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 Ronald Reagan's Summit Conference with Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow; the revelation that First Lady Nancy Reagan had been consulting an astrologer; the reportedly unfriendly relationship between Raisa Gorbachev and Nancy Reagan; the 1988 presidential election between George Bush and Michael Dukakis; the Democratic convention in Atlanta, Georgia, and the GOP convention in New Orleans, Louisiana; the defense contracting scandal currently engulfing the Washington D.C. power structure; House Speaker Jim Wright's possible financial improprieties with lobbyists; and the planned sequel to Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind" authorized by the late author's foundation.
Acquisition and cataloging of this program was made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS WNED-TV
- DATE: April 27, 1988
- RUNNING TIME: 0:27:54
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:34681
- GENRE: Music; Comedy; Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Astrology; Comedy; Lobbyists; Music - Parody; Parody; Political satire; Satire
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1975-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Buttino, Tony (See also: Buttino, Anthony) … Executive Producer
- Wiley F. Hance … Producer
- Gary V. Reinbolt … Director
- Tami Coleman … Direction (MIsc.), Assistant Director
- Mark Russell … Performer, Singer, Instrumentalist, Piano Player
- Jack Mahl … Announcer
- Michael Dukakis
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Raisa Gorbachev
- Margaret Mitchell
- Nancy Reagan
- Ronald Reagan
- Jim Wright