MARK RUSSELL COMEDY SPECIAL (TV)
Summary
One in this series of comedy/musical specials featuring political satirist Mark Russell. In this program, Russell entertains an audience in-the-round at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Buffalo, NY, with irreverent song parodies and barbed monologues inspired by current events. Topics of satire include the following: President Reagan's speech on his tax proposal and the Democratic response that followed; the Washington Post's suggestion of ways to legally avoid paying the new taxes; the strength of lobbyists in Washington, D.C.; the federal government's new budget; the end of World War II; the expense of Star Wars; the Packard Commission, which was created to look into the defense budget; the Supreme Court justices; what Geraldine Ferraro does for a living; Pat Buchanan's personality; the plight of American farmers; and the U.S. Government's handling of the situation in Nicaragua. Also, Mark Russell offers advice to high school graduates.
Acquisition and cataloging of this program was made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS WNED-TV
- DATE: June 18, 1985
- RUNNING TIME: 0:26:48
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:34678
- GENRE: Comedy; Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Armed Forces - Appropriations and expenditures; Comedy; Farmers; Music - Parody; Nicaragua - Foreign Relations -- 1979-; Parody; Political satire; Star Wars (Defense system); Strategic Defense Initiative; Supreme Court Justices; Taxation; World War, 1939-1945
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1975-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- John L. Hutchinson, Jr. … Executive Producer
- Wiley F. Hance … Producer
- Ken Miller … Director
- Mark Russell … Performer
- Pat Buchanan
- Geraldine Ferraro
- David Packard
- Ronald Reagan