Podcasts about The National Lampoon Radio Hour

Show 201: The pod takes a weird, religious format shift… or does it? YouTube movies. Jim wishes he had a laundry chute. Milldew in a spray. Tim teaches Latin (and penmanship). There's a robin's nest blocking Walt's front door. The truth about Tony, the Tiger. And Collie, the Callback Dig!Then: Billie Eilish's even quieter little sister. Priests against Art. A Tom Petty impression. A better use for your sleeve. And more!Drop us an email. We'd looove to hear from you!

It's our 200th show…!! Whoo!! Hoo!! Right? Yeah, okay. Tim tells us what Ireland is like. The end of Schlitz. Marilyn Monroe. Hockey. Waffles in the mail.Then a deadly amusement park. Trudy predicts your horoscope. The Emergency Podcast System. Preppers. And a rock classic about grammar.Drop us an email. We'd looove to hear from you!

Show 199: Tim looks forward to his trip to Ireland. The joy of gruel. The pros and cons of cannibalism. And robot monks.Plus: mixed-matched cops—a winning TV formula. A 70s rock and roller cashes-in. A new character named Mr. Character. Cops and coffee. And a bouncy house.Drop us an email. We'd looove to hear from you!

In a bit called Fowl Memories Dave, Jim, Tim, and Walt improv memories of that time Duck Logic formed an Emo band. Or did they? It's hard to tell, their memories aren't what they used to be.Then, the guys complain about that PBS genealogy show where famous people discover how much more famous they are. Jim, who always thought he was more “Irish” admits he's mostly British and Italian. And you know that “Native American” character from our old childhood public service announcements who sheds a single tear on the side of a highway? Turns out he was Sicilian!Drop us an email. We'd looove to hear from you!

Show 198: The hantavirus. Big Chicago rats. Southern rodent hunters. A talking 'possum. 1960s westerns. Out of shape superheroes. The Met Gala. And a wrestling sloth. THEN: A sweaty bar for summer. Furniture for not sitting on. Needless investigations. Godzilla. Musicals with a “cheesy” slant. Drop us an email. We'd looove to hear from you!

Back in 2016, Word Balloon welcomed the late great satirist and comedy legend Tony Hendra for a fascinating conversation that covered everything from modern political comedy to the birth of some of the most influential comedy institutions of the last fifty years.Tony joined us to promote the comedy album Are There Any Triggers Out There?, but the discussion quickly became a remarkable tour through his own comedy history. Hendra was one of the founding creative voices behind National Lampoon and The National Lampoon Radio Hour, which became the first national sketch comedy showcase for performers like Gilda Radner, Christopher Guest, John Belushi, Bill Murray, and many other future comedy giants before their rise on Saturday Night Live and beyond.Tony also co-wrote National Lampoon's Lemmings, the legendary off-Broadway stage parody of Woodstock and youth culture that became a launching pad for many of the same performers and helped define the aggressive, counterculture edge of 1970s American comedy. We also talked about Tony's years at Cambridge Footlights, where he performed sketch comedy alongside future Monty Python members John Cleese and Graham Chapman during a revolutionary era for British comedy.And of course, fans know Tony best on screen as the hilariously exasperated Ian Faith, manager of This Is Spinal Tap, delivering some of the film's most quotable moments while trying to hold together the world's most disastrous rock band.It's a funny, insightful conversation with one of comedy's sharpest and most influential voices

Episode 197: Walt finds his dad's porn movie stash. Jim, too. Frisbee golf. Boomerang nerds. Weird sports. The guys get their own “walk-on music.” Walt explains the Terrible Twos. Then: cigs with something extra. Fun at theater camp. In praise of Drug Mules. Baseball cards teach a kid a sappy lesson. A quiz shows has all the answers, but no questions. Plus, a little bit more.Drop us an email. We'd looove to hear from you!

Episode 196: Jim disposes of a dead cat. Walter's dog dies. The dead old lady on the living room floor. Tim learns to “sidle.” Cinco de Mayo drink specials. And a one-eyed yoga guy. Then kid surgeons. Kooties. Chickens that go both ways. A one-hit wonder begs for attention. And “Walking Dead, the Musical.” Plus, a little bit more.Drop us an email. We'd looove to hear from you!

