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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon

Judd Apatow (Actor), Kevin Bacon (Actor) Rated:
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Format: Blu-ray
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 253 ratings
IMDb7.2/10.0
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As the ‘70s were dawning, a handful of Harvard Lampoon alumni decided they could bring their brand of take-no-prisoners irreverence to newsstands everywhere. The next generation saw the National Lampoon and its contributors among the top tone-setters for American comedy in print, audio, stage, and screen. Life at the Lampoon’s offices, and the magazine’s greatest bits, during its formative decade are celebrated by those who were there as well as famous fans, in this amusing and informative effort. 95 min.

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  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 0.01 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 35268613
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 35 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ April 19, 2016
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Judd Apatow, Kevin Bacon
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Magnolia Home Ent
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01AY1FNK6
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 253 ratings

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Dirk Drudgler
5.0 out of 5 stars A Magazine and an Art Form Lost In Time - Wow, I Miss Those Days
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2015
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Yes Virginia, there really was a time when you could make "those" kinds of jokes. There was a time when speech was truly free, unfettered by boring political correctness, in fact the more incredibly offensive the comedy, the better. There were people who wrote comedy without any kind of concern for who was offended by it, because it was...well...just jokes; and they were even funnier when people complained about them.

The movie goes in depth into the personalities and history of the National Lampoon, with special emphasis on creators Doug Kenney and Henry Beard. I highly recommend the companion book for a heavy dose of the actual printed work (be careful, it's the red pill) of which you don't get much depth in the film.

Who knew we would be looking back on those days with a painful, longing nostalgia as this film so masterfully does? The world would be a better, funnier and cooler place if we had writers and artists with the brains and the guts the National Lampoon creators had. I really miss those days. The most difficult thing about watching this movie is waking up to the fact we can never go back there again.

Back then, critics accused National Lampoon of being an indicator of the degradation of society like comic books were in the 50's. Little did we know a staid, homogenous, humorless, corporate society without a publication like National Lampoon is the real measurement of societal decay.
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Nemo
5.0 out of 5 stars I love their humor
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2020
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I was raised with nuns from ages 9 to 16. I wouldn't dare look at the Lampoon Magazine. It was SNL came on that I took a look at a magazine. Some things were funny and some things I would flip over real fast. Now I am 72. I am rid of all that stuff the nuns preached to me. I felt like I would be committing a sin if I looked at the magazine. The magazine is funny and everything that came after it. 2nd Ciiy T.V., SNL and there was one other. I forgot the name of it. I hate when that happens. This was an excellent trip down memory lane. Oh and Caddy Shack was a hit for me. I loved it. I didn't know it wasn't that famous. I think it's a classic now. Can't find that kind of humor any more. I think that most people were worried about morals. It was making fun and telling people it's not so bad if you loosen up and laugh at some stupid things we Americans live with and deal with.
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Syd Dithers
5.0 out of 5 stars That other Greatest Generation
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2015
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I grew up reading the National Lampoon (I was only six when the magazine started), I had their records (which I had to hide from my father), and I was there when Animal House first hit movie screens and literally changed the face of American comedy.

So I might be a little predisposed to give a great rating for Drunk, Stoned, Brilliant, Dead...but it might be the funniest documentary ever made.

As everyone tells how the magazine came about, there are constant examples of the cartoons, stories, covers and foto funnies that will make you laugh out loud. In our PC-policed world where stand-up comedians have surrendered our college campuses to censorship, we need to look back at the no-holds-barred, take-no-prisoners, piss-everyone-off humor of the Greatest Generation of humorists.

They changed comedy in America and Hollywood is still trying to figure out how to do it like they did (and for the most part failing miserably).

Now I'm going to go dig out my box of Lampoons that I've kept all these years and laugh again...because they were and always will be funny!

