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Issue: National Lampoon Magazine #53
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: The Humor Magazine for Adults
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: NL Communications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 1982
Volume: 2
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: The Humor Magazine for Adults
Content Items: 29 (13 stories, 0 covers)
Editor(s): Kevin Curran; Fred Graver
Disclose Notes: Funny Pages on pages 81-86.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white and color interior
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: glossy; newsprint; other paper stock (varies in each issue)
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was-ongoing
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humorous
Excuse me for interrupting, madam, but before you go on allow me to make these comments.
A businessman listens to a woman's pleas over the phone, then tells her she has the wrong number.
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Page 10. The caption is a parody of the lyrics to the 1902 song "(Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey," words and music written by Hughie Cannon.
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humorous
I said, 'Eat your fucking vegetables, you scum-sucking pig.' What did you think I said?
A waiter in a restaurant criticizes a customer's eating habits.
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Page 12.
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? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous, science and technology
We haven't got all day, buddy. Is it back in the body or do we pronounce you dead?
A man's soul hovers near the ceiling, while a doctor and nurse are waiting to declare him dead or alive.
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Page 14.
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humorous
Let me have a copy of Newsweek, Time, Forbes, Reader's Digest, Fortune, Mixed Combo Domination, Harper's and Business Week.
A businessman slips a sex magazine into the list of conservative magazines he recites to the clerk at a newsstand.
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Page 17.
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humorous, sports
Mmm. I think I'll jam this guy's finger.
A thrown frisbee decides to inflect a little pain on the man who is supposed to catch it.
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Page 28.
Save the Banks

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humorous
A man sets up a box on the sidewalk so people can sign a petition to "Save the Banks."
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Page 31. Pantomime cartoon.
Friends of the 55 mph Speed Limit Annual Convention

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The convention for "Friends of the 55 mph Speed Limit" has very few attendees.
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Page 32. Pantomime cartoon.
Good Morning Specials

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humorous
A diner offers morning specials consisting of coffee and cigarettes.
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Page 34. Pantomime cartoon.
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humorous
Surprise Poster
Mrs. Claus; elves
On the night before Christmas...
While Santa's away on his Christmas Eve trip, Mrs. Claus and the elves will play.
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Pages 48-49. Two page illustration across the centerfold.
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humorous
He said he was going to ride the rapids, and that was the last I ever saw of him.
Two fish in a bowl on the back of a toilet discuss what happened to the other fish in the bowl.
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Page 52.
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humorous, jungle
Good heavens, Briggs, it appears we've stumbled upon a gay watering hole.
Two explorers discover a jungle watering hole where all the animals are gay.
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Page 54.
S. D., the Super Deplorable

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?; typeset
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humorous
Sammy Davis, Jr.; Frank Sinatra; Dean Martin
Frank, you ol' blue-eyed bum, ya!
Sammy Davis, Jr., falls out of a speeding car and is taken home by three black children.
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Pages 60-61. A parody of the "E. T." movie, done in storyboard format.
The Real Mr. Universe Contest

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?
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humorous
E. T.; Arnold Schwarzenegger; Marvin Martian; Yoda; Robby the Robot; C3PO; R2-D2; Ming the Merciless; Mr. Spock; Beldar Conehead
E. T. gets the prize in a contest with various space characters.
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Pages 62-62. Two-page drawing.
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Peter Steiner [as P. Steiner] (signed)
Peter Steiner [as P. Steiner] (signed)
Peter Steiner [as P. Steiner] (signed)
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Subject Matter
historical, humorous
Try to see things from my point of view.
A king argues with a peasant.
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Page 64.
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humorous
See what happens when a white girl marries a schwartze?
After watching a performance of "Othello," a mother has some advice for her daughter.
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Page 66.
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Thirty-second floor, huh? I been up there... That's a hell of a nice floor.
A maintenance man makes small talk with an apartment resident while riding in an elevator.
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Page 73.
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?
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? (photographs)
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Foto Funnies
Goddamn Reaganomics...
A man pretending to be a two-year-old calls for a baby-sitter.
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Page 79.
Plugged-In Pinhead

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humorous
Zippy
Zippy
Zippy likes to keep on top of all late-breaking news.
Zippy wanders around town saying random things.
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Page 81.
In the Halls of Congress

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humorous
Excursions
This month: A look inside the U. S. Congress
Congress populated by African tribespeople.
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Page 82.
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Ward C
Dr. Willis, please report to the therapy room.
Whoever is manning the intercom seems to have psychic powers.
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Page 82.
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humorous
Popular Problems
Why am I still carrying this waffle iron?
Two men complain all the way while climbing Mt. Everest.
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Page 83.
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humorous
Politenessman
Politenessman
A reputed underworld chieftain dines out.
An underworld leader is shot in a restaurant. He tries to identify his killers by writing a message in pasta, but Politenessman puts a stop to that.
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Page 83.
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humorous
Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend
Ray; Joe; Mr. Calabrese
The story: Ray's closest friend Joe dies and he prevails upon his widow not to bury him...
Six days after Joe died, he's starting to smell so Ray takes him to a funeral parlor to have him embalmed.
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Page 84. Part of a continued story.
Guess What?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Lessons in Life
Mentally retarded person or art student?
Three persons, with two choices of occupation for each one.
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Page 85.
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? [as Hollinger] (credited)
? [as Hollinger] (credited)
? [as Hollinger] (credited)
? [as Hollinger] (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous
Zeb Piker
Zeb Piker
Zeb tries out his new "alternatives" method of dog obedience training.
Zeb gives his dog two choices--one bad and one easy.
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Page 85.
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Aunt Mary's Kitchen
Aunt Mary; Mark
Today we're making Finger Pies for my nephew Mark.
Aunt Mary gives her nephew Mark a haircut, then starts on a Finger Pies recipe.
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Page 85.
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Credits
B. K. Taylor (signed)
B. K. Taylor (signed)
B. K. Taylor (signed)
B. K. Taylor (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Timberland Tales
Dr. Rogers; Kathleen; Maurice; Constable Tom
The holidays have arrived and a festive mood fills the air.
The group gets together for a Christmas dinner. Unfortunately, Constable Tom and Maurice make the dinner.
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Page 86.
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?
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Foto Funnies
I like you just the way you are.
A man imagines a topless woman with various accessories.
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Page 88.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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humorous, jungle
Tarzan
Sorry, but we've decided not to help you any more. The general feeling is that you've been exploiting us all these years.
The apes tell Tarzan he's on his own.
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