National Lampoon Lemmings

National Lampoon: Lemmings

The poster for the 1973 show.
Music Arranged by Paul Jacobs and Christopher Guest
Productions 1973 Off Broadway

National Lampoon: Lemmings, a spinoff of the humor magazine National Lampoon, was a 1973 stage show that helped launch the performing careers of John Belushi, Christopher Guest, and Chevy Chase.[1][2] The show was co-written and co-directed by a number of people including Sean Kelly. The show opened at The Village Gate on January 25, 1973, and ran for 350 performances.

The first half of the show was sketch comedy; the second half was a mock rock festival, "Woodshuck: Three Days of Peace, Love and Death", a parody of "Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music." "Woodshuck" featured spoofs of Woodstock performers, including Joe Cocker and Joan Baez, as well as parodies of John Denver, Bob Dylan and James Taylor, plus songs performed by fictional groups (e.g., the "Motown Manifestoes" singing Papa was a Running Dog Lackey of the Bourgeoisie).

The songs from the show were subsequently issued as a record album. A video of one of the original performances, National Lampoon: Lemmings: Dead in Concert 1973, was eventually made available several decades later.

Cast

The cast included:[3]

Later cast replacements:

Writers

The writers included:[3]

Acts

Awards

Cast recording

National Lampoon's Lemmings
Live album by the cast of Lemmings
Released 1973
Genre Comedy, Parody, Rock, folk rock
Label Blue Thumb Records, MCA Records, Decca Broadway
Producer Tony Hendra
National Lampoon chronology
National Lampoon Radio Dinner
(1972)
National Lampoon's Lemmings
(1973)
The Missing White House Tapes
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link

A cast recording of the show was released in 1973, with album cover art by Melinda Bordelon.

Track listing

Side One

  1. Stage Announcements
    Performed by John Belushi
  2. Lemmings Lament
    Lead vocal by Paul Jacobs (as David Crosby); instruments and backup vocals by the cast; written by Paul Jacobs and Sean Kelly.
  3. Stage Announcements
    Performed by John Belushi
  4. Positively Wall Street
    Lead vocal by Christopher Guest (as Bob Dylan); instruments and backup vocals by the cast; written by Paul Jacobs, Christopher Guest, and Sean Kelly.
  5. Weather Person
    Performed by Garry Goodrow
  6. Pizza Man
    Lead vocal by Alice Playten (as Goldie Oldie); instruments and back-up vocals by the cast; written by Christopher Guest, Sean Kelly, and Tony Hendra
  7. Stage Announcements
    Performed by John Belushi
  8. Colorado
    Lead vocal by Chevy Chase; instruments and backup vocals by the cast; written by Christopher Guest, Sean Kelly, and Tony Hendra
  9. Richie Havens
    Performed by Christopher Guest (as Richie Havens)
  10. Crowd Rain Chant
    Performed by John Belushi

Side Two

  1. Stage Announcements
    Performed by John Belushi
  2. Papa Was a Running Dog Lackey of the Bourgeoisie
    Lead vocal by Paul Jacobs; instruments and backup vocals by the cast; written by Paul Jacobs and Tony Hendra
  3. All-Star Dead Band
    Performed by John Belushi
  4. Stage Announcements
    Performed by John Belushi
  5. Highway Toes
    Lead vocal by Christopher Guest (as James Taylor); instruments and backup vocals by the cast; written by Christopher Guest and Sean Kelly
  6. Hell's Angel
    Performed by Chevy Chase
  7. Stage Announcements
    Performed by John Belushi
  8. Farmer Yassir
    Performed by Garry Goodrow
  9. Lonely at the Bottom
    Lead vocal by John Belushi (as Joe Cocker); instruments and backup vocals by the cast; written by Paul Jacobs and John Belushi
  10. Megagroupie
    Performed by Alice Playten
  11. Megadeath
    Lead vocal by John Belushi; instruments and backup vocals by the cast; written by Paul Jacobs and Sean Kelly

See also

References

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