re: #188 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Yes, I had to hide my National Lampoons from my mom. They did a lot (along with the National Lampoon radio show) to shape my sense of humor, and many more of their alumni went on to found SNL.

And “Animal House” and all the Chevy Chase “Family Vacation” movies are based on short stories that originally appeared in the National Lampoon.

They were funny, and “edgy” as the youngsters call it today. NL and Firesign Theater together shaped my sense of humor, and then later Monty Python.