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::Photo
History:: |
Just
a few reasons why TV Guide
dubbed
MARK RUSSELL "The Funniest Man
on TV!" |
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1970s evidence
that Mark did not limit his risk taking to the performance
of sharp-witted song parodies. |
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By the early '80s, the
"Quickest Quip in the
East" was ridin' high
And takin' aim at
the Washington
establishment
with both barrels! |
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Whenever a national
political race was heating up, Mark hit the campaign trail
with all the vim and vigor of a cub reporter.
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| For one
of his acclaimed SONGBOOK SPECIALS, a more debonaire
Master
Russell swapped his
trademark bow tie for
smoking jacket and
candelabra to share the best song parodies from his
last several seasons. |
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The silver-throated
warbler has always delivered impeccably rhymed and metered
song parodies that remain the absolute highpoint of his
live comedy specials. |
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In his first-ever international
program, MARK RUSSELL'S ENGLAND (1991), the super sleuth
of satire left his comic calling card at Windsor Castle,
the Tower of London and Stonghenge before crackin'
'em up at London's historic
Hackney Empire Theatre. |
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During his 1993
IRISH FLING, Mark paid tribute to Irish "shrines"
such as Blarney Castle, where he joked, "They could
speed up the lines waiting to kiss the stone if they just
put up a sign saying 'Two Stones, No Waiting'." |
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| In undoubtedly
his most
unique appearance location
to date, a well-insulated
Mark took a 1994 GREAT
ALASKA TREK--along with
his grand piano-- so that
he could tickle the ivories
(and funny bones) high atop the Mendenhall Glacier. |
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In his 1995 TOUR
DE FRANCE, Mark experienced the French joie de vivre.
He also confirmed that the French really do have a sense
of humor. "When I spoke French," he says, "they
laughed their heads off." |
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During
his 1996 VIVA ITALIA special, Mark observed that "the
Leaning Tower is still
tilting to the right--and who isn't these days?" |
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