Buy This Box or We'll Shoot This Dog
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| Compilation album by National Lampoon | ||||
| Released | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Comedy, Parody | |||
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Buy This Box or We'll Shoot This Dog: The Best of the National Lampoon Radio Hour was a boxed CD set of recordings from the National Lampoon Radio Hour, which was a spin-off from National Lampoon magazine. The boxed set of CDs was released on March 26th 1996.
Performers from the Radio Hour included: John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Christopher Guest, Richard Belzer, Gilda Radner, Brian Doyle-Murray, Bill Murray, Joe Flaherty, Harold Ramis, and Michael O'Donoghue. The tracks include parodies of Marlon Brando, Charles Bronson, Joni Mitchell, Clint Eastwood, Gregory Peck, and James Taylor.
The title and the cover illustration are taken from the award-winning cover of the January 1973 "Death" issue of National Lampoon magazine with the line, "If You Don't Buy This Magazine, We'll Kill This Dog".