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 National Lampoon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
National Lampoon is a humor magazine that began in 1970 as an offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon.
National Lampoon's Strip Poker, which was filmed at the Hedonism II nudist resort in Negril, Jamaica, was released on Pay-Per-View in 2005.
The Lampoon's commercial heyday was roughly 1973-75, with its national circulation peaking at 1,000,096 copies sold of a single October 1974 issue.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Lampoon   (1044 words)

  
 National Lampoon's Animal House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
National Lampoon's Animal House (often called Animal House) is a 1978 comedy film in which a misfit group of Delta fraternity boys takes on the system at their college.
The movie was adapted by Douglas Kenney, Christopher Miller and Harold Ramis from stories that had originally been written by Miller and published in National Lampoon magazine.
National Lampoon's Animal House at The Internet Movie Database
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Lampoon's_Animal_House   (2501 words)

  
 MSN Money - Extra: National Lampoon's Brokerage House
National Lampoon expects to see about $8 million, with $2.75 million going to pay debt and accrued interest and $3.35 million to be used for working capital.
National Lampoon Networks develops and distributes content through a network of 603 affiliated college and other TV stations and it plans to expand its broadcast network.
National Lampoon, which gave the world Delta House and the Griswold family, filed to raise as much as $11.5 million and list its shares on two exchanges.
moneycentral.msn.com /content/invest/extra/P112207.asp   (524 words)

  
 National Lampoon: Tutte le informazioni su National Lampoon su Encyclopedia.it
National Lampoon: Tutte le informazioni su National Lampoon su Encyclopedia.it
La National Lampoon nacque nel 1970 dalla rivista umoristica Harvard Lampoon.
Il film "National Lampoon's Vacation" (1983), diede vita a numerosi sequel, tra i quali "National Lampoon's European Vacation" (1985), "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" (1989), "Vegas Vacation" (1997), e "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure" (2003), non arrivati in Italin.
www.encyclopedia.it /n/na/national_lampoon.html   (145 words)

  
 Movie Info for National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on MSN Movies
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was still capable of attracting an audience five years after its release: It was one of the top-rated seasonal TV specials of 1994, outrating even the first network telecast of It's a Wonderful Life.
Chevy Chase, star of National Lampoon's Vacation and its sequel, is back as the paterfamilias of the Griswold family (including Beverly D'Angelo as his missus) to skewer the Yuletide season.
Movie Info for National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on MSN Movies
entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=108968   (149 words)

  
 NPR : National Lampoon's Animal House, Present at the Creation
Animal House was the first movie produced by the National Lampoon, the most popular humor magazine on college campuses in the mid-1970s.
• Animal House was spawned by writers for National Lampoon.
Watch a video clip from the opening scene of National Lampoon's Animal House.
www.npr.org /programs/morning/features/patc/animalhouse   (1476 words)

  
 National Lampoon Grows Up by Dumbing Down - New York Times
But veterans of the original National Lampoon and others who were greatly influenced by it are horrified by the wet T-shirt contests and worse.
The new efforts may, in some sense, revive National Lampoon, but in another sense, they show how one of the most ambitious and influential experiments in comedy - which began with a group of young geniuses sending up J. Tolkien (1969's "Bored of the Rings") - is ending with beer-soaked soft-core porn.
The writer-director Harold Ramis, who co-wrote "Animal House" with Kenney and Chris Miller, joined the "National Lampoon Radio Hour" right before the group was to record a musical parody of "Moby-Dick" as if it were being performed by a community theater in Maine.
www.nytimes.com /2005/07/03/arts/03tapp.html?ex=1278043200&en=7912f064b27caa5b&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss   (849 words)

  
 'National Lampoon's Christman Vacation' (PG-13)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is rated PG-13 for occasional profanity.
As the unsinkable Clark Griswold of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," Chevy Chase survives a holiday season that would try Job's patience.
His dreams of "the most fun-filled old-fashioned family Christmas ever" soon give way to the realities of bulbs that won't light and a pine that's too big for the living room.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/nationallampoonschristmasvacation.htm   (561 words)

  
 Original Off-Broadway Cast, National Lampoon's Lemmings
National Lampoon's Lemmings is a parody of the Woodstock Festival.
(though classics in their own right), one National Lampoon product stands out as a legendary example of how talent and zeitgeist can combine to produce a timeless piece of satire.
Above the National Lampoon Radio Hour, and albums like That's Not Funny, That's Sick...
www.greenmanreview.com /cd/cd_va_nationallampoon_lemmings.html   (452 words)

