A Session with the Committee
Cast & Crew
Del Jack
Peter Bonerz
Garry Goodrow
Jessica Myerson
Melvin Stewart
Barbara Bosson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
This filmed presentation of a performance by the San Francisco-based comedy troupe The Committee is comprised of 19 satiric skits and blackouts. Following an introduction by troupe member Peter Bonerz, the highlights include a young man's frantic effort to avoid the draft by behaving like a frog; a "talking" elevator that argues with its occupants; a generation gap dispute between a hostile cyclist and a defensive old man; two housewives enjoying a break in their daily routine by smoking marijuana instead of drinking coffee; a takeoff on television commercials; the effect of Dale Carnegie on dating behavior; a TV audience applause warm-up session; a symphony concert in which the musicians vocally imitate orchestral instruments; an illustration of hypocrisy in the police force; a TV giveaway show called "Greed," in which the participants assualt each other in the hope of winning prizes; a would-be Casanova's disastrous attempt to be suave while lighting a girl's cigarette; a white man posing as a black in order to understand the Negro's problems in contemporary society; a spoof of a well-known California car dealer who does his own television commercials; a girl on a blind date pretending that she actually is blind in order to test her date's sexual curiosity; and the entire company performing "The Star Spangled Banner."
Director
Del Jack
Cast
Peter Bonerz
Garry Goodrow
Jessica Myerson
Melvin Stewart
Barbara Bosson
Carl Gottlieb
Christopher Ross
Don Sturdy
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The working title for this film was The Committee. A Session with the Committee was videotaped before a live audience in Los Angeles on July 22, 1968. For more information on the comedy troupe The Committee, please see the entry for the 1968 film Funnyman (see below).
