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
Chevy Chase
Bill Murray
Gilda Radner
John Goodman
Beverly D'Angelo
Kevin Bacon
Richard Belzer
Christopher Guest
Fred Gwynne
John Hughes
John Landis
Tim Matheson
Meat Loaf
Billy Bob Thornton
Richard Nixon
John Lennon
Yoko Ono
Stevie Wonder
George Plimpton
Judd Apatow
Harold Ramis
Ivan Reitman
Danny Abelson
Tony Hendra
Douglas Kenney