National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook [Paperback]

P. J. O'Rourke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 31, 2005

National Lampoons High School Yearbook:

First released in 1974 and a two-million-plus bestseller, National
Lampoon’s 1964 High School Yearbook is the premier property of the
most recognized brand in comedy and the perfect introduction to
Rugged Land’s new National Lampoon Books imprint.

Brief Description:
Welcome back, graduates of the 1964 class of C. Estes Kefauver High
School in Dacron, Ohio!  

They’re all back in glorious black and white with color Magic Marker–
Chuck U. Farley, Maria Teresa Spermatozoa, Purdy “Psycho” Lee
Spackle, Faun Laurel Rosenberg, and, of course, Dacron’s most
famous son, Larry Kroger.  Learn everything there is to know about
Kroger’s past before he became the pop-culture legend Pinto
(Tom Hulce), the virgin fraternity pledge in National Lampoon’s
Animal House.

With a hilarious “Where are they now?” addendum and a brilliantly
funny new introduction by P. J. O’Rourke, the 39th Reunion Edition is
sure to be the talk of the baby boomers who grew up with National
Lampoon and of the new generation of comedy fans spawned by the
success of The Onion.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Rugged Land (May 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590710576
• ISBN-13: 978-1590710579
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #729,997 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Lampoon but a bit cheap on the reproduction.., September 30, 2007

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I don't know why they changed the cover page by dropping in the yellow banner across the cheerleaders bare butt. The original was full on. Not that thats the big deal here, but that IS the first thing I noticed when this was released. The original was superior in quality. This repo takes a bit of eye squinting in places to see the details. And if you're anyone who was and is a Lampoon reader, you know thats what its all about. Its not a comic book. Crap, it took a month just to read (and often reread) and get through just the monthly magazines. The book releases were like making your way through a full length novel. Thats just they way you attacked a Lampoon. Almost like it was homework, but fun homework. If anymore of these reproductions come out, I hope the publishers will opt out of using a cheap copy machine and enter the digital age to re-create the final product. Lampoons were labors of love by its creators and writers. The 21st century versions should be given the same treatment.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor quality reprint, February 6, 2006

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This thing looks like a student got a copy of the original off eBay, scanned it in and printed it at Kinkos. Cheesy and close to illegible in parts. This seems to be the new NatLampCo mode of operation. Grave rob their own material and release poor quality reissues. Very sad, too bad. Echoes of the great read it was, but kind of like digging up Marilyn's corpse for a shag.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Concept, November 24, 2006

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John P Bernat (Kingsport, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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When this first came out, it was an amazing success.

First great conceit: printing the whole thing upside down. The "front cover" is the only page that faces the way it does; all the rest of the piece relates the back cover as the front, which is a beautifully done leatherette high school yearbook cover.

And then there's the content. It's all here - the clubs, the class clowns, the juvenile delinquents, the jocks, the cheerleaders. No one has ever topped the orginiality and satirical edge that the editors lovingly contributed to the piece.

I do agree that this reproduction is not as good as the original. I actually have an original and yes, it looks a lot better than this. But look past the print quality and enjoy the content. It's no less brilliant now than it was when it first came out in 1974.