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 stock market "crash" of 1987; the N.R.A. (National Rifle Association) in Florida; Governor Evan Meacham of Arizona; Nobel Prizes; Judge Robert Bork's opinions on topical issues and on those opposing his possible appointment; Senator Joseph Biden's plagiarized speeches; the presidential race; Jesse Jackson's rhyming style; the U.S. government's consideration of issuing an apology to Japanese-Americans imprisoned at the beginning of World War II; and Vice President George Bush's campaign for the presidency.

Acquisition and cataloging of this program was made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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