The Committee was a San Francisco-based improvisational comedy group that ran from 1963 to 1972. During its heyday, a revolving group of players every week presented multiple performances of satirical political comedy. In the late 1960s, a second company was formed in Los Angeles and members of The Committee were often seen weaving in and out of the “Smother Brothers Comedy Hour.”

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The audio LP below was made in 1963, and features Scott Beach, Hamilton Camp, Larry Hankin, Gary Goodrow, Kathryn Ish, Ellsworth Milburn, and Irene Riordan. Directed by Alan Myerson.

There are 10 scenes, as follows:
1 – 00:10 – Interviews
2 – 04:48 – Garbagemen
3 – 09:07 – Liberal’s Song
4 – 10:59 – America’s Definitive Poems
5 – 17:33 – The Doctor
6 – 18:09 – Oratorio
7 – 21:59 – Better Red Than Dead
8 – 22:37 – Failure
9 – 32:54 – The Airplane Ride
10 – 33:26 – TV Panel

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The audio LP below is from The Committee’s 1964 Broadway production and stars Scott Beach, Hamilton Camp, Garry Goodrow, Larry Hankin, Kathryn Ish, Ellsworth Milburn, Irene Riordan and Dick Stahl. Directed by Alan Myerson.

There are nine scenes, as follows:
1 – 00:01 – Spies
2 – 00:56 – Sex on Campus
3 – 06:25 – Leibowitz
4 – 08:25 – Failure
5 – 18:17 – I’m Gonna Ride a Hundred, Hundred, Hundred Miles
6 – 22:45 – Bar Scene
7 – 30:43 – Pavlov
8 – 31:40 – Summer vacation
9 – 41:20 – The Orchestra

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This video of a full-length 88-minute performance by The Committee was made in 1968. It features Peter Bonerz, Barbara Bosson, Gary Goodrow, Carl Gottlieb, Jessica Myerson, Christopher Ross, Mel Stewart and Don Sturdy. Produced and directed by Del Jack, executive producer is Alan Myerson.

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This video is a manic satire on film credits created by The Committee in 1965. Except for brief parts at the beginning and end, the entire film displays credits for every conceivable participant involved in the film’s creation, all superimposed over dramatic and completely unrelated sequences. Runs 8 min 36 seconds.

Directed by Alan Myerson, with Garry Goodrow and Jessica Myerson as the cheating lovers and Larry Hankin as the murdered husband. Edited and produced by John Magnuson who produced Lenny Bruce’s animated short Thank You Mask Man.