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The National Lampoon Encyclopedia of Humor
Edited by Michael O'Donoghue
May 2005
978-1-59071-042-5 (1-59071042-8)
160 pages, 8-1/4 x 11
About this Book
The fifth title in the National Lampoon classic library, The National
Lampoon Encyclopedia of Humor returns with the madness that only Michael
O’Donoghue, P.J. O’Rourke, Terry Southern, Anne Beatts, Doug Kenney
and Brian McConnachie could have possibly created.
Includes a pullout, 4-color, National Lampoon World Map and artwork
from Edward Gorey, Bruce McCall and Rick Meyerwitz
About this Author
Michael O’Donoghue was among the original contributors to National
Lampoon when it began in 1970. The original producer of The National
Lampoon Radio Hour, O’Donoghue hired Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Anne
Beatts, John Belushi, Christopher Guest and a number of other performers
for the show and later on, brought them to Saturday Night Live, where
he served as head writer through the glory years of 1975-1978. As
a screenwriter, O’Donoghue penned Scrooged, Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video,
Gilda Live! And a number of other unproduced masterpieces. O’Donoghue
died tragically of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1994 at the age of 52.
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