POLITICS TAKES A HOLIDAY {THE CAPITOL STEPS} (RADIO)
Summary
One in this series of musical/comedy programs that satirizes U.S. politics. This program, recorded live at Chelsea's Cabaret in Washington D.C., begins with a musical spoof of the activities of Ted Kennedy, sung to the tune by the Beach Boys, "Fun, Fun, Fun," followed by a song about resumes, sung to the tune of "Besame Mucho." Other performances include "76 Bad Loans," a song about the Savings and Loan scandal, sung to the tune of "76 Trombones"; "I Feel Petty," a song about Kitty Kelly, sung to the tune of "I Feel Pretty"; "Roll Out the Daryl," a song about Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates, sung to the tune of "Roll Out the Barrel"; "Stayin' Alive," a song about the health of President George Bush, sung to the tune of the same name from the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack. The program also features a word-play segment, during which a commentator switches around the first letters of certain words.
Details
- NETWORK: Syndicated
- DATE: July 4, 1991
- RUNNING TIME: 0:29:42
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R:8097
- GENRE: Radio - Music/Variety ; Radio - Comedy/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music/Variety; Comedy/Variety; Political satire; Radio - Parody
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Sarah Spitz … Producer, KCRW Producer
- Bill Strauss … Writer, Cast, Performer
- Elaina Newport … Writer, Cast, Performer
- Anne Willis … Cast, Performer
- Richard Paul … Cast, Performer
- Ann Schmitt … Cast, Performer
- Dave Werner … Cast, Performer
- Duncan Hollomon … Cast, Performer
- Bo Ayars … Instrumentalist, Piano
- Beach Boys, the
- George Bush
- Daryl Gates
- Kitty Kelly
- Ted Kennedy