Gross National Product, or GNP is an American political-satire group formed in 1980 and has performed in 45 states with long runs in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, but performed primarily in the Washington, DC area. Show themes changed based on the current political climate and administration, illustrated by such titles as: "Man Without A Contra" (1987); "BushCapades" (1990); "Clintoons" (1992); "A Newt World Order" (1994); "Hell to the Chief"; "Son of a Bush" (2004); "The Sound of Palin", and "Trump II: The Vengeance Tour".https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/tours/scandal/gnpscand.htm
GNP was founded by John Simmons who wrote and directed most of the shows. Simmons said of the writing, "When things change in the news, we change the revue as well. It's funny because it's topical."
For a time in the 1980's, GNP scripts were also written by Josh Weinstein and Bill Oakley who later gained fame working on such shows as The Simpsons, Mission Hill and Futurama.
GNP aired five, half-hour comedy specials on Public Broadcasting, including "Mock the Vote" (1996).
Show titles Year Show title 1981 A Bonzo Christmas Special 1982 Gross National Product 1983 1983 and Counting 1984 Terms of Endorsement 1985 Phantom of the White House 1987 Man Without a Contra 1988 BushCapades 1992 Clintoons 1994 A Newt World Order 1996 GNP: On the Dole 1997 Sex, Lies, and Zippergate 1999 Hell to the Chief 2000 Gore More Years 2001 Son of a Bush 2004 Kerry the Vote 2005 To Bush or Not to Bush 2006 Son of a Bush 2010 Don't Tea on Me 2011 The Sound of Palin 2013 ScandalPedia 2018 Trumped! 2021 Biden Time 2025 Trump ll: The Vengeance Tour
GNP alumni Over the years, GNP has involved the talents of Robin Abb, Kevin Brown, Ron Butler, Doug Cox, Larry Coven, Marianne Curan, Sarah Delea, Brad Dismukes, Liz Demery, John Dryden, Shari Elliker, Dion Flynn, Elliott Forrest, Bob Garman, Tim Gore, Scott Hartman, Robert W. Heck, Ed Henley, Wes Johnson, Scott Keck, Bill Lobley, Richard "Scrumbly" Koldewyn, Chuck Kovacic, CiCi Stephens, Bill Largess, John Moody, John Hardison, Emlyn Morinelli McFarland, Terri Madden, Tim Mollen, Nick Olcott, Joel Perry, Christopher Pray, Tim Rankin, Melissa Rauch, John Roarke, Kara Russel, Stephen Schmidt, Ken Star, Victor Steele, Vanessa Stout, Christine Thompson, Bruce Tobin, Erica Van Wagener, Pam Woodruff, Wendy Yondorf.
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External links Official website YouTube channel