PAULA POUNDSTONE SHOW, THE {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
The premiere episode of this talk/variety show hosted by comedienne Paula Poundstone. Highlights of this program include the following segments: Poundstone gives a tour of her home and introduces her cats to the viewing audience; she talks with four economists who are on an amusement park ride on the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk; Poundstone interviews ABC's executive vice president of programming and research about surviving in her time slot; in line with the concept of Nielsen ratings, Poundstone talks to the Guzik family, who are the neighbors of actor Leslie Nielsen; her musical guests the Mint Juleps perform a number; and Sam Donaldson reads a story about the President and the members of Congress, entitled "Where the Wild Things Are." Includes commercials, promos, and public service announcements. This program is closed-captioned.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: October 30, 1993 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:57:40
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:30730
- GENRE: Comedy/Variety; Talk/Interviews
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Interviews
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1993
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Bayer Select cold medicine
- TV - Commercials - Beef (Beef Industry Council and Beef Board)
- TV - Commercials - Children's Tylenol fever reducer
- TV - Commercials - Duracell batteries
- TV - Commercials - Egg Beaters egg substitute
- TV - Commercials - Eureka vacuum cleaners
- TV - Commercials - K-Mart stores
- TV - Commercials - Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal
- TV - Commercials - Mercury mini vans
- TV - Commercials - Oldsmobile automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Prudential Insurance
- TV - Commercials - Sears department stores
- TV - Commercials - Sprint phone service
- TV - Commercials - Tampax tampons
- TV - PSA - AIDS Awareness - National Institute on Drug Abuse
- TV - Promos - "America's Funniest Home Videos"
- TV - Promos - "America's Funniest People"
- TV - Promos - "Columbo: It's All in the Game"
- TV - Promos - "Day1One"
- TV - Promos - "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman"
- TV - Promos - "NYPD Blue"
- TV - Promos - ABC November programming
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
CREDITS
- Bonnie Burns … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
- Paula Poundstone … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer, Theme Music by
- Ken Lazebnik … Coordinating Producer, Writer, Lyrics by, Theme
- Cissy Baker … Supervising Producer
- Nina Lederman … Producer
- Joann Goldberg … Senior Producer
- Javier Winnik … Associate Producer
- John Parry … Field Producer
- Nina Zirato-Goebert … Field Producer
- Bob Levitan … Segment Producer
- Francesca Pepplatt … Segment Producer
- Art Wolff … Director
- Linda Callahan … Researcher, Head Researcher
- Emily Dillon Berry … Researcher
- Gregg Gelman … Researcher
- Margaret Hussey … Researcher
- Andrew Gottlieb … Writer, Lyrics by, Theme
- Nils Lofgren … Theme Music by, Lyrics by, Music (Misc. Credits), Musical Director
- Paula Poundstone … Host
- Mint Juleps … Performer, Music Group
- Sam Donaldson … Guest
- Shelley Graff … Guest