A movie about a magazine? Yes, not just any magazine though. It was the time in which many taboos were broken about sexuality, religiion and racism. It's rise to fame was back in the late sixties and early seventies. And the National Lampoon made the mold of breaking taboos.
The magazine eventually died a spiritual and financial death, caused by lack of advertisers because the magazine was heavily boycotted, due to their offensive religious jokes, that didnt go down well with politics, when the hippie years were finally over.
The good: we get to see a snapshot of time, which was a remarkable period and the birth of many genius comedians of whom John Landis (director) and Bill Murray (actor) are the best known (living) examples today. But we get to see John Belushi in his early days as well, which is the nicest surprise.
However eventful and provocative their magazine was, this documentary is not an absolute thrill to watch, because some of the key creative minds are dead now and the other lesser artists are old and kinda jaded...
Bill Murray did not take part in this documentary. I can only guess why...
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