Looking for an article from National Lampoon
August 20, 2013 4:18 PM Subscribe
I'm looking article that appeared in National Lampoon in the late 1970s or early 1980s, probably between 1979 and 1981. The article was called something like "Pens as seen through the eyes of 8 year old boys".
The article was 3 or 4 pages of illustrations of pens (Bic pens, Biros, etc) with details as if they were aircraft or spacecraft. I've looked for it before but my google fu has failed me. I'm interested in this because when I was a kid I would stand my Bic pen up on end, start making rocket sound effects, blast it off, and then take the cap off like it was a payload. I was happy to see I wasn't the only person who did this.
The article was 3 or 4 pages of illustrations of pens (Bic pens, Biros, etc) with details as if they were aircraft or spacecraft. I've looked for it before but my google fu has failed me. I'm interested in this because when I was a kid I would stand my Bic pen up on end, start making rocket sound effects, blast it off, and then take the cap off like it was a payload. I was happy to see I wasn't the only person who did this.
Best answer: You can see the pages yclipse refers to via archive.org.
posted by seabound_coast at 6:01 PM on August 20, 2013 [5 favorites]
posted by seabound_coast at 6:01 PM on August 20, 2013 [5 favorites]
Response by poster: Thank you yclipse and seabound_coast! AskMe never disappoints me.
posted by Rob Rockets at 7:06 PM on August 20, 2013
posted by Rob Rockets at 7:06 PM on August 20, 2013
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Good memory. I was able to find it using "pens as seen". Search for "pens" returned far too many hits.
Found on my collection, bought from Amazon a few years ago. It cost me $30 then. Now they want $99.
posted by yclipse at 5:36 PM on August 20, 2013