(It was based on an earlier National Lampoon two-page piece, "1956 High School Yearbook," by Kenney and Michael O'Donoghue.

[citation needed] The parody is closely based on Toledo, Ohio's DeVilbiss High School (DHS) yearbook, called the Pot O' Gold.

[9] The publication also included a copy of the school newspaper, a basketball program, a report card, a diploma, detention slips, and a fake ID.

Anachronistically, the character Larry Kroger is the college freshman protagonist (played by Tom Hulce) of the comedy movie National Lampoon's Animal House, released in 1978 (but set in 1962, two years before the parody yearbook).

The character "Mandy Pepperidge" also makes her first appearance in the yearbook and reappears in the film, played by Mary Louise Weller.

The credits list the cheerleaders on the cover as models Roberta Caplan, Celia Bau, and Laura Singer.