The National Lampoon's Encyclopedia Of Humor [Paperback]

Michael O'Donoghue (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 31, 2005

The fifth title in the National Lampoon classic library, The National Lampoon Encyclopedia of Humor returns with the madness that only Michael O’Donoghue, P.J. O’Rourke, Terry Southern, Anne Beatts, Doug Kenney and Brian McConnachie could have possibly created.
Includes a pullout, 4-color, National Lampoon World Map and artwork from Edward Gorey, Bruce McCall and Rick Meyerwitz

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About the Author

Michael O’Donoghue was among the original contributors to National Lampoon when it began in 1970. The original producer of The National Lampoon Radio Hour, O’Donoghue hired Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Anne Beatts, John Belushi, Christopher Guest and a number of other performers for the show and later on, brought them to Saturday Night Live, where he served as head writer through the glory years of 1975-1978. As a screenwriter, O’Donoghue penned Scrooged, Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video, Gilda Live! And a number of other unproduced masterpieces. O’Donoghue died tragically of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1994 at the age of 52.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Rugged Land (May 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590710428
• ISBN-13: 978-1590710425
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #976,163 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank goodness they cut down trees for this!, August 29, 2005

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Robin Benson - See all my reviews
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At last a timely reprint (though not quite of the highest quality) of this brilliant 1973 Lampoon special. The original was a hardback book and the contents (not reprinted from the magazine) ran in alphabetical order from Aa, Antique plastics to Zz, Zen lizard. You don't need me to tell you that this is seriously funny stuff, beautifully written under the editorship of Michael O'Donoghue and stunningly designed by David Kaestle.

Some of the goodies I've enjoyed include ten pages of 'Battling Buses of World War II', six pages of the comic 'Deco Desperados', designed in the Art Deco/Moderne style (in my 1973 edition this has a fifth color of silver ink as an extra graphic element) an eight page 'The Name-On-Request Correspondence School of Home Study's Official 747 'Big Rig' Pilot's Training Course in Aviation', which includes an official diploma 'suitable for framing', six pages of a very wicked parody of the famous 'Family of Man' photo book, eleven page comic 'Cowgirls of War', drawn by Russ Heath in his best bondage style and plenty more articles, fiction, cartoons and comics.

Between all these feature pages there are contributions from all the Lampoon regulars who made the magazine the hippest pages around in the Seventies and Eighties.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Lampoon, February 15, 2010

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i bought this specifically for the 'RIGGING OF A SHIP'.
lost this item years ago.VERY FUNNY!

1.0 out of 5 stars No map, December 6, 2011

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Terry "Terry" (Marietta, Ga United States) - See all my reviews

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Though the description says it includes a Map of the World, this version, sadly, does not.
This is a bitter disappointment.