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: the use of the Statue of Liberty in advertising; Chief Justice William Rehnquist and the "new court"; former President Nixon; Governor Mario Cuomo and the presidency; the Kennedys and politics; performing for the CIA; Americans' fears of traveling overseas; how not to look like an American tourist; the inside traders scandal; Secretary of Labor, William Brock's meeting with the teamsters union; Michael Deaver's lobbying dealings; men going through a midlife crisis; bars for CIA agents; and the career of Justice Warren Burger.
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 17, 1985
- RUNNING TIME: 0:27:45
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:34679
- GENRE: Comedy; Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Midlife crisis; Music - Parody; Kennedy family; Lobbyists; Parody; Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.); Political Satire; Satire
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1975-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Tony Buttino … Executive Producer
- Wiley F. Hance … Producer
- Ken Miller … Director
- Jack Mahl … Announcer
- Mark Russell … Performer
- William Brock
- Warren Burger
- Mario Cuomo
- Michael Deaver
- Richard Nixon
- William Renquist