National Lampoon — October 1988 • Pete Rose “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” (Vintage & Found)
National Lampoon — October 1988 • Pete Rose “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” (Vintage & Found)
Vintage & Found · The Foundry
The cover that aged into prophecy.
National Lampoon, October 1988. Cover story: How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Pete Rose. The illustration shows Rose in his Cincinnati Reds uniform, slumped at a table in a dark room — the kind of image that reads as a joke in 1988 and as something else entirely by 1989, when Rose was banned from baseball for gambling. The cover also teases a sneak preview of Jimmy Swaggart’s uncensored videos, placing it squarely in the tabloid chaos of the late ‘80s.
This is the bimonthly-era Lampoon — past its peak, but still sharp. Bagged and boarded in a protective sleeve. Cover price $3.95.
Details
- National Lampoon — October 1988
- Cover: Pete Rose, “How I Spent My Summer Vacation”
- Also features: Jimmy Swaggart sneak preview tease, Nightmare at Baseball Dream Camp, Rodrigues on Handicapped Sports, and more
- Bimonthly era — The Bimonthly Humor Magazine
- Bagged in protective sleeve
- Cover price: $3.95
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- Available for local pickup at The Foundry, 35 W Huron Street, Suite 101, Pontiac, Michigan
- Shipping available — ships flat in protective packaging
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