Thank you for this documentary!
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Daniel Cascaddan
5.0 out of 5 stars if only...
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2021
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I wish I could go back in time and subscribe from the very beginning. I was only three years old at the time, so they were probably just about done when I first became aware of National Lampoon, in junior high school. I did, however, live in a dorm building a couple of hundred yards from one that appears at the beginning of Animal House, and ate at the dining hall in that building, alone with the cafe in the Erbst Memorial Union where the food fight takes place. A simple, happier time...
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Michael Chimack
5.0 out of 5 stars You had me at BRILLIANT!
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2016
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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead is an extremely funny and enjoyable documentary of the life of one of the magazines I grew up with. If you grew up in the 1970s, the story may in some way apply to your life as well. The movie covers the birth of National Lampoon Magazine and how Doug Kenney, Henry Beard and many other supremely talented satirists built the Lampoon into a periodical force to be reckoned with. You'll like this movie if you enjoy no holes barred comedy that is always on the leading edge. Also, this movie teaches the roots of Saturday Night Live and the comedy movie genre that started with Animal House and remains alive today. If you are sensitive to raw comedy and all it entails, stay away from this movie as you likely will not like it/be offended by it, especially if you are a proponent of political correctness. The movie is so densely packed with humor, you will need to watch it twice or thrice to catch everything. ENJOY!
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1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2017
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Johnny Rocker
5.0 out of 5 stars Sophisticated Sophmores Stab Social Satire Silly!
Reviewed in Canada on December 8, 2016
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Not long after Harvard U. began, students introduced 'The Harvard Lampoon'. A campus 'zine crudely spoofing the likes of The New Yorker, and Saturday Evening Post with student views on political, social, and campus life at the times. Graduates like Doug Kenney and Henry Beard in the early 70's had the idea to make it 'national' as a professional monthly magazine lampooning everything with a 'no holds barred' attitude. What started off as crudely sophomoric eventually attracted brilliant writers and talented artists producing a slick magazine that readers could relate to, and pushed the boundaries beyond the repertoire of crass and witty comedians like George Carlin and Richard Pryor. Articles on sexual experiences, reviews of US Postal Services new stamp series commemorating slavery, comic book format chronicling 'The Adventures Of Gay Republicans' and so on. It was up to the readers to 'get it', and many quickly did. With the rising success, Nat Lamp decided to do a comedy album. Utilizing talented musicians like Christopher Guest along with Second City performers like John Belushi and Bill Murray. Spoofing monumental rock shows like Woodstock with 'Lemmings' to covering Rose Bowl Parades and presidential swearing ins in a realistic and hilarious fashion. With the success of the records, a national syndicated 'Radio Hour' was introduced, bringing in more talent like Gilda Radner, and Chevy Chase. Lo and behold, ego's clashed. Respect and money wasn't properly meted out. People needed to spread their wings from the confines of a magazine format. And many of the burgeoning talent went off to NBC to try their hand in a silly show called 'Saturday Night Live'. Licking it's wounds after for letting so much talent 'wander off', the magazine and those loyal to it got even more bold, and having missed the TV market, but keeping friendly with those now in it, Hollywood movies might be best way to go. And thus Animal House was born, along with the talents of Ivan Reitman, John Landis, John Hughes, etc. Even classic romps like Caddyshack and The Blues Brothers were so closely related to National Lampoon's 'family tree'. But sadly, as names like Belushi, Chase, SNL, and John Landis got BIGGER, Nat Lamp's name and notoriety got smaller. And after such a tsunami of humor and talent it spawned on the farm, it was time to put Ol' Yeller down. So for those reading all this thinking I just gave the whole movie away - I barely scratched the surface! There is so much more crammed into this movie, and moves along at a fast pace to get everything in, one needs to watch it a few times and be quick with the PAUSE button to read and absorb article headlines and pictorial spoofs. Plus a lot of behind the scenes footage of the writers and performers that's a treat to see. Lot's of extras on the DVD too. For me, I wish there could've been more, as again I think anyone who watches and studies the movie are still missing out on so much more of the FULL history of the National Lampoon. But then that's what the internet was made for. Whether you can believe all that or not. You will be amazed and laughing either way.
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42nd Street Deuce
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Documentary! Don't Listen To "Andre Leblanc"!?
Reviewed in Canada on May 22, 2016
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I just purchased this BluRay and noticed the one tiny "review" (if one could possibly call it that!), by the User; Andre Leblanc. Along with this, I also ordered "The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane" BluRay and several others. Looking at the few Amazon.ca reviews, I was startled to notice that "Andre Leblanc" had also given that release one Star with the same comment; "je ne suis pas intéressé" (I am not interested). I thought this looked familiar and odd, so I clicked on his Profile to see all of his "Reviews" which are all one Star and ALL say the same thing; "je ne suis pas intéressé". I'm talking over 40 released titles! I saw a break in the pattern when in a Western Box Set, he gave it one Star, but this time was created enough to say; "I don't like Westerns", and "Non", all with one Star. This is a clearly a disturbed viewer who you should pay him no heed when you're looking at Amazon.ca DVD/BluRay releases! Thx to those who spend the time spending the time to those who have more to say that have actually seen the film and/or purchased it! ANYWAY, this is a decent documentary about the rise and fall of the most popular satirical magazine from the 1970s-1980s, with its downfall in the early 1990s. It's not the best I've seen, but hardly the worst. This will require several viewings because of its rapid fire pacing; visuals and narrative together. Great nostalgic piece.
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