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Issue: National Lampoon Magazine #56
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: The Humor Magazine for Adults
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Indicia Publisher: NL Communications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 1983
Volume: 2
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: The Humor Magazine for Adults
Content Items: 19 (14 stories, 0 covers)
Editor(s): Kevin Curran; Fred Graver
Disclose Notes: Funny Pages on pages 89-95.
"The Assassination of Garfield" on pages 50-55, a text story by Joey Green and Fred Graver, illustrated by Warren Sattler, contains references to many cartoon cats, ranging from Krazy Kat to Fat Freddy's Cat.
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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
Look at the facts, Stienfeld:
A business man recites a list of unrelated facts over the phone to a colleague.
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humorous
Instead of offering you a dopey little virgin, we thought you'd prefer an experienced woman who's been around!
The chief of a tribe on Pacific island decides to offer their volcano idol an "experienced" woman instead of a virgin. The idol is not pleased.
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Page 22. A two-panel comic story.
Dog Leaping 250 feet, Straight Up

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humorous
Very minimalist drawing of a jumping dog, with no background.
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Page 24. Pantomime cartoon, which is signed. Name could be John P. Wolf (or not. The last name is not very legible.)
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humorous
I don't go any place for the winter--they close the window for the winter.
A parrot explains to a bird on the window sill why he doesn't migrate in the winter.
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Page 27.
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Foto Funnies
Hey, this is interesting! Desmond Morris says here that the reason guys go for big breasts is that they remind us of buttocks!
A man quotes a theory from a book on sex. The woman next to him proves him wrong.
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Page 38. Desmond Morris was the author of "The Naked Ape" (1967), a study of human behavior and evolution.
Satyr on a Park Bench

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous
A bearded satyr in a hat and overcoat is lying on a park bench and drinking wine from a bottle hidden inside a paper bag.
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Page 58. Pantomime cartoon.
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typeset
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humorous
I did that once to a swan. It turned out to be Zeus.
A shepherd is having sex with a sheep. A snake with a human head slithers by and gives him some advice.
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Page 62.
Herbert Crawley, Armageddon M.D.

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Subject Matter
humorous, science fiction
Armageddon has come to Newberg.
Adventures of a doctor in a nuclear-ravaged city.
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Pages 71-76.
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Foto Funnies
Watch out, there's a shocking, unexpected twist in the fifth frame of this Foto Funny.
A woman promises the reader a surprise in a later panel of the comic.
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Page 79.
Hello Zippy, Goodbye Kitty.

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humorous
Zippy
Zippy
Mommy, please! I want the Hello Kitty hand puppet!
Zippy is distressed by the popularity of Hello Kitty dolls.
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Page 89.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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childrens
Trots and Bonnie
Trots (dog); Bonnie; Pepsi
My fetal acting career is going down the tubes.
Pepsi rewrites the school play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," into a more modern sexy version.
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Page 90.
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Politenessman
Politenessman
Guilty or Not Guilty? A woman's fate hangs in the balance!
Politenessman is on a jury that has to decide it if a woman is guilty of beating her husband.
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Page 91.
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Popular Problems
My twin brother had outdone me for the last time.
A man locks his twin brother in a closet and impersonates him in a performance at Carnegie Hall.
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Page 91.
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humorous
Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend
Ray; Joe; Dorothy
Ray and Joe are at home watching television...
Joe's widow, Dorothy, gets the life insurance check from Joe's death, and the three go out to a restaurant to celebrate.
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Page 92.
Dealing with Difficult Customers

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Subject Matter
humorous
Mimi Pond's Famous Waitress School
Step one: Don't get upset.
How to deal with unpleasant customers, and how to get revenge if they are still jerks.
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Page 93.
The Big Quarter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous
Excursions
Come along on a cross-country journey aboard "The Big Quarter"
A fantasy journey across the United States on a giant quarter coin.
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Page 93.
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espionage, humorous
Xico "X" Agente Superior
Xico "X"
Xixo "X" has parachuted into Russia and inveigled a policeman to drive him to Moscow.
Xico "X" is catching a ride with a policeman to Moscow when an atomic bomb goes off nearby. Xico "X" nearly blows his cover, but is able to remain undercover by fixing the policeman's car.
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Page 94. Part of a continued story. This is presented as a translated foreign strip, with Tod Carroll listed as translator and all the text done in a typewriter monospace font.
TV Repairman from Outer Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Aunt Mary's Kitchen
Aunt Mary
I am waiting for the television repairman...
Aunt Mary is waiting for a television repairman. When he finally shows up, he appears to be insane.
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Page 94. Part of a continued story. Title from the previous episode's "Next Month" blurb.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
B. K. Taylor (signed)
B. K. Taylor (signed)
B. K. Taylor (signed)
B. K. Taylor (signed)
Subject Matter
drama, humorous
The Appletons
Norm Appleton
We open the scene as the elevator door of a large office building closes...
A lady sharing an elevator with Norm is unpleasant and makes the mistake of insulting him. She soon regrets it.
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