The National Lampoon Radio Hour

The National Lampoon Radio Hour was a syndicated radio series spun off from National Lampoon magazine, consisting of short sketches. Airing from 1973 to 1974, the cast included several performers who would move on to Saturday Night Live or SCTV. Multiple compilation records were released.
==Muppet Mentions==
The December 29, 1973 episode, titled "The Missing White House Tapes," covered the Watergate scandals and Richard Nixon. A three minute Sesame Street spoof features Big Dick (Nixon as Big Bird) on Pennsylvania Avenue. A cheerful woman's voice-over says the episode is brought to you by 9 (the number of key tapes in the White House basement, as recited in the "Numerosity" fashion). Big Dick reduces the number to 7 by feeding the Shredder Monster. He has to curtail his activities when approached by Ervin the Frog (Sen. Sam Ervin who chaired the investigating committee) and Sirica the Grouch (Judge Sirica, who presided over the initial Watergate break-in trials and subpoenaed Nixon). An increasingly angry Big Dick swears, the Shredder Monster wants more tapes (or at least a memo), and Ervin and the voice-over conclude that Big Dick is "full of shit." 
Writers for the episode included David Axlerod and Chris Cerf, while the cast included Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Paul Dooley, and Christopher Guest. The bulk of the episode was included on a 1974 record album, including the Sesame sketch (titled Pennsylvania Avenue) along with actual Watergate related archival audio on the other side.
==Connections==
*Henry Beard was a writer
*Richard Belzer was a cast member
*Pat Bright played Pat Nixon and other occasional sketch roles
*Christopher Cerf wrote and contributed musical material
*Brian Doyle-Murray was a cast member
*Joe Flaherty was a cast member
*Paul Jacobs sang backup vocals on the "Mother Goose's Wine" commercial
*Gilda Radner was a cast member
*Marilyn Sokol played roles in some of the early shows
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