[3] The record includes several references to and sketches about the solo careers of former Beatles John Lennon, George Harrison and Paul McCartney.

[5][6] "Teenyrap", the title of several pieces of dialog spread throughout the album, features two teenagers discussing Harrison's 1971 Concert for Bangladesh aid project.

[citation needed] The record ends with "Concert in Bangla Desh", where two Bangladeshi stand-up comedians (played by Guest and Hendra) perform to starving refugees, in an attempt to collect a bowlful of rice so that Harrison can stage a hunger strike.

"[citation needed] The National Lampoon team parodies Les Crane's musical rendition of the poem "Desiderata" in "Deteriorata",[2] and game shows in "Catch It and You Keep It".

[8] In a 1973 review for Newsday, Robert Christgau wrote of Radio Dinner: "Except for one stupid bit about a car that runs for president, this is funny throughout, and often savage.

"[10] Dave Marsh of Rolling Stone said that, like the magazine itself, National Lampoon's recording career began "brilliantly", and he described the parodies of Lennon, Dylan and Baez as "sheer genius".

[2] In his overview of National Lampoon's recording output, for Vulture, Ramsay Ess describes "Magical Misery Tour" as arguably the album's "most famous track".