Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon

2015
1h 33min

A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen footage, this is the mind boggling story of The National Lampoon from its subversive and electrifying beginnings, to rebirth as an unlikely Hollywood heavyweight, and beyond. A humour empire like no other, the impact of the magazines irreverent, often shocking, sensibility was nothing short of seismic: this is an institution whose (drunk stoned brilliant) alumni left their fingerprints all over popular culture. Both insanely great and breathtakingly innovative, The National Lampoon created the foundation of modern comic sensibility by setting the bar in comedy impossibly high.

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon

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A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen footage, this is the mind boggling story of The National Lampoon from its subversive and electrifying beginnings, to rebirth as an unlikely Hollywood heavyweight, and beyond. A humour empire like no other, the impact of the magazines irreverent, often shocking, sensibility was nothing short of seismic: this is an institution whose (drunk stoned brilliant) alumni left their fingerprints all over popular culture. Both insanely great and breathtakingly innovative, The National Lampoon created the foundation of modern comic sensibility by setting the bar in comedy impossibly high.
Cast
John Belushi
John Belushi
Self / Actor (archive footage)
John Candy
John Candy
Self / Actor (archive footage)
Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase
Self / Actor
Bill Murray
Bill Murray
Self / Actor
Gilda Radner
Gilda Radner
Self / Actress (archive footage)
John Goodman
John Goodman
Self / Actor
Beverly D'Angelo
Beverly D'Angelo
Self / Actress
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon
Self / Actor
Richard Belzer
Richard Belzer
Self / Actor / Producer
Christopher Guest
Christopher Guest
Self / Actor
Fred Gwynne
Fred Gwynne
Self / Actor (archive footage)
John Hughes
John Hughes
Self / Writer (archive footage)
John Landis
John Landis
Self / Film Director
Tim Matheson
Tim Matheson
Self / Actor / Director / Producer
Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf
Self (archive footage)
Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton
Self / Actor / Director
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Self / Former President USA (archive footage)
John Lennon
John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
Self (archive footage)
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Self (archive footage)
George Plimpton
George Plimpton
Self / Actor (archive footage)
Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow
Self / Director / Producer
Harold Ramis
Harold Ramis
Self / Film Director (archive footage)
Ivan Reitman
Ivan Reitman
Self / Film Director
Danny Abelson
Self / Lampoon Contributer
Tony Hendra
Tony Hendra
Self
Douglas Kenney
Douglas Kenney
Self (archival footage)
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