Comedian Dave Lippman brings to Astoria his tour as George Shrub, “the world’s only known singing CIA agent,” at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 13 at the River Theater, 230 W. Marine Drive.

Lippman is known for his sharp sendups of topical subjects ranging from weapons of mass distraction to SUVs and the wars to defend them. He has toured widely in the United States, Europe, Australia and Central America in a 35-year musical career.

Lippman’s notoriety began in 1969 when he was named an unindicted coconspirator for singing about the “Guatemala sweepstakes” at a rally that preceded the escorting of a recruiter from the United Fruit Company off the campus. After having a song recorded by Country Joe MacDonald, Lippman joined with a San Francisco comedy group to create the “Reagan for Shah Campaign,” in which he introduced the permanent character George Shrub, Singing CIA Agent. Shrub then toured as security for the “Ladies Against Women.”

In the 1980s, Lippman performed in war zones in Central America and toured from Birmingham, Alabama to Birmingham, England and went on to play in Belgrade and Germany.

As Shrub, one of whose titles is “cultural director, Department of Homeland Security,” Lippmann has been traveling and sharing his point of view (“the right one”) so that people won’t need their own. He employs antifolk songs and interventionary anthems to explain (and enforce) that “the business of America is none of your business, that unions are never civil, and that the proper place for himself, like Wal-Mart, is everywhere.”

Tickets for Saturday’s show are $10 general admission and $7 for students and seniors. To purchase tickets in advance, call (503) 325-7487 with a Visa or Mastercard, or drop by the onsite box office from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. Tickets are also available at The Community Store, 1389 Duane St.