Steve Bridges
Steve Bridges is a master impressionist who has developed an amazingly accurate characterization of George W. Bush. The uncanny result already has been featured on a variety of national stages including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Judy Woodruff's Inside Politics, The Early Show, Good Morning America, and Hannity and Colmes. His repertoire now encompasses a wide range of personalities, from broadcasters Tom Brokaw, Paul Harvey, and Rush Limbaugh to past presidents and vice presidents such as Bill Clinton and Al Gore.
Al Franken
Al Franken is an Emmy Award-winning television writer and producer, New York Times bestselling author, Grammy-winning comedian, and now host of The Al Franken Show. In 1975, Franken was part of the original writing staff that created Saturday Night Live. In 1992, he anchored Comedy Central's Indecision '92, winning wide critical acclaim for his coverage of both conventions and election night. In 1996, he teamed with Arianna Huffington, again covering the party conventions and election night for Politically Incorrect. He is the author of numberous books including, Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations, Why Not Me: The Making and Unmaking of the Franken Presidency, Oh, the Things I Know!: A Guide to Success, or Failing That, Happiness, and Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.
Dana Milbank
Dana Milbank is a Washington Post staff writer and author of the thrice-weekly "Washington Sketch" column. His national bestseller, Homo Politicus: The Strange and Scary Tribes that Run Our Government, likens the political field to a wilderness, with politicians roaming the terrain like aggressive hunter-gatherers. He brings the integrity of a seasoned journalist and the cleverness reminiscent of the great satirists to every speech and lecture. Given the oft-absurd goings on across the political field, his research is painstaking and tested; the comedy writes itself.
Ben Stein
Ben Stein has had what may well be the most diverse career of anyone now on the national scene. He has been an award winning actor, economist, writer, journalist, and teacher, and is equally well known in America's board rooms and in America's dormitories and fraternity houses. He has served as a poverty lawyer, a trial lawyer in the field of advertising, and a teacher about the political content of film and TV at American University, UC-Santa Cruz, and Pepperdine. He was also a speech writer and lawyer for Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He is currently a columnist for The New York Times, a regular commentator on CBS Sunday Morning, a commentator for Yahoo!Finance, a commentator for Fox News, and a frequent contributor to CNBC.
The Capitol Steps, the only group in Washington that attempts to be funnier than Congress, is a troupe of former Congressional staffers who travel the country satirizing the very people and places that once employed them. The group was formed in 1981, when three staffers for Senator Charles Percy were asked to provide entertainment for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Christmas party. They decided that if entertainers could become politicians, then politicians could become entertainers. The Steps have been featured on three national specials for public television; Good Morning, America; Entertainment Tonight; Nightline; the Today show; 20/20; CBS Morning News; ABC's World News Tonight; NBC Nightly News; and dozens of times on National Public Radio's All Things Considered.
Dave Werner
Like many of his classmates, Dave Werner took his Yale Law degree to a Washington, DC firm, to launch his career. That path quickly changed the moment he was dubbed the "Funniest Lawyer in Washington" at a DC comedy club. Werner offers a humorous take on today's headlines mixed with musical impressions of George W. Bush, Al Gore, Bill Clinton and other political figures. Each show also includes special material based on pre-event interviews with the client to ensure the show has broad appeal to attendees and guests. Werner has appeared on the CBS's Evening News with Dan Rather, NBC's Today, and on PBS.
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