Hootenanny a Go-Go

A square rich boy wants to make it with a pretty folk singer, so he buys the coffee house where she and a bunch of other beatniks perform. Features performances by The Goldebriars, The Free Wheelers, and a very young Joan Rivers doing a stand-up routine.

Cast

Joan Rivers

as Self

Curtis Taylor

as Jonathan

Karen Thorsell

as Vicki Shaw

Jim Connell

as Self

Jerry Newby

as Manager

Deanna Lund

as Corrine

Peg Rayborn

as Madge Cartwright

Eve Tellegen

as Amanda Peabody

Lillian Malek

as Mama Angelina

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