A review of 20th century American political humor, with Jack Paar, satirist
Tom Lehrer, comic actor Elliot Reid, the Plaza 9 Players and the Buster Davis Singers.
To open the show Jack Paar does a lengthy monologue.
A review of 20th century American political humor. Films recall George Bernard Shaw's political spoofs, Will Rogers needling President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Cal=vin Coolidge at official ceremonies, the Truman-Kaltenborn feud, Al Smith's musical campaigns, Fiorello La Guardia reading the funnies on the radio, Robert F. Kennedy giving a speech with his mother's "help," spoofs and ad-lib humor by Senator Everett M. Dirksen and Huey Long, Eleanor Roosevelt joking with serviceman during World War 2, Bess Truman's attempt to christen an airplane, and many other selections.
Songs heard include a campaign song medley "George Murphy, "The Great Society," others.
Sketches: Convention impressions and Republican opinion Polls.
A David Wolper Production.