Uproxx has an oral history of NewRadio up today so I thought it may make for some good Friday material.

I was a massive NewsRadio fan and find myself watching it on Youtube when I doing stuff around the house. The Cane is my usually go-to.

Any other WNYX P1s?

I thought this was going to be another "old sitcom getting resurrected" thread

One of my favorite shows of all time.

Some of my favorite episodes were Space, Sinking Ship (Titanic episode) which was also Phil Hartman's last episode, then his wife killed him. Then there's this picture from Super Karate Monkey Death Car.



RIP Bill McNeal

Such a great show.

But Jimmy has fear? A thousand times, no!

That reading from Macho Business Donkey Wrestler is one of the funniest bits I've ever seen on tv.

This was a weird show. It suffered from a lot of tampering from NBC. I'll have to read this later, so I don't know if it talks about some of this, but they took a lot of things NBC ordered and screwed with them, making some great episodes.

The article talks about the scheduler for NBC and how he hated the show thus putting it in 11 different time slots in 5 years.

Its a really good read. The Phil Hartman parts really tug at the heart strings.

That show was absolute greatness, and one of the most underrated shows of all time. Bill McNeal was Phil Hartman at his best, almost like a real life Zapp Brannigan.

My favorite scene was Bill learning Jimmy had lost him in a poker game.

I have now descended down a rabbit hole of NewRadio youtube clips

See you on the other side, Ray

Bill: "Milos, starting tonight there will be an extra gelato in the fridge. Enjoy it with my compliments."

I love when Dave Foley is on Dinner For Five he tells a story about going to the Emmys when Phil Hartman was nominated posthumously. Phil lost to David Hyde Pierce and on the way out an interviewer asked Dave how he felt and he deadpanned "Listen. I don't know what else Phil can do to win this thing."

Loved News Radio...

I know that Bill is who everyone thinks of because he was amazing but the more I watch the more I forget how hilarious Jimmy James was. I have always been a huge Stephen Root fan, but good Lord, he was so perfect.

Mr. James: Boy, I love a good party. You love a good party, Joe?
Joe: That's why I went to college, sir. That's also why I didn't graduate.
Mr. James: Yeah, me neither. So what? Didn't stop me from building a million-dollar empire. Didn't stop you from becoming a... what do you do again?
Joe: I'm an electrician.
Mr. James: Well, things were different in my day.

Also love the Chock full o notes episode. That episode was just so perfectly green acres-ish.

Bob: Screw this, all right? You're all out of the group, and I'm outta here!
David: Well, now *you're* being sagacious!
Bob: Hey, shut up, all right? That's my word! All right, the next time you guys see me, I'm gonna be up on a stage with three guys who give a HOOT!

Jimmy: I had a small house of brokerage on Wall Street. Many days no business come to my hut. But Jimmy has fear? A thousand times no. I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo ... dung. ... The glorious sunset of my heart was fading. Soon the super karate monkey death car would park in my space. But Jimmy has fancy plans, and pants to match. Monkey clown horrible karate browned and yummy like a cute small baby chick will now eat the donkey.

Every time I see that episode I can't figure out how he can make it through saying this without losing it. One of the funniest things ever said in the history of television.

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Newsradio is one of my all time faves. My favorite part of that scene is the look on Bill's face when he whips out his contract and discovers in the Act of God clause that "Jimmy James shall be referred to here and in all future instances... as God."

Show was so ahead of it's time. I remember watching the Titanic episode again and trying to think what the pace and just random zany all-in high conceptness reminded me of and realizing it's like the Godfather to Community's paintball episodes.

Killer. My all-time favorite show.

Great show indeed!

Such a great show!

Love this scene:

I think the episode where Bill dies was brilliant. I kinda consider that the series finale, it just wasn't the same without him.

Rocket Fuel Malt Liquor. That is all.

Watching Security Door right now.

Two great storylines, that commercial with Bill and the negotiation were great.

Absolutely positively Newsradio is my favorite show of all time.

Around 2000 or so there was a website titled "tvshowsondvd.com" and I signed up for alerts when NR would be released, assuming it never would be.

A couple of years later and I got an alert. One of the greatest emails of my life.

I used to have an email address "garelli5000@whatever..."

Bill: This is a two part question. 1 - what does Lisa look like naked? 2 - what does Lisa feel like naked?

Jimmy: I'm a cypher, wrapped in an enigma, smothered in...secret sauce.

Bill: If what you're saying is true Dave, then I still..don't...give a damn.

Just once I want to open a negotiation meeting like Jimmy.

Donkey, donkey, donkey, donkey.

I too count this show as one of my all time favorites.

The book reading is on Youtube!

Loved this show so much that I was even able to convince myself that the two women on it were hot.

Now someday maybe you'll love it so much that you'll realize there are 3 women.

See those sprinklers? Yeah, they're just superglued up there.

Was referring specifically to Maura Tierny and the red haired chick, if you're really interested in thoughts I had watching a sitcom more than 15 years ago.

Just playin

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Was referring specifically to Maura Tierny and the red haired chick, if you're really interested in thoughts I had watching a sitcom more than 15 years ago.

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They were both cute and the red-headed chick dressed provocatively.

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The book reading is on Youtube!

Loved this show so much that I was even able to convince myself that the two women on it were hot.

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I watched that episode tonight. I've got them on Amazon.

Bill's face when he realized that "Acts of God" were actually acts of Jimmy according to his contract.

If I quoted every part of that show that made me laugh, I would probably just be quoting most of the scripts from just about every episode.