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| 24 of 24 people found the following review helpful  I Met The Kid On The Cover, Man, By This review is from: Radio Dinner (Audio CD) National Lampoon's Radio Dinner album revolutionized my view of comedy back in the mists of 70s High School. By turns savagely cynical, trippy and often borderline dirty, this album was a revelation in a time when Cheech and Chong were being idolized by countless stoners across the land. But for Radio Dinner to work you need a solid grounding in 60s politics and, most importantly, you need to know LOTS about the George Harrison "Concert for Bangladesh" album, which serves as a thematic touchstone for the whole work's flaying of 60s counter culture ("I met the kid on the cover, man...He was at Amherst majoring in Economics and he was so stoned he didn't even mention it...") culminating in an infamous "Concert IN Bangladesh, where two sadsack Bengali comics--Raza and Kar--(the forerunners of The Simpsons Apu?) trade hideously lame jokes while distant crowd noises of groaning and suffering linger in the background ("My hotel room is three by three by three and made of cardboard"--"What... Read more 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful "The dream... is over...", By This review is from: Radio Dinner (Vinyl) The 1972 Blue Thumb LP, NATIONAL LAMPOON RADIO DINNER is a brilliant work of irreverence that borders on the subversive. Star of the album is Christopher Guest (CG), who does remarkable imitations of John Lennon and Bob Dylan, and contributes material to the lion's share of tracks. Also here are Michael O'Donoghue and Tony Hendra of NL magazine, famous announcer Jackson Beck, Melissa Manchester, Naomi R. Page and Norman Rose (he narrates the best known recording, "Deteriorata"-- a hilarious send-up of the Les Crane single, "Desiderata").Other highlights include a pseudo-Joan Baez concert song in which she encourages Oakland, CA.'s minorities to riot (while watching safely from across the Bay); rude PSAs; several goofs on Paul McCartney's "Give Ireland Back to the Irish;" a bizarre game show that kills its contestants; Nixon, McGovern & Wallace as cars in a Demolition Derby-like auto race election; and the record's most scathing track: Guest's spot-on imitation of John... Read more 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful Nothing Is Sacred, This review is from: Radio Dinner (Vinyl) That was the motto of The National Lampoon in the 70's. Some of the tracks on this album are hilarious. Some are just sick. Deteriorata, a parody of You are a Child of the Universe, ie You are a Fluke of the Universe. Magical Misery Tour, John Lennon parody. Many of the lyrics are taken from the Rolling Stone interview. "Turn left at Iceland!" Rod Serling, "Pot, Grass, Weed, Marijuana. It's all the same. You smoke it and you get high." Christopher Guest. Melissa Manchester. Many more... |
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