Episode dated 1 December 1971 - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Highlights from this program include: an ironic political commentary by Stan Freberg; "Philadelphia's Last Chance," a wittily damning portrait of Mayor Frank Rizzo presented as a mock-newsreel; "Freight Train," a song performed by Odetta ...See moreHighlights from this program include: an ironic political commentary by Stan Freberg; "Philadelphia's Last Chance," a wittily damning portrait of Mayor Frank Rizzo presented as a mock-newsreel; "Freight Train," a song performed by Odetta to honor Elizabeth Cotton, the seventy-eight-year-old composer who never received credit for her work; "They Call Him an Animal," an interview with Baltimore Colts linebacker Mike Curtis that intersperses football footage with commentary to compare the aggression of the game with the violence of gladiators; a performance by the Guarneri String Quartet of a movement from Beethoven's Quartet No. 13, Opus 130; a profile of stripper and philanthropist Blaze Starr, showing her at home and at work; "A Defense of Politicians," a political satire by Andy Rooney featuring clips of campaign speeches; consumer advocate Marshall Efron in a piece on waterbeds, with Lee Meredith as the woman of his dreams; and a trenchant sketch by Russell Baker featuring Eli Wallach as a hypnotist, who addresses the camera directly, treating viewers as his patients and inducing forgetfulness to eradicate the atrocities of Vietnam. Written by Paley Center Archive See less