About Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
- Released on January 25, 2015
A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen footage, this is the mind boggling story of The National Lampoon from its subversive and electrifying beginnings, to rebirth as an unlikely Hollywood heavyweight, and beyond. A humour empire like no other, the impact of the magazines irreverent, often shocking, sensibility was nothing short of seismic: this is an institution whose (drunk stoned brilliant) alumni left their fingerprints all over popular culture. Both insanely great and breathtakingly innovative, The National Lampoon created the foundation of modern comic sensibility by setting the bar in comedy impossibly high.
Full Cast of Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
John Belushi plays Self / Actor (archive footage)
John Candy plays Self / Actor (archive footage)
Chevy Chase plays Self / Actor
Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase (born October 8, 1943) is an American comedian, writer, and television and film actor, ...
See Chevy Chase's other roles →Bill Murray plays Self / Actor
William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor and comedian. He first gained national exp...
See Bill Murray's other roles →Gilda Radner plays Self / Actress (archive footage)
John Goodman plays Self / Actor
John Goodman is an American stage, film and television actor, best known for his role as Dan Conner on the television...
See John Goodman's other roles →Beverly D'Angelo plays Self / Actress
Beverly D'Angelo (born November 15, 1951) is an American actress and singer. Description above from the Wikipedia ar...
See Beverly D'Angelo's other roles →Kevin Bacon plays Self / Actor
Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal Hous...
See Kevin Bacon's other roles →Richard Belzer plays Self / Actor / Producer
Richard Jay Belzer (August 4, 1944 - February 19, 2023) was an American stand-up comedian, author, and actor. He is ...
See Richard Belzer's other roles →Christopher Guest plays Self / Actor
The Rt. Hon. Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948), better known as Christopher Gues...
See Christopher Guest's other roles →Fred Gwynne plays Self / Actor (archive footage)
John Hughes plays Self / Writer (archive footage)
John Landis plays Self / Film Director
John Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for hi...
See John Landis's other roles →Tim Matheson plays Self / Actor / Director / Producer
Meat Loaf plays Self (archive footage)
Michael Lee Aday (September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), better known as Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor...
See Meat Loaf's other roles →Billy Bob Thornton plays Self / Actor / Director
Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, screenwriter, director and musician. Thornton gained e...
See Billy Bob Thornton's other roles →Richard Nixon plays Self / Former President USA (archive footage)
John Lennon plays Self (archive footage)
Yoko Ono plays Self (archive footage)
Yōko Ono is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and ...
See Yoko Ono's other roles →Stevie Wonder plays Self (archive footage)
George Plimpton plays Self / Actor (archive footage)
George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American journalist, writer, literary editor, actor...
See George Plimpton's other roles →Judd Apatow plays Self / Director / Producer
Judd Apatow (born December 6, 1967) is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is well known for hi...
See Judd Apatow's other roles →Harold Ramis plays Self / Film Director (archive footage)
Harold Allen Ramis was an American actor, director, and writer, specializing in comedy. His best-known film acting ro...
See Harold Ramis's other roles →Ivan Reitman plays Self / Film Director
Ivan Reitman OC (October 27, 1946 – February 12, 2022) was a Canadian-American film and television director, producer...
See Ivan Reitman's other roles →Danny Abelson plays Self / Lampoon Contributer
Tony Hendra plays Self
Douglas Kenney plays Self (archival footage)
Crew of Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
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- John Belushi
- John Candy
- Chevy Chase
- Bill Murray
- Gilda Radner
- John Goodman
- Beverly D'Angelo
- Kevin Bacon
- Richard Belzer
- Christopher Guest
- Fred Gwynne
- John Hughes
- John Landis
- Tim Matheson
- Meat Loaf
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Richard Nixon
- John Lennon
- Yoko Ono
- Stevie Wonder
- George Plimpton
- Judd Apatow
- Harold Ramis
- Ivan Reitman
- Danny Abelson
- Tony Hendra
- Douglas Kenney