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.

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