A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen footage, this is the mind boggling story of The National Lampoon from its subversive and electrifying beginnings, to rebirth as an unlikely Hollywood heavyweight, and beyond. A humour empire like no other, the impact of the magazines irreverent, often shocking, sensibility was nothing short of seismic: this is an institution whose (drunk stoned brilliant) alumni left their fingerprints all over popular culture. Both insanely great and breathtakingly innovative, The National Lampoon created the foundation of modern comic sensibility by setting the bar in comedy impossibly high.
John Belushi
John Candy
Kevin Bacon
Tim Matheson
John Goodman
Bill Murray
Harold Ramis
Chevy Chase
Beverly D'Angelo
Gilda Radner
Christopher Guest
John Landis
John Hughes
Judd Apatow
Fred Gwynne
Ivan Reitman
Richard Belzer
Billy Bob Thornton
Danny Abelson
Tony Hendra
George Plimpton
Richard Nixon
Meat Loaf
John Lennon
Yoko Ono
Stevie Wonder
Douglas Kenney