I do. I was a senior in high school.

My friend and I were convinced we were going to be O.C. and Stiggs....



-Tom

Yes. Funny.
I have always liked THIS one -

Pretty sure we hashed this over before but that dog cover will go down in history as one of the best ever.

I remember the dog and yearbook, and may still have them. Today the dog cover would probably get the editor lynched by people who hate guns and/or like dogs.

"Look upon my works ye mighty, and despair".

OC and Stiggs was some of the most guffaw-worthy material ever. They made a movie, which can be found on YT. Its okay. Nat Lamp was a favorite when I was in high school.

The original 'Vacation' story is also hilarious.

In the 70's & 80's I had a subscription to National Lampoon. They did the "That's not funny, that's sick" cartoon of an amputee frog in a cart rolling out of a restaurant kitchen. Around 1980 they offered a polo shirt with that frog embroidered on it, first because it was funny and second because they were making fun of the ridiculously popular Lacoste shirts that were a must-have for the preppies.

I ordered one and still have it buried in drawer somewhere. When I was in college I was one of maybe 10 guys (out of several thousand) on campus with long hair. In the height of the "preppy" fad it greatly amused me to wear what was essentially a poke-in-the-eye amongst the lemmings that sported Lacoste shirts. Once they realized what the logo actually was the looks on the faces of some folks were hilarious.

Miss Booker, my high school english teacher, didn't mind me reading National Lampoon in her class as long as I could keep from laughing aloud. She probably thought it was funny, too. We all loved her.

Perhaps some of you here will remember when I did this little bit of photoshopping.

Yes. Do you remember Deidre Callahan and Blind Bob- "Hey you fingers stink"?

Always one of my favorites...

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Originally posted by lbj:
I do. I was a senior in high school.

The first thing I noticed about this cover is that the revolver used is a 3 1/2 inch S&W Model 27. The second most desired model/barrel length of any S&W revolver. BTW, the very most desired is the model 27's predecessor the Registered Magnum with the same barrel length.

And I will note that could be a 3 1/2 inch Registered Magnum but have to assume that it's a model 27 because they were much more common and most collectors would not trust a treasured RM to some knuckhead taking a picture for a magazine cover. If it is an RM I would bet the hand holding that revolver was the owner.

I had that issue also. I was a freshman in college in '73.
Remember the comic strip Cheech Wizard in National Lampoon?

Yeah, I noticed the 3 1/2 inch Model 27, too. Even back then I was into Smiths, had not even heard of Sigs, except for that Browning(?) .45 that was a 220.

Great, historic cover!

Speaking of National Lampoon, I loved the NatLamp album "Radio Dinner". It wouldn't be producible today.

Among the songs/sketches was the song 'Pull the Tregros, Negros' which was a parody with a Joan-Baezy folksinger, who in the actual song used the word 'triggers' instead of 'Tregros' and kept with the rhyme. The song poked fun at the '60s enlightened middle class individuals in San Francisco who 'felt' for the downtrodden 'across the bay' but never actually went there or did anything to help them.

Yes. I remember the dog cover. Laughed then and laughed again just now. In January of '73 I would have been a sophomore in college. That seems about right for National Lampoon; both the magazine and then the Radio Hour. Between those, the Firesign Theatre, and a few non-prescription drugs, I remember quite a few laugh fests.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
I remember the dog and yearbook, and may still have them. Today the dog cover would probably get the editor lynched by people who hate guns and/or like dogs.

Maybe. Certainly by people who hate guns and/or like dogs _and_ have absolutely no sense of humor.

I really like dogs and I about busted a gut on that one. It is just funny, especially the expression on the dog's face. Of course I don't hate guns and I do have a sense of humor...

Did anyone notice the price of the magazine?

75 cents.

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Originally posted by joel9507:
...I loved the NatLamp album "Radio Dinner". It wouldn't be producible today.

Among the songs/sketches was the song 'Pull the Tregros, Negros' which was a parody with a Joan-Baezy folksinger, who in the actual song used the word 'triggers' instead of 'Tregros' and kept with the rhyme...

"Tha's mah box, Captain!"

"Oh! Allow me to apologize profusely!"

"Tha's alright Captain! Just take yo hand off mah box!"