The National Lampoon Radio Hour

This is a list of the specifics of the National Lampoon Radio Hour shows.

If you have any additional information on broadcasts, please let me know.

11/18/73 - First Show
Primal Screams
Raising $1 Million
the Jews Have Got Their Irish Up
Waiting for Godot
Laffs from the Past - What a Crazy Guy
Suspence - No Eyes Houligan and His Seeing Eye Duck
Megaphone Newsreel - Albania
Straight Lines
Joni Mitchell Parody

11/25/73
Worshiping a Pen and Pencil Set
Vampire's Castle
Areas of Concern - Better in Taxis
Daffy Duck - I'm Daffy
Land a Million
Bad Dinner
Laffs from the Past - Abbott and Costello - Laugh, Laugh, Laugh

12/2/73
Phone-in Photo Contest
Overdose Heaven
King Creosote
The Indians were Brought in as Railroad Workers
Golden Protest
Singing Every other Note
When You're Watching a Parade
Laffs from the Past - Eversharp Injector Razor
Craig, The Perfect Master - How He Became a Master
The Beatles New Single - Jumble

12/9/73
Indianapolis Academy of the French Accent
Ralph Abernathy Camel Bribe
Laffs from the Past - Homer and Jethro - Pagliacci
Listener Call-ins
Nazi Dr. Doolittle
Nirvana Banana
Open Mike - Shortages
Tokyo Rose - GE Joe
Catch it and You Keep It
Ralph Abernathy Reconsiders

12/16/73
Coffee Ad
We Don't Have any Buns
Henry Leffingwell Interview - Siamese Twins
We've Never Seen a Straight Banana
The Laughing Wall of Nepal
Squeezing the Charmin
I have an Interesting Problem
The Pothead
Come and Buy My Record
Laffs from the Past - George Jessell - Pope Joke
Ed Sullivan Tortured with Steel Needles in his Eyes

12/23/73 - Traditional Christmas Show
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Christmas customs of Many Lands
Thank-you Notes from Jesus to the Wise Men
Laffs from the Past - (none)
Soviet Christmas
A Child's Christmas in Ulster
At Midnight the Animals can Talk
Howdy Doody Christmas
National Lampoontones - Telephone Medley
White Christmas - Joe Cocker Parody

12/30/73 - Farewell Tribute to Richard Nixon
Christmas tour of the White House
Laffs from the Past - Eisenhower and Nixon - Lenny Bruce
Impeachment Day Parades
Big Dick
Mrs. Agnew's Diary

1/6/74
Dying Kid Goes to Ice Capades
Looking for the East Pole
Art for Art's Sake - The French Impressionists
Humor Shortage
Coolidge Conspiracy
Do You Know About Germs
The Best BAd News of the Week
Non-Violent Boxing

1/13/74
Megaphone Newsreel
Your Robbery of the Air
Laffs From the Past - Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Energy Saving Tips - Monolithic Oil Co.
Henry Leffingwell Interview - Memorizing the Phone Book
Dial-a-curse
Mr. Chatterbox
Limerick Time

1/20/74
The Censorless Woman
Drugola Record Co.
Interview with Building Climber
Laffs From the Past - Nichols and May
Moscow Baseball Game
Interview with Don Corleone
The Father of your Country

1/27/74
Mr. Chatterbox - The Middle East - One Big Bore
The Dog Song
British Interview - Free Form Discussion
Laffs from the Past - Chickens
The Lord Watching a Boxing Match
Dracula at the Dentist
Henry Leffingwell Interview - Swimming the Atlantic Ocean
Nixon Playing Monopoly
More British Interview Show

2/3/74
Olympic Timekeeper on Exercising
Ethel and Oscar Smoke Marijuana
Incinerating Marijuana
Date with Marsha
Laffs from the Past - Little Miss Muffett
Mr Chatterbox
Norman Fishbank - Pirate
Egyptian Expedition
Philosophical Inquiry
I'd Rather be Me Than You
The New Paris Medical Season

