Books
April, 1988
Tony Hendra's Going Too Far (Doubleday) is the former National Lampoon editor's sprawling, gossipy account of, in his subtitle's words, "The Rise and Demise of Sick, Gross, Black, Sophomoric, Weirdo, Pinko, Anarchist, Underground, Anti-Establishment Humor." Hendra's history of "Boomer" humor begins 30 years ago, a decade before the postwar "Baby Boom" generation had advanced from underwear jokes to Mad magazine with Mort Sahl and Lenny Bruce; its demise more or less...
