SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Christian television late-night talk show with a humorous take on current issues, hosted by Steve and Kathy Gray and broadcast from Kansas City. Described on the show’s website as ‘a Christian show that connects the un-churched, the un-saved, and the un-interested to Hope and a Future’. In this episode Steve argues that God reads Shakespeare as he [God] speaks in Elizabethan English through prayer. Pictures of four celebrities (Mike Tyson, Paris Hilton, Hillary Clinton and Arnold Schwarzenneger) appear on the screen with a Shakespeare quotation beneath, Tyson’s caption is ‘Friends, Romans and Countrymen lend me your ears’. There follows a modern rendition of a scene from Romeo and Juliet in cod-Eizabethan English where feuding religions are represented by Juliet (Baptist) and Romeo (The Baptist) with Paris as ‘a run of the mill Christian’. The programme is truly awful but the audience appears to enjoy it.

Series

Steve and Kathy Show, The

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

16 Dec 2006

Duration

29 mins

Availability

No distributor found (5/2008).

Credits

Producer

John Eschenbaum

Writer

Casey Lohman; John Eschenbaum

Cast

Steve Gray (2)	Romeo
Kathy Gray	Juliet

Additional Details

Production type

Sitcoms/Variety

Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Keywords

religious broadcasting; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Elizabethan English

Notes

Notes

The episode may be viewed at http://www.veoh.com/videos/v7039624D3BbbjWK (accessed 5/2008).

History

Episode 34, season 1. Transmission channel unknown.

Production Company

Name

SGM Productions