Madhouse Brigade

Madhouse Brigade is a half-hour sketch comedy series conceived and written by Alexander "Sandy" Marshall, and produced by Alexander Marshall, Dale Keidel and Jim Larkin. It aired in U.S. syndication in 1978 and 1979, and won Marshall an Emmy Award in 1980 as Best Writer of an Entertainment Series. This independent production included appearances by future Saturday Night Live cast member, Joe Piscopo, Ty-D-Bowl Man, Dan Resin as well as Frank Nastasi, also known as the man behind "White Fang" on The Soupy Sales Show. Other cast members included Karen Rushmore, Carlos Carrasco, Bob "Rocket" Ryan and Nola Fairbanks. Sketches included a fashion show featuring clothing made of food, commercial parodies where a dog food spokesman gets carried away and eats the product, diapers for adult "Campers", a sleep aid that makes your "Partner" go to sleep as well as musical performances including original love songs, "It's Time to Start Unloading You" and "Love Stinks the Most". Madhouse Brigade theme song and musical arrangements were by musical director Tony Monte.