2/10/74 - Best of
Selling Mexican Copper I Telephone
My Husband / Cup of Coffee
Vulcanized Sneakers commercial intro
The Indianapolis Academy of the French Accent
Nazi Dr. Doolittle
Camera Club of the Air Phone-in Photo Contest
Classics of the Contemporary Drama: 'Waiting for Godot'
Suicide Prevention Phone Hot Line
Truman Capote prison interview
Nudist Paradise Movie Theatre
'Land A Million' Game Show
American Safety Institute: Bulging Cans
Catherine DeTrois, movie star
Mission: Impeachable
Baby Jesus thank you notes
Which one of the Ten Commandments am I breaking?
Ice Capades / grape gum
'You put Me Through Hell' by Joni Mitchell
Lava Lamp repairman on the telephone
Public Disservice Message: Zip Codes
Advanced Malignant Tumor of the Brain
Theatre Times for 'The Ryan O'Neal Story' (part 1)
Megaphone Newsreel
Theatre Times for 'The Ryan O'Neal Story' (part 2)
Guru Craig Baker, The Perfect Master (miracle with banana and milk)
Doomed space capsule news update commercial intro
Michael O'Donoghue I Closing credits
Mr. Mike, Benefactor

2/17/74 - Half Hour Shows Begin
Mr. Chatterbox - Carpeting Walls
Thawing Grandfather
Steppin' on a Spaniel
King Faisel Comedy
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
Great Moments in Black History - George Washington Carver

2/24/74
Rhorshack Test of the Air
Southern California Brings Me Down - Neil Young Parody
Laffs from the Past - Nettie is the Nitwit of the Networks
Craig, The Perfect Master - Sandwich Miracle

3/3/74
Mr. Chatterbox - Scanning your Face With Radar
Letters to the National Lampoon
Henry Leffingwell Interview - Stop Eating Conventional Foods
Request Time - Gigi by Betolucci
Heavily into Jesus
Dr. Harris at the Dentist
I'm a Perfect Imitation of Myself - Leonard Cohen Parody

3/10/74 - Listener Request Show
Daily News opinion pollster on Watergate
'Pollywogs on Parade' commercial intro
Public Disservice Message- CARE packages to Europe
Art for Art's Sake / French Impressionists
N.L.R.H. Call-In Show
Salad and a cup of coffee / Protesters
Chinese Fortune Head
Joe Namath put out to pasture
What if Ed Sullivan were Tortured?
The Masked Violinist commercial intro
American Safety Institute: Oily Rags
The end of the World is Coming
Monolithic Oil Corp. commercial: Energy Crisis
Mr. Whipple Commercial goes Wrong
Charmin Discussion
God watching a Boxing Match
Accident Play-by-Play
Joe Namath has a problem
Michael O'Donoghue / Closing credits
Mr. Mike, Benefactor

3/17/74
Dr. Norman Vincent Nightcap
Petroleum Dealer
KC River Rat
Filling Time
Humorous Philosophic Ghost Story
Raising $1 Million is no Problem
Second Half Hour and Request Show Joke
Natlamp unto my Feet

3/24/74
Mr. Chatterbox - Sassing Back
Laffs from the Past - Chinese Mule Train - Spike Jones
Are You Funny?
National Poetry Writing Contest
Craig, The Perfect Master with Mahatma

3/31/74
Discussing Sound Systems
I Wonder What He's On
Megaphone Newsreel - Yugoslavia
Interviewing for Police Officers
Americans United to Beat the Dutch
Laffs From the Past - I've Got you Under My Skin - Stan Freberg
Exorcist Oscar Acceptance

4/7/74 - Pornographic Film Awards
Technical Difficulties
What's on Your Mind
Mr. Hammerstein Writing Music
Cedric Simmons, Film director
1974 Porny Awards

4/14/74 - Easter Show
NEED SHOW INFO

4/21/74
Flash Basbo - Battle with His Own Mind
Elizabeth Taylor Impersonation
Mr. Chatterbox - Mrs. Offal Electrocuted
Alternative Child
Laffs from the Past - If I Give Up the Saxophone
Flash Basbo - Put That Down
Mother Goose's Sparkling Wine
Miss America Questions
The Jimmy Dugan Story

