National Lampoon Sunday Newspaper Parody

The sequel toNational Lampoon's 1964 High School Yearbookand considered the Rosetta stone of news parody,National Lampoon's Sunday Newspaperis a cult classic of puerile genius. -------------------------------- Dateline: Dacron, Ohio, Sunday, February 12, 1978 (Motor Home Capital of the World) Now in a vibrant tabloid format, the Dacron, OhioRepublican-Democrat, one of America's newspapers, returns with a complete Sunday edition of all the news that's unfit to print. With stories and photos that are as remarkably plausible today as they were in 1978, theRepublican-Democratis littered with grade-A-quality humor. Including National News, Local News, and More Local News, a Sports Section, Entertainment, Television Listings, Travel, Real Estate, Gardening, Your Pet, Women's Pages, Classified Ads, a Swillmart Discount Store Advertising Supplement, a Parade Magazine Parody, a Sunday Week Local Magazine, and Eight Pages of Comics, it will take you back in time even if you were never there to begin with. Any fan ofThe Onionwill discover its recipe for successtakeNational Lampoon's Sunday Newspaper, rejigger the news to reflect today's absurdity, and maintain theNational Lampoon'spitch-perfect mimicry of editorial and design. Ask any comedy writer at work today, and she or he will tell you thatNational Lampoon's 1964 High School YearbookandNational Lampoon's Sunday Newspaperare the sine qua non of written humor.O'Rourke, P. J. is the author of 'National Lampoon Sunday Newspaper Parody', published 2004 under ISBN 9781590710371 and ISBN 1590710371.