NewsRadio Seasons One and Two
If I say the words (or is that word) NewsRadio too many people, they'll just look at me with a blank expression. It's no surprise really it's only really been shown at one in the morning on Sky's Paramount channel in the U.K, luckily for me I had a bout of insomnia when Paramount went through the first three seasons (they never had the rights to the last two seasons), and this is the perfect ensemable sit-com which some of the most incredibly sharp writing.
I should start by talking about the performers, his show belongs to the late Phil Hartman as rapidly insane news anchor man Bill McNeal, his delivery his perfect, (Note: the fifth season recorded after his death, didn't have the same magic as when Hartman was in it), Stephen Root as station owen Jimmy James, would in many another sitcom be the best thing in, another performer with such natural perfect delivery. Dave Foley in the lead role is good fun, Maura Tierney (now of ER) is his love interest, there's Andy Dick, with his perfect timed pratfalls and Khandi Alexander, Joe Rogan and Vicki Lewis round of a cast that doesn't have a bum note.
The 28 episodes in the first and second series (6 in the first, 22 in the second) quickly gel together and it's amazing our early in the series, the characters become fully rounded. The third episode Smoking, is an excellent episode (and an excellent example of how comfortable they cast where with each other so early) about Bill McNeal trying to quit smoking and Dave trying to give up caffeine, and finishes with the odd message, don't bother trying to give up your addictions your only going to fail, other classic episodes on this set include The Cain (another Bill centered episode), Rat Funeral, Goofy Ball (the Goofy Ball of the title is voiced by Judd Apatow, who went onto to create Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared, which I'll get too in later posts) and it's fair to say many more of these episodes.
The show is very funny, and it's utterly bewildering that this show never got a decent U.K airing (it could have been on Channel 4 on Friday Night), but I can't recommend this show enough.
*****
NewsRadio Seasons One and Two
If I say the words (or is that word) NewsRadio too many people, they'll just look at me with a blank expression. It's no surprise really it's only really been shown at one in the morning on Sky's Paramount channel in the U.K, luckily for me I had a bout of insomnia when Paramount went through the first three seasons (they never had the rights to the last two seasons), and this is the perfect ensemable sit-com which some of the most incredibly sharp writing.
I should start by talking about the performers, his show belongs to the late Phil Hartman as rapidly insane news anchor man Bill McNeal, his delivery his perfect, (Note: the fifth season recorded after his death, didn't have the same magic as when Hartman was in it), Stephen Root as station owen Jimmy James, would in many another sitcom be the best thing in, another performer with such natural perfect delivery. Dave Foley in the lead role is good fun, Maura Tierney (now of ER) is his love interest, there's Andy Dick, with his perfect timed pratfalls and Khandi Alexander, Joe Rogan and Vicki Lewis round of a cast that doesn't have a bum note.
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