4/28/74
International Show Introductions
Dick and Jane Show
Flash Basbo - Shrunk to a Walnut
Got to Bleed it Out - Cat Stevens Parody
Mattress Police
Fred Purdue Chickens
Craig, The Perfect Master - Beer Chant
Laffs from the Past - Der Fuhrer's Face - Spike Jones
Norman Vincent Nightcap
The Death Penalty is Coming Back

5/5/74 - Death Penalty Show
The Death Penalty is Back
Shoplifting at the A&P
Incident at Owl Creek Bridge
Delaying His Execution
Nixon Kills Ziegler
Let 'em Live
Electrocution - Who Parody

5/12/74 - Canadian Show
Economic Report
Adventures of Corporal MacInerney
Southern California Brings Me Down - Neil Young Parody
Music in Quebec
Maple Leaf Megaphone Newsreel
I'm a Perfect Imitation of Myself - Leonard Cohen Parody

5/19/74
The Comedy of Patrol Officer Tim O'Malley
Mr. Chatterbox - Skin-tight Aluminum Party Pants
Death of a Salesman
Flash Basbo - Speeding
Laffs from the Past - From the Indies to the Andes in His Undies
Bad Daddy

5/26/74 - Sluts from Space, Pt. 1
Single 2-part Story

6/2/74 - Sluts from Space, Pt. 2
Single 2-part Story

6/9/74 - High School Confidential, Pt. 1
Single 2-part Story

6/16/74 - High School Confidential, Pt. 2
Single 2-part Story

6/23/74 - Summer Rerun #1
NEED SHOW INFO

6/30/74 - Summer Rerun #2
Musical Collage of Names
Call-in Show
Highway Toes - James Taylor Parody
Al Jolson Story

7/7/74 - Summer Rerun #3
Flash Basbo - Battle with His Own Mind
Henry Leffingwell Interview - Siamese Twins
Dial-a-curse
Come and Buy My Record
Mr. Chatterbox - Little Metal Spiders

7/14/74 -  Summer Rerun #4
NEED SHOW INFO - I do not know if a 4th show was actually broadcast

10/6/74 - Second Season Gala Premiere Show
Megaphone Newsreel - National Lampoon Radio Show Second Season Gala Premiere
Well Intentioned Blues
Help! They're Smoking Dope in Here
What you Don't Know can Kill You
Laffs from the Past - I Like Bananas Because they Have No Bones
Lady Windemere's Fan
Methadone Maintenance Man - James Taylor Parody
A Man Walks Into a Nightclub

10/13/74
Cancer Society Message
Baby Conversation
Closet Queen
Interview - Chuck Bronson, Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin - The Gay Alliance

10/20/74 - California Show
Introduction by Dr. Thompson S. Hunter - Bozo Assignment on California
Prison Farm Ad
Star Tour
Rip Van Ripple
Ridin' Out on a Rail - Grateful Dead Parody
I Hate California

10/27/74
Singles Bar of the Air
Developer and Advertising Dudes
Coach Announces Team Member's Diseases
Craig, The Perfect Master - How to be a Follower

11/3/74 - Lawyer Show
Belushi in Recording Studio With Drummer
Perry Shriner, Court Appointed Lawyer
Laffs From the Past - Cocktails for Two - Spike Jones

11/10/74
NEED SHOW INFO
Mel Brewer Insomnia show??

11/17/74
NEED SHOW INFO
Mel Brewer Insomnia show??

11/24/74
NEED ADDITIONAL SHOW INFO
Cheech and Chong watching TV
The Immigrants

12/1/74 - Song Parody Show
KC River Rat
Mother Goose's Sparkling Wine
Got to Bleed it Out - Cat Stevens Parody
Electrocution - Who Parody
Methadone Maintenance Man - James Taylor Parody
I'm a Perfect Imitation of Myself - Leonard Cohen Parody
Well Intentioned Blues
Come and Buy My Record

12/8/74
NEED ADDITIONAL SHOW INFO
Bubba and Chuck Fred Show

12/8/74
Rebroadcast of California Show

12/8/74
NEED ADDITIONAL SHOW INFO
The Evil Santa
Kung Fu Christmas

12/8/74
NEED ADDITIONAL SHOW INFO
Last Show
collection of short highlights from series


Last Updated: Tues, Nov 24, 1998 10:00 PM EST