Buy This Box or We'll Shoot This Dog: The Best of the National Lampoon Radio Hour (1996)

About this title: Just what the world needs, three CDs of bent, twisted, warped and weird humor courtesy of people such as Chevy Chase, John Belushi and Gilda Radner. The NLRH spent most of its existence as a half-hour radio comedy show, in the course of which almost anything was fair game (subject to the strictures of radio at the time), including other comedians. It was a show that had moments of fabulous inspiration (including a deadly Pete Seeger parody) as well as moments of surrealism that easily matched the Firesign Theater. This triple-disc box set provides an excellent sampling of the show, and comes ... read more

Tracks:

1. Intro (Worldwide Short Wave Radio Motif)
2. Advanced Malignant Tumor of the Brain
3. "You Don't Have to Look at the Pictures on the Radio" [Herman/Blum/Hoban]
4. Theatre Times for "The Ryan O'Neal Story", Pt. 1
5. The Lost Glider
6. N.L.R.H. Program I.D.
7. Marlon Brando Interview
8. Theatre Times for "The Ryan O'Neal Story", Pt. 2
9. Little Miss Muffett (Otis Redding Parody) [Cerf]
10. Theatre Times for "The Ryan O'Neal Story", Pt. 3
11. True or False?
12. American Safety Institute: Remember to Brush
13. The Comedy of Patrol Officer Tim O'Malley
14. The Loan Arranger
15. Can a Match Burn Twice? (Pt. 1)
16. Public Disservice Message: Mental Hospitals
17. Can a Match Burn Twice? (Pt. 2)
18. Laughs from the Past
19. What If Ed Sullivan Were Tortured?
20. Canadian Newsreel
21. Quick Canada Quiz, Pt. 1
22. The Comedy of Cardiologist Dr. Andrew Tillman
23. Quick Canada Quiz, Pt. 2
24. Natlamp Unto My Feet, With the Rev. Otto A. Brown
25. N.L.R.H. Program I.D.: Honk Honk...Why, It's Wobbles the Goose!
26. Methadone Maintenance Man (James Taylor Parody) [Scheuren]
27. Front Row Center: "Death of a Salesman"
28. Light Your Faith
29. The Indianapolis Academy of the French Accent
30. Mel Brewer's Insomnia Time, With Ron Fields, Pt. 1
31. Sperm Whale Song [Guest/Kelly]
32. Mel Brewer's Insomnia Time, With Ron Fields, Pt. 2
33. N.L.R.H. Promo (Muhammad Ali)
34. House Rules
35. Let Us Speak English
36. N.L.R.H. Promo (Al Jolson)
37. Flash Bazbo, Space Explorer
38. Stand Up
39. Mr. Veal Chop Commercial Intro
40. Closet Queen [Guest/Benedict]
41. Interview With the Hollywood Gay Alliance
42. Closet Queen [Reprise & Closing] [Guest/Benedict]
43. Public Disservice Message: The Salvation Army
44. The Comedy of News Anchor Robert K. Chancellor
45. Frank Rizzo: The Philadelphia Police League for Retarded Children
46. And the Winner Is...
47. The Comedy of Psychiatrist Dr. Ricky Johnson
48. The Dick & Jane Show
49. Which of the Ten Commandments Am I Breaking?
50. Baby Brando
51. N.L.R.H. Promo (Yodeling)
52. Southern California Brings Me Down (Neil Young Parody) [Scheuren]
53. Fred Purdue's Chicken Commercial
54. The Comedy of King Faisal
55. Public Disservice Message: Zip Codes
56. Natlamp Unto My Feet, With Father Joseph Vazinni
57. Outro (Worldwide Short Wave Radio Motif)
58. Channel Surfing (Cheech & Chong Parody)
59. Tommy Toilet

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.