National Lampoon writers joyfully targeted every kind of phoniness, and had no specific political stance (even though … See more

National Lampoon was started in 1969 by Harvard graduates and Harvard Lampoon alumni Douglas Kenney, Henry Beard, and Robert Hoffman, when they first licensed the "Lampoon" name for a monthly national publication… See more

The company that owned and published the magazine was called Twenty First Century Communications, Inc.. At the outset, Gerald L. "Jerry" Taylor was the magazine's publisher, followed by William T. Lippe. The business si… See more

During its most active period, c. 1971–c. 1980, the magazine spun off numerous productions in a wide variety of media, including books, special issues, anthologies, and other print pieces:
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In 2015, a documentary film was released called National Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead. The film featured a great deal of content from the magazine, as well as interviews with staff members and fans, and it expla… See more