‘Positively Cable’ Homes in on Martin, Chris Albrecht
Charity Revue in Denver Tomorrow Features Topical Parodies
By Kent Gibbons -- Multichannel News, 10/31/2007 5:35:00 AM
Thursday night’s (Nov. 1) Positively Cable charitable revue in Denver will tackle such tough topics as Kevin Martin’s problems with cable and Chris Albrecht’s problems with Las Vegas law.
The event, for which tickets are still available, is a musical starring a professional troupe (Rave Reviews) backed up by a chorus of cable executives. This year’s theme is “Alice in Cableland: Down the Moneyhole.” Some of the cast members leaked some of the song lyrics to Multichannel News, after sneaking out of rehearsal.
Paul Braun, VP of programming and public affairs for Time Warner Cable’s National Division, penned a song parody involving Martin that’s sung to the tune of “Rum and Coca Cola.” It begins:
If you ever go to Washington
There’s a place to have some fun
Hearing time at the F.C.C.
Crazy logic is a guarantee
Just who is Kevin Martin
With his tele-czar spin
Well, sooner or later
He gets called a cable hater
Oh, beat us, man, beat us
Jane Shanley, VP of operations at Battmann Consulting, took on ex-HBO chairman Chris Albrecht’s run-in with the law during the National Show in Las Vegas this past May, with help from Braun. It’s to the tune of Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi”:
You’ll lose your job if you fight in a parking lot
At the MGM, a girlfriend and a secluded spot
What you really need to know
Even if you chair HBO
You’ll lose your job if you fight in a parking lot
They took Chris Albrecht and put him in a Vegas prison
Who knew that you would have
to be cavity searched just to see him
What you really need to know
Even if you chair HBO
You’ll lose your job if you fight in a parking lot
Positively Cable – with proceeds going to HIV/AIDS initiatives in Denver – will be staged at the Cable Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
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