Radio Dinner

Radio Dinner
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1972
GenreComedy, parody
LabelBlue Thumb
ProducerTony Hendra, Michael O'Donoghue, Bob Tischler
National Lampoon chronology
Radio Dinner
(1972)
National Lampoon's Lemmings
(1973)

Radio Dinner is the debut album by the creators of the American satirical magazine National Lampoon. It was released on Blue Thumb Records in 1972 after RCA Records had declined to issue the record. The humor on the album is steeped in the pop culture and politics of the era. It includes "Deteriorata", a parody of Les Crane's hit rendition of the poem "Desiderata", and commentary on the 1972 presidential race. Among several pieces satirizing the former Beatles, "Magical Misery Tour" is a parody of John Lennon's primal therapy-inspired songwriting and his 1970 Rolling Stone interview, later published in book form as Lennon Remembers.