AUBURN | Imagine if it were possible that an old-fashioned newsreel and a Borscht Belt comedian bore a lovechild. Such an outrageous union might describe the political comedy of legend Mark Russell.
The next time I saw Mr. Russell was at a subsequent Tucson Festival of Books. I wanted to connect him to humorist Dave Barry and “SNL” writer Alan Zweibel, two authors whose joint appearance I was ...
Alison Kaplan fell for Tom Lehrer's parody songs long before she met Mark Russell. Then she fell for Russell's parodies – and for him.