The place - New York City.
The players - a then unknown John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Richard Belzer, and a host of other young comics, writers and producers bent on making the funniest radio show in history...
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Missing for years, the National LampoonŽ Radio Hour originals return to the air. You'll hear the likes of John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, Richard Belzer, Bill Murray, and many more stars from the years before Saturday Night LiveŽ.
Network One will provide XM with National LampoonŽ's entire library of archived radio shows created prior to the Saturday Night Live era, including skits from renowned comedians such as John Belushi, Billy Crystal, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, and Harold Ramis. The hour-long shows will be featured on one of XM's comedy channels. As part of the relationship, XM will contribute funds to Gilda's Club, which provides places where people with cancer and their families and friends join with others to build social and emotional support as a supplement to medical care.
The National LampoonŽ Radio Hour first aired in 1973 and launched the careers of many of the cast members of the first legendary line up of Saturday Night LiveŽ including John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner and Bill Murray. In addition, the show also introduced such comedy heavyweights as Billy Crystal, Second City Television's Harold Ramis and Christopher Guest, one of creators of the mock metal band Spinal Tap. A three-CD set of material from the Radio Hour is currently available at retailers through Rhino Records.
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Original Air Date*/Show # /Program Highlights
November 17, 1973 / #1 / "First Show": Celebrity Primal Screams Contest; Chit-Chat with Pat Nixon; No-Eyes, Blind Detective
November 24, 1973 / #2
Remember Those Fabulous 20s?; Land A Million Game Show; Butter In Taxicabs; Wish Fulfillment Playhouse
December 1, 1973 / #3
New Beatles Song; The Romance of King Creosote; Camera Club of the Air;
The Ryan O'Neil Story; Craig Baker, Perfect Master
December 8, 1973 / #4
"Louie, We Have You Surrounded"; National LampoonŽ Radio Hour Call-In Show; "Catch It and You Keep It"
December 15, 1973 / #5
The Lost Glider; Various Diner and Restaurant Bits; Charmin Commercial Goes Wrong; What If Ed Sullivan Were Tortured? (Impression by Michael O'Donoghue)
December 22, 1973 / #6 /"Traditional Christmas Show" Christmas Around the World; Baby Jesus' Thank-You Notes; Christmas in Russia;
Christmas in Northern Ireland; The Gift of the Nazi; The Night the Animals Talked
December 29, 1973 / #7 /"The Missing White House Tapes"
Humor Buffs for Nixon; Impeachment Day Parade; Mrs. Agnew's Diary;
Big Dick (Sesame Street Parody); Mission: Impeachable; Swearing Out Ceremony; White House Basement Tapes; Nixon's Watergate Mea Culpa Speech
January 5, 1974 / #8 / Lava Lamp Repairman; National Humor Shortage Crisis; Ice Capades; Recipe Corner; Cavalcade of Non-Violent Sports
January 12, 1974 / #9 /
Your Robbery of the Air; Old Man Atom; Great Jokes of History;
Dial-a-Curse; The Loan Arranger; Limerick Time; Ralph Nadar Interview
January 19, 1974 / #10 / The Censorless Woman; Excerpts from "The Censorless Woman"; Interview with Don Corleone;
Traffic Accident Play-by-Play; Robert Lamont, Building Climber; Nichols and May
January 26, 1974 / #11 /Dudley Moore and Peter Cook; God Attends a Boxing Match; Monopoly with Nixon; Joe Namath Out to Pasture; "Let Us Speak English"
February 2, 1974 / #12 /Marijuana; Egyptian Archaeology; Ed's Big Date; Norman Fishbank, Pirate; The Ballad of Charles Whitman; The Mason Reese Institute
February 9, 1974 / #13 / "The Best of National LampoonŽ Radio Hour"
Mexican Copper; The Indianapolis Academy of the French Accent; The Nazi Dr. Doolittle; "Waiting for Godot"; Suicide Hotline; Land A Million Game Show; Joni Mitchell Parody; Craig Baker, Perfect Master; Doomed Space Capsule Update; The Ryan O'Neal Story
