

[Jane Curtin and Mary Tyler Moore Take Off Their Clothes] (Table of Contents)

Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
An airport x-ray scanner fogs a photographer's film, so all the panels are solid black with just word balloons.
Reprints:
  • from National Lampoon Magazine #?
Keywords:
airport; film; x-ray

The Origin of Politenessman (Table of Contents)

Politenessman / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ron Barrett
Pencils:
Ron Barrett
Inks:
Ron Barrett
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ron Barrett

Content Information

Characters:
Politenessman [Barton Krude]; Matt Krude; Emma Krude
Synopsis:
A vulgar young boy becomes an expert in etiquette when a box of radioactive hankies falls on his head.
Reprints:
  • from National Lampoon Magazine #?
Keywords:
charm school; etiquette; radioactive; rudeness; truck

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. ["Yeah, that's the ticket, chief."]
  2. 1. [Typewriter Talk]
    Photo Phunnies
  3. 2. ["We should get Big George something nice for the fifteenth anniversary."]
    Photo Phunnies
  4. 3. Sexy Cover Issue
  5. 4. Telling a Kid His Parents Are Dead
  6. 5. Turtle Farms of South America
  7. 6. S. Gross: A Retrospective
  8. 7. ["I'm Fartman"]
    Foto Funnies
  9. 8. World Night Court
  10. 9. [Meeting of the Drunks]
  11. 10. [Jane Curtin and Mary Tyler Moore Take Off Their Clothes]
    Foto Funnies
  12. 11. The Origin of Politenessman
    Politenessman
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