Episode 195: Jim deals with a squirrel. The nastiness of nature. The guys discover “splooting.” Cereal commercials. The Rock. Pooping at the all-you-can-eat buffet to “make more room.” Kids hiding in walls. Chicago steak joints. And Dave Matthew's tour bus dumps a load on tourists. THEN: A souped-up recliner. Scented candles for real men. Questionable Duck Logic merch. Talking through tubes. And it's about time for a new conspiracy. Plus, a little bit more.Drop us an email. We'd looove to hear from you!

Veteran comedy writer Tom Leopold started out as an actor, working with James Mason, Robert Preston and Ted Knight before creating comedy material for legends Steve Allen, Bob Hope and Mary Tyler Moore and writing hit series like “Cheers” and “Seinfeld” (scripting the memorable “Babu” episode, among others). Tom sat down with Gilbert and Frank to talk about early acting roles on “Gunsmoke” and “Mannix,” his days on the “National Lampoon Radio Hour” with Christopher Guest and Bill Murray and his years-long friendships with pals Paul Shaffer, Richard Belzer and Harry Shearer. Also: George Chakiris vs. George Maharis, Chevy Chase hitches a ride with Paul Lynde and 80-year-old George Jessel phones his mom. PLUS: Stubby Kaye! Gert “Goldfinger” Frobe! Donald O'Connor's coat! Tom brunches with Jerry Lewis! And the triumphant return of Perfecto Telles! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 194: Hitler gets his driver's license. Phlegm. Hitmen. And Tim eats moldy food. Then: party in sad bars. Make Your Kids Suffer at Your Job day. Humidity. Shoddy builders. Strange thoughts from Tim. And painfully soft toilet paper. Plus, a few more things.Drop us an email. We'd looove to hear from you!

What'd you like? Send us a text.FIRST: Jim does some wacky visual jokes on an audio-only podcast. The guys congratulate Dave on yet another “D-Day” or “Dave Day” mulling over various famous Dave's and the need to start a concert in support of Dave's: Dave-aid. Then they try and write new mottos and adages.  THEN: Dave, Tim, Jim, and Walt reveal the news that Ringling Brothers Circus, after removing their animal acts due to cruelty complaints, made their clowns go makeup-less! What kind of world would it be without clowns?! Plus there's Pagliacci and an old Rice Krispies commercial.

What'd you like? Send us a text.FIRST: Jim tells Tim, Dave, and Walt that the famous Chicago Rat Hole (an indentation of a rodent pushed into sidewalk cement) had been filled in!! Tim opens our eyes to the oppression squirrels go through. Walt tells the guys about his neighbor's pet wild squirrel. And, apparently, Jim had a pet squirrel, too!THEN: Dave, Tim, Jim, and Walt totally improvise their memories of that time they may or may not have had a giant duck head float in Chicago's 4th of July parade (which isn't a thing). And Dave walked the parade route on stilts. Or maybe he didn't. The memories are fuzzy. It could've happened. Maybe. Maybe not. They may not have remembered it correctly.

What'd you like? Send us a text.FIRST:Dave, Jim, Tim, and Walt explain how the group got its name: “Duck Logic” and Dave talks about the evolution of the duck of their logo. Then Jim abruptly changes the subject to the manly bag he bought online that turned out to be a woman's purse! And somehow the conversation turns to goiters versus boils. THEN: The guys wonder when a buddy becomes a pal and what you have to do to go from a pal to a cohort, chum, ally, or henchman. Then there are sidekicks. And how way too many superheroes were orphans.

What'd you like? Send us a text.FIRST:Did you know that bears plug up their butts to prepare for hibernation? Walt explains it all to Dave, Tim, and Jim. They go on to “explore” all sorts of bear, butt, and plug possibilities!THEN: The guys discuss getting a mentalist on the pod. They ask: if you can get debunked, can you get re-bunked? Then the guys get funky. Parliament Funkadelic. The Funky Winkerbean comic strip. The funky bunch.

