National Lampoon
March, 1981
March, 1981, and Blondie has the top single in the USA, with 'Rapture.' The latest issue of National Lampoon is out on the stands, and it's clear that the magazine has taken a hit in terms of faring in this new decade. As compared to the mid- and late- seventies, the volume of advertising has thinned, with no comedy LP promotions to be found. Under editor P. J. O'Rourke, the text features in this issue are lame, and show fatigue. The momentum generated by the success of Animal House, now three years in the past, has well receded. By mid-decade circulation would drop and the magazine would, in 1986, alter its publication schedule to a bi-monthly.
In this March issue, 'Foto Funnies' perseveres, in its own corny way......
The comics are worth scanning and presenting, so here they are:
And that's what you got for your $2, back in that long-ago March of 45 years ago.........
