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Sunday, 3 August 2014

The Heydays Of The Lampoon Magazine

By Sharron Cantu


The start of the national lampoon can be traced back to 1970.The business ran for twenty eight years and officially shut down in 1998.The lampoon magazine had come to be one of Americas most humorous publication. Its heydays can be traced back to the 1970s were it significantly grew not only in popularity but also acclaim. In those days, it remained influential in chatting the trajectory of American comedy and humor. Its existence led to emergence of films, live theater, radio and various recordings. It also acted as an outlet for great media personalities who had significantly contributed to its growth.

Parody was greatly used in the writings of the magazine. This was boosted by the great appeal of its content. Its humor transcended the perceived standards of acceptability.

Decline in popularity started to be experienced in the 1980s.In the 1990s, publication was so minimal with the business basically on its knees. Alumni of Harvard are credited for starting the business. Their efforts were boosted by the lampoon alumni. Together these groups acquired the license to that the business.

The business had a rough start though it quickly became popular . The scope of themes was so wide ranging from social matters to political issues. Though individual editors maintained many political views, some of which were radical, the paper never to any political stand.

The paper will be remembered as a monthly publication especially with regard to its special editions. It also had other projects such as calendars, songbooks, designed T shirts and books.

Some of the most humorous acerbic articles were published under Michael c.in 1974.They concentrated on many issues, most memorable being the Vietnam War and a satirical look at the argentine revolution. The parody in these writings was creatively employed. A caption showing a dog terribly worried due to a gun being pointed on it, followed by a designation that if one did not purchase the magazine the dog would be shot, became very famous at the time.

The company was also the publisher of heavy metal magazine where peter kleinman served as a director and later left 1979 to start an ad agency but was to come back in 1984 as a creative director . His return reignited the passion in the magazine as was the case in the seventies. His return also brought back many writers and artists who had left during its heydays.

His role, during his leave, was taken over by Skip Johnson, the man credited with the parody of the Sunday newspaper. When kleinman left again in 1988 to pursue a job in the corporate sector, The business witnessed a precipitous decline.

The monthly publication contained an editorial found in the front page. Though looking straightforward, the editorial contained a lot of parody. The editorial team was composed by staff members and guests

True facts were one few parts of the publications that contained items that were real factual information though they were ridiculously presented. Several of the true facts publications were later complied into books and published in early 1990s and late 1980s.It will be remembered as a notable outlet for great talent. Some the renowned cartoonist and photographers worked here first. Comedy stars got to public limelight through their shows in the national lampoon.The people continue to engage in other creative activities to date.




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