Ep. 385 Today's Peep Pays Tribute To The National Lampoon Radio Hour: How It Shaped My Life & My Mic, Satire As a Compass, Catch It and Keep It, A Fake Oil Spokesman Tells the Truth Corporate PR Won't and You Are A Fluke of the Universe
A 46-ton “prize” falls from a balcony, a children’s show meets a jaded bassist, and a fake oil spokesman tells the truth corporate PR won’t—this is the unruly radio lineage that shaped our mic. We rewind to the 1970s and the National Lampoon Radio Hour, the short, blazing run that launched Belushi, Radner, Chase, Guest, Murray, and more, and taught a generation how to make sound paint pictures, punch upward, and still land a clean joke.We start with the lesser-known spark: the News Blimp, an FM-era segment that treated young listeners like thinkers and made alternative news feel inevitable…
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