National Lampoon
June, 1975
June, 1975. The number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart is 'Sister Golden Hair' by America. Also on the chart, at position number 4, is "Bad Time' by Grand Funk. Two great songs, from 49 years ago ! The latest issue of the National Lampoon is on the stands, with the theme of 'Rainy Day Funbook.' To be honest, this issue isn't very good. Too many of the major articles are reliant on highbrow humor that even in '75, was too mannered to be appealing. I mean, a satirical treatment of the 'boy's magazines' of the early 20th century ?
The better entries in the June issue are those featuring the magazine staff doing photo layouts; prominent here is co-editor Doug Kenney. It looks like executive editor P. J. O'Rourke joined in for the 'Madcap Modeleers' piece.
The cartoons come off pretty well, although most of them would not be considered acceptable nowadays.
We'll close with an advertisement for tee shirts for Vaughan Bode's 'Cheech Wizard.' Nowadays, Vaughan's son Mark sells Cheech Wizard tees for $48. Shipping is extra. What can I say ? What cost $5.95 in 1975, has increased over 706% ! Inflation, and all that.And so we remember those long-ago days of 1975, when the National Lampoon cost one dollar, a comic book 25 cents, a vinyl LP $4 to $5 dollars, a 'nickel bag' of pot, $10, and a six-pack of beer, $2.55. Life was a little more affordable, back then............sigh.
And minimum wage was something like $2/hr, and a $30K/year salary put one in the upper middle class?
ReplyDeleteInflation in that decade puts even the gouging recently to shame.