Work : New Job 1959 (Political parodies)
Work : Lose social status 1970 (Low point in career, two years)
Relationship : Divorce dates 1975
Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1980 ("Presenting Mark Russell")
American comedian, Washington DCs resident political satirist. With a low-key personality, Russells humor may be pungent and erudite but it lacks the stinger of cruelty. Basically kind and disciplined, he is easy going about both his own importance and that of his political targets. Russell played piano-bar and did comedy routines at cocktail lounges in the mid-50s, adding political parody in 1959, soon moving into TV monologues. He hit a low point 1970-72 where he was lethargic. Though energized by Watergate, he slumped into a full depression with his 1975 divorce and was hospitalized for two weeks with a nervous breakdown. He is the author of "Presenting Mark Russell," 1980. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
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