national lampoon radio hour. the national lampoon radio 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. and then lorne michaels came in and poped all these people. gilda radner, john bellucci and lorraine new man. lorne michaels pitched it as a cross between monty python and 60 minutes. he said, it s going to work. for outstanding comedy, variety or music series, nbc s saturday night .
challenging the power structure. our top story tonight, president ford is finally over stubborn before saturday nig saturday everybody was so schmaltzy, everybody who grew up on tv was making fun of tv. we needed it. vietnam was going on pt we just had water gate. the yied it laugh at people making the news is a pretty nice formula. let s take a look at the top story, shall we? anwar buys himself an inflatable child. this and more on weekend update. weekend update was initially about a reverence. about a middle finger to the powers at be. for on the spot report, let s good live to lorraine new man.