What'd you like? Send us a text.FIRST:Jim gets spammed with politically incorrect jokes. Naked old men at the gym. Prison myths. And we find out Jim used to call his penis Captain B.B. THEN: In honor of St. Paddy's Day, Tim, Jim, and Walt discuss the old classic Irish movie "The Quiet Man." And Tim professes his love for Ireland, not that he's ever been there, because of how it probably smells (like stale beer).

What'd you like? Send us a text.FIRST:Dave, Tim, Jim, and Walt discuss evil lairs, and ones for the good guys. Goldfinger. Dr. No. The Kingsmen had cool, undergrown headquarters. But who designs them? What would the Indeed listing look like to get a job in one? And what kind of amenities should they have—a Keurig, drink fridges, a Sbarro and, of course, popcorn!THEN: The guys continue their evil talk, exploring the many different nuances of becoming and staying evil. They decide to become evil entrepreneurs by launching an evil gofundme page.

What'd you like? Send us a text.FIRST:Dave, Tim, Jim, and Walt totally improvise their memories of that time they may or may not have played gigs in Ft. Lauderdale during spring break. It's hazy. It might have happened. Or not. They may've remembered it wrong.THEN: The guys wonder why they keep making Godzilla movies, then decide it's because 'Zilla is a consummate thespian and ponder how many other films he would've been perfect for. King Lear. When Godzilla Met Sally. The list goes on and on.

What'd you like? Send us a text.TALK: It's Ash Wednesday and Jim tells us about a priest giving out ashes at the train station. Tim has a real issue with the make-a-heart hand gesture. Obscene gestures around the world. Tim's Narnia adventures. Keeping your clothes in a hole. Class clowns and their comedy writers.SKETCHES: A redacted love story. Fun facts about Wyoming. A mean men's store. The Drunken Bible. A bad driving school. And more!

What'd you like? Send us a text.Take a break with Duck LogicTALK: Walter looks at his permanent record. Duck Logic's comedy classes. Jim's uncle Bud's weird death. One Piece. Job fairs. And Walter's neighbor is in the CIA. SKETCHES: Bars for Lent. Laundered money. A philosophical hockey player. A really short opera. What else would Jesus do and more!

What'd you like? Send us a text.Take a break with Duck Logic and:TALK: Duck Logic in the Epstein files? A man who gets off when he has his diaper changed. Do you look at your poop? Tim challenges The Seahawks to Hungry Hungry Hippos. Gambling on anything. Someone stole Jim's poop joke. And sloths.SKETCHES: A last-minute Valentine gift that smells like one. Dairy humor from stand-up Sal Monella. Re-buying your childhood toys, sort of. ChatGPT comedy. Luge training. And more!

What'd you like? Send us a text.Take a break with Duck Logic and:TALK: High school sex ed. The guys learn about the birds and bees. Jim's emotional health class scars. Tim dares women's softball players. Professional hockey moms. And Tim loves for the biathlon.SKETCHES: Valentine's Day hot spots. A new and improved gadget that does something or other. A guy that REALLY loves opera. Interviews with Winter Olympic maybes. And a few more things.

What'd you like? Send us a text.Take a little break from it all with Duck Logic and:TALK: Drunken Walt hides from the cops. Jim tells phone solicitors he's dead. Tim looks for a plumber. Oh, the people you'll meet on Nextdoor. And Tim's a stunt driver. SKETCHES: Valentine's Day sales at a hardware store. An expo for shut-ins. A tollbooth attendant tells funny stories. And a song about peas. Plus, more!

What'd you like? Send us a text.TALK: Local newscaster's dancing. The streaming Oscars. The first A.I. reality show. Weed trees. Anime. Losing our cable TV award. SKETCHES: The second best places for New Years Eve. Champaign made by ducks. Throwing produce at bicycles. Plus, more.

What'd you like? Send us a text.TALK: A 4-year-old elevator operator. The Neil Diamond musical. Opening for Jonathon Brandmeier's band. Animosity for Christmas. And prank kidnapping.SKETCHES: Holiday blacktop service. Baby shopping. Insurance for your blanket. A leftover restaurant. Plus, more.

