| Show Friday Jan 1 1988 Section M Page 1 f IHe gait ultf ®fibune EU f 'V t C-:- ?‘ giy r il A r J ’ J" ' ’ 1 r f V 1' By Harold Schindler Tribunb Television Editor When Mark Russell is on track his train of thought works in As television viewers know Russell is a political satirist one of the few entertainers whose program (on PBS) Is aired live and who is brilliant in composing musical parodies about people in the news Most of his targets are politicians and bureaucrats tat occasionally Russell will lower his sights to up a Bakker or two His wit is nimble his aim unerring On public broadcasting “PBS is like Uver You may not like it but you know it’s good for you" Russell reads newspapers and newsmagasines to feed his slightly bent sense of humor We see headlines be sees Comparisons contrasts absurdities allusions drolleries and occasional bursts of plain common sense come tumbling from him in vocal free fall He will appear at Kingsbury Hall Thursday at pm to help KUED celebrate its 30th anniversary as Utah’s Public Broadcasting Service staat the State University tion Russell’s home base is a at Buffalo and be is frequently introduced in personal appearances as “Buffalo’s finest export since Millard Fillmore It happens that Utah has more than a nodding acquaintance with M Fillmore who was the 13th President of the United States and about as well-knoamong chief executives as Button Gwinnett had been with the of Declaration of Independence the signers Fillmore made his home in Buffalo NY before inheriting the nation’s highest office at the death of Zachary Taylor But Utahns honored the man by naming a county (Millard) and a city (Fillmore) after him and locating the seat of Territorial government there in 1831 Why? Because President Fillmore had named Brigham Young as governor of the new Territory and all but four of Utah’s new federal appointees were Mormon Russell’s show biz career as it were began in the smoky confines of the Carroll Arms Bar where he played errant piano (That’s piano without direction) too) Washington’s politicos (and a few See M-- J Column 1 ’ one-line- rs one-line- rs tbeater-in-the-rou- down-and-oute- rs Waflch! listen!- - IPJeay! Wood! Be a part of Jazz basketball During every televised game (not cable) you can watch or listen to 57 Klub and Play Jazz Scorecard 55 numbers will be called during the game and if you black out your card you will win cash and prizes If you black out in 44 numbers or less you will win a cruise for two Every game we will start fresh with a new card and will give at least $500 in cash away GET YOUR SCORECARD TODAY AT THESE PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: RADIO lAiH |
