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The National Lampoon's Encyclopedia Of Humor

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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.

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

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

Do not waste your money. This Lampoon collection is so bad it is hard to define. A page or two of humor surrounded by pages of wasted time. Lampoon pretends to be high-intellect humor, but this stuff just comes off mean and stupid, with emphasis on stupid.