BILLY CRYSTAL: A COMIC'S LINE (TV)
Summary
A comedy special featuring stand-up comedian/actor Billy Crystal that starts off as a spoof of the Broadway musical "A Chorus Line." Targets of Crystal's comic barbs include the following: what it is like to work on cable television; his contention that the men who come to your house to install cable, phones, and other appliances should be required to wear their pants above the waist; how cable television allows you to watch professional wrestling at any time of the day; midget wrestlers; what it would be like to watch the news and see a midget weatherman come on; emergency rooms in New York and San Francisco; watching horror movies with a predominantly black audience; growing up in his grandparents' home; sports and sex in high school; his first date; the trouble with having dogs as pets; and the fun an owner can have playing fetch with a dog. A sketch involves a ten-year-old and staying in the house alone for the first time, and a final sketch originates from "Fernando's Hideaway," an early morning talk show, with featured guests Cathy Lee Crosby and Johnny Yune.
Details
- NETWORK: HBO
- DATE: November 30, 1983
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:04669
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: HBO - TV, 1984
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Buddy Morra … Executive Producer
- Larry Brezner … Executive Producer
- Rocco Urbisci … Producer, Writer
- Vic Kaplan … Associate Producer
- Bruce Gower … Director
- Billy Crystal … Writer, Performer
- Cathy Lee Crosby … Guest
- Johnny Yune … Guest
- David Steinberg … Cast, the Casting Director, Voice
- Norman Friedman … Cast, Billy's father
- Paul Garner … Cast, Uncle Lou
- Ivor Koonia … Cast, Weatherman
- Jeannie Linero … Cast, Billy's mother
- Twyla Littleton … Cast, the Cheerleader
- Toni Nero … Cast, Billy Rocker's girlfriend
- Robin Williams