Celebrating 40 years of the National Lampoon

In 1970, three young alumni from the Harvard Lampoon started a national version of their campus humor magazine. It was called National Lampoon, and in the forty years since its launch, the Lampooon’s humor and former members have permeated television, film, and just about every other cultural outlet in America.

Rick Meyerowitz is an artist who regularly contributed to the Lampoon for fifteen years. His new book, celebrating the magazine and the people behind it, is called Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Writers and Artists Who Made the National Lampoon Insanely Great.