First Family
Summary:
Gilda Radner, Bob Newhart, and Madeline Kahn star in this comedy. The farce sends up an idiotic First Family in the persona of a bumbling president (Newhart), his semi-alcoholic wife (Kahn), and his oversexed daughter (Radner). Satirizing the artificial, formal speech of real-life First Families in television interviews, director Buck Henry carries this mode of speec... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Gilda Radner - (Gloria Link)
Bob Newhart - (President Manfred Link)
Madeline Kahn - (Mrs. Link)
Richard Benjamin - (Press Secretary Bunthome)
Bob Dishy - (Vice President Shockley)
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Review:
It's staggering to think that a man who wrote such wonderful comedies as The Graduate and What's Up Doc? could also come up with the atrocity that is First Family, but indeed Buck Henry did do such a thing. It would be tempting to blame the mess on the director, but since that is also Henry, nothing is really gained by that tactic. {... Continue >>
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