We decided to do a wonderful showcase + tribute to the legacy of TV host Mister Rogers.   TALKING POINTS INCLUDE: *Mike, Gil & I all get to discuss the documentary and Tom Hanks biopic on the subject matter *James also talks about how his dad worked at a Sears & Roebuck company that was a sponsor for the show back in the day *Does Keith David get any fanmail from being on this show? *We also discuss the many network & cable TV channel's programs for different Captain Kangeroo type material at this time *Other educational programs with a similar format *One of us got really emotional mid-recording while doing this detailed tribute to a selfless icon who wanted to truly help those around him *A clip from Fred Rogers' 1997 Acceptance Speech at the 24th Daytime Emmys Awards is featured *How Mr. Rogers encouraged America to overcome the 9/11 tragedy *We talk about many of the ways that dealing with unwanted dreams, peers' alcoholism and anger can be solved by many of the lessons that Mr. Rogers sponsored *And we also mention the SCTV, National Lampoon Radio Hour, Clerks Comic Book, Celebrity Death Match & Ultimate Showdown parodies of this amazing icon!    

What'd you like? Send us a text.Tacky Christmas singers. 8-tracks. Latvian actors. Weird ethnic holiday food. Walt and Tim open a really boring advent calendar. And Jim gets hit with a rock.Then: a commercial about Nothing. Hormonal underwear. Prescription cologne. And a song about the perils of an extended family Christmas. Plus more.

What'd you like? Send us a text.Pulled from the DLCHH archives: the guys remember that one summer they started a theater camp for kids. Or did they? It's foggy. Maybe they got one or two of the details wrong. Maybe all of them?Then in the second segment the guys drink cocoa in their PJs and discuss the upcoming Christmas holiday. And Tim tells us about his pet possum.

What'd you like? Send us a text.Frats without liquor. The good ol' days of smoking. Jim almost burns down a forest. The penny's last days. Truth about pilgrims. And Tim's mic trouble. Then sketches: Horoscope for stud muffins. The first Thanksgiving, probably. Louisiana, whether you like it or not.  And of course, football. Plus more… 

What'd you like? Send us a text.Walt's dad's porn books. A.I. country music. The upside of participation trophies. Then sketches: Stupidity. An explosive new bath soap. Mr. Analogy. And pumpkin spice in EVERYTHING. Plus, more…

What'd you like? Send us a text.Tim love for Veteran's Day. War movies. Jim's toenail update. And Walter's drunken bachelor party with his dad. Then: Hollywood's oldest toddler. The upside of infidelity. A really, really nice talk show. Plus more!

What'd you like? Send us a text.Tim thought The Black Phone was cute. Hair transplant fails. Getting your dog drunk. And that time they rubbed radium on Walt's head.PLUS: Bras have a birthday. Custom condoms. Military movie posers. And what's happening at the Mall.

What'd you like? Send us a text.Self defense with a banana. Something gross fell off Jim. Walt's over-amorous family dog. And an A.I. search engine suggests new names for the pod.Then: a sale on Halloween delinquent supplies. An unexpected hitchhiker. A conversation with a receding hairline. A scary boy loves his parents. Plus more! 

What'd you like? Send us a text.Climbing Mt Everest ain't what it used to be. Bill Belichick's new squeeze. Jim cleans his place for the TV guys. Walt's one day job as a baby photographer.THEN: Halloween bargains. Fall fun at a strawberry farm. Breakfast for dinner. And a detective who can straighten your spine.

What'd you like? Send us a text.We are back!! Whoo! Hoo! We took a little break but now we're back at it this week. We talk about the surgeries we got while we were out, a weekend by the lake, and Jim's new on-line Master's degree. Then Tim recounts his rearend's run-in with a yellow jacket and, of course, soup for cats…Then Edie, the Breakfast Fairy introduces us to her new smokable friend, a word that sounds dirty but isn't, and a porta potty from space.

What'd you like? Send us a text.Yeah, we know… We're still kickin' back. One last replay show. Promise. This one has Jim telling us how he tried to make gun powder when he was a kid (and failed). Then an Olympic skier gets frostbite on his weewee!