(last hour-long show--half-hour shows hereafter)
February 16, 1974 / #14 /Fireside Chat with Richard Nixon; Frozen Bodies; George Washington Carver; Dr. Norman Vincent Peale; Comedy Stylings of King Faisal; Part Two Yet to Come
February 23, 1974 / #15 /Rorschach Test of the Air; Neil Young Parody; Humor Consumer Rights; Nettie Is the Nitwit of the Networks; Craig Baker, Perfect Master; More to Come
March 2, 1974 / #16 / Mr. Chatterbox; Letters; Heavily Into Jesus (C&W Parody); Leonard Cohen Parody; Interview with Russian Novelist ("interrupted")
March 9, 1974 / #17 / "Listener Request Show": Watergate Poll; Art for Art's Sake; National LampoonŽ Radio Hour Call-In Show;
What If Ed Sullivan Were Tortured?; End of the World Is Coming; Monolithic Oil; Mr. Mike, Benefactor
March 16, 1974 / #18 /Dr. Norman Vincent Nightcap Answers Your Questions; Royal Dutch Gas; The Ballad of K.C. River Rat (C&W Parody); NatLamp Unto My Feet
March 23, 1974 / #19 /H&R Block Reasons; Humor Test; Poetry Writing Contest; Craig Baker, Perfect Master; S.L.A. Notice
March 30, 1974 / #20 /More H&R Block Reasons; College Students; Megaphone News; Police Auditions; Americans United to Beat the Dutch; Linda Blair Acceptance Speech
April 5, 1974 / #21 / "Salute to Entertainment Show":
"What's On Your Mind?" Game Show; Mr. Hammerstein Writing Music; 1974 Porny Awards; Henry Leffingwell Interviews Cedric Simmons, Film Director
April 13, 1974 / #22 / "Traditional Easter Show":
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale's Advice to Boxers, Bangladesh, Jesus;
NatLamp Unto My Feet; John 3:16 Parody; Onward Christian Soldiers Parody
April 20, 1974 / #23 /Flash Bazbo, Space Explorer; Alternative Child; Mother Goose's Wine; 1973 Miss America Pageant; The Jimmy Dugan Story
April 27, 1974 / #24 / The Dick and Jane Show; Flash Bazbo Space Explorer; Cat Stevens Parody; Mattress Police; Fred Purdue's Chicken; Craig Baker, Perfect Master
May 4, 1974 / #25 / "Welcome Back, Death Penalty!":
Time to Go, Johnny; Death Penalty for Shoplifting; Nixon Kills Ziegler; Al Capone On Trial; Who Parody; The Rosenbergs; Wobbles The Goose Gets Cooked
May 11, 1974 / #26 / "The Canadian Show" :
"The Americans" Parody; Quick Canada Quiz; Neil Young Parody;
Adventures of Corporal MacInerney; Megaphone Newsreel Visits the Frozen North
May 18, 1974 / #27 / The Comedy Stylings of (fill-in-the-blank); Interrogation of John Wayne; Death of A Salesman; Flash Bazbo, Space Explorer; Consumer Reports Editor at Home
May 25, 1974 / #28 / "The Sluts From Space, Part 1"
June 2, 1974 / #29 / "The Sluts From Space, Part 2"
June 8, 1974 / #30 / "The Case of the Mad Vandal, Part 1"
June 15, 1974 / #31 / "The Case of the Mad Vandal, Part 2"
June 23, 1974 / #32 / 100% Recycled Radio
Donovan Parody; Crossword Puzzle; NRA Commercial; House Rules;
The Romance of King Creosote; Lip Reading Expert
June 30, 1974 / #33 / "Festival of Summer Reruns Show"
The Lost Glider; National LampoonŽ Radio Show Call-In Show;
Al Jolson Parody; Police Emergency Rape Line
July 6, 1974 / #34 / "Summer Reruns Show #3"
Flash Bazbo, Space Explorer; Interview with Dexter and Warren, Siamese Twins; Elf Warning; Dial-A-Curse; Advice From God; Dr. John Parody; Mr. Chatterbox
July 13, 1974 / #35 / "The Canadian Show" [repeat]
"The Americans" Parody; Quick Canada Quiz; Neil Young Parody;
Adventures of Corporal MacInerney; Megaphone Newsreel Visits the Frozen North
July 20, 1974 / #36 / "Summer Reruns Show #5"
"Louie, Come Out With Your Hands Up"; Alternative Child; Tokyo Rose;
Cat Stevens Parody; The Jimmy Dugan Story; John Belushi's Farewell
July 27, 1974 / #37 / "Summer Reruns Show #6"
Mr. Chatterbox; Linda Blair Oscar Acceptance Speech; "Filler" Material Discussion; Craig Baker, Perfect Master; George Washington Carver; John Belushi's Suicide
August 3, 1974 / #38 / "Welcome Back, Death Penalty! [repeat]"
Time to Go, Johnny; Death Penalty for Shoplifting; Nixon Kills Ziegler; Al Capone On Trial; Who Parody; The Rosenbergs; Wobbles The Goose Gets Cooked
