# Name this political humorist

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-political-humorist/268896>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 12, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-political-humorist/268896 "2004-10-12T22:51:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Starfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dr.Starfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Starfish)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-political-humorist/268896/1 "2004-10-12T22:51:12Z")

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Who is this man? He has appeared frequently on PBS. His demeaner is much like Steve Allen, but he does political and social commentary on a red, white and blue star-spangled piano.  
If I’m not mistaken, He’s appeared a number of times on Evening at Pops.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-political-humorist/268896/2 "2004-10-12T23:17:24Z")

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Mark Russell. funny man.

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**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-political-humorist/268896/3 "2004-10-12T23:42:19Z")

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Yep – kind of like Tom Lehrer, except he doesn’t write original melodies for his songs, nobody’s going to remember them in a few years, and he’s not funny. Enjoy!