National Lampoon February 1975

National Lampoon

February 1975

February, 1975. On the Billboard Hot 100, the top-selling single in the USA as of February 15 is 'You're No Good' by Linda Ronstadt.

Let's open up the latest issue of the National Lampoon, which has a 'Love and Romance' theme. This is one of the better mid-70s issues of the magazine.

The letters column offends with faux missives from bigoted rednecks, and serial killer Juan Corona (!).

The advertising in this issue includes Earth Shoes (very 70s), and a new Yes album, which is accompanied by bad poetry. 

Other album advertisements include an LP from Kenny Rankin (a YouTube video of Silver Morning is here). I can't say Rankin's album is all that impressive - rather tame 70s singer-songwriter stuff (folies should not scat-sing, and what folkie didn't, at some point in his / her career, do a cover of Paul McCartney's 'Blackbird' ?!). 

There's also an album from George Carlin, whose brand of comedy was thriving in the mid-70s. I can't say that the Carlin catalogue has aged well, but then, not much from the mid-70s really has, when you think about it...........

An ad for something called the 'Great American Song Festival' features the late, great, Suzanne Somers, adorned with some strategically placed sheet music !

The color comic in this issue is a satire of romance comics, featuring.....Nazis ?! Yep, this sort of thing probably would not be allowed nowadays..........

One of the funniest features in this February issue is a parody of Modern Bride magazine. 

This 'Lake Innuendo' spoof of the advertisements for the Poconos honeymoon suites (like the Birchwood) that were common in the 70s, is spot-on:

The comics section has the usual strips. Because this section of the magazine was printed on newsprint rather than 'slick' paper, even at 300 dpi, the scans are not crisp and require much fiddling in order to be legible.

And there you go with Lampoon humor, as it was early in '75............