What'd you like? Send us a text.In this week's flashback, the Duck Logic guys talk about the start of the all-body, “butt deodorant” craze and how Walter swam naked in high school gym class. Then Jim wears googly eyes and we talk about Bob Dylan.

What'd you like? Send us a text.We're still on break, sorry. Just gettin' back from 3 days of fresh air, liquor, and videos games…You? You get a flashback to the show where we improvised a fuzzy memory of the children's TV show we did (or didn't do) in a “Fowl Memory” extended cut segment.

What'd you like? Send us a text.The guys are taking a break so they're sending along a few “best of” talkie bits from previous shows for your enjoyment.Walt tells us about his “meat detective” dream. Then they remember the musical they did (or didn't do) based on their cable TV show. Or not. It's fuzzy. It might've happened. Probably not.

What'd you like? Send us a text.Okay, we seriously needed a break so we're dropping a “best of” from the archives---That time we uncovered the truth behind Amelia Earhart's disappearance and how there was someone with her on the plane! That time we did a show with a young Andy Dick. And then a church on TV calls their viewers “shut-ins.”

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What'd you like? Send us a text.The Duck Logic guys are taking a much-needed break but didn't wanna leave their loyal listeners hangin', so here's a little replay from the archives---That time they talked about the pharma commercial with a cure for “crooked carrot” disease and Jim gettin' lucky with a girl on the kitchen floor. Enjoy!

What'd you like? Send us a text.TALK: Living in an empty Hobby Lobby. A used pornography store. Betty Page. Elvis movies for the 21st century. And we question Jim's “friendship” with the kids in his neighborhood.SKETCHES: Canadian Labor Day. Larry David meets Zendaya. Kenny has a bonfire. Our audio centerfold. And a newsman tells a joke. Plus a few more things.

What'd you like? Send us a text.TALK: Crappy movie previews. “Poop coffee.” A zoo in Demark that'll feed your pets to their lions. Farting at Veggie Fest. And Jim tells us about his best moment.SKETCHES: Not-so-monster trucks. Franz Kafta's bucket list. A song about lawyers. And whale farts. 

What'd you like? Send us a text.TALK: Billy Jack, Kung Fu, Oddjob, Pale Rider, Buford Pusser. And Lollapalooza. SKETCHES: Pajamas. Dudes in college. A hairbrush that works underwater. Flying Bad Boys. 

What'd you like? Send us a text.TALK: Our Last Supper musical. Ozzy's funeral. Food touching. Chicago diners. Mohicans. And Billy Joel's drinking, um, issues. SKETCHES: Side Tracker, a detective who can't stay on task. The elephant in the room. A pretty complete back-to-college sale. And unless business advice. Plus more!

What'd you like? Send us a text.The guys talk about Walt's new haircut. Ozzy, of course. Old geezer musical acts. Judgmental state fairs. And comedians lip-syncing jokes.THEN sketches: Limericks from Pipefitters Union 597. Mini memorabilia. And an audio art project.

What'd you like? Send us a text.TALK: Shopping on the cheap. Defective foods. The passing of a stand-up we knew. Way too alternative bands. Roller rink tunes. And the tiny civilization that lives under a theater stage.SKETCHES: Tales from the last tollbooth attendant. A highly opinionated traveler. A filter for the dumb things you say at work. And very durable condoms.

What'd you like? Send us a text.Talk: Jurassic Park sequels. The joy of scooterboards. The violence of The Honeymooners. Old TV war shows. Spinoff podcasts like: shirts vs. screwdrivers.Sketches: Disinterested theater productions. Incoherent political shows. Suburban bars. Questionable grocery stores. Realistic porn.

What'd you like? Send us a text.The guys talk about A.I. rock bands, A.I. commercials, and A.I. manifestos. Plus, crop dusting (the smelly kind), Jayne Mansfield, mac and cheese gummies, and Tim has mic trouble.Then sketches… Poetic tributes to Benny Hill, notes from Walter's brain, summer bars, and ancient poop.