August 10, 1974 / #39 / "Summer Reruns Show #8 [repeat]"
The Comedy Stylings of (fill-in-the-blank); Interrogation of John Wayne; Death of A Salesman; Flash Bazbo, Space Explorer; Consumer Reports Editor at Home
August 17, 1974 / #40 / "Summer Reruns Show #9"
The Kids Want To Stay Up Late; Peter Cook & Dudley Moore;
John Denver Parody; Monolithic Oil Corp.; Monopoly With Richard Nixon
August 24, 1974 / #41 / "Summer Rerun Show #10"
Humor Test; Daffy Duck Song; Poetry Writing Contest; Elizabeth Taylor;
1973 Miss America Pageant; Craig Baker, Perfect Master; Gerry Ford Tribute
August 31, 1974 / #42 / "Summer Rerun Rip-Off Show"
The Ryan O'Neal Story; Flash Bazbo, Space Explorer; Joe Namath Put Out to Pasture; Danny Thomas; Royal Dutch Gas; Suicide Hotline; Matress Police
September 5, 1974 / #43/ "The Case of the Mad Vandal, Part 1 [repeat]"
September 12, 1974 / #44 / "The Case of the Mad Vandal, Part 2 [repeat]"
September 19, 1974 / #45 / "The Rehearsal":
Guru Craig Baker; Mr. Chatterbox and Gracie Whitebread Are Dead;
Ira Schnorrs, Talent Agent; Nixon on the Skids; Russian Stand Ups; Behind the Scenes
September 26, 1974 / #46 / "Moby! The Musical"
October 5, 1974 / #47 / "Gala Second Season Show":
Flash Bazbo, Space Explorer; Pete Seeger Parody; Bulldozers; Hoosier Hotshots; Underwear Advice; Eye Banks; Lady Windemere's Fan; James Taylor Parody; Stand Up Parody; Mr. Veal Chop
October 12, 1974 / #48 /
Salvation Army; Flash Bazbo, Space Explorer; Spike Jones; Baby Brando;
Closet Queen; Interview with the Hollywood Gay Alliance
October 19, 1974 / #49 / "The California Show":
Hunter Thompson Parody; Prison Farm; Hollywood Stars Tour; Rip Van Ripple; Grateful Dead Parody; Patty Hearst Plea; California Radio News
October 26, 1974 / #50 /Answering Machine; Singles Bar of the Air; Rapping with John; Terminal Football; Guru Craig Baker: Miracle with Silly Putty
November 2, 1974 / #51 / Perry Shriner, Court Appointed Lawyer
(Perry Mason Parody); Unwanted Drummer In Studio; Ali and Foreman Interview
November 9, 1974 / #52 /Mel Brewer's Insomnia Time, with Ron Fields; Pro Ball Ads; The Idiot; Flash Bazbo, Space Explorer; Camera Club of the Air; Tale of the Supernatural
November 16, 1974 / #53 /Cheech and Chong Parody; The Golden Years of Hollywood; Turtle Woman; The Immigrants: The Hillbillies; More Cheech and Chong
November 23, 1974 / #54 /
Flash Bazbo, Space Explorer; Music Perspectives with Ron Fields; Overdose Heaven; Guru Craig Baker Visits a Bar; Psychology Ptoday Blues
November 30, 1974 / #55 / Flash Bazbo, a Man and His Music
Musical Parody Encores: Trucker Song; Mother Goose's Wine; Cat Stevens; The Who; James Taylor; Leonard Cohen; Pete Seeger; Dr. John
December 7, 1974 / #56 / "The Chuck Fred 'n' Bubba Show"
KORN, Durante, Iowa; Ronda Sue's Beauty Tips; Comedy Corner; Farm Report; The Ballad of Bubba 'n' Chuck Fred; "National LampoonŽ Radio Hour"; Daily Devotions
December 14, 1974 / #57 / "The California Show [repeat]"
Hunter Thompson Parody; Prison Farm; Hollywood Stars Tour; Rip Van Ripple; Grateful Dead Parody; Patty Hearst Plea; California Radio News
December 21, 1974 / #58 / "Christmas Show"
December 28, 1974 / #59 / "The Final Show" Laughs From the Past: Collage of Highlights from the National LampoonŽ Radio Hour;
Closing Credits for the Series; "Honk! Honk! Why, It's Wobbles the Goose!"
February 17, 1980 / King Biscuit Flower HourŽ Tribute #1
November 30, 1980 / King Biscuit Flower HourŽ Tribute #2
*-All Original Air Dates are based on a Saturday airing.
National LampoonŽ, the launching pad for dozens of comedy's greatest performers and writers over the past few decades, has produced such classics as Animal House and the Vacation movies as well as the radio show and numerous live stage shows. "We chose XM for our partner in this venture because of the potential for growth in the medium," said Alan Donnes, whose company Network One has exclusive rights to the radio program. "We feel that satellite radio is the future and XM is the future of satellite radio."
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