GNP on TV
In 1982
GNP made its first foray into the TV world with a 30-minute pilot for a
CNN/WTBS comedy program.
From
there GNP pioneered the first political cartoon for TV news. Airing
on a program called the “90’s” GNP was awarded the “Rosebud Award”
at DC’s Film fest for a
piece on then DC Mayor Marion Barry, who’s career temporarily
went up in smoke. These 90-second satirical segments were forerunners
to the YouTube political skit-coms found on the internet today.
In 1992,
GNP presented our first full length PBS comedy special entitled “The UnOfficial
Debates”, which aired in top markets like WNET, KCET, WHYY and MPT, to
name just a few. Shot in front of a live audience in DC, our George H.W.
Bush duked it out with Bill Clinton and Ross Perot.
In 1993
GNP struck again on PBS with “The First 100 Daze” as the Clinton Administration
got off to its bumpy start.
Then
in 1994, “GNP3” went on to become a finalist in the European equivalent
to the Emmys at the Golden Rose of Montreaux. We were the only
PBS entry, competing with HBO, Showtime, and other notable networks
like BBC and CBC. See
The Washington Post TV Week This Week's Picks article.
GNP continued
the tradition with several more specials: “Politix As Usual” and an updated
“UnOfficial Debates” at the height of the Clinton
vs. Dole campaign in 1996.
Always
a favorite source for commentary when a scandal breaks, GNP has been interviewed
by television networks locally and internationally, in markets as far flung
as Japan, Germany and even BBC’s Saudi Arabian world news.
So stay
tuned, you’ll never know when GNP might rear its head again on the idiot
box!