Gold Turkey

Gold Turkey is an American album of sketch comedy that was first released as a vinyl record in 1975. It was a spin-off from National Lampoon magazine. The album is a collection of "greatest hits" from the National Lampoon Radio Hour, a radio show that was broadcast on 600 radio stations and ran from November 17, 1973 to December 28, 1974.

The sketches on Gold Turkey feature numerous National Lampoon actors including Christopher Guest, Bill Murray, John Belushi, Brian Doyle-Murray, Chevy Chase, Harold Ramis, Gilda Radner, Joe Flaherty and Ed Subitzky.

Gold Turkey was also subsequently issued as a CD. The title of the album "Gold Turkey" is a reference to the phrase "cold turkey" a phrase meaning to suffer sudden withdrawal from an addictive substance; there is a John Lennon song Cold Turkey. "Gold Turkey" as shown in the cover photograph by Arky & Barrett is a visual pun on the golden statue awards for entertainment, such as the Oscars and the Emmy, and is simultaneously a verbal pun on the word "turkey" meaning a box office bomb or entertainment failure.

List of tracks

1. Front Row Center
2. Public Disservice
3. Mother Goose's Wine
4. My Husband
5. Megaphone Newsreel
6. The Trial
7. Jimmy Dugan Story
8. Well-Intentioned Blues
9. A Laugh From The Past
10. Stand Up
11. Hockey
12. Prison Farm
13. Mr. Veal Chop
14. The Immigrants

References

• Amazon listing