hour was a syndicated radio show written and produced by "the national lampoon" which was the magazine in audio form. that's where i was first exposed to people that went on to much bigger fame, people like bill murray. a lot of the "saturday night live" people started out as national lampoon people. >> let's do 20 face laps. >> gilda and john did this show in this sort of weird space under the time life building. >> they're the cast of the new "national lampoon" show which opens this friday at the new palladium cabaret. >> then lorne mike always came in and poached all these people. >> gilda radner, john bellucci and -- >> lorne michaels pitched it as a cross between "monty python" and "60 minutes." he said, it's going to work. >> as outstanding variety or musical series, nbc's "saturday night." >> i'd like to thank the city of new york for the correct