  
 NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION 2: COUSIN EDDIE'S ISLAND ADVENTURE + NATIONAL LAMPOON'S HOLIDAY REUNION + DORM DAZE - DVDs
Chief among them is an episode of "National Lampoon's Master Debaters" (26 mins.) wherein cast members Tatyana Ali and Danielle Fishel argue the superiority of each other's former sitcoms ("The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" and "Boy Meets World", respectively).
Thus we have the ignominy of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2 (relegated to television), Holiday Reunion (cable), and Dorm Daze (more or less straight-to-video), all of which cost money better spent on special editions of National Lampoon's glory-days titles.
Whatever its content as a publication, it sold tickets for a good stretch--but decades have passed and the Lampoon brand has lost its currency, meaning it's been largely reduced to whoring itself out to low-grade imitations of past successes.
filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/nationallampoon3fer.htm   (1189 words)

  
 National Lampoon Networks
National Lampoon will even throw the winner a party and invite a few of the AXE Angels to join in the fun.
In National Lampoon's Not So Silent Pictures professionally trained comedians are faced with the challenge of providing a funny and contemporary soundtrack for some really old silent pictures.
National Lampoon Disorientation Casting tour is coming to YOUR campus!
www.nationallampoonnetworks.com   (342 words)

  
 NPR : 'The National Lampoon Radio Hour'
A new National Lampoon radio show is launching, and the original can still be heard on satellite radio services XM and Sirius.
National Lampoon Radio Hour cast member John Belushi.
'National Lampoon Radio Hour' History and Show Listings
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1505048   (316 words)

  
 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: National Lampoon
By this time O'Donoghue had left National Lampoon to begin seven years as the chief writer for a new NBC television comedy show called Saturday Night Live, which premiered in 1975 with much of the flavor (and several key cast members, notably Chevy Chase and John Belushi) from the earlier National Lampoon reviews.
A notable exception, however, was a group of students at Harvard in the late 1960s who went on in 1970 to found the National Lampoon, which enjoyed two decades of circulation before effectively ceasing publication in April of 1992.
Hendra followed in 1973 with a National Lampoon off-Broadway stage review, Lemmings, also with music by Guest, and a cast featuring John Belushi and Chevy Chase; it too turned a respectable profit.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100869   (676 words)

  
 National Lampoon
Unfortunately, J2 Communications, owners of the rights to the National Lampoon trademark since 1990, has allowed the once highly acclaimed Lampoon level of comedy to sink to new lows.
Along the way, we get the typical National Lampoon humor, only taken to new depths of grossness.
Clearly, nowhere to found in this latest outing from the National Lampoon franchise, "National Lampoon’s Van Wilder." An obvious attempt to bring that immortal Lampoon classic, "Animal House", into the 21
www.moviesharkdeblore.com /PastReviews/national_lampoon.htm   (571 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation [1989]: DVD
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is the third instalment of the Griswold family saga and a significant improvement over their previous European Vacation.
In true 'National Lampoon' style, all does not go to plan with the usual hilarious results.
Buy National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation [1989] with National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2 - Cousin E...
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000CGD0S   (538 words)

  
 National Lampoon's Thanksgiving special falls short - Feature
With a title and premise designed to remind viewers of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," this made-for-TV movie - set to debut on TBS this Sunday - is a disgrace to the memory of that holiday classic.
"National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Reunion," with its half-baked plot riddled with clichés and a cast of dead wood, isn't worth getting up from the dinner table early.
Judge Reinhold ("The Santa Clause") stars as the Chevy Chase of "National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Reunion," mild-mannered anesthesiologist and family man Mitch Snider.
www.dailyorange.com /news/2003/11/21/Feature/National.Lampoons.Thanksgiving.Special.Falls.Short-565318.shtml   (541 words)

  
 Mark's Very Large National Lampoon Site / News
If you are a fan of National Lampoon's "golden age," I would definitely recommend this book, in spite of the sad story that precipitated and permeates it.
Much of the book reads like a child's account of growing up with the National Lampoon, with fascinating behind-the-scenes stories (such as the fact that she and her sister Kathy used to sing songs from "Lemmings" the way other kids sang songs from "The Little Mermaid").
There are many stories in the book about Lampoon staffers' frequent visits to the Hendras' house in New Jersey.
www.marksverylarge.com   (1795 words)

  
 Barnes & Noble.com - National Lampoon's Vacation -- Harold Ramis - DVD - Wide Screen
Much of the humor in National Lampoon's Vacation is indicative of the '80s general lack of taste in comedies (particularly its exploitation of racial stereotypes and incest humor), but a good portion of the film is still laugh-out-loud funny thanks to a game cast.
Far superior to its sequels, National Lampoon's Vacation chronicles the trials and tribulations of the Griswolds (Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Barron and Anthony Michael Hall) as they trek cross-country in search of fun and recreation at the mythical WallyWorld theme park.
Among the funniest scenes are Clark's swim at the motel, the visit to the Grand Canyon, and the encounter with the state trooper regarding Aunt Edna's missing dog.
video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?cds2Pid=1681&ean=85392753529   (299 words)

  
 National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
National Lampoon’s European Vacation appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 on this single-sided, single-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
It’d include 1980’s Caddyshack, 1983’s National Lampoon’s Vacation, and 1985’s Fletch.
I felt the same about National Lampoon’s European Vacation as a film.
dvdmg.com /europeanvacation.shtml   (1387 words)

