Maggie's Farm

Yes, you're correct, though it's obvious the writers (Doug Kenney, Chris Miller and Harold Ramis) were all picking and choosing from old NatLamp stuff, as well as their own works.
After all, most of the names of Delts came from Miller's "Night of the Seven Fires", while other names clearly came from the Yearbook Parody. Mandy Pepperidge featured in the Parody, as did a kiln explosion.

I made sure my boys read the Yearbook Parody as well as the Sunday Newspaper Parody, from Dacron, OH.


NatLamp was, clearly, a precursor of The Onion, though it lacked the ability to survive past the 80's in any meaningful way. Most likely due to the overly ambitious efforts its owners to milk every penny out of it. It wasn't long before it stopped breaking new ground and became rather stale. The last movie they made which had any kind of success was Ryan Reynolds' "Van Wilder".

However, in its heyday, NatLamp was probably one of the funniest comedy empires.