The Winds of Whoopie

Steve Martin's The Winds of Whoopee
Title screen
Genre	Comedy television special
Written by	Steve Martin
Directed by	Alan Metter
Starring	Steve Martin David Brenner Bill Cosby Antonio Fargas Ron Leibman Meredith MacRae Strother Martin Ed McMahon Gary Mule Deer Gilda Radner Burt Reynolds Doc Severinsen
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Alan Metter Steve Martin (exec. prod.) Ken Suddleston (exec. prod.)
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	February 6, 1983 (1983-02-06)
Chronology
Preceded by	Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981)

Steve Martin's The Winds of Whoopee (a.k.a. simply The Winds of Whoopee) is a 1983 American comedy television special on NBC, produced and written by Steve Martin. The title was a take-off of The Winds of War, which premiered as a TV miniseries on the same night on ABC. In a 30-second spot, Orson Welles says: "Why spend 18 hours watching someone else's war, when you know how it comes out? We win, and then have to buy all their cars. Watch Steve Martin's The Winds of Whoopee. See it all in one hour on Sunday."^[1]

The show is a combination of old and new material compiled from past Martin specials and his appearances on Saturday Night Live and The Tonight Show.^[2]

References[]

• The Winds of Whoopie at IMDb

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