  
 National Lampoon - Uproar! Entertainment
The commercial release of "That's Not Funny, That's Sick!" and "Rules of the Road" are just the beginning of the major Uproar / National Lampoon campaign being launched for the re-birth of this legendary American comic resource.
Once again, National Lampoon will be synonymous with comedy.
Uproar and National Lampoon - pioneering the road in contemporary comedy!
www.uproarcomedycd.com /catalog/nationallampoon.htm   (65 words)

  
 National Lampoon's Vegas Spring Break 2006
National Lampoon's Adam and Eve starring Emanuelle Chriqui and Cameron Douglas to be released this fall
National Lampoon has created an all-inclusive college spring break trip that would make Van Wilder proud.
National Lampoon is a registered Trademark of National Lampoon, Inc.
www.nationallampoontours.com /vegas   (270 words)

  
 National Lampoon, Inc. information and related industry information from Hoover's
In addition, National Lampoon operates National Lampoon Networks, a network of affiliated college and other TV stations, which accounts for approximately 43% of revenues.
The company licenses the National Lampoon name for use in merchandising, movies (National Lampoon's Van Wilder), and TV through its licensing division.
There are 4 competitors for National Lampoon; see more.
www.hoovers.com /national-lampoon/--ID__45835--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml   (380 words)

  
 National Lampoon's Van Wilder Party Liason at DVDwolf.com
John Hughes (once a National Lampoon writer himself) once gave us The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and they were teen comedies with not only great laughs but some truly solid characters that you related to, felt for and laughed with.
National Lampoon's Van Wilder Party Liason at DVDwolf.com
So all you teens who usually write in bitching and moaning that I have trashed 'the best comedy you have ever seen'...my suggestion is see some more comedies...see all of them and realize you are getting short changed by the studios!
www.dvdwolf.com /Reviews/N/National_Lampoons_Van_Wilder.htm   (587 words)

  
 Random House Books National Lampoon Sunday Newspaper Parody by P.J. O'Rourke
The sequel to National Lampoon’s 1964 High School Yearbook and considered the Rosetta stone of news parody, National Lampoon’s Sunday Newspaper is a cult classic of puerile genius.
Ask any comedy writer at work today, and she or he will tell you that National Lampoon’s 1964 High School Yearbook and National Lampoon’s Sunday Newspaper are the sine qua non of written humor.
Any fan of The Onion will discover its recipe for success–take National Lampoon’s Sunday Newspaper, rejigger the news to reflect today’s absurdity, and maintain the National Lampoon’s pitch-perfect mimicry of editorial and design.
www.randomhouse.com /catalog/display.pperl?1590710371   (262 words)

  
 National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze (2003)
The film is being released under the `National Lampoon' banner, but honestly, isn't that just another way of saying the film will be terrible?
Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze (2003)
Piggybacking on the success of the `American Pie' series comes the new sex comedy, `Dorm Daze.' It's a cheap, lazy, ceaselessly unfunny quickie made with a cast unaware their efforts are in vain, and, behind the camera, a team that doesn't quite seem to understand how movies work.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0362511   (684 words)

  
 National Lampoon's European Vacation
In this first sequel to the 1983 film "National Lampoon's Vacation," the Griswolds win a trip to Europe, so off they go to see the sights of London, Paris, Italy and Germany, but there's no place like home, and they sure are glad to return to the good old USA.
National Lampoon's European Vacation fansites created by RT users
Create a fansite for National Lampoon's European Vacation
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/national_lampoons_european_vacation   (468 words)

  
 National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) - Tara Reid , Tim Matheson , Ryan Reynolds
Daniel Baig suppresses his gag reflex long enough to watch and review the latest in a long line of sophomoric gross-out comedies, "National Lampoon's Van Wilder".
National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) - Tara Reid, Tim Matheson, Ryan Reynolds
Here's a clip: We know from the start that Van ultimately will face his fears of the real world (news - Y! TV), and that he and Gwen will end up t...
www.countingdown.com /movies/540011   (198 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: National Lampoon's Animal House [1979]: DVD
A groundbreaking screwball caper, 1978's National Lampoon's Animal House was in its own way a rite of passage for Hollywood.
National Lampoon's Class Reunion [1983]; DVD ~ Gerrit Graham;
Buy National Lampoon's Animal House [1979] with Caddyshack [1980] DVD today!
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000DCXS1   (734 words)

  
 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation!
#10: Crazy Children Cameos: The only real constant in the National Lampoon's series is that, from movie to movie, nobody is supposed to notice that Clark's kids absolute defy aging, going as far as to have severe plastic surgery to keep themselves looking young.
All in all, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is a unintentional holiday classic.
Though it will undoubtedly be shown on television at least 25 more times before the month's up, you can definitely find it at your local video store, or just pick it up from Amazon by clicking here.
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