Lampoon ran out of steam in the early '80s, and wasn't able to reinvent itself because it ran out of talent. People who wanted to do this kind of stuff could suddenly make $100,000 in Hollywood right out of college.

That doesn't mean that you should just sit back and just let accidents happen to you. No, you have to go out and cause them yourself. That way you're in control of the situation.

In Washington journalists can afford to live almost as well as people who work for a living.

The political process consists entirely of politicians talking out of their butts.

Some women want the strong silent type, so they can tell him to shut up and rearrange the furniture.

Creative writing teachers should be purged until every last instructor who has uttered the words 'Write what you know' is confined to a labor camp. Please, talented scribblers, write what you don't. The blind guy with the funny little harp who composed The Iliad, how much combat do you think he saw?

From National Lampoon, you go directly to Saturday Night Live, because it's a lot of the same people.