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National LampoonThe National Lampoon began in 1970 as an offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon humor magazine. Its heyday was the 1970s, when the magazine regularly skewered pop culture, the counterculture and politics with recklessness. The magazine produced and fostered some notable writing and comic talents, including (but not limited to) Douglas Kenney, P.J. O'Rourke, Michael O'Donoghue, and Tony Hendra. The magazine also spun off an off-Broadway hit (Lemmings), a series of popular record albums, a radio show and a line of motion pictures, most famously Animal House in 1978. One National Lampoon movie, National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), spawned a series of several sequels, including National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Vegas Vacation (1997), and (2003). The magazine's last print publication was November 1998. An on-line version of the magazine was started. Some success was achieved but the creative staff were laid off unexpectedly and replaced with freelancers. Eventually, in a move that seemed like a classic National Lampoon parody but was not, Brian "Kato" Kaelin was hired to work and write for National Lampoon. http://www.gawker.com/news/media/page-six/news-corp-everybody-loves-kato-kaelin-026730.php Other National Lampoon movies: External link
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